Torbjorn Blomdahl won the 2023 Ho Chi Minh City Billiards World Cup

When the home players bid farewell to the tournament one by one, with the one who advanced the furthest to the quarter-finals being none other than Tran Quyet Chien, the fans really began to enjoy the "beyond amazing" performance from the world's top players. The highlight of these competitions was the final match between the elite representatives of two generations of carom players, one was the legendary Swedish player who had won 45 World Cup stages, Torbjorn Blomdahl (60 years old), and the other was the Korean "prodigy" Cho Myung-woo (24 years old).

Tran Quyet Chien stopped at the quarterfinals against Cho Myung-woo

After just the first 5 shots of the final, Cho Myung-woo took a huge lead of 17-2 and entered the break with a huge advantage when the score was 25-7. However, worthy of being called a "monument" of the world carom billiards village, veteran player Torbjorn Blomdahl quickly leveled the huge score gap after the break with just 5 consecutive shots, including a shot that scored 12 points to tie the match at 26-26.

Cho Myung-woo dominated the first half of the final

The final match from here on was a fierce competition between the two players. From the score of 43-43, Cho Myung-woo showed impatience, losing his usual composure when he continuously made inaccurate shots. On the contrary, Torbjorn Blomdahl became more and more excited as he played, continuously scoring points to end the match with a final score of 50-44 after a total of 33 shots.

This dramatic victory helped Torbjorn Blomdahl become the champion of the 2023 Ho Chi Minh City 3-cushion billiards World Cup, receiving 16,000 euros and 80 bonus points on the world rankings. This is also Torbjorn Blomdahl's 46th World Cup title, an "unprecedented" record that is difficult to break because the second person on the list of World Cup champions, Dick Jaspers, only has 27 titles.

Veteran player Torbjorn Blomdahl won his 46th World Cup title

As runner-up, Cho Myung-woo received 10,000 euros and 54 bonus points, an achievement that does not match the impressive performance of the Korean boy since the beginning of the tournament and he still has to wait for the first World Cup championship of his career. Martin Horn (Germany) and Kim Jun Tae (Korea) tied for third place and received 6,000 euros and 36 bonus points.

The next World Cup tour will take place from June 26 to July 2 in Porto, Portugal.

Dong Linh - Photo: Phong Le

Source: https://nld.com.vn/the-thao/torbjorn-blomdahl-vo-dich-world-cup-billiards-tp-hcm-2023-20230529071256877.htm