Korean Empress's imposing return Kim Ga-young defeated rival Thong Fiancé and won the fourth LPBA tour. 16th career championship

Sep 08, 2025

Korean Empress's imposing return Kim Ga-young defeated rival Thong Fiancé and won the fourth LPBA tour. 16th career championship
'Tao Jongdang Gu Empress'Kim Ga-young is taking a commemorative photo with the winning trophy after winning the fourth LPBA Tour in the 2025-2026 season held on the 7th. PBA Offer



「Tojo Billiards Empress」Kim Ga-young (42) won her 16th career championship in the PBA-LPBA stage dominated by foreign players, raising Korean pride.

Kim Ga-young beat set-score 4-2 (11-9 10-11 11-4 6-1 11-4 11-4 11-4 11-4 11-4 11-4 on the LPBA stage in the fourth tour of the 2025-2026 season 'SY Veritehomme PBA Championship'LPBA Finals at Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province on the 7th.

Seo Kim Ga-young won the set score 4:2 (11:9, 10:11, 11:4, 6:11, 11:4) on the longue and reached the top of the competition.




As a result, Kim Ga-young won the fourth tour in about two months following the opening game, winning her second title of the season. It is the same second win as Thong, who won back-to-back tours in the second and third tours. On the other hand, Thong, who lost to Kim Ga-young and failed to win three consecutive championships, had to be satisfied with receiving the Welcome Top Ranking (prize of 2 million won) award given to the player who recorded the highest average in a game of the tournament with 2.273 against Nguyen Hoang Yan Ni (SY, Vietnam) in the round of 64.

Korean Empress's imposing return Kim Ga-young defeated rival Thong Fiancé and won the fourth LPBA tour. 16th career championship
'Tao Jongdang Gu Empress'Kim Ga-young is celebrating lifting the cue after making her last shot and winning the fourth LPBA Tour Finals in the 2025-2026 season held on the 7th. PBA Offer
A tight race was held from the beginning of the game like the final to determine the strongest LPBA. If Kim Ga-young took the lead, Throng seemed to follow. Kim Ga-young, who won banking and took the lead, won the first set 11-9 in nine innings. Then Throng narrowly won the second set 11-10.

Kim Ga-young changed her posture in the third set. It launched a more powerful attack. Kim Ga-young, who took the lead by scoring nine consecutive points from the first pitch, filled two runs in the remaining two innings to win the set in an instant, 11-4. As if stimulated by this, Thong also won 11-6 in nine innings in the fourth set, continuing the 'Yongho Sangbak' battle.




From the fifth set, the flow of the game was inclined. Kim Ga-young scored step by step without a bank shot, winning 11-4 in six innings and continuing her momentum, and winning 11-4 in 11 innings in the sixth set to confirm the championship. After scoring the last point, Kim Ga-young enjoyed the joy of victory by raising the cue high.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.