Tran Quyet Chien falls into the 'death group' at home

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), and 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 young and promising 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 number 1 player Dick Jaspers very convincingly. Surely both will be determined to find a victory to hope to get 1 of the 2 tickets to the next round when the two remaining 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, world rank 94 ) and Jose Maria (Spain, world rank 109 ). Do Nguyen Trung Hau will have a very difficult time being in group E with 3 Korean players: Kim Haeng Jik (world rank 7), Heo Jung Han (world rank 14) and Kim Dong Ryong.

Tran Thanh Luc will face Marco Zanetti, Kim Jun Tae (Korea, world rank 15) and Hwang Bong Joo (Korea, world rank 39) in group C. Young player Chiem Hong Thai will have the opportunity to face defending champion Eddy Merckx, Martin Horn (Germany, world rank 18) and Cha Myeong Jong (Korea, world rank 24) in group D.

The 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup Ho Chi Minh City 2023 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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