Heroes of 3 Cushions will compete in Korea 2025 World Cup of 3 Cushions will be held in Gwangju Metropolitan City
Sep 03, 2025
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The Korean Basketball Federation (KBF) announced on the 3rd that the '2025 World 3 Cushion Danggu World Cup' will be held in Gwangju Metropolitan City from November 3 to 9. This competition is hosted by the World Carom Danggu Federation (UMB) and the Asian Carom Danggu Federation (ACBC), and is an international competition organized by the Korean Danggu Federation and the Gwangju City Danggu Federation.
The World 3 Cushion World Cup is the world's best competition where all the top players (1st to 14th) in the world participate, and has been held every year in Korea since 2007. A total of 150 athletes from 22 countries will participate in this year's competition to compete fiercely for 80 points in the world ranking point along with the total prize money of 200 million won.
Korean players include world No. 1 Cho Myung-woo (Seoul City Hall), No. 10 Heo Jeong-han (Gyeongnam Dang-gu Federation), and No. 14 Kim Haeng-jik (Jeonnam, Jindo County Office). In particular, Cho Myung-woo recently won the World Games in Chengdu, China, and achieved the world's first '3 cushion grand slam', drawing attention as a strong candidate for this tournament.
A large number of the world's top athletes will also participate overseas. Stars familiar to Korean billiard fans, including the Netherlands' Dick Jaspers (world No. 2), Belgium's Eddie Mox (No. 3), Frederic Kudron (No. 20), Sweden's Torvillon Bromdal (No. 19), Vietnam's Tran Quiet Chien (No. 4) and Italy's Marco Zanetti (No. 5), will participate.
In the case of the Jaspers (world No. 2), he is the winner of the 2024 Seoul World Cup of 3 Cushions, and has a history of beating Cho Myung-woo in the semi-finals at the time and winning the championship after advancing to the finals. As a result, billiard fans are increasingly interested in whether the rematch with Cho Myung-woo, currently ranked No. 1 in the world, will take place in Gwangju Metropolitan City in November.
An official from the Korean Basketball Association said, `We are thoroughly preparing for this event so that Korea can establish itself as the center of the world's three cushions stage"We expect domestic players to compete with world leaders and show their fans high-quality performances."
This tournament will be held on ▶3~5th preliminary round 1~3rd round ▶4th round of preliminary round and main round group formation on 6th ▶3rd round of preliminary round ▶3rd round of preliminary round ▶3rd round of preliminary round 32nd round on 7th ▶16th to quarterfinals tournament on 8th ▶4th, and will be broadcast live on SOOP TV, SKY Sports, and Ball TV on 9th.
Meanwhile, the Korean Danggu Federation will hold the preliminary round of the '2025 Gwangju World 3 Cushion Danggu World Cup' in Gwangju from the 8th to the 9th. Eight people will be selected in the general preliminary round, two in the youth team, five in the domestic men's rankings, two in the domestic women's rankings, three recommended by the Gwangju Metropolitan City Dang-gu Federation, and two as wild cards for the host country. The broadcast of the selection match will be broadcast through SOOP.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
