Korea's 3 Cushions Conquer the World Ace Cho Myoung-woo Wins Korea's First World Game 金, Career Grand Slam
Aug 14, 2025
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Cho Myung-woo (Seoul City Hall, Silk Road Cushion T), the ace of the Korean men's carom 3 cushion and the current world No. 1, won the gold medal in the world game carom 3 cushion for the first time in Korean history. As a result, Cho Myung-woo won the Asian Championship, the World 3 Cushion World Cup, and the World Games, achieving a 'Grand Slam' and establishing himself as the world's best player in name and reality. The Grand Slam, which includes Asian and world competitions, is the first record in Korean billiard history.
Cho Myung-woo met Egyptian world No. 8 Same Sidom in the final of the men's carom 3 cushion at the Beijing Civil Aviation University Gymnasium in Chengdu, China, on the 14th (hereinafter Korean time) and won 40-22 in just 16 innings.
As a result, Cho Myung-woo will be the first Korean player to win a gold medal in billiards, which was first adopted as an official event since the 2001 Akita World Games in Japan. Kim Ga-young's previous best performance was a silver medal she won twice in the women's nine-ball event (2013 Colombia, 2017 Poland). Cho Myoung-woo solved the `gold medal's han' that Kim Ga-young failed to achieve.
In addition, it is the first medal in the three-cushion carom event. The previous best performance in the three-cushion carom event was fourth place achieved by the late Kim Kyung-ryul in the 2013 competition.
Cho Myoung-woo, who came from behind to win 40-39 in 23 innings after a fierce battle with Vietnam's powerhouse Tran Quyet Chien (world No. 4) in the semifinals the previous day, played a confident shot in the final.
The pace was similar in the beginning. Cho Myung-woo started with a first ball and scored two runs in one inning. He failed to score in the second inning. Sidom took a slight 4-2 lead by scoring four runs through two innings.
Cho Myung-woo, who gave up the lead, only hit a pitch in the third inning. Sidom is also an empty hitter. Cho Myung-woo began to recover from the fourth inning. After turning the tables 6-4 with four runs in four innings, he never gave up the lead until the end of the game.
Cho Myung-woo, who scored five points in five innings, hit a ball in six innings, but went into break time with seven runs in seven innings and four runs in nine innings to make it 22-13.
Sidom started the chase in the second half. While Cho Myung-woo scored only one point in 11-13 innings, Sidom chased him fiercely and followed him 21-24. If you let your guard down, it will be a reversal. However, Cho Myung-woo is a player who has overcome this crisis countless times. Following two runs in 14 innings, he showed off three runs in 15 innings, widening the gap to 30-22.
He then showed his best performance in 16 innings. The first turn was completely successful, and a follow-up batting arrangement was made. After adding back-to-back points with continuous positional play, he finished with a high run of 10 points. It was a perfect victory that I couldn't even try my hand at Sidom.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
