Int’l three-cushion carom billiards champs opens

Forty-seven Vietnamese and five foreign players are competing at the third International Three-cushion Carom Billiards tournament that opened on August 15 in Lucky Square Centre in the southern province of Binh Duong.
Forty-seven Vietnamese and five foreign players are competing at thethird International Three-cushion Carom Billiards tournament that openedon August 15 in Lucky Square Centre in the southern province ofBinh Duong.

According to the organising board,eight domestic players are among top seeds of the tournament, including2013 national champion Duong Anh Vu, runner–up Ngo Dinh Nai, and 2012runner-up Nguyen Quoc Nguyen.

They will face bignames from Japan and the Republic of Korea, including Japan’s 2013national champion Takeshima O, who now ranks 27th in the WorldBilliards Federation rankings, and his 2014 champion peer Arai Tasuo.

Three players from the Republic of Korea arealso among world top 30, including Cho Jea-ho, Heo Jung-han and OhSung-kyu.

Notably, Cho Jae-ho is currently No.1 player in his country and among the world’s top ten.

The players will compete in six rounds from now until August 17 withall matches broadcast live on television channels BTV2, BTV5, VTC3, AVGand HTVC.

This year’s total prize value will bedoubled to 100 million VND (4,700 USD), of which 40 million VND (1,880USD) will go to the champion.-VNA

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