Billiards: Dick Jaspers convincingly wins World Cup HCMC 2025

Dick Jaspers had a convincing journey at the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City Billiards World Cup. With a special entry from the round of 32, the Dutch player was in Group A with Nguyen Nhu Le (Vietnam), Mohamed Abdin (Egypt) and former world champion Ryuuji Umeda (Japan). Jaspers did not have much difficulty winning a ticket to the round of 16 as the top player in Group A, with a record of 3 wins in all 3 matches. The player born in 1965 even defeated his opponents with a difference in points, respectively 40-12 (against Umeda), 40-27 (against Nhu Le) and 40-11 (against Abdin).

Breathtaking comeback against Tran Quyet Chien

In the round of 16, Dick Jaspers had a rematch with Nguyen Nhu Le. The Dutch player continued to win 50-26 to eliminate the representative of Vietnam. Next, Jaspers continued to show his excellent performance, defeating the formidable Italian opponent Marco Zanetti with a surprising score of 50-22 after only 17 turns. On the way to the championship of the Ho Chi Minh City Billiards World Cup 2025, the most difficult challenge for Dick Jaspers is probably the confrontation with Vietnam's number 1 player Tran Quyet Chien in the semi-finals.

After struggling to come from behind to beat Tran Quyet Chien in the semi-finals, Dick Jaspers had no trouble defeating Heo Jung-han in the championship match.

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Dick Jaspers was trailing Quyet Chien for most of the match. However, in the final stages of the match, the Dutchman showed his mettle and successfully came back to win a thrilling 50-48 victory over Tran Quyet Chien. After that, Jaspers had an easy time in the final match for the championship. The 60-year-old had a fairly easy game from start to finish, and defeated Heo Jung-han with a score of 50-33, after 20 turns.

With this, Dick Jaspers won the World Cup Ho Chi Minh City championship for the first time, after competing here 9 times. At the same time, the Dutch player also increased the total number of World Cup billiards championships to 32 times. Jaspers' achievement is only less than that of the "legend" Torbjorn Blomdahl (Sweden), who currently owns 46 World Cup billiards championships.

Jaspers currently has 32 World Cup billiards championship titles. However, this is the first time he has won the tournament in Ho Chi Minh City.

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With the championship of the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City Billiards World Cup, Dick Jaspers received 16,000 euros (about 470 million VND) and 80 bonus points. Runner-up Heo Jung-han received 10,000 euros (equivalent to 294 million VND) in prize money and 54 bonus points. The two third-place players, Tran Quyet Chien and Hwang Bong-joo, received 6,000 euros (about 176 million VND) each and 36 bonus points.

Before the 2025 Ho Chi Minh City Billiards World Cup kicked off, Dick Jaspers was ranked No. 1 on the World Carom Billiards Federation (UMB) rankings. With the championship in Vietnam, the Dutch player is sure to remain at the top of the rankings.

The 2025 Ho Chi Minh City Billiards World Cup is only the second round of 2025. This is considered a smooth start for Dick Jaspers in defending the title of "Champion of the Season". The title of "Champion of the Season" is determined by calculating the total achievements of all the Billiards World Cup rounds taking place during the year. In 2024, the Dutch player was also honored as the "Champion of the Season". Jaspers won against Tran Quyet Chien in the race for this title. The two players had the same total score, but Tran Quyet Chien had to come in second because of the inferior difference in the secondary score (achievement in the most recent round).

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