Hong Kong pair win IBSF World Men Team Snooker Championship, look ahead to professional careers
- Cheung Ka-wai and Chang Yu-kiu come from behind for a 4-2 victory in the final
- The duo are the first to win the title for the city since Fung Kwok-wai and Lee Chun-wai won the tournament in 2014
Hong Kong’s Cheung Ka-wai and Chang Yu-kiu won the IBSF World Men Team Snooker Championship, a victory they hope will launch them onto the professional tour.
Sunday’s triumph in Doha ended the city’s nine-year title drought in the competition, with Fung Kwok-wai and Lee Chun-wai’s 2014 win the last time the city took the title.
Cheung and Chang entered the knockout stages unbeaten after beating Austria, England and Bahrain, in the group matches, but then had to come from behind against Ireland, Iran and Poland to reach the final.
Against Michael Georgiou, a former professional player, and Antonis Poullos, of Cyprus, Hong Kong trailed again, before bouncing back to win 4-2.
“I am really happy because we always wanted to form a team and represent Hong Kong at the team event,” said Cheung, who lost 6-1 to host player Ali Alobaidli in the men’s singles final.
“We played together a couple of times already though the results weren’t good but we made it right this time.”
