In the qualifying round, Tran Quyet Chien and Lee Beom-yeol are in the same group D. In the direct match, Tran Quyet Chien defeated their opponent with a score of 40-36 after 22 turns. This achievement contributed to helping the Vietnamese player lead the group, thereby winning a ticket to the round of 16.
However, in the match on the evening of October 16, everything changed. The Korean player leads 15-8 after the first 5 turns, then increases to 20-7 after 9 turns. Tran Quyet Chien tried to catch up, but he was not in good form in this match, having scored 5 points with 9 consecutive turns, while Lee Beom-yeol scored 11 points.
The gap between the two players was widened, when Lee Beom-yeol led Quyet Chien to a score of 44-24. In the final stage of the match, the Korean player had a series of injuries that did not score any points. However, Tran Quyet Chien could not have a miraculous form to turn the game around.
In the end, Lee Beom-yeol beat Tran Quyet Chien with a score of 50-42 after 37 turns. This result caused Tran Quyet Chien to continue to miss the world championship. He has not won this tournament despite having won the World Cup.
Also defeated like Tran Quyet Chien in the third quarter was Chiem Hong Thai. In the match against Kahofer Arnim of Austria, Chiem Hong Thai lost with a score of 48-50 after 26 turns. This is a match in which the two players have been close to each other since the beginning. Chiem Hong Thai led the opponent 21-6 at the beginning of the match, but Arnim later had 2 chances to score 18 points in a row, thereby creating the premise for victory.
Meanwhile, Tran Thanh Luc, the 2024 world champion, won with a score of 50-38 against veteran Japanese player Umeda Ryuuji. With this result, Tran Thanh Luc will win a ticket to the next round and meet Martin Horn - the player who just won the 3-cushion carom billiards World Cup in Belgium last week.
