The strongest professional billiards tournament ”SK Rental PBA-LPBA World Championship Championship” begins on Cheju Island!

The curtain has risen on the ``World Championship'' to determine the best professional billiards player of the season. On the 8th, PBA (Professional Billiards Association) announced that
The opening ceremony of the ``SK Rent a Car Jeju Special Self-Governing Province PBA-LPBA Championship Championship 2024'' was held at the Gymnasium, and the tournament began.
At the opening ceremony, PBA President Kim Young-soo, SK Rent-A-Car CEO Hwang Il-moon, Jeju
Special Self-Governing Province Governor Oh Young-hoon and others attended. On this day, President Kim Young-soo said in his opening remarks, ``The World Championship Championship is a tournament with the highest prize money, and all billiers
"It's a dream stage for athletes," he said, congratulating the athletes who participated in the tournament. He continued, ``The time is drawing near to meet this season's true strongman, the world champion POON.I will continue to think of the world's best performance until the end of the tournament.''
I hope you enjoy it to the fullest and enthusiastically support the participating players." This PBA-LPBA World Championship Championship will be held for the top 30 players in the prize money ranking after the regular season tour.
It is a ``Wang Zhong King'' tournament in which only the top-ranked players are given the right to participate. The total prize money is 200 million won (approximately 22 million yen) for PBA and 70 million won (approximately 7.8 million yen) for LPBA.
At 550 million won (62 million yen), it will be the world's largest in the 3-cushion category. In the top 32 match on the fourth day of the tournament, the PBA had seven players including Kang Dong-geun and Kim Byung-ho.
They won two games, and in the LPBA, seven players including Han Ji Eun and Lee Mi-rae won two games, securing their place in the round of 16. Yusuke Mori (14th in season ranking), Fumiko Kai (3rd in season ranking), Higauchi
Natsumi (season ranking 24th) participated, but recorded 1 win and 1 loss, and in order to win on her own, she must win the last match to advance to the final tournament.
. The format of the tournament is that 32 players are divided into 8 groups and play a league by group, with the 1st and 2nd place in each group advancing to the round of 16 and a tournament to determine the winner. Finals: PBA 9 games, 5 wins, LPBA 7 games, 4 wins
It will be held on the 17th with a first-win system.