On January 11, 2022, the ITTF Group, the Chinese Table Tennis Association and the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships Organizing Committee jointly confirmed the date of the 2022 World Table Tennis Team Championships, which will be held from April 17 to 26, 2022. The venue is the Chengdu High-tech Sports Center, which was completed last year and is a modern, multi-functional and top-of-the-line large-scale gymnasium. At that time, 40 men's and women's teams will gather on the field to carry out a strong dialogue.
ITTF President Petra Solin said: "I am very pleased that the 2022 Team World Table Tennis Championships will be held in Chengdu in April. In this special period of uncertainty, thank you to the organizers for taking all safety measures to ensure that this blockbuster event can be carried out smoothly. In 2021, we held a series of competitions to successfully bring the international table tennis tournament back on track, and this year's world table tennis family is looking forward to more and more exciting events. ”
STEVE Denton, CEO of the ITTF Group, said: "I am very confident that Chengdu will host the World Table Tennis Championships. The city has hosted many top table tennis tournaments and has always worked closely with the ITTF. Looking forward to hosting another safe and meaningful World Table Tennis Championships in beautiful Sichuan Province. ”
The competition will be held at the newly established Chengdu High-tech Sports Center, which was completed last year as a modern, versatile and top-of-the-line gymnasium. At that time, 40 men's and women's teams will gather on the field to carry out a strong dialogue. Each team can send up to 5 participants, who will stay at two hotels near the venue.
The 2022 Team World Table Tennis Championships Committee has developed a comprehensive set of COVID-19 response measures to ensure that all participants can successfully arrive in Chengdu, participate safely and return. The competition will be conducted in the form of "bubbles", with strict closed management procedures. The Chengdu Immigration Administration will assist in applying for visas and provide entry and exit facilities for participants.
Liu Guoliang, Executive Vice President of the ITTF and President of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, said: "The World Table Tennis Championships is the most important event of the ITTF every year and one of the events that attract the attention of fans around the world. The World Table Tennis Championships held in Chengdu are bound to attract the attention of fans around the world, which is a table tennis competition and a two-way promotion of chengdu as a city. Chengdu has rich experience in organizing table tennis events, and has repeatedly successfully hosted the ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup and Open Tournament, and this World Table Tennis Championship is settled in Chengdu, and I believe that it can once again set off a boom in world table tennis in Chengdu. ”
With the cancellation of the 2020 Busan World Table Tennis Team Championships, it has been four years since the last World Table Tennis Championships Team Championships. The Chinese team won the men's and women's team championships at the 2018 World Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, Sweden. When the Chinese table tennis team played, the men's team: Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, Wang Chuqin; the women's team: Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen, Zhu Yuling, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu.
In order to vigorously cultivate new talents in the Paris Olympic cycle, the Chinese table tennis team even gave up the Tokyo Olympic men's singles champion Ma Long, who was in good shape at the Houston World Table Tennis Championships last year, Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen, two "veterans" who were also selected. At the 2022 Team World Table Tennis Championships, the 10 participants of the Chinese table tennis team will definitely be mainly newcomers. Expected boy bands: Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, Zhou Qihao; women's groups: Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, Chen Xingtong. Among the 10 members of the men's and women's team, except for Zhou Qihao, who has been poor in foreign competitions, there is a considerable probability that others will be selected.