After 4 days of qualifying, tomorrow (May 26), the 3-cushion carom billiard tournament in Ho Chi Minh City 2023 (Ho Chi Minh City World Cup 3 - Cushion) will enter the round for the 32 best players. Including the strongest players such as world number 1 Dick Jaspers (Netherlands), Marco Zanetti (Italy, 2nd place in the world), Tayfun Tasdemir (Turkey, 4th place in the world), defending champion Eddy Merckx (Belgium, 5th place in the world), former champion Tran Quyet Chien (12th place in the world)...
Tran Quyet Chien fell into a very difficult group.
In this round, the host country will have 7 players participating, including Tran Quyet Chien, Nguyen Duc Anh Chien (world rank 17 ), Tran Thanh Luc (world rank 45), Bao Phuong Vinh (world rank 35), Chiem Hong Thai (world rank 34), Do Nguyen Trung Hau (world rank 78), Dinh Quang Hai.
In particular, player Tran Quyet Chien will be in Group G which is considered very difficult, due to the presence of legend Torbjorn Blomdahl, Dion Nellin (Denmark, ranked 25th in the world ) and the promising young player of Vietnamese billiards, Bao Phuong Vinh. In the opening match taking place at 12 o'clock tomorrow, Tran Quyet Chien will face the person who has won 2 matches against him in domestic tournaments, Bao Phuong Vinh .
This will be a very difficult match for Tran Quyet Chien. Because the 1995-born player from Binh Duong is playing very well and has a very strong attacking style. Earlier this year, Bao Phuong Vinh also defeated the world's number 1 player Dick Jaspers very convincingly. Surely both will be determined to find a victory in the hope of getting 1 of the 2 tickets to the next round when the other two players in the group are very strong.
Young player Bao Phuong Vinh is making very rapid progress.
Meanwhile, Nguyen Duc Anh Chien will be in Group B, which is considered "easy" with Tayfun Tasdemir, Kim Dong Hoon (South Korea, ranked 94th in the world ) and Jose Maria (Spain, ranked 109th in the world ). Do Nguyen Trung Hau will have a very difficult time being in Group E with 3 Korean players: Kim Haeng Jik (ranked 7th in the world), Heo Jung Han (ranked 14th in the world) and Kim Dong Ryong.
Tran Thanh Luc will face Marco Zanetti, Kim Jun Tae (Korea, world No. 15) and Hwang Bong Joo (Korea, world No. 39) in Group C. Young player Chiem Hong Thai will have the opportunity to face defending champion Eddy Merckx, Martin Horn (Germany, world No. 18) and Cha Myeong Jong (Korea, world No. 24) in Group D.
The 2023 World Cup 3-cushion carom billiards tournament in Ho Chi Minh City will take place until May 28 at Nguyen Du Stadium (Ho Chi Minh City) with an entrance fee of 100,000 VND.
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