Beijing time on September 28 news, the 56th World Table Tennis Team Championships group stage signing table came out, the Chinese men's and women's teams have drawn "on the lottery", if not surprisingly, will be easier to qualify as the first in the group. The traditional Japanese men's team and the Chinese Hong Kong team are divided into a group, which is bound to stage a fierce battle.
The drawing rules of the men's group stage are arranged in a snake-like arrangement, according to the world ranking of 1-7 seeds respectively in the top position of 1-7 groups, 8-28 seeds are drawn into 7 groups, 29-33 seeds are drawn to place in 1-5 groups, and there will be only 4 teams in groups 6 and 7. China, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Sweden, Brazil and Chinese Taipei are the top 7 seeds of the boy band.
As the number one seed of the tournament, the Chinese men's team was assigned to Group A, and the other teams in the group were the United States, Slovenia, Puerto Rico and Thailand. In addition to Karnak Jaha, the American team also has Chinese players who should not be underestimated; The Slovenian team is led by Dako Jochik. Overall, the advantages of the Chinese team are more obvious, and the first group is not difficult.
Group B competition is relatively fierce, Germany, France and India all have the strength to compete for the top two, although the German team Pol and Ochalov are absent, but Qiu Dang, Duda and other players have improved very fast and have the strength to pick up the beams. India in the same group also has a certain ability to stir up trouble, and the Kazakhstan team and the Uzbekistan team mainly play the role of accompanying the prince to study.
The five teams in Group C are Japan, Hong Kong, Romania, Iran and Hungary. Group D includes South Korea, Egypt, the Czech Republic, Canada and Saudi Arabia. Group E includes Sweden, England, Australia and Poland, while Group F includes Brazil, Portugal, Denmark and Slovakia. Group G consists of Chinese Taipei, Croatia, Belgium and Singapore. The latest news, Lin Yunru withdrew for some reason.
The rules of the women's team are the same as for the men's team, with the six seeded teams being China, Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Germany and Romania. The top seeded Chinese women's team was also assigned to Group A, and the other four teams in the same group were the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada and Malaysia, of which the United States and Puerto Rico could stimulate the Chinese team a little in the group stage, which also allowed the Chinese girls to find their form as soon as possible in the group stage.
Group B is composed of Japan, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Uzbekistan, and the Japanese team is relatively prominent. Group C's five teams are Hong Kong, Brazil, France, Italy and South Africa, with both Hong Kong and France capable of competing for first place in the group. The five teams in Group D are South Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Luxembourg and Iran, and the Luxembourg teams in South Korea, Singapore and Ni Xialian will compete fiercely for the top spot in the group.
Group E has Germany, Egypt, India and the Czech Republic, of which the German team led by Han Ying and Shan Xiaona has the strongest overall strength; Group F, which includes Romania, Chinese Taipei, Sweden and Portugal, is the most competitive and relatively close in strength, which can be described as the "group of death".
This year's World Table Tennis Championships team competition will be held in Chengdu from September 30 to October 9, and the specific lineup of the Chinese men's team is Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan; The Chinese women's team is lineed up as Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi and Chen Xingtong.