Jaspers won the Korean World Cup, equaling the achievement with Tran Quyet Chien

31st World Cup billiards champion

November 10 is the final day of the Seoul Billiards World Cup 2024, with 2 semi-finals and the championship final. In the first semi-final, reigning world number 1 Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) defeated reigning world champion Cho Myung-woo (South Korea) with a score of 50-42. In the second semi-final, Tasdemir Tayfun (Turkey) made a spectacular comeback and won 50-48 against the home player Kim Jun-tae (defeated Tran Quyet Chien in the quarter-finals) who is in very good form.

Both players from the host nation, South Korea, were eliminated in the semi-finals. The final was an all-European affair, with Dick Jaspers facing Tasdemir Tayfun.

Dick Jaspers wins his 31st World Cup

The championship match was extremely exciting, as the two players played an open game, giving back and forth in every turn. In the first half, the game was very even and witnessed a fierce competition in terms of points between Dick Jaspers and Tasdemir Tayfun. The two players continuously surpassed each other. In the first half, Jaspers and Tayfun did not have a big series, but scored very evenly. The world number 1 Dutch player took the match into the break, leading 26-24.

The biggest turning point of the match came on the 15th inning, when Dick Jaspers unexpectedly hit a 10-point series, leading 45-35 against Tasdemir Tayfun. Since then, Tasdemir Tayfun has had psychological problems and has not been as accurate as before.

Tasdemir Tayfun had the advantage at times but had to accept defeat in the end against Jaspers.

In the 20th turn, Dick Jaspers closed the match, winning 50-36 against Tasdemir Tayfun. The Dutch player won the Seoul Billiards World Cup 2024, raising his total number of World Cup titles to 31. The Dutch player's achievements are only behind "living legend" Torbjorn Blomdahl (Sweden, 46 World Cup titles).

Fierce competition with Tran Quyet Chien

With the Seoul 2024 Billiards World Cup championship, Dick Jaspers has risen to equal the achievement with Tran Quyet Chien, on the ranking to honor the best player in 2024. This ranking calculates the total points of the players through each stage of the World Cup in 2024 (there are 7 stages).

Before the 2024 Seoul Billiards World Cup, Tran Quyet Chien had 222 points and ranked first on the rankings, while Dick Jaspers ranked second with 168 points. But at the present time, when the tournament in Korea has ended, Quyet Chien and Jaspers' scores are equal.

Tran Quyet Chien and Dick Jaspers are leading the rankings to find the best player of 2024.

Accordingly, Tran Quyet Chien reached the quarterfinals of the Seoul 2024 Billiards World Cup, so he was awarded 26 points, bringing his total score to 248. Dick Jaspers won the championship, so he was awarded 80 points, and also had 248 points.

From now until the end of 2024, there is still one more World Cup round taking place in Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) in December. Thus, the performance at the Sharm el Sheikh Billiards World Cup will decide whether Tran Quyet Chien or Dick Jaspers will win the title of best player in 2024.

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