Nandu News Reporter Tao Xinlei Chengdu World Table Tennis Championship team competition is about to start, and a lottery ceremony was held on the afternoon of September 28. In terms of men's team, the top seeds of China are in the first group with Slovenia, the United States, Puerto Rico and Thailand; in terms of women's team, China is in the first group with the United States, the Puerto Rico, the Canadian and Malaysia.
Chinese team player Chen Xingtong at the lottery ceremony. Xinhua News Agency issued
The men's participating teams are divided into 7 groups, and the women's participating teams will be divided into 6 groups. The group sorting is based on the ITTF group world ranking. The specific grouping situation is as follows:
men's team competition -
Group 1: Chinese team, Slovenia team, American team, Puerto Rico team, Thailand team
Group 2: German team, French team, India team, Kazakhstan team, Uzbekistan team
Group 3: Japanese team , Hong Kong, China Team, Romania, Iran, Hungary team
Group 4: South Korea, Egypt, Czech, Canada, Saudi Arabia team
Group 5: Sweden, England, Australia, Poland team
Group 6: Brazil, Portugal, Denmark, Slovakia team
Group 7: China Taipei team , Croatia Asian team, Belgium team, Singapore team
women's team competition -
Group 1: China team, United States team, Puerto Rico team, Canada team, Malaysia team
Group 2: Japan team, Hungarian team, Poland team, Slovak team, Uzbekistan team
Group 3: China Hong Kong team, Brazil team, France team, Italy team, South China Non-team
Group 4: South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Luxembourg, Iran
Group 5: Germany, Egypt, India, Czech
Group 6: Romania, Chinese Taipei, Sweden, Portugal
This World Table Tennis Championship will be held in Chengdu, Sichuan from September 30 to October 9. The men's and women's group matches will be held from September 30 to October 4. The team competition will adopt a 5-game 3-win system, and each game will adopt a 5-game 3-win system.
After the group stage ends, the team ranked first becomes the seed team, the second in the group decides the situation through lottery, and the remaining promotion places will be generated from the third in the highest-ranking group. 16 teams from men and women advance, and the knockout round will begin on October 5.
Women's Team Championship will be produced on the evening of October 8, and the champion team will win the Kowbilen Cup. On the evening of October 9, the men's team champion will win the Swethlin Cup .
Looking at the history of participating in the World Table Tennis Championships in the Chinese Table Tennis Championships, the Chinese women's team has won a total of 21 championships, including two eight consecutive championships and one four consecutive championships. The last time the Chinese women's team lost the championship was in 2010. At that time, Zhang Yining and Wang Nan retired. The Chinese team, which had just been led by the newcomer, lost 1-3 to the Singapore team led by famous generals such as Feng Tianwei, Li Jiawei, Wang Yuegu , etc. This time, the female players who played for the national table tennis team are Sun Yingsha , Chen Meng , Wang Manyu , Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong.
Chen Xingtong, who won the last ticket to the World Table Tennis Championships in the Chinese national table tennis team, expressed his happiness and honor at the draw ceremony. Every athlete will grow up if he can participate in this World Table Tennis Championships. Next, I hope to work hard with all members of the Chinese team to complete the mission of this Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships.
The strongest team of the Chinese women's team played in the game at home, and the goal was naturally to win the squad cup for the fifth time in a row. The main opponent of the Chinese women's team will be the Japanese team with the most likely qualifying in the second group. The Japanese team is led by the fifth-ranked Hayata Hina , and the other four are Ito Mima , Nagasaki Miyu , Sato Hitomi and Kihara Miyu . The competition among the Japanese team is very fierce, and famous players Ishikawa Kasumi and Hirano Miu both failed to be selected for this competition.
Chinese team player Liang Jingkun (right) was at the lottery ceremony. Xinhua News Agency
Chinese men's team has also won the cup 21 times in history.Since 2002, the Chinese men's team has never lost a single game in the World Table Tennis Championships team. This time, the team fought at home. The "Five Tiger Generals" lineup consisted of Fan Zhendong, Ma Long , Wang Chuqin , Liang Jingkun and Lin Gaoyuan are determined to win the 10 consecutive championships of the World Table Tennis Championships men's team.
Liang Jingkun, who represented the Chinese team at the lottery ceremony, said: "Through this month of closed training, we have been prepared to meet all kinds of difficulties. I hope the team can achieve good results."
German team player Qiu Dang (right) was at the lottery ceremony. He is the men's singles champion of Xinke European Championships. Xinhua News Agency issued
opponents, although the German team ranked No. 2 seed, due to the absence of the three main players of , Bol , Ocharov and Francesca, the overall strength of the German men's team has been greatly reduced. Zhang, the Japanese men's team led by Tomoto, and the Swedish men's team led by Moregod are both strong contenders for medals.
The men's and women's national table tennis teams are both aiming to win the 22nd time this time. Perhaps compared with whether the Chinese team can win the championship, who will be sent to the final will be more discussed by fans.
