Quoc Hoang meets the former champion in the first round of the world 10-ball pool
Immonen is currently ranked 11th in the World Pool Federation (WPA) world pool ranking table, so it is ranked in the group of 32 seeded players. After the random draw results, "Snowman" met Quoc Hoang - the world's number 62 player - in a late match at 10:00 am on March 1, Hanoi time (19pm on February 28, Las Vegas time).
Immonen is 51 years old, has won more than 70 international titles in the pool categories, including the 2001 world 9 and 10 world championships in 2009. At last year's tournament, he reached the round of 16. .
In addition to Quoc Hoang, Vietnam also has three players participating in the tournament: Nguyen Anh Tuan, Luong Duc Thien and Ta Van Linh. Mr. Tuan also met a strong opponent in the first round, world number seven Alexander Kazakis at 7 a.m. tomorrow, Hanoi time. Two hours before, Duc Thien will meet world number 30 Pijus Labutis. And Van Linh fought the earliest battle, at 1 o'clock he met world number 26 Thorsten Hohmann.
The world 10 ball pool tournament took place for the first time in 2008, having been held seven times. The best achievement of a Vietnamese player at the tournament belonged to Nguyen Anh Tuan, when he reached the third round of 2009. In addition, only one other Vietnamese player ever left with a prize is Luong Chi Dung. 2011.
The 2023 world 10 ball pool tournament will take place in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA from February 28 to March 4, bringing together 128 invited players. The tournament is divided into two stages, the first stage is a double elimination, the player who wins eight games first will move on to the winning bracket, and the loser of one match will go to the losing bracket. The loser in the losing bracket will be eliminated. 16 players in the winning bracket and 16 players in the losing bracket will enter the second phase.
The second phase consists of 32 knockout players, whoever wins 10 games first will move on. The winner of one game will break the ball in the next game, the referee sets the frame and the player must not touch the ball. The prize fund of the prize is 250,000 USD, of which 60,000 USD goes to the champion. The defending champion is Polish player Wojciech Szewczyk.
A few days before attending the world tournament, Quoc Hoang made a surprise when he entered the semi-finals of the Las Vegas Open, losing only to champion Wiktor Zielinski in the shoot-out series.
