HA NOI (VNS) — Nguyen Anh Tuan and Nguyen Khanh Hoang will represent Viet Nam at the World 9-ball Pool Championships in Doha, Qatar, from June 20-28.

The tournament will feature the participation of 244 players from 29 countries.

All the matches on the 14 tables will be streamed live on the Qatar Billiards and Snooker Federation website www.qbsf.qa.

Thorsten Hohmann of Germany rallied from behind to defeat Antonio Gabica of the Philippines 13-7 to win last year's championship.

The winner of this year's championship will receive US$30,000. The runner-up will get $15,000.

The championships are sanctioned by the World Pool-Billiard Association and Asian Pocket Billiard Union. — VNS