BTO- On the afternoon of September 29, in Phan Thiet city, the 76th World Individual 3-Cushion Carom Billiards Championship took place with a dramatic and exciting final match between two players Cho Myung-Woo (Korea, ranked 5th in the world) and Tran Thanh Luc (Vietnam, ranked 21st in the world). Fans witnessed a spectacular and classy match.
As expected by the audience, the person dubbed the "prodigy" of Billiards Cho Myung-Woo had a good start and maintained his form throughout the match with confident, steady strokes. The final match officially ended with a series of 11 points in the 20th round of Cho Myung-woo. This player overwhelmingly defeated Tran Thanh Luc with a score of 50-23, officially winning the championship convincingly. Despite having made breakthroughs, bringing fans beautiful and emotional strokes, the Vietnamese representative still could not shorten the gap.
Cho Myung-Woo received the prize of 40,000 Euros for this year's champion. Second place with a prize of 20,000 Euros went to player Tran Thanh Luc. Players Eddy Merckx (Belgium) and Dick Jaspers (Netherlands) tied for third place, each receiving a prize of 12,000 Euros.
In his closing speech, Mr. Farouk Barki, President of the World Billiards Federation, said: We are truly happy to be in Binh Thuan at this time. I am sure that all the athletes and fans have witnessed impressive and truly memorable matches in the past few days here. Thank you to Binh Thuan province, sponsors, organizers, volunteers... for making the tournament a success. We will definitely come back here in the future.
Awarding the runner-up prize to player Tran Thanh Luc.
After 5 days of exciting competition, the World Individual 3-Cushion Carom Billiards Championship has officially ended. The tournament was jointly organized by the World Carom Billiards Federation, the Vietnam Billiards & Snooker Federation and Binh Thuan province, attracting 48 of the world's top players from 26 countries: Korea, Japan, Turkey, Belgium, Spain... Vietnam alone had 7 players participating in the competition.
According to the Organizing Committee, the World Individual 3-Cushion Carom Billiards Championship has high professional quality, attracting many high-class athletes to participate. The athletes have dedicated to the audience attractive, fierce but no less artistic matches of 3-Cushion Carom Billiards.
This is the first time the World Individual 3-Cushion Carom Billiards Championship has chosen Vietnam and Binh Thuan province as the first destination to host it. The tournament is not only a playground for top billiards talents but also an opportunity for fans to enjoy beautiful and artistic cues in the billiards community.
Source: https://baobinhthuan.com.vn/cho-myung-woo-xuat-sac-gianh-ngoi-vo-dich-giai-billiards-carom-3-bang-vo-dich-ca-nhan-the-gioi-lan-thu-76-124438.html
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