Bao Phuong Vinh created a big surprise when he defeated his senior Tran Quyet Chien to win the 2023 3-cushion carom billiards world championship, held in Türkiye.
At that time, Bao Phuong Vinh defeated Tran Quyet Chien with a score of 50-34. He became the first Vietnamese player to win the most prestigious tournament of 3-cushion carom billiards in the world.
After this milestone, Bao Phuong Vinh has played steadily to be at the top of the rankings.
In 2024, the player from Binh Duong and Tran Quyet Chien won the World 3-cushion carom billiards team championship and were runner-up at the World Cup in Ankara (Türkiye).
The 3-cushion carom billiards world championship will be held in Phan Thiet, Binh Thuan from September 25 to 29. This is the first time Vietnam has hosted this tournament.
According to UMB, this year's tournament attracted the participation of 48 of the world's best players such as Dick Jaspers, Tran Quyet Chien, Bao Phuong Vinh, Jun Tae Kim, Myung Woo Cho, Martin Horn, Eddy Merckx, Sameh Sidhom, Marco Zanetti, Torbjörn Blomdahl, Jung Han Heo, Haeng Jik Kim, Tayfun Tasdemir, Tolgahan Kiraz, Jeremy Bury, Nikos Polychronopoulos and Berkay Karakurt...
Unfortunately, veteran player Frederic Caudron (Belgium) will not participate in the tournament; but the tournament will still be very competitive with the participation of some emerging players such as Glenn Hofman (Netherlands) or Pedro Piedrabuena (USA)...
In the group stage, 48 players are divided into 16 groups, each group has 3 players, competing for 40 points per turn. The top 2 players in each group will qualify for the knockout round.
Vietnam will have the strongest players participating such as Tran Quyet Chien (world number 2), Bao Phuong Vinh (ranked 3), Chiem Hong Thai (ranked 20), Tran Thanh Luc (21) or Tran Duc Minh - who just won the 3-cushion carom billiard World Cup in Ho Chi Minh City in 2024.
The champion will receive 40,000 Euros, the runner-up will receive 20,000 Euros. Players from 5th to 8th place will receive 6,000 Euros/person, from 9th to 16th place will receive 3,000 Euros/person...
