Binh Thuan hosts Vietnam Carom 3-Cushion Billiards

27/09/2024, 09:49

BTO – The Vietnam Carom 3-Cushion Billiards has captured all the most prestigious titles in the world. The journey to conquer the pinnacle of the players has marked a historic milestone for Vietnam Carom 3-Cushion Billiards.

In recent years, Vietnam 3-Cushion Billiards has increasingly affirmed its high ranking in the world. Among them, Tran Quyet Chien has won the World Cup 3-Cushion Billards 3 times and currently holds the highest-ranked Vietnamese player, ranked No. 2 in the world. Following that, player Bao Phuong Vinh won the World Carom 3-Cushion Championship for the first time. Most recently, Tran Quyet Chien and Bao Phuong Vinh made a historic mark for the Vietnamese Billiards by winning the 2024 World Carom 3-Cushion Team Championship.

The champion of the tournament - Bao Phuong Vinh

On the latest World Carom 3-Cushion Billiards rankings, Tran Quyet Chien ranked 2nd and Bao Phuong Vinh ranked 8th. In the world's Top 30, Chiem Hong Thai (ranked 18th), Tran Thanh Luc (ranked 24th), etc.  In addition, Vietnam has a number of other famous players who have left many marks in international tournaments such as Nguyen Quoc Nguyen, Ngo Dinh Nai, Nguyen Duc Anh Chien and Tran Duc Minh. Therefore, the World Carom Billiards Federation (UMB) decided to award Binh Thuan province to host the 76th World Carom 3-Cushion Billiards Individual Championship, the first tournament in Vietnam.

The World Carom 3-Cushion Championship is from 1928 and is held annually. The 76th World 3-Cushion Carom Billiards Individual Championship will be held at Sea Links City, Phan Thiet City from September 25 to 29, 2024, with the participation of the world's best players from the European, American, Asian, African-Middle Eastern Billiards Federations and Vietnam.

This tournament has 48 slots, including 1 slot for the defending champion, 16 slots in order of the world, 13 slots for Europe, 8 for America, 5 for Asia, 3 for Africa and the remaining 2 slots selected by the host.

The players are divided into 16 groups, each group has 3 players, playing a round-robin to select 2 players from each group to enter the knockout round (round of 16).

Vietnam has the most representatives in this tournament with 6 players: Bao Phuong Vinh, Tran Quyet Chien, Nguyen Van Tai, Tran Thanh Luc, Le Thanh Tien and Tran Duc Minh. Of which, Bao Phuong Vinh is the defending champion, Quyet Chien is in the world's Top 16, Van Tai and Thanh Luc are in the Asian quota, and Thanh Tien and Duc Minh have special tickets from the host. Korea has the second most representatives, with 5 players, including Kim Jun Tae, Cho Myung Woo, Heo Jung Han, Kim Haeng Jik and Seo Chang Hoon. Turkey has 4 players: former champion Tayfun Tasdemir, Tolgahan Kiraz, Berkay Karakurt and Turgay Orak.

The champion will receive 20,000 euros (over 550 million VND) and 120 ranking bonus points. The runner-up will receive 12,000 euros (over 330 million VND) and 81 ranking bonus points. With the participation of many Vietnamese and international players, the tournament promises to bring extremely fascinating competition. Hopefully, Vietnamese players will continue to make history in this first tournament in Vietnam.

TRANSLATED BY UYEN LINH

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