From April 18th to 24th, the Korean Table Tennis Association organized the start of the Asian Games and the World Table Tennis Championships in Gangwon Province, which was slightly different from the Japanese Table Tennis Selection Tournament, the Japan Table Tennis Association conducted two selection competitions for the World Table Tennis Championships and the Asian Games, and the South Korean team combined the selection into one, and selected a total of 10 men and women representing South Korea in the World Championships and the Asian Games through more than 2 rounds of selection competitions. According to the rules of the world ranking of the top 10 directly shortlisted for the World Table Tennis Championships and the Asian Games, the world ranking as of March 15, just before the Chinese star Tian Jixi ranked 10th in the world, and the South Korean men's team world ranking of the highest ranking Jung Young-sik did not have the opportunity to participate in the selection competition.
According to the regulations of the Korean Table Tennis Association, as of March 15, 2022, the top 10 singles players in the world rankings will be directly selected for the list of the World Table Tennis Championships team and the Asian Games. The selection will be based on the world ranking, the first round of selection, the second round of selection, the second round of selection, the second round of selection, and so on, until the 5 seats for men and women are determined. Players who win the first round and are at the bottom of the rankings cannot participate in the second round of the selection round, which takes the form of 5 rounds and 3 wins, and a large round robin.
A total of 9 people participated in the women's selection competition: Xu Xiaoyuan, Liu Enpet, Liang Xiayin, Yin Xiaobin, Kim Ha-young, Kim Na-young, Kim Seung-ing, Yoo Han-na, Lee Shi-win, and Tian Zhixi, who was eligible to participate in the selection competition, directly won the seat because he ranked 10th in the world, which coincided with the regulations of the Korean Table Tennis Association.
The current level of the South Korean table tennis women's team is no longer what it used to be, the overall strength of the world's 5-8 position, may not even be able to defeat the German women's team, Tian Zhixi's strength in this team is indeed its own file, even if she chooses to participate in the selection competition, the probability of qualifying can be ensured at more than 95%, and almost no one in the Korean team poses a threat to it. The other 4 qualifying places Xu Xiaoyuan, Liang Xiayin and Li Shiwen are more likely to qualify, especially Li Shiwen, who has a very poor international performance and is very brave when it comes to the civil war. The only surprise was choi hyo-joo's failure to pass the audition, where she competed as a South Korean team in the women's team competition at the Tokyo Olympics, but was not included in the selection. At present, the South Korean team is only slightly threatened in the international arena by Tian Zhixi and Xu Xiaoyuan, and it is difficult to get a medal at the Asian Games, and the top 4 of the World Championships are hopeless.
The 10 people who participated in the Korean men's team selection competition were: Ahn Jae-hyun, Lim Jong-hoon, Cho Dae-sung, Lee Sang-so, Jang Woo-jin, Hwang Min-ho, Park Chan-hyuk, Cho Seung-min, Kang Dong-so, Kim Dong-hyun, because no one singled the top 10 in the world, there was 1 more than the women's team's selection match.
At present, the highest ranking of the South Korean men's team in the world is 18th Place Jung Young-sik, but he withdrew from the South Korean national team after the Tokyo Olympics, but Jung Young-sik, who appeared in the international arena as an individual, is still the first person in the South Korean men's singles. World No. 19 Jang Woo-jin is the highest-ranked player in the world at this trial, he and Lee Sang-so have played 2 Olympic cycles in South Korea, 2 veterans are facing the impact of multiple rookies, singles qualification is somewhat suspenseful, but they are expected to appear in the team lineup.
In 2022, the two new stars of the South Korean men's team, Ahn Jae-hyun and Lim Jong-hoon, performed more eye-catchingly, defeating Lin Gaoyuan, Germany's Francesca and many other famous players, and have become the leaders of the new generation of The Korean men's team, and the two are most likely to represent the Korean team in the World Championships, the team competition of the Asian Games and the singles competition of the Asian Games. The South Korean men's team is more competitive in the world than the women's team, the probability of winning the world table tennis championships is high, and the Asian Games is expected to compete with Japan for the men's team final seat.