Billiards: Tran Quyet Chien attends the world championship, may meet genius Caudron

The 2025 Carom Billiards World Championship has determined more than 27 players to compete. Vietnam's number 1 player Tran Quyet Chien is present and especially the return of genius Frederic Caudron.

5 Vietnamese players participate in the world championship 3-cushion carom billiards

The World Championship is the most prestigious tournament in the tournament system of the World Carom Billiards Federation (UMB). The 2025 World Championship will take place in Belgium from October 14 to 18, bringing together 48 excellent players to compete. Of which, the defending champion Cho Myung-woo (Korea) and the top 16 players on the world rankings (the version with points in national and continental tournaments) will automatically participate. In addition, players will also participate according to the quota of their member federations: Europe has 13 quotas, America has 8 quotas, Asia has 5 quotas, Africa and the Middle East have 3 quotas. In addition, the organizing committee will award 2 wildcards to players from the host federation (Belgium).

At this point, the 2025 World Championship has determined 27 players to participate. Vietnam has 5 representatives competing: Tran Quyet Chien, Tran Thanh Luc, Chiem Hong Thai, Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu and Bao Phuong Vinh. Of which, Quyet Chien, Thanh Luc and Hong Thai are 3 names in the top 16 on the rankings. Phuong Vinh and Thanh Tu are 2 representatives of Asia.

Tran Quyet Chien won the runner-up position at the 2023 World Championship.

PHOTO: UMB

Notably, the two special spots for the host team are named after two very familiar players, Frederic Caudron and Ceulemens Bart. Attention will certainly be focused on Caudron. This is the first time the Belgian billiards genius has participated in the World Championship, since returning to UMB in May 2024. In the past, the player born in 1968 won the 3-cushion carom billiards world championship 3 times, in 1999, 2013 and 2017 respectively.

Notable players also appearing at the 2025 World Championship include current world number 1 Dick Jaspers (Netherlands), Eddy Merckx (Belgium), Marco Zanetti (Italy), Tasdemir Tayfun (Turkey), Sameh Sidhom (Egypt), Jeremy Bury (France), Heo Jung-han (Korea)...

Caudron returns to the World Championship arena with a wildcard spot for the host federation

PHOTO: INDEPENDENCE

The best achievement of Vietnamese billiards at the World Championship is the championship of Bao Phuong Vinh. The final match of the 2023 World Championship witnessed the internal competition between Vietnam between Bao Phuong Vinh and Tran Quyet Chien. Phuong Vinh, at that time, played with sublime form and defeated his experienced senior to win the championship. The 2023 World Championship trophy is also a major turning point, bringing the career of the Binh Duong player to a new page.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/billiards-tran-quyet-chien-du-giai-vo-dich-the-gioi-co-the-gap-thien-tai-caudron-185250905131140776.htm