It was in this edition that the Philippines won its first-ever gold medal; courtesy of cue sports player Carlo Biado.

Aya Cojuangco qualified a place in the 2017 World Games by clinching a silver in the women's compound event of the 2017 Asia Cup despite having recently recovered from an injury.

[2] Carlo Biado competed in the nine-ball men's singles event.

[3] He won the country's first-ever gold medal in the World Games after defeating Jayson Shaw of Great Britain in the final of the men's nine-ball event.

[4] Chezka Centeno is the other competitor who lost to Han Yu of China in the bronze medal match of the nine-ball women's singles event.