Dương Quốc Hoàng

Dương Quốc Hoàng is a Vietnamese professional pool player known as The Martian and as Hoàng Sao, who grew up in Quang Ninh and began playing pool young before stopping when he entered high school. At 23 he moved to Ho Chi Minh City with almost nothing and worked as a waiter at Sao Billiards Club, from which his nickname comes, while the club owner and player Luu Minh Phuc became his mentor. He won the Vietnamese national championship and a SEA Games silver medal in 2017, and in 2024 became the first Vietnamese player to win a World Nineball Tour event by taking the Scottish Open. He was part of Team Asia in its Reyes Cup wins over Team Europe in 2024 and over Team Rest of World in 2025, and in 2026 he beat Francisco Sánchez Ruiz 7 to 4 to win the Premier League Pool, the first major title won by a Vietnamese player.