In the top 5 with Tran Quyet Chien
On the UMB rankings before the 2025 Bogota World Cup (updated on February 12, 2025), Tran Thanh Luc ranked 11th with 203 points, and he only had to defend 10 points. With the recent World Cup championship held in Colombia, the Vietnamese player was awarded 80 points, which means he was awarded 70 points (from 203 points to 273 points). From 11th place before the 2025 Bogota World Cup, Tran Thanh Luc has now climbed 6 places on the rankings, currently ranked 5th in the world, close to his senior Tran Quyet Chien. This is the highest ranking that the 1990-born player has ever achieved in his career. It can be said that Thanh Luc has made a rapid progress on the UMB rankings.
Tran Quyet Chien cannot defend his World Cup title in Bogota.
Exactly 1 year ago (March 3, 2024), after competing in the 2024 Bogota World Cup, Tran Thanh Luc was only ranked 31st on the rankings. Tran Thanh Luc's first mark at UMB's world tournaments was the runner-up title at the World Championship held in September 2024 in Binh Thuan. But after the success of the 2024 World Championship, the Binh Duong player only rose to 14th place. At that time, Thanh Luc had set a goal of entering the top 10. But now, he has entered the top 5 best players in the world, along with the first championship in the UMB tournament system.
As for Tran Quyet Chien, he stopped at the round of 16 of the 2025 Bogota World Cup, when he lost to world number 1 Dick Jaspers (who later lost to Tran Thanh Luc in the semi-finals). Despite stopping quite early, the player born in 1984 did not lose points and still stood in a high position: 4th place with 318 points.
Tran Thanh Luc has made rapid progress on the UMB rankings in the past year.
The players currently in the world's top 3 are: Dick Jaspers (Netherlands, 436 points), Cho Myung-woo (Korea, 330 points), Eddy Merckx (Belgium, 326 points).
Vietnamese players in the top 30 of the UMB rankings also include Bao Phuong Vinh (ranked 14th, 178 points), Chiem Hong Thai (ranked 15th, 173 points) and Tran Duc Minh (ranked 23rd, 123 points).
Tran Thanh Luc continues to receive special treatment.
The next World Cup Billiards stage in 2025 will be held in Ho Chi Minh City, scheduled for the end of May. At the Ho Chi Minh City Billiards World Cup 2025, the top 14 players who will be given special permission to appear in the main round (round of 32 players) will be based on the rankings updated on February 12, 2025. This ranking has 4 Vietnamese players in the top 14, respectively: Tran Quyet Chien, Tran Thanh Luc, Bao Phuong Vinh and Chiem Hong Thai. Therefore, the 4 names mentioned above will of course still be exempted from competing in the qualifying round.
Not only will he be given special treatment in the World Cup stages, if he maintains his position in the top 16, Tran Thanh Luc will also have a ticket to the 2025 World Championship.
Tran Thanh Luc received more than 400 million VND in bonus
With the 2025 Bogota World Cup championship, Tran Thanh Luc received a bonus of 16,000 euros (about 429 million VND). The runner-up received 10,000 euros, and the third-place team received 6,000 euros each. Chiem Hong Thai, who stopped in the quarterfinals, received 3,500 euros.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/bang-xep-hang-billiards-moi-nhat-tran-quyet-chien-giu-vi-tri-cao-tran-thanh-luc-but-pha-185250304122009994.htm
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