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POOL · 2026-01-11 · TAIPEI CITY, CHINESE TAIPEI

2026 4th Universal Chinese Taipei Open pool prize money

The 2026 4th Universal Chinese Taipei Open paid £67,669 to 32 players. Pin-Yi Ko won £22,556. Ronen Nalaunan took £9,023 as runner-up.

TOTAL PAID£68k
WINNER£23k
PLAYERS PAID32
PAYOUT BANDS6

Every cheque

32 players paid, in finishing order

Prize money won by each player at the 2026 4th Universal Chinese Taipei Open.
PLACE PLAYER NATION PRIZE MONEY
1st Pin-Yi Ko Chinese Taipei £22,556£23k
2nd Ronen Nalaunan Philippines £9,023£9k
T3 Aivhan Maluti Philippines £4,511£5k
T3 Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz Spain £4,511£5k
T5 Dang Thanh Kien Chinese Taipei £2,256£2k
T5 Kun Lin Wu Chinese Taipei £2,256£2k
T5 Michael Baoanan Philippines £2,256£2k
T5 Naoyuki Oi Japan £2,256£2k
T9 Albert Januarta Indonesia £1,128£1k
T9 Carlo Biado Philippines £1,128£1k
T9 David Alcaide Spain £1,128£1k
T9 Johann Chua Philippines £1,128£1k
T9 Lin Ta-Li Chinese Taipei £1,128£1k
T9 Ping-Chung Ko Chinese Taipei £1,128£1k
T9 Ryan Higaldo Philippines £1,128£1k
T9 Wiktor Zielinski Poland £1,128£1k
T17 AJ Manas Philippines £564£564
T17 Alexis Ferrer Philippines £564£564
T17 Aloysius Yapp Singapore £564£564
T17 Che-Wei Fu Chinese Taipei £564£564
T17 Chen Wei Chinese Taipei £564£564
T17 James Aranas Philippines £564£564
T17 Jaycee Cordova Garcia Philippines £564£564
T17 Jui An Hsu £564£564
T17 Julian Serradilla Switzerland £564£564
T17 JV Vicedo Philippines £564£564
T17 Kouki Sugiyama United States £564£564
T17 Lo Ho Sum Hong Kong £564£564
T17 Ping Han Ko Chinese Taipei £564£564
T17 Po Cheng Kuo Chinese Taipei £564£564
T17 Raymund Faraon Philippines £564£564
T17 Yu-Lung Chang Chinese Taipei £564£564

How the money splits

Each finishing band, what it paid each player, and what it paid in all

Prize money bands at the 2026 4th Universal Chinese Taipei Open.
PLACE PLAYERS EACH BAND TOTAL
1st 1 £22,556£23k £22,556£23k
2nd 1 £9,023£9k £9,023£9k
T3 2 £4,511£5k £9,023£9k
T5 4 £2,256£2k £9,023£9k
T9 8 £1,128£1k £9,023£9k
T17 16 £564£564 £9,023£9k

Where the money went, band by band

1st £23k
2nd £9,023
T3 £9,023
T5 £9,023
T9 £9,023
T17 £9,023

The rest of 2026

The 40 pool tournaments either side of this one, of the 61 we hold from 2026

Other pool tournaments in 2026.
TOURNAMENT WINNER PAID
European Open 2026 Moritz Neuhausen £145,113£145k
WPBA Raxx Mezz Olhausen CPBA Invitational Marharyta Fefilava £44,737£45k
2026 US Open One Pocket Championship Carlo Biado £15,639£16k
2026 US Open Bank Pool Championship John Morra £15,639£16k
US Open 8-Ball Championship 2026 Fedor Gorst £16,541£17k
Pattaya Open Pool Championship Johann Chua £37,594£38k
US Open 10-Ball Championship 2026 John Morra £23,233£23k
Women's Las Vegas Open 2026 Tzu-Chien Wei £67,672£68k
2026 Las Vegas Open Joshua Filler £112,788£113k
Premier League Pool 2026 Quoc Hoang Duong £75,188£75k
WPBA Classic Billiards Players Championship Chieh-Yu Chou £59,248£59k
8th Texas Open 10-Ball Championship Fedor Gorst £24,361£24k
Carabao International Open Naoyuki Oi £63,158£63k
Derby City Classic 2026 Bank Pool Justin Hall £76,241£76k
Derby City Classic 2026 One Pocket Shane Van Boening £67,895£68k
Derby City Classic 2026 9-Ball Joshua Filler £79,173£79k
Derby City Classic 2026 Master of the Table Shane Van Boening £18,797£19k
Derby City Classic 2026 Bigfoot Challenge Fedor Gorst £24,060£24k
WPBA Iron City Invitational V Kristina Tkach £40,150£40k
Turning Stone Classic XLI John Morra £35,332£35k
Women's 2026 China Open Sha Sha Liu £108,271£108k
2026 China Open Fedor Gorst £120,301£120k
4th Annual Stevie Chan Memorial Shane Van Boening £15,865£16k
53rd Annual Texas Open One Pocket Brandon Shuff £42,162£42k
53rd Annual Texas Open 9-Ball Roland Garcia £46,880£47k
Turning Stone Classic XLII Moritz Neuhausen £34,882£35k
2026 U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz £375,940£376k
2nd Annual Vancouver Open Jason Klatt £17,203£17k
2026 Longoni Italian Open Mateusz Sniegocki £47,488£47k
Phoenix Open Aleksa Pecelj £53,835£54k
Arizona Open Denis Grabe £81,955£82k
Florida Open Shane Van Boening £152,481£152k
2026 Banca Del Fucino WPA Women's World 10-Ball Championship Marharyta Fefilava £150,376£150k
Vice City Classic Kledio Kaci £46,617£47k
2026 Oneida World Women's 8-Ball Championship Chezka Centeno £124,511£125k
2026 Asian 9-Ball Pool Championship Luong Duc Thien £22,932£23k
2027 Asian 10-Ball Pool Championship Ping-Chung Ko £24,060£24k
2AM Prague Open Wiktor Zielinski £23,308£23k
2026 Indonesia International Open Carlo Biado £54,135£54k
2026 Universal Open Jonas Magpantay £35,338£35k

Frequently asked questions

How much did the winner of the 2026 4th Universal Chinese Taipei Open get?

Pin-Yi Ko took £22,556.

How much did the runner-up get?

Ronen Nalaunan took £9,023, 40% of the winner's cheque.

What was the total prize money at the 2026 4th Universal Chinese Taipei Open?

£67,669, paid to 32 players.

How does it compare with other years?

The Universal Chinese Taipei Open 2024 paid £25,470.

Where to next

Every edition is on the Universal Chinese Taipei Open prize money page, and the whole year on pool prize money in 2026. The edition before was the Universal Chinese Taipei Open 2024.