From July 26 to 31, 2022, the planned "Liu Guoliang-Lao wa Cup" World United and China Table Tennis Tournament will be held in Oslo, Norway. At present, the official website has announced the three players of the World United team, namely Bol and Ocharov of Germany and the female player of the host Norway, Ida Dahalen, and the last place is likely to be won by The Swedish teenager and the men's singles runner-up of this year's World Table Tennis Championships Moregold. In addition to the Determination that the captain of the Chinese team is Liu Guoliang, the 4 participants all showed "soon to be announced" and continued to maintain a certain sense of mystery.
At the beginning of this century, the International Table Tennis Federation once promoted the "world to play China" tournament for many times, there were Chinese and Swedish men's team matches, but also the world united team against the Chinese men's team, the European League against the Chinese women's team, and later developed into a Eurasian match. In the past two years, with the increase of WTT events, team competitions have been gradually cancelled. Under the impetus of Liu Guoliang, executive vice chairman of the International Table Tennis Federation, and Waldner, a Swedish star, the world team and the Chinese table tennis team have restarted the match, and in 2022, it will be held in Oslo, Norway, which is also the first time to be held in a country with a non-traditional table tennis team.
At present, the world united team has announced 3 participants, Germany's Pol and Ochalov as one of the few singles world champions in Europe to participate, Waldner is the captain of the world united team, he has played with the German double male Bohr and Ochalov during the athlete period, and the achievements and strength of the two German world champions are also very positive, Pol and Ochalov are the few men's team members in the current international table tennis who can defeat the main opponents of the national table tennis, although they are older, they are still more impactful than young foreign players. Coupled with the experience of the competition, it will definitely be the first choice when determining the squad of the World League. Because the competition was held in Norway, the local player Ida also won a qualification, but her fame is not strong, the strength is not strong, it is difficult to play in the European arena, I am afraid that I can only hold a learning attitude to focus on participation.
The last eligibility for the World League is still pending, as the tournament's organizer, Waldner, is a Legend swedish superstar who considers Swedish players when forming the World League. Moregood, who finished runner-up in the men's singles at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships, is the first choice, and the 19-year-old will take on the responsibility of leading the future Swedish men's team, and it is not too much to give more opportunities to participate.
The lineup of the national table tennis side only determined that the captain was Liu Guoliang, and the rest of the participants were to be determined. This year's Chinese table tennis team is facing more international competitions, but whether to hold as scheduled, on time to participate in the event is unpredictable, the two major international events Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team tournament and Hangzhou Asian Games are held at the doorstep of the family, once held as scheduled, I am afraid that the national table tennis participation is inevitable, Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships at the end of April and the beginning of May, Hangzhou Asian Games will start in September, perhaps in order to prepare for the events held at the door of the two major homes, the main lineup of national table tennis has a high probability of not participating in the "world to play China" confrontation, even if it is not the main lineup, The overall strength of national table tennis is strong, and the World United team may not have the certainty of winning.