Tran Quyet Chien and Bao Phuong Vinh won the World Cup round of 32 match.

Tran Quyet Chien and Bao Phuong Vinh both had victories over their fellow countrymen at the 3-cushion billiards World Cup in Antwerp 2025.

Tran Quyet Chien is the most successful 3-cushion carom billiards player in the world arena. Photo: Phong Le

After the qualifying round, the 2025 Antwerp Billiards World Cup will compete in the main round from October 10. Vietnam has 5 players participating: Tran Quyet Chien, Bao Phuong Vinh, Tran Thanh Luc, Chiem Hong Thai and Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu.

Tran Quyet Chien is in group C with Martin Horn (Germany), Roland Forthomme (Belgium) and Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu. This is a difficult group for Quyet Chien as Thanh Tu - the national champion - is an opponent who has always caused him many difficulties in domestic tournaments. Meanwhile, Martin Horn and Forthomme have both won the World Cup.

In the opening match on the afternoon of October 10, Tran Quyet Chien met Thanh Tu. Unlike in the domestic arena, Quyet Chien showed his mettle to win with a score of 40-22 after 29 innings. In the next two matches, Quyet Chien will meet Roland Forthomme (Belgium) and Martin Horn (Germany).

Meanwhile, Bao Phuong Vinh is in group F with Tran Thanh Luc, Tolgahan Kiraz (Türkiye), Ruben Legazpi (Spain). In the opening match on the afternoon of October 10, Bao Phuong Vinh defeated Thanh Luc with a score of 40-17 after 22 rounds.

In Group F, Chiem Hong Thai faced Tasdemir Tayfun (Türkiye), Jeremy Bury (France), Gonzalez (Colombia). In the opening match on the afternoon of October 10, Chiem Hong Thai lost to veteran player Tasdemir Tayfun with a score of 39-40 after 26 rounds.

Vietnamese players will continue to compete in their remaining group stage matches on the evening of October 10 and early morning of October 11 (Vietnam time).

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