Billiard player Bao Phuong Vinh wins the 2023 World Billiard Championship

28-year-old player Bao Phuong Vinh won 50-34 against Tran Quyet Chien in the all-Vietnam final at the 2023 World Billiards Championship.

Billiard player Bao Phuong Vinh won the world championship. (Source: Five&Six)

In the final match on the evening of September 10 in Ankara (Türkiye), Phuong Vinh led his senior for most of the match with the turning point being an 8-point series to lead 29-22.

While Quyet Chien lost his sense of cue and continuously missed points since then, Phuong Vinh played more steadily and accumulated each point. In the last 12 rounds, Vietnam's number 1 player only earned 4 points, while his junior won 11 points.

In the end, Phuong Vinh won Quyet Chien 50-34 after 33 rounds.

In the 95-year history of the 3-cushion carom billiards world championship, there have only been 3 times when the final match was between 2 players from the same country: Argentina in 1938, Belgium in 2017 and this time in Vietnam.

In the past, Vietnam had a player who reached the final of the world championship, Nguyen Duc Anh Chien in 2019, but he lost to Torbjorn Blomdahl.

Phuong Vinh is currently ranked 21st in the world with a previous outstanding achievement of reaching the Asian semi-finals in March 2023 in Korea.

At that time, he lost to his compatriot Tran Thanh Luc, but Thanh Luc lost to Cho Myung Woo in the final. This time, Phuong Vinh eliminated the Korean "prodigy" with a score of 50-48, to meet Quyet Chien in the final.

In the 3-cushion carom tournament system of the World Billiard Federation (UMB), the World Cup and World Championship always gather the top players.

The World Cup takes place about 6 or 7 times a year and any player can participate. The World Championship only invites the top players on the planet and continents and takes place once a year.

This year's tournament takes place in Ankara, Türkiye, from September 6-10.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/co-thu-bao-phuong-vinh-lap-thanh-tich-vo-dich-billiard-the-gioi-2023-241623.html