Cho Jae-Ho and Kim Ga-Young, PBA World Championship

Cho Jae-Ho and Kim Ga-Young, PBA World Championship Side by Side, ‘Second Crown’

Jo Jae-ho and Zapata won for the second time in a row after a close battle with Zapata in a full set.

Kim Ga-young beat Kim Bo-mi with a 1-3 → 4-3 upset and took the top spot.

‘Superman’ Jo Jae-ho (NH Nonghyup Card) and ‘Billiards Empress’ Kim Ga-young (Hana Card) won the PBA World Championship crown.

Jae-ho Cho won 5-4 (15-8 7-15 15-4) in a full set against David Zapata (Spain, Blue One Resort) in the finals of the SK Rent-a-Car Jeju Special Self-Governing Province PBA Championship 2024 held at Halla Gymnasium in Jeju City, Jeju-do on the afternoon of the 17th

14-15 15-11 10-15- 15-14 0-15 15-6 and won the championship trophy. 동행복권파워볼

Jae-ho Cho, who retained his crown this year following winning the World Championship last season, became the first men's PBA player to win two titles in a row.

With his winning prize of 200 million won, he ranked first (319 million won) in this season's Jevisco prize money rankings.

On the other hand, Zapata, winner of the first World Championship, suffered the hardship of finishing as runner-up for the second time in history.

The 'Well Bang Top Ranking' (prize prize of 4 million won), given to the player who records the highest average in one game, went to Eddie Refpens (Belgium, SK Rent-a-Car), who recorded an average of 3.750 against Hwang Hyeong-beom in the round of 16.

The 'TS Shampoo Perfect Cue' (prize of 20 million won), given to the player who completes all points in a set in one cue, went to David Martinez (Spain, Crown Haitai), who achieved it in the group stage match against Nguyen Quoc Nguyen (Vietnam, Hana Card).

Jo Jae-ho, who achieved a thrilling comeback victory, said after the game, “My initial goal was just to pass the preliminary round.

“I’m really happy and grateful to win like this,” he said. “I gave myself 200 points last season.

“There was more pressure this season, but since we won the World Championship, I will give you 300 points,” he said.

In the LPBA finals held earlier, Gayoung Kim achieved her second career win.

Ga-young Kim came from behind to win against Bomi Kim (NH Nonghyup Card) in the final with a set score of 4-3 (11-9 10-11 3-11 5-11 11-10 11-2 11-3).

She stood out as she won three sets in a row after being dragged down with a set score of 1-3.

Gayoung Kim's World Championship victory is only two seasons since the 2021-2022 season.

At the same time, with a total of 7 LPBA wins, he was on par with Throng Piavi (Cambodia, Blue One Resort) for the most wins.

Gayoung Kim added 70 million won in winning prize money, becoming the top player in the season's prize money rankings, and her accumulated prize money was 340.9 million won, becoming the first LPBA player to exceed 300 million won.

In addition, Ga-young Kim recorded an average of 2.444 in the match against Ga-yeon Jang (Huons) in the round of 32 group stage of this tournament, and was awarded the women's well-bang top ranking.

After the match, Kim Ga-young said, "It's the worst feeling she's ever won.

She thought she was going to lose," she said. “I did it,” he said.

PBA, which concluded the World Championship, the last tournament of the season, will end the season with the '2023-2024 Professional Billiards PBA Golden Cue Awards Ceremony' at Walker Hall, Grand Walkerhill, Seoul at 4:30 pm on the 19th.