Phuong Nam failed, Hoang Sao became the only hope of Vietnamese billiards

On the evening of September 24, the 2025 Men's 10-Ball World Billiards Championship continued with the loser's bracket matches to find the last players to qualify for the Last 32 round.

Vietnamese player failed

In this round, Vietnam billiards had a representative, Pham Phuong Nam. But against a very strong opponent, Moritz Neuhausen (Germany), he could not create any shock. On a day when Phuong Nam was unlucky and Moritz also performed very well, the representative of the host had to accept defeat 0-2 with the same score of 1-4 in 2 sets.

This defeat officially stopped Nam "speed" from this year's tournament. Previously, Nguyen Bao Chau and Nguyen Van Huynh were also eliminated. Thus, Duong Quoc Hoang (Hoang Sao) will be the only representative of Vietnamese billiards to participate in the knockout round.

Phuong Nam had to stop, leaving Vietnamese billiards with only one representative, Hoang Sao.

PHOTO: Organizing Committee

Philippine Billiards Still Has Hope

On the international players' side, defending champion Carlo Biado (Philippines), after losing to Ko Ping Chung (Taiwan) on September 23, quickly regained his form and overwhelmingly defeated Estonian opponent Denis Grabe with a score of 2-0 (4-1, 4-2) to enter the Last 32 round.

Hoang Sao's "loser" Naoyuki Oi also defeated a very strong opponent in the loser's bracket from Albania, Eklent Kaci, to win a ticket to the next round. Other high-class players in the loser's bracket such as AJ Manas, Robbie Capito, Joshua Filler,... still showed stable performance to advance straight to the round reserved for the 32 best players of the tournament.

Thus, the remaining 16 players who have qualified for the Last 32 round include: Alex Kazakis (Greece), Mark Mägi (Estonia), Jonas Souto (Spain), AJ Manas (Philippines), Robbie Capito (Hong Kong), Jonas Magpantay (Philippines), Mieszko Fortuński (Poland), Carlo Biado (Philippines), Joshua Filler (Germany), Ruslan Chinakhov (AIN), Naoyuki Oi (Japan), Marco Spitzky (Germany), Sun Yi Hsuan (Taiwan), Moritz Neuhausen (Germany), Kledio Kaci (Albania) and Mateusz Sniegocki (Poland).

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/phuong-nam-that-bai-hoang-sao-thanh-niem-hy-vong-duy-nhat-cua-billiards-viet-nam-185250924223710635.htm