The number one leader of the Japan Table Tennis Association - Yoshihito Miyazaki
On November 9, the Japan Table Tennis Association issued a notice on the mixed team World Cup, which elaborated on the process of the Japanese table tennis team from refusing to participate in the competition to actively participating. In this regard, some fans pointed out very humorously: The decision-making of the International Table Tennis Federation is disorderly, and Japanese table tennis is spineless!
The Japan Table Tennis Association pointed out that the ITTF's procedures were flawed in the design, and on October 17, 16 table tennis associations, including the Japanese team, were invited to participate, and the deadline for registration was designed to be October 25. As a result, the Japanese team did not register, and after the 25th, the ITTF changed its strategy and decided to give the mixed team World Cup world ranking points. This wave of operations directly disrupted the plans of the Japanese table tennis team.
In response to the invitation of the International Table Tennis Federation, the Japan Table Tennis Association announced that it had repeatedly communicated with the top Japanese players, but almost no one responded, so it decided to refuse to participate. However, after the world ranking points were linked to the mixed team World Cup, the Japanese team was no longer silent, and they believe that the ITTF's decision has greatly changed the prerequisites for participating in the team World Cup. The implication is that if you had known that the world ranking points were related to the team competition, you would have convinced the players to actively participate.
It is worth mentioning that the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) once again notified the Japan Table Tennis Association on the 2nd of this month to confirm its intention to participate in the conference, and the Japan Table Tennis Association did express a strong tendency to participate, but so far, the ITTF has not given a reply.
It is reported that 16 associations have signed up to participate in the competition, if the International Table Tennis Federation agrees to the application of the Japanese team, it will inevitably lead to one of the associations out, which is very unfair. The Japanese team is full of utilitarianism!
Of course, the ITTF design process pointed out by the Japan Table Tennis Association is that the decision should not be changed after the registration is closed, and the world ranking points should be linked to the mixed World Cup team event. This accusation of the Japanese team is not unreasonable. It can only be said that the Japanese Table Tennis Association will remember this lesson in the future, the International Table Tennis Federation is like a thigh, and the Japanese Table Tennis Association is like an arm, can the arm be over the thigh?