The Asian Table Tennis Championships have just come to an end, and a new tournament known as the "Lao Wa Cup" will be held in Stockholm, the capital of Sweden, from November 23 to November 26.
According to the latest news, the promotional poster of the Lao Wa Cup has been published, in which Waldner, the world's first Grand Slam winner, and Ma Long, the current double-circle Grand Slam winner, appeared on the poster at the same time.
The predecessor name of Lao Wa Cup was Liu Guoliang - Lao Wa Cup. This event is very creative, summed up in one sentence: World Table Tennis Team VS Chinese Table Tennis Team. It means that Lao Wa will lead the world's table tennis celebrities against China's top masters led by Liu Guoliang, and one point will be scored according to the rules of the game. It is reported that the players participating in the event include professional-level male and female athletes and disabled athletes.
However, the event never started for special reasons that everyone knows, but now the event is on the agenda. In March this year, Lao Wa went to Singapore to meet with Ma Long and other table tennis people, and it is estimated that he should have talked about this event.
Nowadays, the scope of participation in the Lao Wa Cup seems to have been fine-tuned, not only the Chinese team, but changed to the Asian team, which is a little interesting, may also be to dilute the power of the Chinese team, let the outstanding players of other Asian associations also participate, appropriately reduce the number of Chinese players, you know, when the world team meets the Chinese team, the champion is undoubted, but when the world team meets the Asian team, maybe the world team still has some hope, everyone should understand this meaning.
The Lao Wa Cup event is of great significance, with the aim of uniting the world's table tennis people to strengthen cooperation and dialogue. It is reported that the event will be held in Europe, China and even other regions.
In the first Lao Wa Cup, Liu Guoliang, as a heavyweight in the table tennis world, will he sell Lao Wa face and lead the Asian team to fight the world team where Lao Wa is located? We'll see!