Just when the national table tennis players set off to participate in the WTT Oman Competition, the OFFICIAL of the International Table Tennis Federation announced a latest news, originally planned to be held in Chengdu in April this year, postponed for 5 months to be held at the end of September, the tentative time is September 30 to October 9. The Chengdu Team World Table Tennis Championships is one of the most important events this year, and the national table tennis is the host, so it is natural to move towards the goal of defending the title. Considering the severe global epidemic situation, it was finally postponed.
And judging from the original planned game time, the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships are indeed in a bit of a hurry. According to the ITTF competition arrangement, three consecutive events will be held in the last month, namely Oman, Singapore Grand Slam and Doha. By the time all three races were over, it was around the end of March. Coupled with the return of various teams to prepare for the World Table Tennis Championships, as well as the isolation policy of the Chinese women's volleyball team, there is not enough time in theory.
Therefore, under the comprehensive consideration of the International Table Tennis Federation, it is still postponed to hold the team World Table Tennis Championships. The International Table Tennis Federation pays more attention to the safety of the event, after all, it has just completed the change, and everything must be careful. However, for the majority of fans, it is very worried about the cancellation like the Busan World Table Tennis Championships. At the beginning, the Busan Team World Table Tennis Championships were postponed many times due to the epidemic, and finally South Korea did not have the conditions to hold it, and the International Table Tennis Federation could only regret to announce the cancellation of the Busan World Table Tennis Championships.
Now that the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships are in the same situation as the Busan World Table Tennis Championships, it is inevitable that people will worry that the competition will be cancelled. It is just that the conditions for China to host the event, as well as the domestic epidemic situation, can support Chengdu's successful hosting of the World Table Tennis Championships. Since the outbreak of the epidemic, the table tennis project is the first project to resume the operation of the event, and the national table tennis has helped the International Table Tennis Federation to host the World Cup and the International Table Tennis Federation Finals, which can be said to help the table tennis event pass the difficulties.
In the past, it was possible to hold competitions in the most difficult times, but now it is not a big problem to host the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships. And there is still an Asian Games to be held in September, and the most powerful teams in table tennis are basically in Asia, so these teams can stay in China directly to participate in the team world table tennis championships without returning to China, reducing the risk of infection on the journey, and the International Table Tennis Federation probably thought of this.
Although the Busan World Table Tennis Championships were not successfully held, the national table tennis championships won 4 championships in the single World Table Tennis Championships last year, and the overall strength is still the hegemonic position. Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships will be the best opportunity for the defending champion of national table tennis, and there is no need to go abroad to compete, I hope that there will be no accidents in the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships!