Asian Open Pool Championship VIETNAM’S CAPITAL HANOI CITY TO HOST THE FIRST ASIAN OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP

OCTOBER 10-15 2023

Matchroom Pool is proud to announce the inaugural Asian Open Pool Championship will take place in Vietnam’s capital of Hanoi City October 10 – 15 in partnership with the Department of Culture and Sport for Hanoi City and the country’s number one sports agency Vietcontent and United Kingdom broadcaster Sky Sports.

Another global stop on the World Nineball Tour, the Asian Open will be staged at the Hanoi Indoor Games Gymnasium inside the Vietnam National Sports Complex as part of an initial three-year partnership with the City.

• Asian Open Pool Championship to take place in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi City from 10-15 October

2023

• $200,000 prize fund for 256 player field event

• WNT top 128 ranked players to feature

• First signature Matchroom multi-table open event in Asia

• Vietnam Junior Open to take place 13-14 October

The Asian Open Pool Championship becomes the fifth signature Matchroom multi-table event on the World Nineball Tour with both Vietcontent and the Department of Sport for Hanoi City instrumental in securing what will be the biggest pool tournament in Southeast Asia as 256 players battle it out for the $200,000 prize fund over six days.

Led by local World Nineball Tour Vietnamese stars Duong Quoc Hoang, Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, and Asia’s biggest names like World Pool Masters Champion Ko Pin Yi, Spanish Open Champion Dang Jin Hu, WNT No. Aloysius

Yapp, and WNT. Naoyuki Oi the tournament promises to be one of the biggest on the calendar with 29 players from the region represented in the top 128 in the world on the latest WNT Rankings alone.

The World Nineball Tour’s first Matchroom open event in Asia underlines a commitment to provide playing opportunities for all in every corner of the world with a platform for players to earn their way into the biggest invitational events by order of merit on the calendar whilst earning a fair living.

Entries will open on Thursday 13, July costing $250 with the top 128 on the WNT Rankings at the conclusion of the Spanish Open Pool Championship given priority entry. Prior to the Asian Open Pool Championship and following the conclusion of the event, World Nineball Tour ranking events will take place in Southeast Asia as part of the wider growth of Nineball in the region with details to be announced soon.