Three Vietnamese players enter the 1/8 round of the world tournament

Quyet Chien won all three group stage matches against Carlos Villegas, Kim Haeng-jik and Cha Myeong Jong, with an average of 2,181 points per turn, today 3/3, Hanoi time. The number one player in Vietnam and Kim continued in Group G, entering the 1/8 round.

Quyet Chien's opponent in the 1/8 round is Torbjorn Blomdahl - a billiards legend who has publicly apologized to Vietnamese players for an action he considered unsportsmanlike in the match against Dao Van Ly. The match between Quyet Chien and Blomdahl takes place at 2am tomorrow 4/3 (11am Friday 3/3, Las Vegas time), and is the only pair in the 1/8 round that takes place between two players in the top 8 in the world. .

Vietnam definitely has a representative in the quarterfinals, when Anh Chien meets Phuong Vinh in the 1/8 round, at 4:30. In the group stage, Phuong Vinh suddenly knocked down world number one Dick Jaspers 40-36, although at one point he was 15 points behind. Phuong Vinh leads Group B, with Peter Ceulemans going ahead, while Jaspers is eliminated.

And England defeated Nikos Polychronopoulos in the first match with a score of 40-38 after 17 innings, then defeated Kim Jun-tae 40-25 after 25 innings in Group D. Despite losing to Sameh Sidhom 19-40 after 23 innings in the match. In the end, Anh Chien still went with Kim Jun-tae.

Of the four Vietnamese players in the group stage, only Van Ly was eliminated, in Group E. He and Blomdahl and Dion Nelin were equal in points, but only Blomdahl went on due to having a better sub-stat.

Of the 16 players in the 1/8 round, Korea dominated with five representatives, and Vietnam contributed three players, the second most. Turkey and Belgium both have two hands to reach this round, while Sweden, Germany, Spain and Italy each have a representative.

The 3-band carom World Cup in Las Vegas is the first world tournament in 2023, taking place from February 26 to March 4, including four qualifiers, a group stage and a knockout round. The first tournament was supposed to take place in Turkey in February 2023, but was canceled due to the earthquake disaster. Jaspers is currently the second richest player in tournament history, with 27 championships, behind only Torbjorn Blomdahl.

2:00 p.m. on March 4: Blomdahl - Quyet Chien, Ceulemans - Kim Jun-tae, Heo Jung-han - Cho Myung-woo, Kim Haeng-jik - Sanchez.

4:30 on March 4: Horn - Zanetti, Jeong - Merckx, Anh Chien - Phuong Vinh, Karakurt - Tasdemir.