Latest billiards rankings: Tran Quyet Chien top 3, genius Caudron breaks through

Tran Quyet Chien and other Vietnamese players have dropped in the rankings of the World Carom Billiards Federation (UMB). Meanwhile, genius Frederic Caudron has accelerated to close in on the top 10.

According to UMB's scoring method, at the 2025 Porto Billiards World Cup, players must defend the points they achieved at the Bogota Billiards World Cup taking place in March 2024. The 2024 Bogota Billiards World Cup is the tournament in which Tran Quyet Chien was crowned, so the Ha Tinh native must defend the highest score, 80 points. With an early stop in the 32nd round of the 2025 Porto Billiards World Cup, Quyet Chien only has 10 bonus points. Thus, the Vietnamese player was deducted 70 points. At this time, Quyet Chien has 322 points left.

With this score, Tran Quyet Chien dropped 1 place on the world rankings, currently ranked 3rd. Before the 2025 Porto Billiards World Cup, the Vietnamese player was ranked 2nd.

Tran Quyet Chien is currently ranked 3rd in the world.

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Leading the world rankings is still Dick Jaspers (Netherlands), with 428 points. Cho Myung-woo, who just won the 2025 Porto Billiards World Cup, has surpassed Tran Quyet Chien on the rankings. Accordingly, the Korean prodigy rose 2 places, from 4th to 2nd, currently with 358 points.

The remaining Vietnamese player in the world's top 10 is Tran Thanh Luc. However, the 2025 Bogota World Cup champion dropped one place, from 5th to 6th, currently with 271 points.

Bao Phuong Vinh and Chiem Hong Thai both stopped at the round of 32 of the 2025 Porto Billiards World Cup, also falling in rank. Phuong Vinh went from 13th to 16th. Hong Thai went from 18th to 19th.

Latest UMB Rankings

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Frederic Caudron has made a rapid breakthrough in the world rankings. After more than a year since leaving PBA to return to UMB, the Belgian genius has returned to the top. Currently, Caudron has 187 points and is ranked 13th. With this position, Caudron will not have to compete in the qualifying round, but will be given a special place in the main round (32) of the next World Cup billiards stages.

Previously, Caudron won 21 World Cup billiards championships. However, since returning to UMB, the player born in 1968 has not been able to win any titles. The Belgian genius's highest achievement to date is the runner-up position in the Veghel Billiards World Cup (Netherlands) 2024, after losing to Tran Quyet Chien in the final match. At the recently concluded Porto Billiards World Cup 2025, Caudron reached the quarter-finals and was shockingly eliminated by "dark horse" Gokhan Salman (Türkiye).

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/bang-xep-hang-billiards-moi-nhat-tran-quyet-chien-top-3-thien-tai-caudron-but-pha-185250706115417593.htm