Billiards match schedule on October 11: Tran Quyet Chien 'collects debt' from World Cup champion

Today (October 11), Tran Quyet Chien and Vietnamese players will compete in the knockout round of the Antwerp 2025 Billiards World Cup taking place in Belgium.

In the main round of the Antwerp Billiards World Cup 2025 taking place from the afternoon of October 10 to the early morning of October 11, Vietnam had 5 players participating, including Tran Quyet Chien, Tran Thanh Luc, Bao Phuong Vinh, Chiem Hong Thai, Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu. Of which, Tran Quyet Chien, Bao Phuong Vinh and Chiem Hong Thai all won tickets to continue with the second place in the group, with the same record of 2 wins and 1 loss. Meanwhile, Thanh Luc and Thanh Tu were at the bottom of their group, with the same record of 1 win and 2 losses, so they had to stop early.

Tran Quyet Chien rematch Martin Horn

In the knockout round (16 players), Tran Quyet Chien will face Martin Horn (Germany, 2-time World Cup billiards champion). Horn is in the same group C with Quyet Chien in the round of 32. The German player is the only one who defeated Quyet Chien (40-29 score), to win the ticket to continue with the top position in the group. This match will take place at 7:30 p.m. (Vietnam time). Vietnamese carom billiards fans are waiting for Quyet Chien to "get revenge" against Martin Horn.

Tran Quyet Chien passed the round of 32 with second place in the group.

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Chiem Hong Thai will face Ruben Legazpi (Spain) in the round of 16 at 5:00 p.m. (Vietnam time).

Bao Phuong Vinh will face Gokhan Salman (Türkiye) at 5:00 p.m. (Vietnam time).

The matches of Vietnamese players at the 2025 Antwerp Billiards World Cup will be broadcast live on the SOOP Live platform (link: https://billiards.sooplive.co.kr/schedule).

The player who received a lot of attention was Frederic Caudron, who was not in good form on the opening day. The Belgian genius finished the round of 32 with 1 win (against compatriot Eddy Merckx) and 2 losses, moving on to the second place in group D. In the round of 16, Caudron will meet veteran player Tasdemir Tayfun (Türkiye) at 5 pm.

Many surprises happened in the round of 32, when strong players stopped early, including current world number 1 Dick Jaspers (Netherlands), Torbjorn Blomdahl (Sweden), Eddy Merckx (Belgium), Jeremy Bury (France)...

The remaining matches of the round of 16 of the Antwerp 2025 Billiards World Cup include: Sameh Sidhom (Egypt) vs Huberney Catano (Colombia) at 5:00 p.m., Glenn Hofman (Netherlands) vs Peter Ceulemans (Belgium) at 7:00 p.m., Hwang Bong-joo (South Korea) vs Kim Haeng-jik (South Korea) at 7:00 p.m., Cho Myung-woo (South Korea) vs Marco Zanetti (Italy) at 7:00 p.m.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/lich-thi-dau-billiards-ngay-1110-tran-quyet-chien-doi-no-nha-vo-dich-world-cup-185251011093304112.htm