The world's most prestigious carom billiards tournament is still held in Vietnam

Responding to a letter from the Vietnam Billiards & Snooker Federation (VBSF), tonight, the president of the World Carom Billiards Federation (UMB), Mr. Farouk Barki (Egyptian), affirmed that the 2024 World Championship and the 2024 UMB General Assembly will still take place as scheduled, next September.

UMB President Farouk Barki (Photo: DP).

The reason for the letter from VBSF and the reply from the head of UMB is because there was a previous document suspending Vietnamese billiards athletes, coaches, referees, and officials in pool and snooker from participating in events organized by the Asian Billiards & Snooker Federation (ACBS) for 6 months (from June 13, 2024 - January 12, 2025).

Regarding the above issue, UMB President Farouk Barki said that the suspension order of ACBS does not affect the World Championship and the 2024 UMB General Assembly session.

That means that the reigning world 3-cushion carom billiards champion Bao Phuong Vinh and the reigning world runner-up Tran Quyet Chien will still have the right to defend the titles they are holding, at the tournament at home next September.

Reigning world champion Bao Phuong Vinh can still defend his World Championship title at home this coming September (Photo: Hai Long).

These are two very important events, of great significance to Billiards & Snooker in the world in general, to this sport and to Vietnamese sports in particular. The World Championship only takes place once a year, this is the highest tournament in the carom billiards tournament system in the world.

Meanwhile, the UMB General Assembly session is a session with the participation of carom billiards federation leaders of countries and territories, as well as leaders of carom billiards federations at continental and world levels (similar to the FIFA General Assembly session in football).

Previously, VBSF was concerned that ACBS would report that a locality in Vietnam was organizing tournaments outside the system of the World Federation of Billiards, of which VBSF is a member.

VBSF was concerned that if ACBS reported this to UMB, UMB would ban Vietnam from hosting the 2024 World Championship. Currently, this concern has been temporarily resolved, after the statement of UMB president Farouk Barki tonight.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-thao/world-championship-2024-van-se-duoc-to-chuc-tai-viet-nam-20240730213628482.htm