Cheung Ka Wai (; born 17 February 1999), also known as Ka Wai Cheung, is a professional snooker player from

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. In February 2024 he won the 2024 WSF Open Championship, earning a two-year tour card on the

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starting with the

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Career

Amateur

In 2015, Cheung won the IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship On 4 March 2015 it was announced that Cheung was invited to play in the

2016 World Snooker Championship The 2016 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2016 Betfred World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 16 April to 2 May 2016 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 40 ...

qualifiers. In 2022, Cheung won the gold medal at the

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, defeating Abdelrahman Shahin 3–1 in the final.

Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

Amateur finals: 5 (3 titles)

Team finals: 1 (1 title)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cheung, Ka Wai Hong Kong snooker players World Games gold medalists World Games medalists in cue sports 1999 births Living people World Games medalists for Hong Kong Medalists at the 2022 World Games