Cueist Tran
Quyet Chien along with his wife and two daughters (Source: http://www.kozoom.com)
Chien defeated his countryman Ngo Dinh Nai (world No 30) in the final on May 27
to get the title along with 16,000 EUR in prize money and 80 bonus points from
the World Billiards Union (UMB).
Second place Nai got 10,000 EUR and 54 points. The third place was shared by
Caudron Frederic (world No 1) from Belgium and 2017 Asian champion Nguyen Quoc
Nguyen (World No 15) from Vietnam, who received 6,000 EUR and 38 points
each.
With total prize money of 106,000 EUR, double that of the 2017 event, the 2018
Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup attracted 149 leading cueists from 17
countries and territories worldwide.
Among them are world number one Caudron Frederic of Belgium, world number
two and defending champion Merckx Eddy, also of Belgium, Spaniard David
Martinez, Japanese Yusuke Mori and the Dutchman Sam Van Etten.
Vietnam sent 18 cueists to the tournament, including 2017 Asian champion
Nguyen Quoc Nguyen (World No 15), Tran Quyet Chien (No 18), Ma Minh Cam (No
17), 2017 Asian silver medallist Duong Anh Vu (No 26) and Ngo Dinh Nai (No 30)
This is the fourth time HCM City has hosted the Billiards World Cup.
Source: VNA
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