The tourney is held at Nguyen Du Gymnasium by the municipal Department of Culture and Sports and the Asian Carom Billiards Confederation. One-cushion carom matches will take place on April 23 and 24. The top three winners will respectively receive cash prizes of 2,000 USD, 1,200 USD and 600 USD.

Vietnamese cueist Ngo Dinh Nai competes on the opening day of the 10th Asian Carom Billiards Championship.

Meanwhile, 32 cueists will compete in the three-cushion category from April 24 to 27. They are divided into eight groups, and eight top players will advance to the next round.

The champion in this category will be awarded 4,000 USD while the two runners-up will receive 2,400 USD and 1,200 USD, respectively.

Vietnam sent seven cueists to the one-cushion category and 12 to the three-cushion one, including experienced players like Tran Quyet Chien (world’s No. 6), Nguyen Quoc Nguyen (world’s No. 12), Ngo Dinh Nai, Ma Minh Cam and Duong Anh Vu.

Coach Nguyen Viet Hoa said Vietnamese cueists have advantages in the one-cushion category, but they will face fierce competition from Korean players, including Cho Jae-ho – world’s No.3, in the three-cushion category.

If they are successful at this time’s tourney, Vietnamese cueists will have more momentum at the three-cushion world cup scheduled to take place in HCM City in late May, Hoa noted.

Vietnamese cueist wins title at Becamex IJC Cup 2018

The International Three-Cushion Carom Billiards Tournament BTV-Becamex IJC Cup 2018 wrapped up in the southern province of Binh Duong, with Tran Quyet Chien of Ho Chi Minh City becoming the champion. 

 

HCM City to host 10th Asian carom billiards championship

The 10th Asian Carom Billiards Championship 2019 is scheduled to take place at Nguyen Du Gymnasium in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 from April 23 to 27, featuring competition between the leading cueists from Vietnam, the Republic of Korea (RoK), Japan, Jordan and Lebanon in the one-cushion and three-cushion categories.

 

Vietnamese cueist in billiards world cup semis

Vietnam’s Tran Quyet Chien will face a former world champion in the semifinals of the Three-Cushion Billiards World Cup Sunday.

 

Chien sets new Vietnamese milestone in world billiards rankings

Vietnam’s No. 1 cueist, Tran Quyet Chien, set a new milestone for Vietnamese billiards, as he climbed one place to seventh in the latest world rankings announced by the Union Mondiale de Billiard (UMB) on October 29.

 

Binh Duong Int’l Three-Cushion Billiards Tourney to be held next week

The International Three-Cushion Carom Billiards Tournament BTV-Becamex IJC Cup 2018 will take place in the southern province of Binh Duong from August 16-18, gathering 64 cueists from Vietnam, the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the Netherlands.

 

Source: VNA