Vietnam will take part in a 3-cushion World Cup championship in Porto, Portugal, from September 8 to 14.
The
World Cup cycle will begin at the Pavillon Dragon Calxa owned by the
famous football club FC Porto. The tournament has been fully booked long
before the close of the ticket counter.
The third World Cup this
year will not only be attended by all top players in the world, but
also all players vying for the top 12 positions.
According to coach Nguyen Viet Hoa, the seven Vietnamese cueists are at their peak at present and expect to perform well.
Ly
TheVinh was placed fifth at a recent open tournament in the US where he
twice knocked out world No 1 Frederic Caudron of Belgium.
Tran
QuyetChien overcame world No 10 and defending champion of the World Cup
Istanbul Cho Jae-ho of the Republic of Korea at last month’s
international 3-cushion event in Binh Duong province.
In the past, Ma Xuan Cuong and Ngo DinhNai have entered the semi-final rounds of the World Cup Suwon.
The
prize money for the top three winners at the Porto championship is
5,500 euros (6,600 USD), 3,500 euros and 2,200 euros respectively.
The
Koreans, Turks and Portuguese are the best represented teams in the
provisional list of 132 qualifying players. The total number of players
is 148, with 12 seeded players and four wildcards.-VNA