China Billiards Association official website news: Following the trials for the women’s American Billiards National Training Team, the men’s trials were held as scheduled at the CBSA World Snooker Academy in Beijing from July 22 to 26, 2019. After three rounds of elimination, Zheng Xiaohuai and Kong Dejing finally succeeded in breaking through and became the fresh blood of the national training team.

Zheng Xiaohuai
The cultivation, selection and echelon construction of billiards talents have always been the focus of the work of the Chinese Billiards Association. In June this year, at the CBSA World Snooker Academy, the selection of the women's American billiards national training team was held first. Among the 10 people who met the registration conditions, Liu Xiazhi and Zhang Muyan finally became the winners and joined the national training team.
There are 10 players participating in this men's trial. They are Kong Dejing, Mi Le, Pan Chen, Zhou Long, Shen Shenyi, Shen Xingyang, Liu Jie, Feng Liaochang, Shi Wenhai and Zheng Xiaohuai.
In 5 days, all players played a total of 66 games. The competition adopts a single round-robin format, with 10 players entering 6 in the first round, 6 players advancing to 4 players in the second round, and 4 players advancing to 2 players in the third round. The final results of each player will be ranked according to the points from all games.
ranked based on points. After the first round, Zheng Xiaohuai, Pan Chen, Mi Le, Kong Dejing, Zhou Long and Shen Shenyi successfully advanced. In the second round, the top four players were Zheng Xiaohuai, Pan Chen, Mi Le and Kong Dejing.

Kong Dejing
Since Zheng Xiaohuai was far ahead of the other players with a total score of 27 points after the two rounds, the young player did not need to participate in the third round and directly became the first player to advance. Among the remaining three, Kong Dejing successfully broke through with two victories and joined the national training team.
At this point, the selection of the American Billiards National Training Team has been completed. The Chinese Billiards Association has selected 4 outstanding young players for the National Training Team in a fair, just, open and transparent manner. Their joining has injected fresh blood into the Chinese American Billiards National Training Team. In the future, Liu Xiazhi, Zhang Muyan, Zheng Xiaohuai and Kong Dejing will fight side by side with their predecessors to win more honors for China. (China Billiards Association Xiaofan)