The first important tournament in 2025 that the world's top 3-cushion carom billiards players will compete in is the Bogota World Cup, which will take place in Colombia from February 24 to March 2. Before the Bogota World Cup, excellent Vietnamese players such as Tran Quyet Chien, Tran Thanh Luc, Bao Phuong Vinh, Chiem Hong Thai... will travel to the US to participate in a warm-up tournament to gain experience and maintain their feeling. This tournament will be held in Houston from February 21 to 22.
Tran Quyet Chien accepts points
Because the tournament brings together many players of different levels, the rankings will be based on their level. In other words, the player who is considered to be of higher level will have to concede points to the opponent. Accordingly, Tran Quyet Chien, who is considered to have the highest level, will compete with a score of 40 points. Other excellent players from Vietnam such as Tran Thanh Luc, Bao Phuong Vinh and Chiem Hong Thai are in the Pro category, with a score of 38 points. In addition, there are also Master categories (35 points), A+ (32 points), A (29 points), B+ (26 points) and B (23 points).
Tran Quyet Chien and Vietnamese players participate in a warm-up tournament in the US before competing at the 2025 Bogota World Cup.
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Also in this tournament in 2024, Bao Phuong Vinh was the champion. Tran Quyet Chien stopped in the semi-finals, while Chiem Hong Thai reached the quarter-finals.
About 70 players (including Tran Quyet Chien, a professional Vietnamese player) will compete for the championship worth 5,000 USD (about 127 million VND). The runner-up will receive 3,000 USD, 3rd place will receive 2,000 USD, and 4th place will receive 1,000 USD. 5th - 8th place will each receive 250 USD.
The 2025 Bogota (Colombia) 3-cushion billiards World Cup will take place from February 24 to March 2. Accordingly, there are 5 Vietnamese players competing in the first round of the World Cup in 2025, including: Tran Quyet Chien, Tran Thanh Luc, Bao Phuong Vinh, Chiem Hong Thai and Tran Duc Minh. Of these, Duc Minh must play from the final qualifying round; the remaining 4 players are given special permission to compete from the main round (round of 32).
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