Vietnam into the quarterfinals of the world team carom 3
Vietnam was not allowed to lose to Belgium in the last round to win a place in Group D, but the team fell into a difficult position when Tran Quyet Chien lost to Peter de Backer 33-40 after 27 innings in the earlier game. In the other game, if Anh Chien does not win against Jaeger, Vietnam will be eliminated and Belgium will continue.
Chien always leads Jaeger in this game, but by not too big a difference. In the final moments, the number two player in Vietnam was shortened to two points, at the score 37-35. The two players continuously hit no points or ran bullets, making the match last nearly two hours.
Drama came when Jaeger was 35-39 lead and it was his turn to hit, but the player ran out of time without going. The referee determined it was a mistake, and placed the ball in the initial position for Anh Chien Depa to score 40. Jaeger was forced to score five points in the last inning for Belgium to progress, but he only got two points and lost 37. -40 after 45 turns and 111 minutes of competition.
According to the tournament rules, each player has 40 seconds to think about the shot. This time is counted from the time when the opponent sits on the chair and the balls stop rolling until the speculator must touch the cue ball.
Anh Chien's victory helped Vietnam draw 1-1 with Belgium, securing the second place in Group D with three points, from a win, a draw and a loss. Sweden tops this group with five points, while Belgium is third with three draws, also getting three points like Vietnam but inferior to the sub-index. The decisive indicator here is the high run (HR), when Vietnam reached 17 points thanks to Quyet Chien's streak against Austrian Arnim Kahofer. And Belgium's HR in three group stage matches is only 7 points.
Since Groups A and B still have four unplayed matches, Vietnam's opponent in the quarter-finals has not been determined. The first four teams to reach the quarterfinals are Vietnam, Sweden (Group D), Spain and the Netherlands (Group C). The final matches of the group stage will take place at 17:30 and 19:30 today, March 11, Hanoi time. The quarter-final matches start at 11pm on the same day.
The eight teams that pass the group stage will be ranked according to match points, game points and HR respectively. The first team will meet the eighth team in the quarterfinals, similarly in pairs 2-7, 3-6 and 4-5.
Vietnam's best achievement in the tournament was also the quarter-finals, the closest was in 2022. At that time, the team had the best record in the group stage, but lost to host Germany in the quarter-finals. Sweden is the most successful in the tournament with nine titles, while Turkey is second with six titles and is also the defending champion.
The world 3-team carom tournament started in 1981, so far it has passed 35 times. Since 1990, the tournament has always taken place in Viersen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. This year's 2023 tournament will take place from March 9 to March 12 with 16 teams, each team sending two players with high positions on the UMB ranking table.
