Fans' hopes of seeing a rematch between the two players who just competed in the 2023 World Championship final in Turkey were completely shattered when world champion Bao Phuong Vinh had to stop early in the semi-finals. The player from Binh Duong lost 39-50 in the confrontation with the relatively unknown player Le Van Thai, who has only been playing and competing professionally in 3-cushion carom for about 2 years.
"Dark horse" Le Van Thai almost defeated both the world champion and the World Cup champion
Interestingly, people "discovered" that Le Van Thai is... Tran Quyet Chien's favorite disciple and is practicing every day at the billiards club named after this number 1 player in Vietnam. "Dark horse" Le Van Thai defeated world champion Bao Phuong Vinh to win the right to play in the final match with his own "master" after Tran Quyet Chien defeated Dinh Quang Hai with a score of 50-28 in the remaining semi-final match.
Tran Quyet Chien fights in the final with his students
Not being hindered by the teacher-student relationship, in the final match, Van Thai started the match with an 8-point "start" to take the lead 15-5 and then 20-10. With a 3-pointer, Van Thai took the match into halftime with a big advantage of 27-13 and widened the score gap to 31-16 in the second half.
Tran Quyet Chien won an emotional comeback victory
Victory seemed within reach for the player from Dak Lak , but Tran Quyet Chien fought back strongly. He scored 15 points in a row in the 20th round to lead Le Van Thai 38-35.
From here, the match fell into a score tie and with a series of 7 points, Quyet Chien took the lead 49-42 and scored the deciding point, securing the final victory 50-42 after 26 innings.
Tran Quyet Chien won Tour 3 - HBSF Cup 2023
With this result, Tran Quyet Chien won the Tour 3 - HBSF Cup championship, won the cup and a prize of 50 million VND. Le Van Thai was still surprised by the defeat, so he had to accept the second place and the prize of 20 million VND. The two players Bao Phuong Vinh and Dinh Quang Hai won the third place and 10 million VND.
The top 4 all received medals and a JFlowers cue stick. Players from 5th to 8th place received 5 million VND, players from 9th to 16th place received 2 million VND.
The four best players of the tournament
Bao Phuong Vinh won the "Best Game" prize worth 5 million VND with a performance of 4,286 points/turn. Meanwhile, the "Excellent Series" prize worth 5 million VND went to player Vo Chi Hung with a shot of 18 points. In addition, 64 players who entered the round of 32 all received cash prizes and gifts.
Bao Phuong Vinh won another "Best Game" award.
After 6 days of exciting and dramatic competition, the 3-Cushion Carom Billiards Tour 3 - HBSF Cup 2023 has ended successfully. The 8 best players of this tour will qualify for the final tournament taking place from December 18 to 25, with the participation of top Vietnamese players and a team of high-quality international guest players.
Vo Chi Hung won the "Best Series" award.
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