On the evening of June 15 in Ankara, Turkey, Vietnam’s top billiards player Tran Quyet Chien delivered an impressive performance to claim the runner-up title at the 2025 Three-Cushion Carom Billiards World Cup. He took home a prize of 10,000 euros, roughly 300 million VND, and successfully maintained his second place in the world rankings.
Vietnamese cueist Tran Quyet Chien is in the second place in the UMB Events Ranking and is third in the World Players Ranking, following his third place in the HCM City World Cup Billiards Carom 3-Cushion 2025.
Vietnam has booked a spot in the semifinals of the 2025 World Championship 3-Cushion National Teams after a dominant quarterfinal performance against Mexico on March 15 in Germany.
The World Games has become the second-most important global multi-sport event in the world, holding disciplines that are not in the programme of the Olympic Games.
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).
Billiards player Tran Quyet Chien is the only Vietnamese athlete to have lifted the World Cup trophy twice, earning admiration from some of the world's top players.
Vietnam's No. 1 player Tran Quyet Chien on July 2 won the Three-Cushion World Cup - Porto 2023 in Portugal after defeating Egypt’s Sameh Sidhom in the final.
Tran Quyet Chien proved why he’s the world No. 3 in three-cushion carom after beating Nguyen Duc Anh Chien in an all-Vietnamese final of the ongoing 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) on May 22.
The International 3-Cushion Billiards Tournament will be held in the southern province of Binh Duong from July 11-14, with 75 local and international players set to compete, heard a press conference on July 4.
Vietnam on March 17 lost 35-40 to the Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the ongoing world three-cushion billiards tournament - the German 1st Bundesliga.
Vietnam’s top cueists Tran Quyet Chien, Nguyen Quoc Nguyen and Ma Minh Cam will join the Asian team to compete in the Ceulemans Continental Cup, held from December 14 to 16 in Bordeaux, France.
The International Three-Cushion Carom Billiards Tournament BTV-Becamex IJC Cup 2018 wrapped up in the southern province of Binh Duong on August 18, with Tran Quyet Chien of Ho Chi Minh City becoming the champion.
