Tran Quyet Chien was given a special place in the 32nd round of the Porto 2025 Billiards World Cup (playing from the afternoon of July 3 to the early morning of July 4). Tran Quyet Chien lost 29-40 to Bao Phuong Vinh in the opening match, then won against Peter Ceulemans (Belgium) 40-38. But in the deciding match, Vietnam's number 1 player lost to Nikos Polychro (Greece) with a score of 27-40. This result made the Ha Tinh -born player only third in Group D, having to say goodbye to the tournament.
Having been eliminated early in the round of 32 at the 2025 Porto World Cup, Tran Quyet Chien is at risk of falling in the UMB rankings. Before the tournament in the Portuguese city, Quyet Chien was ranked 2nd with 392 points, while Dick Jaspers was number 1 in the world with 444 points.
Tran Quyet Chien may drop in the world rankings after being eliminated early at the 2025 Porto Billiards World Cup.
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The remaining names in the top 10 on the UMB rankings are: Eddy Merckx in 3rd place (310 points), Cho Myung-woo in 4th place (286 points), Tran Thanh Luc in 5th place (281 points), Tasdemir Tayfun in 6th place (278 points), Sameh Sidhom in 7th place (270 points), Heo Jung-han in 8th place (268 points), Marco Zanetti in 9th place (250 points), Tolgahan Kiraz in 10th place (214 points).
Who can surpass Tran Quyet Chien on the billiards rankings?
Accordingly, world number 1 Jaspers and many players in the top 10 have all stopped. The two names that pose a threat to Tran Quyet Chien's number 2 position are now only Eddy Merckx (Belgium) and Cho Myung-woo (Korea).
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.
Case 1: Eddy Merckx is now in the round of 16. If he makes it to the semi-finals (or further) of the Porto 2025 Billiards World Cup, the Belgian player will surpass Tran Quyet Chien on the UMB rankings.
Case 2: Similarly, Cho Myung-woo also competes in the round of 16. Cho Myung-woo needs to reach the finals to be able to surpass Tran Quyet Chien on the UMB rankings.
Eddy Merckx can surpass Tran Quyet Chien on the world rankings in this stage.
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Tran Quyet Chien still has hope of defending his No. 2 position if the above two scenarios do not occur. However, the Vietnamese player will drop at least 2 places on the rankings if both scenarios occur.
In addition, Marco Zanetti can also level the score gap with Tran Quyet Chien on the rankings. If he wins the 2025 Porto Billiards World Cup, Zanetti will be awarded 72 points, bringing the total score to 322 points.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/billiards-vi-tri-the-gioi-cua-tran-quyet-chien-lung-lay-khi-som-dung-buoc-o-world-cup-porto-185250704125904041.htm
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