After returning from the holiday break, LGD suffered a surprising 2-3 upset in their first match against TCG, who had previously lost all their major matches this season. This defeat marked the first major upset of the new year. Due to this loss, LGD not only failed to secure an early spot in the A/B Placement Match but also put themselves in a precarious position. Had they lost to RNG again, and if DRG had lost to eStar by the same score, LGD would have dropped to third place in Group B, missing out on the third round.

The Vietnam billiards team concluded their journey at the Predator WPA Teams 10-Ball World Championship 2026 following a narrow and regrettable 2-3 defeat to Austria in the quarterfinals.

Many people felt regret when the Vietnamese team lost to Austria 2-3 in the quarterfinals of the World Team 10-Ball Championship. One of the biggest questions was why player Duong Quoc Hoang took his penalty shot after the 'culprit' Nam Pham in the shootout sequence.

Unconsciously, the 2026 KPL regular season second round has only three days of matches left! For AG Super Play, there is still hope to compete for the S/A promotion tournament! After falling into Group A, AG Super Play continues to struggle, achieving only 1 win, 2 losses, and 1 net point difference before the new year, and losing both matches against the current top two teams in Group A. They are currently ranked only fifth in Group A.

Vietnam's top player Tran Quyet Chien secured a commanding victory over a Mexican expert, giving the home team a favorable start at the 2026 World Team Three-Cushion Carom Championship.

The Vietnamese team officially advanced to the quarterfinals of the Predator WPA Teams 10-Ball World Championship 2026 following a convincing 3-0 victory over Indonesia in the losers' bracket, continuing their resilient journey in Las Vegas, USA.

Duong Quoc Hoang (Hoang Sao) bid farewell to the 2026 Asian 10-Ball Championship in a regrettable manner after an 8-9 nail-biting loss to Filipino pool master Carlo Biado in the Round of 16.

Dương Quốc Hoàng won over 100 million in prize money after defeating Carlo Biado, the Filipino player who just became the Asian Pool Championship 2025 champion.

Vietnamese player Nguyễn Quốc Nguyện made waves by winning a stage at a major tournament in Korea after defeating billiards legend Daniel Sanchez.

Luong Duc Thien (Thien Luong) is the second Vietnamese cueist, following Duong Quoc Hoang (Hoang Sao), to secure a spot in the Last 64 of the Carabao International Open, an international tournament with a total prize pool of up to 100,000 USD (approximately 2.6 billion VND).