Cover journalist Xie Lingjie
The 56th ITTF World Table Tennis Team Championships (Finals) in 2022 will be unveiled on September 30 at the Chengdu High-tech Sports Center. In this competition, a total of 32 men's teams and 28 women's teams competed for the World Table Tennis Team Championships trophy - the Swelling Cup and the Courberen Cup. The host Chinese team, as the defending champions and top seeds of the men's and women's teams, will strive to stand on the top podium again.
As the only international single sports team event held at the highest level in China this year, the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships Team Competition will become a milestone event in the process of building Chengdu into a world famous event.
The event is approaching and Chengdu is ready.
get ready to fight
The national table tennis men's and women's and women's teams are double crowns
On September 11, the Chinese Table Tennis Association announced the list of participants in the national table tennis men's and women's teams of the World Table Tennis Championships, according to the selection method of the national table tennis, as the world's highest singles ranking male and female players in the Chinese team, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi directly qualified to participate in the World Table Tennis Championships. Lin Gaoyuan, who ranked twelfth in the men's singles world, entered the final men's team world table tennis championship roster by winning in the team selection competition. Chen Xingtong, who ranked thirteenth in the women's singles world, won the women's singles championship in the Muscat side of the World Table Tennis Professional League regular season challenge at the end of 10, and qualified to represent the Chinese team in the World Table Tennis Championships team competition.
In order to prepare for the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, most of the main players of the national table tennis team returned to China after participating in the WTT European Summer Series in July, and arrived in Chengdu in mid-August to start closed training.
Eyeing
Germany, Sweden and Japan should not be underestimated
In addition to the luxury squad sent by the host China team to defend the double crown, the lineups of Germany, Sweden and Japan should not be underestimated. The second seed German team of the men's team consists of Benedikt Duda, Meng Fanbo, Qiu Dang, Kai Stammper and Ricardo Walser, of which Qiu Dang is currently ranked ninth in the world. Nordic powerhouse Sweden men's table tennis is led by the men's singles runner-up Falk at the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest, Moregad, the runner-up of the men's singles at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, and the remaining three players are K. Carlsson, Karlberg and Persson.
The Japanese men's team sent Tomokazu Chamber, Takashi Niwaba, Yukiya Uda, Masaaki Morien and Hayasuke Togami to compete, with Zhang Motoshi and the world ranking fourth. In terms of the women's group, the Japanese women's table tennis composed of Hina Hayata, Mimachi Ito, Miyu Kihara, Miyuzu Nagasaki and Hitomi Sato can be described as the strongest opponent of Chinese women's table tennis on the road to defending the title, of which Hina Hayata and Mimachi Ito are ranked fifth and sixth in the world respectively, and the women's doubles combination composed of them is ranked second in the world, and the showdown between Chinese women's table tennis and Japanese women's table tennis is undoubtedly the biggest highlight of this World Table Tennis Championships.
Full firepower
The lineup of the commentary is unprecedentedly strong
Another highlight of this year's Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships is the guest group participating in the commentary, and the fame is not lost to the national table tennis participants. On the 28th, the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships Commentary Group List was released, and the Chinese Table Tennis Association invited 10 commentators to explain for the first time, which can be described as an unprecedented standard. According to the list of luxury commentary teams for the World Table Tennis Championships team officially announced by the live broadcast platform, in addition to Xu Xin Liu Shiwen's "Xinwen Simulcast" combination, Deng Yaping, the first generation of national table tennis kings, was also invited to join the commentary lineup, as well as Grand Slam winner Ding Ning, world champions Guo Yan, Liu Guozheng, and national champion Hou Yingchao to explain the competition.
Source: Visual China
It is a little regrettable that Zhang Yining and Wang Nan, the two national table tennis kings, are not in the commentary list released this time. In addition to the commentators, there are also well-known hosts Cai Meng and Huang Jianxiang to join, these top commentators will give full play to their professional expertise during the World Championships, objectively analyze and interpret the World Table Tennis Championships, and bring you a table tennis audiovisual feast.
A little more news
What's the secret behind the trophy
World Table Tennis Championships Men's Team Champion Trophy - Svetsling Cup. In 1926, Ms. Sveslyn, the mother of Mr. Ivo Montagu, the first president of the International Table Tennis Federation and the former honorary president of the International Table Tennis Federation, donated the Swelling Cup, named after her, as a winning trophy in the men's team competition. Hungary was the first team to lift the Svetling Cup, winning their first time at the 1926 World Table Tennis Championships in London and winning five consecutive titles. In the history of the men's team event of the World Table Tennis Championships, the Chinese team has won the Svethling Cup 21 times, the Hungarian team has won the championship 12 times, and the Japanese team has won the championship 7 times.
World Table Tennis Championships Women's Team Champion Trophy - Corberon Cup. The 8th World Table Tennis Championships in 1934 were held in Paris, France, and as the host, Mr. Marcel Courbélon, President of the French Table Tennis Association, donated the Marcel Courbrent Cup named after him as the winning trophy of the women's team competition. In 1934, Germany became the first team to lift the Courberen Cup, and in 1939 it won its second championship. In the history of the Women's Team Championships of the World Table Tennis Championships, the Chinese team has won the Corbillon Cup 21 times, the Japanese team has won the championship 8 times, and the Romanian team has won the championship 5 times.
Source: Visual China
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