THE Filipino tradition lives on with Carlo Biado’s conquest at the 2025 World Pool 9-Ball Championship in Jeddah, according to Philippine Olympic Committee president Abraham “Bambol” Tolentino.
“This is another great reason to rejoice and celebrate—Carlo Biado winning in Jeddah and becoming the only player in the world to emerge 9-ball champion twice,” Tolentino said. “Long live Biado and Philippine billiards.”
Biado also won in 2017 in Doha to accomplish the feat first pulled off by the “Magician,” Efren “Bata” Reyes in 1999 in Cardiff, Ronnie Alcano at home in 2006 and Francisco “Django” Bustamante in 2010 in Doha.
The POC has been tasked to administer the obligations and responsibilities of the national sports association of billiards and snookers, the Billiard Sports Confederation of the Philippines (BSCP), since its suspension by the Asian Confederation of Billiard Sport, or ACBS, last March.
“We will continue to work, guide and help our national billiard athletes in their training and competitions abroad, including in the Thailand SEA [Southeast Asian] Games this December,” Tolentino said.
