Hanoi: Tran Quyet Chien and Bao Phuong Vinh secured the first victory for Vietnam at the World Championship Three-Cushion National Teams after defeating their Spanish rivals at the final in Germany on early March 25 (Vietnam time).
At this game, Vinh won 40 – 22 over Sergio Jimenez while Chien lost 38 – 40 to Ruben Legazpi, leading to a tie-break where cueists took turns to play on the same table.
Vinh missed a shot when the Vietnamese team took a 14 – 11 lead, only one more point ahead of the win. After that, Chien also missed his chance after Spain raised their team’s result to 14 – 13.
Spain later levelled the score at 14 all but still failed to grasp their decisive opportunity. Seizing this chance, Vinh made a precise shot to help Vietnam obtain a 15 – 14 win to take the championship.
With this latest victory, Vietnam won four world three-cushion billiards titles in just one year. The others are the Porto World Cup by Chien in Portugal in July 2023, the World Championship by Vinh in Turkey in Septembe
r 2023, and the Bogota World Cup by Chien in Colombia in March 2024./.
Source: Vietnam News Agency