Vietnamese Billiards is banned from competing in Asia and internationally, why?
Báo Tuổi Trẻ•30/07/2024
The Asian Billiards Federation (ACBS) imposed heavy penalties on Vietnamese billiards & snooker, seriously affecting the future of many Vietnamese athletes.
Bao Phuong Vinh will be affected if the ban is extended to the world - Photo: D.K.
On July 13, the Vietnam Billiards & Snooker Federation received a document from ACBS. ACBS banned Vietnamese officials, athletes, and coaches from participating in Asian and international activities and tournaments for 6 months, from June 13, 2024 to January 12, 2025. With the above decision, the players of the Vietnamese billiards team will not be allowed to participate in the 6th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (AIMAG 6) in November in Thailand. Vietnam will also not be able to host the 3-Cushion Carom Billiards World Individual Championship in Binh Thuan in September and will most likely not be able to participate in the World Cup in Korea. The reason why Vietnam received a heavy penalty from ACBS is because it arbitrarily organized a number of billiards tournaments against regulations in Hanoi despite being warned many times. If this ban is extended to world tournaments, it will greatly affect the current top Vietnamese players such as Tran Quyet Chien and Bao Phuong Vinh. The ACBS document clearly states: "Officials, athletes, and managers of the Vietnam Billiards & Snooker Federation - VBSF will not be allowed to participate in or organize activities, tournaments or events related to billiards in Asia, internationally and at Asian sports festivals". The Vietnam Billiards & Snooker Federation - VBSF is recognized by the Vietnam Olympic Committee as the sole governing body of billiards & snooker in Vietnam. The World Billiards Union (UMB) is the sole governing body of the world carom event under the recognition of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). On September 7, 2022, UMB and VBSF signed a memorandum of understanding on coordination and development of carom content in Vietnam through international tournaments and many other activities. Recently, UMB sent a document to VBSF warning that tournaments not belonging to the UMB system, if held in Vietnam, would affect the stability of cooperation as well as the development of carom content in our country. In April this year, Vietnamese player Tran Quyet Chien reached the top of the world 3-cushion carom rankings after the Ankara World Cup 2024 ended. This is the first time in history that a Vietnamese player has reached the top of both world rankings.
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