The Hanoi Open Pool Championship returns for its third staging from October 7-12 at the Hanoi Indoor Games Gymnasium, with 256 players competing for the $40,000 top prize in the Vietnamese capital.
Defending champion Johann Chua and 2023 winner Jayson Shaw have both experienced the feeling of reigning victorious in front of a raucous 3,000-strong crowd, and their adversaries will be attempting to follow in their footsteps at one of the most anticipated events of the year.
World number one Fedor Gorst, who recoups his celebrity status each time he returns to Vietnam, headlines the $200,000 tournament alongside the likes of reigning world champion Carlo Biado, US Open winner Aloysius Yapp and Francisco Sanchez Ruiz.
Vietnamese superstar Duong Quoc Hoang returns to the Hanoi Open in search of home glory, while other notable entrants include recent Peri Open winner Moritz Neuhausen, David Alcaide, Mickey Krause, Jonas Souto Comino and Pijus Labutis.
Filipinos Bernie Regalario, Jefrey Roda and Jeffrey Ignacio will also compete in Hanoi, as will the likes of former world champion Niels Feijen, Robbie Capito, Emil Gangflot, Max Lechner, Aleksa Pecelj, Skyler Woodward, Tyler Styer and Mohammad Soufi.
Vietnam’s strongest hopes aside from Duong are in the hands of Nguyen Anh Tuan, Luong Duc Thien and Bui Truong An, while Indonesia will also be strongly-represented by brothers Albert and Andri Januarta and Edward Koyongian.
Despite a strong field having assembled in Hanoi, four of the world’s top ten have skipped Hanoi in order to compete at the colliding World 8-Ball Championship, namely Joshua Filler, Eklent Kaci, Ko Pin-Yi and Shane van Boening.
The double elimination phase will take place from October 7-9, with 64 players then progressing to the single elimination phase which begins on October 10.
It will be race-to-nine racks on the winners’ side and race-to-eight racks on the one-loss side during double elimination, before the format increases to race-to-10 racks for the last 64 through to the quarter-finals.
The semi-finals and final will take place on Sunday, October 12 across two sessions, with the format being race-to-11 racks for the semi-finals and race-to-13 racks for the championship match.
Coverage of the main table and tables two and three will be broadcast via WNT TV for subscribers throughout the week, while a free table four stream will be available on the Matchroom Pool YouTube channel.
Update: The opening rounds of the Hanoi Open were postponed on Tuesday, October 7 due to flooding and adverse weather conditions in the Vietnamese capital
HANOI OPEN POOL CHAMPIONSHIP 2025
Draw Bracket
Click here for the full draw bracket via the WNT Live Scores website
Last 64
🇺🇸 Fedor Gorst 6-10 George Antonakis 🇬🇷
🇵🇭 Marvin Asis 8-10 Tristan Deocareza 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Roberto Gomez 10-9 Skyler Woodward 🇺🇸
🇻🇳 Duong Quoc Hoang 10-2 Ngo Quang Trung 🇻🇳
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 10-3 Francesco Candela 🇮🇹
🇹🇷 Mustafa Alnar 8-10 Bui Truong An 🇻🇳
🇻🇳 Luong Duc Thien 6-10 Nguyen The Hien 🇻🇳
🇪🇸 David Alcaide 10-3 Tobias Bongers 🇩🇪
🇪🇸 Francisco Sanchez Ruiz 6-10 Arseni Sevastyanov 🇫🇮
🇬🇧 Fraser Patrick 10-5 Emil Gangflot 🇳🇴
🇹🇼 Chang Yu-Lung 10-5 Billy Thorpe 🇺🇸
🇵🇭 Harry Vergara 10-2 Nguyen Dang Tuyen 🇻🇳
🇵🇭 Jefrey Roda 10-7 Liu Chien-Hung 🇹🇼
🇵🇭 Anton Raga 4-10 Dinh Chan Kiet 🇻🇳
🇧🇬 Georgi Georgiev 9-10 Maxim Dudanets 🇷🇺
🇵🇭 Johann Chua 7-10 Jonas Souto Comino 🇪🇸
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 10-1 Boris Ivanovski 🇩🇪
🇺🇸 Lukas Fracasso-Verner 9-10 Dang Thanh Kien 🇻🇳
🇵🇭 Roland Garcia 10-7 Patric Gonzales 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Bernie Regalario 10-9 Nguyen Khanh Hoang 🇻🇳
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 10-4 Cheng Hsiung-Liu
🇵🇭 Christian Gariando 9-10 Nguyen Hoang Phong 🇻🇳
🇵🇭 Raymund Faraon 10-9 Wang Hung-Hsiang 🇹🇼
🇸🇬 Nicholas Tan 8-10 Nguyen Van Huynh 🇻🇳
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 10-1 Damian Massey 🇬🇧
🇵🇭 James Aranas 5-10 Jundel Mazon 🇵🇭
🇦🇹 Max Lechner 10-9 Mickey Krause 🇩🇰
🇹🇼 Lu Hui-Chan 10-6 Oliver Szolnoki 🇭🇺
🇵🇭 Paul John Ortega 7-10 Nguyen Anh Tuan 🇻🇳
🇸🇪 Walter Laikre 8-10 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇻🇳 Nguyen Thanh Nam 7-10 Michael Feliciano 🇵🇭
🇸🇬 Aloysius Yapp 10-2 Tat Duy Kien 🇻🇳
Last 32
🇬🇷 George Antonakis 9-10 Tristan Deocareza 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Roberto Gomez 10-5 Duong Quoc Hoang 🇻🇳
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 10-5 Bui Truong An 🇻🇳
🇻🇳 Nguyen The Hien 4-10 David Alcaide 🇪🇸
🇫🇮 Arseni Sevastyanov 6-10 Fraser Patrick 🇬🇧
🇹🇼 Chang Yu-Lung 5-10 Harry Vergara 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Jefrey Roda 8-10 Dinh Chan Kiet 🇻🇳
🇪🇸 Jonas Souto Comino 10-6 Maxim Dudanets 🇷🇺
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 10-5 Dang Thanh Kien 🇻🇳
🇵🇭 Roland Garcia 10-7 Bernie Regalario 🇵🇭
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 10-4 Nguyen Hoang Phong 🇻🇳
🇵🇭 Raymund Faraon 10-8 Nguyen Van Huynh 🇻🇳
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 10-5 Jundel Mazon 🇵🇭
🇦🇹 Max Lechner 10-4 Lu Hui-Chan 🇹🇼
🇻🇳 Nguyen Anh Tuan 3-10 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
🇵🇭 Michael Feliciano 5-10 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
Last 16
🇵🇭 Tristan Deocareza 6-10 Roberto Gomez 🇵🇭
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 10-3 David Alcaide 🇪🇸
🇬🇧 Fraser Patrick 4-10 Harry Vergara 🇵🇭
🇪🇸 Jonas Souto Comino 10-2 Dinh Chan Kiet 🇻🇳
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 10-2 Roland Garcia 🇵🇭
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 10-8 Raymund Faraon 🇵🇭
🇬🇧 Jayson Shaw 4-10 Max Lechner 🇦🇹
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 10-3 Aloysius Yapp 🇸🇬
Quarter-Finals
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 10-6 Roberto Gomez 🇵🇭
🇪🇸 Jonas Souto Comino 4-10 Harry Vergara 🇵🇭
🇵🇭 Carlo Biado 9-10 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
🇭🇰 Robbie Capito 10-7 Max Lechner 🇦🇹
Semi-Finals
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 11-4 Harry Vergara 🇵🇭
🇱🇹 Pijus Labutis 11-8 Robbie Capito 🇭🇰
Final
🇩🇪 Moritz Neuhausen 7-13 Pijus Labutis 🇱🇹
Prize Fund
Champion – $40,000
Runner-up – $20,000
Semi-finalists – $10,000
Quarter-finalists – $6,000
Last 16 – $3,000
Last 32 – $1,500
Last 64 – $1,000
Last 96 – $500
Total – $200,000
