2025 Gwangju World 3 Cushion Danggu World Cup, grand opening at Gwangju Bitgoeul Gymnasium...a roundup of world-class athletes

Nov 03, 2025

2025 Gwangju World 3 Cushion Danggu World Cup, grand opening at Gwangju Bitgoeul Gymnasium...a roundup of world-class athletes
Seo Soo-gil, chairman of the Korean Basketball Federation, is declaring the opening of the 2025 Gwangju World 3 Cushion Billiards World Cup. Photo courtesy = Billionaires Magazine



The '2025 Gwangju World 3 Cushion Danggu World Cup' held a spectacular opening ceremony at 2 p.m. on the 2nd at Bitgoeul Gymnasium in Gwangju Metropolitan City and opened the tournament in earnest. The competition is co-hosted by the World Carom Federation (UMB) and the Asian Carom Danggu Federation (ACBC), and organized by the Korean Danggu Federation and Gwangju City Danggu Federation.

About 200 people, including athletes, guests, officials and fans, attended the opening ceremony to shine. The official event was held in the order of guest introduction, welcoming speech, and declaration of hosting, and the successful start of the competition was announced with enthusiastic cheers from the participants.

2025 Gwangju World 3 Cushion Danggu World Cup, grand opening at Gwangju Bitgoeul Gymnasium...a roundup of world-class athletes
Singer Hyun Jin-young is performing at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Gwangju World 3 Cushion Billiards World Cup. Photo courtesy = Billionaires Magazine
The stage of the celebratory performance also drew attention. Famous streamers, rapper Earthin 86, singers Yumi and Hyun Jin-young took the stage and performed passionate performances, further heating up the atmosphere on the spot. As a new type of event that combines sports and culture, it showed the possibility of expanding billiard events.




Along with the opening ceremony, popular sports streamer Gamst was appointed as the '2025 Gwangju World 3 Cushion Danggu World Cup promotional ambassador'. "I'm very honored to take on such a valuable role in Gwangju, where I was born and raised," Gamst said. "We will make efforts to promote this competition to more people and to successfully host it together."

2025 Gwangju World 3 Cushion Danggu World Cup, grand opening at Gwangju Bitgoeul Gymnasium...a roundup of world-class athletes
photo courtesy of Villiers magazine
'Pro-Am event match', which was prepared as a special program, also received attention. Designed to strengthen the success and communication of the competition, 12 VIPs and top domestic professional players teamed up to participate in the event, leading to a great response with direct communication with the audience and colorful attractions.

The players are also spectacular. Korean star Cho Myung-woo, as well as Frederic Cudlong (Belgium), Tobyon Bromdal (Sweden), Dick Jaspers (The Netherlands), and Eddie Mox (Belgium), who are called the "four great kings of heaven," will participate. The participation of these world's top athletes has raised the level of the competition.




In addition, the competition will be held for seven days from the 3rd to the 9th, and the entire game will be broadcast live from the preliminary round to the final. Watching is available on SOOP TV, ENA SPORTS, and Ball TV, and is simultaneously transmitted through SOOP channels on mobile and Internet platforms. The performance and broadcasting agency expects the broadcast to be an opportunity to convey the charm of billiard sports not only to the domestic billiard fan base but also to global fans.

Tickets are available at SOOP STORE, and various additional programs such as on-site visits as well as fan meetings and signings are operated together.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.