Lim Kok Leong () is a Malaysian professional snooker player. He won the 2022

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, and will compete as a professional on the

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as of the

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Career

Snooker

In May 2022 he was runner-up to

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at the delayed 2021

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snooker tournament. 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. 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. In November 2022 he beat Amir Sarkhosh of Iran 5-0 in the final of the

player in

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, Turkey. His run to the final included a 4-0 win over Eden Sharav. He became the first Malaysian snooker player to win the amateur title. In May 2023 he was a bronze medal winner at the

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, losing to

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at the semi-final stage of the individual competition. In May 2024, he defeated Liang Xiaolong to reach the final round of the Asian Q School in

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, where he beat former professional Gao Yang 4-3 to secure a two-year card on the main WST Tour. The tour card has only been used twice: these were the qualifying rounds for the

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and the

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, from 28th July to 3rd August. Leong lost 1–5 to

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in the Wuhan Open qualifiers, but defeated Anthony Hamilton by 4–1 in the British Open qualifiers, and would have played

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in the main stages of that event, but then withdrew from competing in any other event since. The reasons for the withdrawals are unknown, due to no statement from either the

or the

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, the governing body.

Doubles

He is a twice winner of the International Billiards and Snooker Federation (ISBF) World Team Championships. In 2015 Lim Kok Leong won the partnered with

Moh Keen Hoo Moh Keen Ho () is a Malaysian former professional snooker player. Career Moh turned professional in 2005, as the winner of the ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship. In his first season on the main tour, he entered four of the ranking tourn ...

, in

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after a narrow 5-4 win in the final over home team Asjad Iqbal and Shahid Aftab. In 2019 he and Moh Keen Ho won gold at the

defeating Philippines’ Alvin Barberro and Jefrey Roda 3-1 in the best-of-5 final. In October 2022 he won the World Team Snooker Championship in

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, again with Moh Keen Hoo. They beat Thai pair Kritsanut Lertsattayathorn-Jong and Rak Boonrod 4-2 in the final. In May 2023 he was a silver medal winner at the

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, losing with Moh Keen Hoo to Cambodian pair Suon Chhay and Men Sophanith in the final.

Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Team finals: 3 (2 titles)

Pro-am finals: 2 (1 title)

Amateur finals: 3 (3 title)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lim Kok Leong 1995 births Living people Malaysian snooker players SEA Games gold medalists for Malaysia SEA Games silver medalists for Malaysia SEA Games medalists in cue sports Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games Competitors at the 2023 SEA Games