The 2019 Table Tennis T2 Diamond League is an annual professional series of championships organized by T2 and the ITTF with a total prize money of US$1.5 million. The T2 Diamond League will hold three games in 2019. The first game will be from July 18 to 21 (Johor Bahru, Malaysia), the second game will be from September 26 to 29 (Haikou, China), and the third game will be from November 28 to 12 January 1st!
competition format: The top 15 men's and women's singles players in the three-stage standings of the ITTF World Tour are eligible to participate, plus one player from the host country (the world ranking must be in the top 50) to form a 16-man men's and women's singles lineup! The competition adopts a knockout system, with 16 players in each men's and women's singles drawing lots for the knockout rounds. The game adopts a best-of-seven game (11-point system in a single game, no chasing rules, that is, no need to open a 2-point gap after 10-10). Within the 24-minute limit, the first player to win 4 games wins! If the winner cannot be decided within 24 minutes, it will immediately enter "overtime": In overtime, the first player to score 5 points in each game wins the game!
bonus system : The total bonus for each station is US$500,000, and the total bonus for each male and female singles station is US$250,000. The champion receives US$100,000, the runner-up US$50,000, the third runner-up US$20,000, etc.
Points system : Each of the 16 men's and women's singles players participating in the competition will receive ITTF Tour points and be counted into the world rankings. The first place will receive 1000 points, the second place will receive 800 points, the third place will receive 700 points, the fourth place will receive 600 points, the 5th to 8th place will receive 500 points, and the 9th to 19th place will receive 400 points. (Points are valid for 12 months)
First stop: Johor Bahru, Malaysia:
From the Hungarian Open in January this year to the China Open that ended on June 3, the top 15 singles players in the tour points will be ranked first according to the rules. station qualifications. ( Qualified athletes can choose not to participate, and the qualification will be postponed to the next )
According to the player information currently announced by the T2 Diamond League, as of June 20, there are 13 male and 13 female players in the men's and women's singles. Confirmed participation: (there is a possibility of change)
Men's singles 13 players: Malone , Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong , Zhang Benzhi and (Japan), Bohr (Germany), Mizutani Hayabusa (Japan) ), Hugo Calderano (Brazil), Takaki Niwa (Japan), Ocharov (Germany), Huang Zhenting (Hong Kong, China), Lin Yunru (Taipei, China), Fu Ranziska (Germany), M Falke (Sweden)
Women's singles 13 players: Ding Ning , Kasumi Ishikawa (Japan), Zhu Yuling , Liu Shiwen , Wang Manyu , Szokos (Romania), Feng Tianwei ( Singapore ), Mima Ito (Japan), Chen Siyu (Taipei, China), Du Kaiqin (Hong Kong, China), Polkanova (Austria), Miu Hirano (Japan), Zheng Yijing (Chinese Taipei)
We still need to wait patiently for the remaining entries.
