Bao Phương Vinh (1995-) is the Vietnamese three-cushion player who became his country's first-ever world champion, capping a fairy-tale rise with a fearless, fast-flowing attacking game.
Career highlights
- 2023 UMB World Three-Cushion Champion — the first Vietnamese player ever to win the world title
- Defeated compatriot Tran Quyet Chien 50-34 in the Ankara 2023 final — the first all-Vietnamese world final
- Central figure in Vietnam's golden generation, which also lifted the World Team Championship
- Rose to the top of the world game with remarkable speed, announcing a new carom nation on the global stage
Playing style
Vinh plays fearless, fast, fluent attacking three-cushion: he commits to lines early, lets the cue ball travel, and trusts pace where more cautious players would slow down. His instinctive reading of natural angles is built on the same geometry taught in the Diamond System, but he layers feel and tempo on top of the numbers. In that blend of speed and aggression he sits closer to PBA-school attackers such as Choi Sung-won and Kim Haeng-jik than to the patient positional school of Dani Sánchez.
Signature strengths
- Fearless shot selection — he attacks lines other players treat as defensive
- Fast, fluent rhythm that keeps pressure on the table and the opponent
- Big-match temperament, shown when he held his nerve to win a world final against a more experienced compatriot
Legacy
By becoming Vietnam's first world champion, Vinh turned a rising carom nation into a genuine power and gave a generation of Vietnamese players a homegrown hero to chase. The all-Vietnamese 2023 final he won will be remembered as the moment three-cushion's map was redrawn.
Practice the ticky
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