Many of the world's top stars attend the Hanoi Open Pool Championship 2025

VHO - On October 6, the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports in collaboration with Vietcontent Company and Matchroom officially announced the third season of the Hanoi Open Pool Championship.

Billiard player Jayson Shaw won season 1 of the Hanoi Open Pool Championship.

The tournament will take place from October 7-12 at the My Dinh Indoor Athletics Stadium, Hanoi. With a total prize pool of up to 200,000 USD, the Hanoi Open Pool Championship 2025 continues to affirm its position as one of the largest and most prestigious tournaments in the World Nineball Tour system.

This year's tournament will gather 256 players, including 128 players from the top of the World Nineball Tour rankings - the biggest names in the world of billiards today.

Fans will witness the performances of reigning champion Johann Chua, World Pool Championship champion Carlo Biado, along with many other top stars such as Fedor Gorst - the owner of the Grand Slam of the world's 9-ball billiards, other names such as Jayson Shaw, Francisco Sanchez Ruiz, Aloysius Yapp, Mickey Krause or outstanding young talent Albert AJ Manas...

Francisco Sanchez Ruiz (blue shirt) and other world-class players are in Hanoi preparing to compete at the tournament.

Of the total 256 players from 40 countries, Vietnam has 68 representatives, with 40 players having passed the qualifying round to qualify for the competition. Leading the Vietnamese team is Duong Quoc Hoang - a player with stable performance and expected to create a surprise when competing on home ground.

"Returning to the Hanoi Open always gives me a very special feeling. This is more than just a tournament - this is where the big dream of witnessing world-class billiards for the first time in Vietnam begins to take shape."

The sharing of Duong Quoc Hoang - the biggest hope of Vietnamese billiards at this year's tournament - reflects the great significance of the Hanoi Open Pool Championship for the development of this sport in Vietnam.

Besides Quoc Hoang, the Vietnamese billiards community also has faith in many other promising names such as Nguyen Anh Tuan, Dang Thanh Kien, Bui Truong An and Luong Duc Thien... These players are all considered to have the potential to achieve high results in this year's tournament, especially when they compete in the enthusiastic cheering atmosphere of the home audience.

The participation of 68 Vietnamese representatives at a world-class tournament not only demonstrates the progress of domestic billiards but is also a valuable opportunity for Vietnamese players to learn, compete and improve their professional skills.

The tournament is a valuable opportunity for athletes to compete.

Also today, at the Launching Ceremony to support people to overcome damage caused by storms and floods initiated by the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports, the Organizing Committee of the Hanoi Open Pool Championship donated 100 million VND from ticket sales to respond to this meaningful activity of the Department.

Ms. Tran Thuy Chi - General Director of Viet Digital Content and Trading Joint Stock Company (Vietcontent), co-organizer of the Award, shared:

“The Hanoi Open Pool Championship is not only an international-class sports tournament, but also an event of profound social significance.

We always hope that through this tournament, sports will not only be a place for players to compete and for audiences to enjoy, but also a bridge to spread positive energy and sharing spirit in the community.

For us, Hanoi Open Pool Championship is not only a place to gather the best players in the world, but also a place to connect people, spread humanistic values ​​and community spirit, to play sports for a better life."

Besides the sporting value, the Hanoi Open Pool Championship also contributes to promoting the image of the country, Vietnamese people in general and the capital Hanoi in particular to the world. Recorded data shows that there were more than 3 billion media accesses to Hanoi through this tournament in 2024.

Matches are broadcast live on platforms such as Youtube via the Sports Web channel, Vietnam Billiards Promotion, attracting an average of more than 10,000 live viewers per match. In particular, the final match between Ko Pin Yi and Johann Chua in 2024 set a record with 140,000 concurrent viewers - an impressive number showing the growing appeal of this sport.

Source: https://baovanhoa.vn/the-thao/nhieu-ngoi-sao-hang-dau-the-gioi-du-giai-ha-noi-open-pool-championship-2025-172812.html