Most Vietnamese players

In the final qualifying round of the 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup Sharm el Sheik 2024 taking place on December 4, Vietnam had 4 players competing: Bao Phuong Vinh, Tran Duc Minh, Chiem Hong Thai and Nguyen Chi Long. All 4 players of Vietnam excellently won tickets to continue to meet Tran Quyet Chien and Tran Thanh Luc in the final round.

Among them, Duc Minh, Phuong Vinh and Chi Long played with high performance to win both matches, thereby winning tickets to the final round (32 players) as the group leader. Notably, Phuong Vinh impressed with a series of 18 points, the highest since the beginning of the tournament up to now. Chiem Hong Thai also played well, but was a bit unlucky and only had 2 draws. However, luck was with the young player born in 1999. Hong Thai "overcame the challenge", when he was in the top 3 players in the second place with the best results, so he also participated in the final round.

The final round of the Sharm el Sheikh Billiards World Cup 2024 will take place this afternoon (December 5), with 6 Vietnamese players. Besides South Korea (also with 6 players), Vietnam is the country with the most players participating in the final round of the Sharm el Sheikh World Cup 2024.

Tran Quyet Chien goes to battle

Today, Tran Quyet Chien officially started playing in the tournament being held in Egypt. Vietnam's number 1 player is in group C with Tran Thanh Luc, Ayman Mahmoud (Egypt) and Pierre Soumagne (France). Quyet Chien will start playing at 3:00 p.m. (Vietnam time), facing his compatriot Thanh Luc.

At 3 p.m. , Tran Duc Minh will face Chiem Hong Thai in group A, while Bao Phuong Vinh will compete with veteran player Eddy Merckx (Belgium) at D.

Group A has Duc Minh, Hong Thai, Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) and Vera (Mexico). Bao Phuong Vinh is in Group D with Eddy Merckx, Tolgahan Kiraz (Türkiye) and Berkay Karakurt (Türkiye).

The second and third matches of groups A, C and D will take place at 7pm and 11pm respectively.

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Nguyen Chi Long is in Group G with Heo Jung-han (Korea), Marco Zanetti (Italy) and Glenn Hofman (Netherlands). Chi Long will take the field at 5pm , against Zanetti. The second and third matches of Group G will take place at 9pm and 1am on December 6 (Vietnam time) respectively.

The 2024 Sharm el Sheikh Billiards World Cup Finals have 32 players competing, divided equally into 8 groups (4 players each), playing a round-robin to calculate points and rank. The matches are played to 40 points, with equal turns (with a draw). The top two players in each group will advance to the knockout round (16 players).

All matches of Vietnamese players at the Sharm el Sheikh Billiards World Cup 2024 will be broadcast live on the SOOP Live platform (link: https://billiards.sooplive.co.kr/schedule/113).