The Seoul Billiards World Cup 2024 will kick off in South Korea on November 4. However, Tran Quyet Chien has a high ranking on the World Carom Billiards Federation (UMB) rankings, so he is seeded and given a special right to compete from the main round (32 players). Unlike the Veghel 2024 World Cup (Netherlands), Vietnam's No. 1 player comes to the tournament held in the land of kimchi with a very different mindset.
Tran Quyet Chien is determined to return to the world number 1 position.
Before the Veghel 2024 World Cup took place at the end of October, Tran Quyet Chien was not in good form and faced many doubts. However, he had a convincing answer when he was crowned champion in the Netherlands, thereby winning the title for the 4th time at a World Cup stage. The fans' confidence has returned, Tran Quyet Chien is still the player with the greatest expectations when coming to the Seoul Billiards World Cup 2024.
Tran Quyet Chien shared with Thanh Nien : "After the 2024 World Championship in Binh Thuan in September, I understood why I played so badly. I tried to fix that, improving every day to win the championship at the World Cup in the Netherlands." In addition, the 40-year-old player also affirmed that he wanted to repeat his achievement of being No. 1 on the world rankings. These are the reasons to believe that Tran Quyet Chien will continue to have an explosive tournament in Korea.
Currently, Tran Quyet Chien is ranked No. 2 with 380 points, while Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) leads the rankings with 426 points. Both Quyet Chien and Jaspers have to defend 26 points (meaning they have to reach the semi-finals to maintain their current points on the rankings). In case Quyet Chien can advance further to the quarter-finals and at the same time Jaspers stops early, the Vietnamese player will have a bright chance to return to the "top" of the table, something he did in June 2024. But the great expectation is also pressure for the number 1 player in Vietnam. Hopefully, an experienced player like Quyet Chien will know how to overcome the pressure to continue to have a good performance in Korea.
Seoul Billiards World Cup 2024 based on the rankings updated on September 2, 2024, when the top 14 will go straight to the main round (32 players). At that time, Bao Phuong Vinh was ranked 8th so he was also given a special place in the main round of Seoul Billiards World Cup 2024. At present, the player from Binh Duong has dropped to 17th place on the rankings after consecutive unsuccessful tournaments. The 2023 World Championship champion needs to seize the opportunity to improve his ranking.
4 Vietnamese players compete in the round of 32 of the 2024 World Cup
2/5 Vietnamese players passed the 4th qualifying round to participate in the main round (32 players) of the Seoul Billiards World Cup 2024, namely Dao Van Ly and Nguyen Hoan Tat. The current world runner-up Tran Thanh Luc, young player Chiem Hong Thai and Thon Viet Hoang Minh had to stop. Thus, the main round of the Seoul Billiards World Cup 2024 has 4 Vietnamese representatives: Tran Quyet Chien, Bao Phuong Vinh, Dao Van Ly and Nguyen Hoan Tat.
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