On January 11, 2022, the official website of the International Table Tennis Federation officially released an announcement to determine the time of the 2022 Chengdu Team World Table Tennis Championships, that is, April 17-26.
Since the cancellation of the 2020 Busan World Table Tennis Championships has led to no team world table tennis championships in table tennis for four years, the ITTF and the Chinese Table Tennis Association attach great importance to this year's competition, and Liu Guoliang is very confident in Chengdu, he said: "We believe that the city will once again promote the popularity of table tennis in the world at this year's World Table Tennis Championships." ”
So who will participate in this competition? The suspense is still there!
Old fans know that since 2001, the International Table Tennis Federation has announced the "separation" of the World Table Tennis Championships, of which 5 single duels are held in odd years and 2 team competitions are held in even-numbered years, so according to the requirements, the team World Table Tennis Championships should be held in 2020, and the location is in Busan, South Korea.
However, the sudden epidemic in 2020 has caused heavy losses to table tennis and sports, and as a result, the Busan World Table Tennis Championships, which were originally scheduled to be held that year, were completely cancelled after three postponements (but at the end of last year, Busan won the right to host the 2024 Team World Table Tennis Championships), which also put greater pressure on the 2022 Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships.
However, time has passed, because China's epidemic prevention results are significantly better than South Korea's, and the current environment is safer than in 2020, so fans have not seen the news that the World Table Tennis Championships have been postponed or cancelled - after all, the United States hosted the Houston Single World Table Tennis Championships at the end of last year, and Chengdu, China, should not be a big problem.
But even so, Liu Guoliang and the Chinese Table Tennis Association still dare not slacken off in the slightest, and ITTF CEO Steve Denton also said bluntly: "We are working closely with them (Chengdu) to take all precautions to ensure the safe conduct of the game." ”
At present, the list of Chinese teams participating in the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships has become the focus of everyone's attention: will the three Olympic champions Ma Long, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen still play? Can Zhou Qihao retain the position of the top five main players? Will there still be dark horses in the team and get valuable tickets? All this is still unknown.
So which national table tennis players are optimistic about being able to reach Chengdu and impact the new team world championship title? Feel free to leave a message and write your own predictions!