Tran Quyet Chien narrows the gap with Dick Jaspers
Before the start of the 2025 Ankara Billiards World Cup, the No. 1 position on the UMB rankings was Dick Jaspers (Netherlands), with 498 points. Meanwhile, Tran Quyet Chien ranked 2nd with 346 points. However, after the tournament held in the Turkish capital ended, Quyet Chien significantly narrowed the gap with the current world No. 1 from the Netherlands. From 152 points, the gap between Tran Quyet Chien and Dick Jaspers is now only 52 points, 444 points and 392 points respectively.
To be more specific, the players participating in the 2025 Ankara Billiards World Cup will defend their points at the 2023 Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) Billiards World Cup. At the 2023 Sharm el Sheikh Billiards World Cup, Dick Jaspers won the championship and received 80 bonus points. At the 2025 Ankara Billiards World Cup, Jaspers stopped in the quarterfinals and received 26 points, so the Dutch player was deducted 54 points.
Tran Quyet Chien is gradually approaching the world number 1 position.
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Meanwhile, Quyet Chien stopped at the round of 32 of the Sharm el Sheikh Billiards World Cup 2023, so he only needed to defend 8 points. At the Ankara Billiards World Cup 2025, Vietnam's number 1 player reached the final and won the runner-up position, receiving 54 bonus points. Therefore, Quyet Chien was awarded 46 points.
This is the premise for Tran Quyet Chien to aim for the world number 1 position in the next World Cup billiards tournaments in 2025.
Bao Phuong Vinh also moved up the rankings. Accordingly, the Binh Duong player moved from 14th to 13th place, currently with 170 points.
UMB Ranking after the Ankara Billiards World Cup 2025
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Tran Thanh Luc and Chiem Hong Thai fell in rank.
Tran Thanh Luc dropped 1 place. Before the 2025 Ankara Billiards World Cup, Thanh Luc was in 4th place, but now he is in 5th place with 281 points. At the 2025 Ankara Billiards World Cup, the 1990-born player stopped in the round of 16, when he lost to Kim Haeng-jik (Korea).
Chiem Hong Thai dropped 3 places on the UMB rankings, from 15th to 18th. At the Ankara 2025 Billiards World Cup, he was eliminated from the round of 32 with a record of 3 losses.
Eddy Merckx (Belgium) with his 14th World Cup billiards championship in his career, has risen to the top 3 on the UMB rankings (previously ranked 7th).
Cho Myung-woo (Korea) from 3rd to 4th place, currently has 286 points.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/bang-xep-hang-billiards-moi-nhat-tran-quyet-chien-vi-tri-cao-ap-sat-so-1-185250616094551802.htm
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