On 28 July 2022, the ITTF announced the registration for the Czech Olomouc Regional Tournament. The Chinese table tennis team sent 22 young players to compete, with the goal of winning the five events of men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. It is also to give young players more opportunities to perform, so that they can grow up as soon as possible and enter the main ranks. The players who registered for the competition this time are from the second team of the Chinese table tennis team, and some of them are participating in the adult group competition for the first time. Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha and other main players did not participate in this competition, and they will begin closed training to prepare for the team world table tennis championships in September.
National Table Tennis Registration Status:
1. Men's Singles (12 people)
Zhou Kai, Cao Wei, Xu Haidong, Sai Linwei, Niu Guankai, Quan Kaiyuan, Ren Hao, Yu Heyi, Yan Sheng, Liu Yebo, Liang Yufeng, Gao Yang
2. Women's Singles (10 people)
Han Fei'er, Xu Yi, Wu Yangchen, Leng Yutong, Li Yuqi, Wang Yiduo, Zhu Ziyu, Chu Hanwen, Zang Xiaotong, Fan Shuhan
The strength of these young players is still very strong, that is, the lack of experience in international competitions. The 26-year-old Zhou Kai is the big brother of these youngsters, who once won the Men's Doubles championship at the Korean Open in 2014 with Yu Ziyang. Youngster Cao Wei estimated that everyone also had some impressions, in the september 2021 National Games table tennis mixed doubles final, Cao Wei partner Wang Manyu lost 2-4 to Xu Xin / Liu Shiwen. At that time, Cao Wei's performance was quite eye-catching.
Olomouc, Czech Republic, is at a lower regional level, with a singles championship point of 150 points. But the competition is fierce. This time, the Japanese team also sent 11 people to participate:
1. Men's Singles (7 persons)
Masaharu Yoshimura, Tatsumiya Kami, Kazuhiro Yoshimura, Koichi Yoshiyama, Akira Yokotani, Yuki Matsuyama, Yushin Tanigaki
2. Women's Singles (4 persons)
Nagasaki Mizu, Hiramoto Miwa, Kazusawa Yuzuka, Nomura
Makoto Yoshimura is a 30-year-old "veteran" whose highlight was his mixed doubles title at the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships with Yoshizumi Ishikawa. Zhang Benmeihe is the younger sister of Zhang Benzhihe, although only 15 years old, but she is famous in international competitions.
The main opponents of other associations are:
1. Men's Singles
Kanek (USA), ranked 32nd in the world
Galdos (Austria), ranked 38th in the world
Wang Yang (Slovakia), ranked 45th in the world
Habéson (Austria), ranked 58th in the world
1. Women's Singles
Matrova (Czech Republic), ranked 24th in the world
Ni Xialian (Luxembourg), 39th in the world
Nagasaki Mizu (Japan), ranked 48th in the world
Tsang Kin (Singapore), ranked 60th in the world