The final of the Gwangju 2025 Billiards World Cup held in South Korea on November 9 will be a clash between home player Cho Myung-woo and Marco Zanetti (Italy). Earlier in the semi-finals held on the same day, Cho Myung-woo won an impressive 50-39 victory over veteran Eddy Merckx, while veteran Zanetti defeated Glenn Hofman with a score of 50-38.
One-sided match in the final of the Gwangju 2025 Billiards World Cup
The final match of the 2025 Gwangju Billiards World Cup was expected to be fierce, but in reality it was not. Cho Myung-woo created a one-sided game right from the first shots. Although Zanetii is an experienced player, he was not in the best condition, losing his scoring touch in the most important match of the tournament.
Although the Korean prodigy did not have any big series (the highest was a series of 6), he scored very evenly. After 10 rounds, the gap was 18 points, when Cho Myung-woo led 28-10. The player born in 1998 led 32-14 after 15 rounds, 40-28 after 20 rounds.
In the end, Cho Myung-woo beat Zanetti with a score difference of 50-30, after 25 rounds.
Cho Myung-woo (second from left) won quite easily in the final, while Zanetti (left) was completely deadlocked.
PHOTO: UMB
Cho Myung-woo was crowned champion right at home in Korea. This is the third World Cup billiards championship title in his career, and the second consecutive time in 2025. Previously, this 27-year-old player won the title in Sharm El Sheikh - Egypt in 2022 and the World Cup billiards Porto - Portugal in July 2025.
Ma Minh Cam maintains high performance
In parallel with the World Cup billiards Gwangju 2025 of the World Carom Billiards Federation (UMB), the tournament of the Korean Professional Billiards Association (PBA) is also competing in the final rounds of the 7th stage of the 2025-2026 season. On November 9, the round of 16 took place, with the appearance of 2 Vietnamese representatives, Ma Minh Cam and Nguyen Quoc Nguyen.
Nguyen Quoc Nguyen lost 2-3 (15/14, 15/8, 3/15, 8/15, 5/11) to Lee Seung-jin. Meanwhile, Ma Minh Cam (15/9, 4/15, 15/9, 5/15, 11/4) won dramatically 3-2 against Choi Woo-jin.
Ma Minh Cam entered the PBA semi-finals for the second consecutive time in the last two rounds.
PHOTO: PBA
Ma Minh Cam is the only Vietnamese player to make it to the quarterfinals of the ongoing PBA tournament. Through this, Minh Cam has shown that he has been in good form recently. In the previous tournament in late October, the 1975-born player also reached the semi-finals and lost to veteran Spanish player Daniel Sanchez.
The PBA quarterfinals took place on October 11, with Ma Ming-jin meeting home favorite Shin Nam-ho. Shin Nam-ho is also in good form, having defeated former UMB world champion Choi Sung-won 3-1 in the round of 16.
Source: https://thanhnien.vn/billiards-than-dong-han-quoc-vo-dich-world-cup-ma-minh-cam-vao-tu-ket-pba-185251109224449131.htm
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