Lim Kok Leong

Lim Kok Leong is a Malaysian former professional snooker player. He won the 2022 IBSF World Snooker Championship, and was awarded a two-year tour card that began from the 2024-25 snooker season.

Career Snooker In May 2022 he was runner-up to James Wattana at the delayed 2021 Southeast Asian Games 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 IBSF World Snooker Championship player in Antalya, 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 2023 SEA Games, losing to Sunny Akani 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 Bangkok, where he beat former professional Gao Yang 4-3 to secure a two-year card on the main WST Tour.

The tour card was only used twice: these were the qualifying rounds for the 2024 Wuhan Open and the 2024 British Open, from 28th July to 3rd August. Leong lost 1–5 to Dylan Emery in the Wuhan Open qualifiers, but defeated Anthony Hamilton by 4–1 in the British Open qualifiers, and would have played Mark Selby in the main stages of that event, but then withdrew from competing on the tour completely, resulting in his automatic falling off the tour at the conclusion of the 2025-26 snooker season.

The reasons for the withdrawals remain unknown, due to no statement being provided from either the World Snooker Tour or the WPBSA, the governing body.

Competing at the 2025 SEA Games, he won the gold medal in the 6-red team event alongside Thor Chuan Leong and Moh Keen Hoo.

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, in Karachi, Pakistan 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 Southeast Asian Games 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 Kuala Lumpur, 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 2023 SEA Games in Phnom Penh, losing with Moh Keen Hoo to Cambodian pair Suon Chhay and Men Sophanith in the final.

Career finals Team finals: 3 (2 titles)

Pro-am finals: 2 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2021 Southeast Asian Games (six-red) Jefrey Roda 5–3Runner-up 1. 2021 Southeast Asian Games James Wattana 2–4

Amateur finals: 3 (3 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2019 Malaysian Amateur Championship Hng Yuan Yew 6–4Winner 2. 2022 Malaysian Amateur Championship (2) Thor Chuan Leong 8–5Winner 3. 2022 IBSF World Snooker Championship Amir Sarkhosh 5–0Winner 4. 2024 Malaysian Amateur Championship (3) Mohammed Reza Hassan 8–2