The first eight spots of Vietnam that passed the selection round and won tickets to the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City 3-cushion billiards World Cup (taking place in May) belong to Nguyen Thanh Tung, Nguyen Dinh Quoc, Nguyen Thai Khuong, Ly The Vinh, Tran Quang Hung, Doan Minh Kiet, Ngo Le Duy Thang.
Won SEA Games billiards gold medal
Notable among them is veteran player Ly The Vinh. At the age of U.70, player Ly The Vinh still demonstrated impressive technique, creating an attractive tug-of-war with talented player Dinh The Vinh in Group G. In the end, Ly The Vinh won 30-26 after 26 rounds to secure a place at the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City World Cup.
Billiards player Ly The Vinh still maintains high performance at the age of U.70
The 63-year-old player is a big name, also considered a "legend" of Vietnamese 3-cushion carom billiards. In 1997, he went to Indonesia to attend the 19th SEA Games and created a surprise for Vietnamese sports. At the regional sports festival, he excellently brought home a gold medal in the 3-cushion carom billiards event. This is the first prestigious medal that Vietnamese billiards achieved at the SEA Games arena.
During decades of competition, "veteran" Ly The Vinh has brought many titles to Vietnamese sports such as: Gold medal at SEA Games 19, Gold medal at SEA Games 22, Bronze medal at ASIAD 16 (2010 in Guangzhou, China).
What conditions are needed to reunite with Tran Quyet Chien?
Ly The Vinh is among the first 8 Vietnamese players to win tickets to the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City World Cup, having the opportunity to reunite with his "juniors and juniors" such as Tran Quyet Chien, Tran Thanh Luc, Bao Phuong Vinh, Chiem Hong Thai... However, the 63-year-old "veteran" still has to pass 4 qualifying rounds to be present in the main round (32 players).
Players Tran Quyet Chien, Bao Phuong Vinh, Chiem Hong Thai and Tran Thanh Luc are all in the top 14 on the World Carom Billiards Federation (UMB) rankings. Accordingly, the top 14 players on the UMB rankings will be exempted from the qualifying round, but will compete from the main round (32) players.
Round 2 will take place from April 7 to 11. Round 2 will continue to find 8 names to participate in the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup. All matches will take place on 8 international competition-quality 3-cushion carom tables from Hollywood, Hollywood cloth and Aramith balls.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/huyen-thoai-billiards-viet-nam-doat-ve-world-cup-co-co-hoi-tai-ngo-tran-quyet-chien-18525030613420222.htm
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