“Compete fairly with leading countries”
At the first World Cup Billiards stage in 2025 taking place in Bogota - Colombia (from March 24 to 3), Tran Thanh Luc convincingly won the championship, after defeating veteran Turkish player Tasdemir Tayfun in the final match. This was the first time Thanh Luc participated in the final of a World Cup Billiards stage and immediately "reaped the sweet fruit" when standing on the highest podium.
With the recent championship in Colombia, Tran Thanh Luc became the third Vietnamese player to win the World Cup billiards. Previously, Tran Quyet Chien had reached the top 4 times (in 2018, 2023 and 2 times in 2024), while Tran Duc Minh won the championship at his home stadium in Ho Chi Minh City in 2024.
Tran Thanh Luc (2nd from left) defeated Tasdemir Tayfun (left cover) in the final of the Bogota 2025 Billiards World Cup
It can be seen that Vietnamese 3-cushion carom billiards players are dominating the world arena. After 12 World Cup billiards rounds held in the past 2 years, Vietnam has won 5 championships. Even countries with very strong 3-cushion carom billiards such as Korea, Türkiye, Netherlands... cannot have such good results.
Tran Thanh Luc emphasized: “In my opinion, the current Vietnamese players are all good and have class. World players all agree that Vietnamese players are very difficult to play at the moment. I think that the level of Vietnamese billiards can now compete on equal terms with countries with strong 3-cushion carom billiards movements in Europe, Korea and Turkey.”
Aiming for the number 1 position in 3-cushion carom billiards in the world
After winning the 2025 Bogota World Cup, Tran Thanh Luc has made a big step forward in the rankings of the World Carom Billiards Federation (UMB). The Binh Duong player climbed from 11th place to 5th place, close to Vietnam's No. 1 player Tran Quyet Chien (4th place). "The 2025 Bogota World Cup is a big step forward, a springboard for me to continue to make more efforts. My goal in the near future is to enter the world's top 3. After that, I will continue to set other goals, maybe aiming for the No. 1 position on the rankings," Tran Thanh Luc shared.
Tran Thanh Luc aims to be in the top 3 and also aims for the world number 1 position.
The 1990-born player also revealed that winning the 2025 Bogota Billiards World Cup was beyond his expectations, because the competition in this arena is very high. “Winning the World Cup for the first time, the feeling is very happy, there are no words to describe it. It is really difficult to win this title, because all professional players want to win the World Cup,” the first World Cup champion in 2025 expressed.
The next World Cup Billiards stage that Tran Thanh Luc and the Vietnamese players will compete in will take place in Ho Chi Minh City in May. The most recent Ho Chi Minh City Billiards World Cup (in May 2024) also saw a Vietnamese player crowned, Tran Duc Minh. Thanh Luc said: "The next tournament will be played at home, I feel like I have a great opportunity to go deep into the later rounds, thereby accumulating points to increase my rank on the world rankings."
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tan-vo-dich-world-cup-tran-thanh-luc-lan-dau-tiet-lo-ve-hau-truong-sao-billiards-the-gioi-185250305171241884.htm
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