Cho Myung-woo, who survived alone, won the championship after hitting a single eyelid, or confirmed the semifinals of the 2025 Gwangju World 3 Cushion Billiards World Cup, Cho Myung-woo vs. Edimax Hofman vs. Xanetti

Nov 08, 2025

Cho Myung-woo, who survived alone, won the championship after hitting a single eyelid, or confirmed the semifinals of the 2025 Gwangju World 3 Cushion Billiards World Cup, Cho Myung-woo vs. Edimax Hofman vs. Xanetti
조명우. Courtesy of the Korean Basketball Association



Cho Myoung-woo (Seoul City Hall, world No. 2) is the only Korean player to advance to the semifinals at the 2025 Gwangju World 3 Cushion Danggu World Cup.

Cho Myung-woo, who won seven times this year, including the first and youngest Grand Slam (World Championship, Continental Championship, World Cup, World Games), joined the semifinals by beating Choi Wan-young (Gwangju Danggu Federation) 50-23 in the quarterfinals at Bitgoeul Gymnasium in Gwangju on the 8th.

This made Cho the only Korean player to advance to the semifinals of the tournament. Attention is focusing on whether he will be able to win his eighth championship of the season through close games with foreign players.




In addition to Cho Myung-woo, Eddie Max (Belgium), Marco Zanetti (Italy), and Glenn Hoffman (France) will reach the semifinals and try to win.

Max defeated Daniel Morales, who played as a UMB wild card in the round of 16, 50-38, then met Frederic Cudron in the quarterfinals and won 50-37 to advance to the semifinals.

Zanetti will then reach the semifinals with a 50-49 win in the quarterfinals against Typpen Tasdemir. Hoffman won 50-42 after a close game with Martin Horne of Germany.




Cho Myung-woo, who survived alone, won the championship after hitting a single eyelid, or confirmed the semifinals of the 2025 Gwangju World 3 Cushion Billiards World Cup, Cho Myung-woo vs. Edimax Hofman vs. Xanetti
에디 맥스. Courtesy of the Korean Basketball Association
As a result, the semifinal match of 'Jo Myeong-woo vs Max' and 'Janeti vs Hoffman' was completed. In the semifinal match on the 9th, Cho will face the mass starting at 1 p.m. in the first match. The match between Hoffman and Zanetti will then take place at 3:30 p.m.

Cho Myoung-woo, the only Korean player to reach the semifinals, won three consecutive national championships by winning the '2025 Namwon National Danggu Championship' in July and the '2025 Andong Mayor's Cup National Danggu Championship' in August, and the '2025 Gyeongnam Goseong County Mayor' in September. Prior to this, he became the first Korean to win a gold medal at the 2025 Chengdu World Games following the Asian Carom Championships. Attention is focusing on whether Cho Myung-woo will be able to win this World Cup as well.





This article was translated by Naver AI translator.