Tran Quyet Chien is 'hunting' for the world championship again: The opening match is now extremely 'dangerous'

Tran Quyet Chien and the top Vietnamese players officially embarked on the journey to conquer the 2025 World Championship of 3-cushion carom billiards.

When did Tran Quyet Chien fight his first battle?

At the World Cup that just ended on October 13 in Belgium, Tran Quyet Chien entered the round of 16, not a good result for a high-class and experienced athlete like him. However, the journey to conquer the title in Belgium of the number 1 player of Vietnam has not stopped yet, when he and his teammates will compete in the most prestigious tournament in the system of the World Carom Billiards Federation (UMB) - World Championship 2025 (taking place from October 14 - 18).

The Ha Tinh native has long been the number 1 3-cushion carom player in Vietnam, having risen to the top of the world rankings and won 4 World Cup billiards championships... But Quyet Chien's huge collection of achievements is still missing a world championship trophy. Quyet Chien's best achievement at the World Championship was the runner-up position in 2023, when he lost to Bao Phuong Vinh in the final match. "My very important goal for the rest of 2025 is to find the first World Championship title of my career," he expressed.

Tran Quyet Chien won the runner-up position in the 2023 World Championship.

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Quyet Chien has certain advantages to pursue his goal. The 2025 Antwerp Billiards World Cup can be considered a necessary warm-up. In terms of competition conditions, time zone difference... the 42-year-old player has also had enough time to adapt, as the 2025 World Championship takes place right at the venue where the Antwerp Billiards World Cup was held. Now, Vietnamese fans are just waiting for him to reach his peak form, demonstrate stability in competition and explode to reach the pinnacle of glory.

Vietnam's No. 1 billiard player is in Group D with Lee Beom-yeol (Korea) and Luis Sobreyra (Mexico). In theory, Quyet Chien is considered to be the strongest player in this group. The 1983-born player will play the opening match of the 2025 World Championship at 0:00 on October 15. In addition to Quyet Chien, Vietnam's 3-cushion carom billiards team also has other excellent representatives such as Tran Thanh Luc (current world runner-up), Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu, Bao Phuong Vinh and Chiem Hong Thai.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/tran-quyet-chien-lai-san-chuc-vo-dich-the-gioi-tran-ra-quan-thi-dau-gio-cuc-hiem-185251013221343521.htm