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Accordingly, Chien has leveled up to 6th in the world in three-cushion billiard, following Frédéric Caudron of Belgium (448 points), Dick Jaspers of the Netherlands, Eddy Merckx of Belgium, Marco Zanetti of Italy and Semih Sayginer of Turkey. On UMB’s updated scoreboard, Chien has 254 points.

Tran Quyet Chien becomes Asian’s top cueist.

Nguyen Quoc Nguyen, another cueist of Vietnam, also rose from 16th to 9th, putting both him and Chien in the world top 10.

In this year’s tournament held in the Republic of Korea, Nguyen made it to the quarter-finals with 26 points, while he achieved just 8 points after being disqualified in the knock-out stages last year.

Other Vietnamese players, like Ngo Dinh Nai and Ma Minh Cam, remain unchanged in the rankings.

After the World Cup tournament in the Republic of Korea, players will now prepare for the last tournament of the year in Hurngdaha, Egypt, held from December 2 to 9.

Vietnamese wins Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup in HCM City

Cueist Tran Quyet Chien (world No 18) has become the new champion of the 2018 Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup, which took place in Ho Chi Minh City from May 25.

 

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.

 

World leading cueists compete in Billiards World Cup in HCM City

Close to 150 leading cueists from 17 countries and territories worldwide are gathering for the Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup, which will officially open in Ho Chi Minh City on May 25.

 

Source: NDO/VNA