Born | 18 May 1995 |
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Sport country | Malaysia |
Professional | 2024–present |
Highest ranking | 111 (July 2024) |
Current ranking | 111 (as of 4 July 2024) |
Lim Kok Leong ( Chinese: 林谷良 [1]) is a Malaysian professional snooker player. He won the 2022 IBSF World Snooker Championship, and will compete as a professional on the World Snooker Tour as of the 2024-25 snooker season.
In May 2022 he was runner-up to James Wattana at the delayed 2021 Southeast Asian Games snooker tournament. [2] His run to the final included a 4-0 semi-final win against Passakorn Suwanawat. He also won the Men's snooker 6-red singles at the same event. [3] That win was reported to be on his 27th birthday, on 18 May 2022, and included a 5-3 win the final against Jeffrey Roda of the Philippines. [4]
In November 2022 he beat Amir Sarkhosh of Iran 5-0 in the final of the IBSF World Snooker Championship player in Antalya, Turkey. His run to the final included a 4-0 win over Eden Sharav. [5] He became the first Malaysian snooker player to win the amateur title. [6]
In May 2023 he was a bronze medal winner at the 2023 SEA Games, losing to Sunny Akani at the semi-final stage of the individual competition. [7]
In May 2024, he defeated Liang Xiaolong to reach the final round of the Asian Q School in Bangkok, where he beat former professional Gao Yang 4-3 to secure a two-year card on the main WST Tour. [8]
He is a twice winner of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (ISBF) World Team Championships. [9] In 2015 Lim Kok Leong won the partnered with Moh Keen Hoo, in Karachi, Pakistan after a narrow 5-4 win in the final over home team Asjad Iqbal and Shahid Aftab. [10] In 2019 he and Moh Keen Ho won gold at the Southeast Asian Games defeating Philippines’ Alvin Barberro and Jefrey Roda 3-1 in the best-of-5 final. [11] In October 2022 he won the World Team Snooker Championship in Kuala Lumpur, again with Moh Keen Hoo. They beat Thai pair Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn-Jong and Rak Boonrod 4-2 in the final. [12] In May 2023 he was a silver medal winner at the 2023 SEA Games in Phnom Penh, losing with Moh Keen Hoo to Cambodian pair Suon Chhay and Men Sophanith in the final. [13]
Performance Table Legend | |||||
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LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | A | did not participate in the tournament | WD | withdrew from the tournament |
NH / Not Held | means an event was not held. | |||
NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. | |||
R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. | |||
MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Team/Partner | Opponent(s) in the final | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 2019 | Southeast Asian Games | ![]() Moh Keen Hoo |
![]() Alvin Barbero Jefrey Roda |
3–1 |
Winner | 2. | 2022 [14] | IBSF Team Snooker Championships | ![]() Moh Keen Hoo |
![]() Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn Jongrak Boonrod |
4–2 |
Runner-up | 1. | 2023 | Southeast Asian Games | ![]() Moh Keen Hoo |
![]() Men Sophanith Suon Chhay |
1–3 |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 2021 | Southeast Asian Games (six-red) |
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5–3 |
Runner-up | 1. | 2021 | Southeast Asian Games |
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2–4 |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 2019 | Malaysian Amateur Championship |
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6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 2022 | Malaysian Amateur Championship (2) |
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8–5 |
Winner | 3. | 2022 | IBSF World Snooker Championship |
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5–0 |