Tran Quyet Chien squeezes through a narrow gap, advances spectacularly at the Egypt World Cup

In the main match of the 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup group stage held in Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt), Tran Quyet Chien encountered many difficulties to be able to continue.

Trần Quyết Chiến lách khe cửa hẹp, đi tiếp ngoạn mục tại World Cup Ai Cập - Ảnh 1. — *Tran Quyet Chien struggled to advance to the World Cup in Egypt - Photo: DUC KHUE*

According to the draw results, Tran Quyet Chien is in Group C with Tran Thanh Luc, Pierre Soumagne and Mahmoud Ayman. This is considered an easy group with the 2024 World Cup champions Colombia and the Netherlands. However, Tran Quyet Chien made fans worried when he lost the first two matches in a row to Thanh Luc and Soumagne respectively. His chance to continue is very narrow at this time, when all 3 opponents have had at least 1 win. At a difficult time, Tran Quyet Chien proved his class at the right time. He defeated Ayman in the last round with an overwhelming score of 40-28 after 35 innings. In the remaining match, his compatriot Thanh Luc also supported somewhat when he defeated Soumagne 40-25 after 28 innings. Thanh Luc won the top spot in Group C with 3 wins in a row.

Tran Quyet Chien, Pierre Soumagne and Mahmoud Ayman all have a record of 1 win, 2 losses. However, the Vietnamese player with a scoring efficiency of 1.287 has squeezed through the narrow door to continue when he is higher than his opponents (Soumagne efficiency 1.130, Ayman efficiency 0.851). In Group A, world number 1 player Dick Jaspers absolutely dominates with 3 wins. He is competing with Tran Quyet Chien for the title of "Champion of the 2024 season". Currently, both have 2 World Cup titles this year. Whoever goes further in the tournament in Egypt will have the chance to be the final winner. Also in this group, Chiem Hong Thai surpassed his compatriot Tran Duc Minh to win the ticket to continue. Meanwhile, in Group D, Bao Phuong Vinh was unfortunately eliminated with the same record of 1 win, 1 draw, 1 loss but a lower goal difference than Berkay Karakurt (1,586 compared to 1,626). In the afternoon of December 6 to the early morning of December 7 (Vietnam time), the Egyptian 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup will continue the round of 16 and quarter-final matches. Tran Quyet Chien will face Sameh Sidhom. Chiem Hong Thai will meet Dick Jaspers again, while Tran Thanh Luc will face Cho Myung Woo.