After the Ankara 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup (Türkiye) in June, Tran Quyet Chien officially rose to the No. 1 position in the world on both rankings of the World Billiards Federation (UMB). Before the Porto 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup 2024 just ended in the early morning of July 14, on the UMB Events Ranking (official ranking, only counting points from the World Cup and World Championship), Tony Tran led with 362 points, Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) ranked second with 338 points, Cho Myung-woo (Korea) ranked third with 332 points.

Coming to the 2024 Porto 3-cushion billiards World Cup, players must defend the points they achieved at the Sharm El Sheikh World Cup (Egypt, October 2022). Accordingly, at the 2022 Sharm El Sheikh World Cup, Tran Quyet Chien reached the quarterfinals, scoring 26 points. Jaspers also reached the quarterfinals and scored 26 points, while Cho Myung-woo won the championship and scored 80 points.

But at the 2024 Porto World Cup, Quyet Chien only made it to the round of 16 and scored 18 points. Therefore, the Vietnamese player was deducted 8 points and currently has 354 points.

Meanwhile, Dick Jaspers won the 2024 Porto World Cup and earned 80 points. Therefore, the Dutch player was awarded 54 more points and now has 392 points. Jaspers officially returned to the No. 1 position in the world on the UMB rankings.

Cho Myung-woo only finished second at the 2024 Porto World Cup, so he was deducted 26 points and now has 306 points. The Korean "prodigy" remains in 3rd place.

Billiard genius Frederic Caudron has made a breakthrough in the rankings. From being outside the top 3,000 in May, the Belgian player has risen to 35th place with 66 points. It can be said that this is Caudron's rapid rise in the UMB rankings. After 3 World Cup rounds, the player born in 1968 has reached the quarter-finals in Ho Chi Minh City 2024, stopped in the 3rd qualifying round of Ankara 2024 and most recently reached the semi-finals of Porto 2024. With this position, the player nicknamed the billiards genius will compete from the 3rd or 4th qualifying round in the next World Cup rounds.

Bao Phuong Vinh kept the 8th position, Chiem Hong Thai also stood still at 18th position. Tran Thanh Luc, with his achievement of reaching the quarter-finals of the 2024 Porto World Cup, entered the top 20. Meanwhile, Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu's participation in the quarter-finals of the 2024 Porto World Cup helped improve his position significantly, rising to 49th position. Notably, Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu was also honored in the category for the highest series score at the tournament. In the match against Maurer in the 3rd qualifying round of the 2024 Porto World Cup, Thanh Tu impressed with a series of 21 points.

In August 2024 (from 25 to 29), players will compete in the most prestigious billiards tournament - World Championship in Binh Thuan. This is also a tournament that directly affects the players' rankings on the UMB rankings.