Mixed Team World Cup: South Korea narrowly defeated Germany 8-6 and competed with China for the championship in the final round

The 2023 ITTF Mixed Team World Cup will be held in the fifth round of the second stage on December 9, with 2 matches to be contested first. After fierce competition, the South Korean team defeated the German team 8-6, won 9 consecutive victories and ranked first, and competed with the Chinese team for the championship in the final round.

Mixed Team World Cup standings

Germany 6-8 South Korea

Venue: Sichuan Provincial Gymnasium

Both sides won the first stage, with Germany topping Group B and South Korea topping Group D. After that, the German team defeated Chinese Taipei and Sweden in the second stage, but lost to the Chinese team and the French team, and the loss of this game will withdraw from the top three competition early. South Korea won back-to-back victories in the second stage, beating France, Slovakia, Sweden and Japan respectively, and a win in this round will secure a top-two finish.

The German team is the No. 2 seed in the tournament, led by Chinese star Shan Xiaona, but Qiu Dang, Ocharov, Francesca and other famous players did not participate. The South Korean team is the No. 4 seed in the tournament, and this tournament is the main force, with the female team members led by Tian Zhixi and Shin Yubin, and the male team members led by Zhang Yuzhen and Lim Zhongxun.

Meissner/Winter 0-3 Zhang Yuzhen/Tian Zhixi【6-11;9-11;9-11】

In this game, the German team led 4-1 in the opening game, and the South Korean team fought back strongly to recover the score, and won the first game with an 11-6 reversal in continuous suppression. In the second game, the two sides played a stalemate, scoring alternately to 4 draws, and the German team broke the balance with consecutive scores, but unfortunately it was reversed after leading 9-7 and lost 9-11. In the third game, the South Korean team took the lead at the beginning, and the German team came back to take a 9-7 lead, but was reversed by South Korea 11-9.

Shan Xiaona 3-0 Kim Na Young【11-3;11-6;13-11】

Shan Xiaona played strongly at the beginning, and her ultra-high serve made her opponent a little confused, and quickly took a 6-0 lead. Then Jin Naying adjusted her state to chase 3-8, and Shan Xiaona then scored 3 points in a row to win 11-3. In the second game, Shan Xiaona led 6-3 and maintained the advantage to get the game point 10-6 and win 11-6. In the third game, Jin Naying led 6-1, Shan Xiaona fought back 9-8 and won 13-11, and the German team tied the total score at 3-3.

Ricardo Walther 2-1 Ahn Jae-hyun【13-11;3-11;11-7】

In the first game, Walser led 5-3, Ahn Jae-hyun clung to the score, and the two sides advanced to the chase stage, and Walser won 13-11. In the second game, Ahn Jae-hyun quickly took a 6-2 lead and scored consecutive points to suppress it, winning 11-3, and the total score of the two sides came to a 4-4 draw. In the third game, the two sides alternated scores to five draws, and then Walser scored four points in a row to get the game point at 10-7 and win the third game 11-7, giving Germany a 5-4 lead on aggregate.

Meissner/Walser 0-3 Lim Jong-hoon/Ahn Jae-hyun【4-11;7-11;10-12】

Germany started with a 3-1 lead, and South Korea pressed back to win the game point 10-4 and win the first game 11-4. In the second game, the South Korean team led 5-1, and the German team chased it to 6-8, thus stopping the opponent. After that, South Korea won 10-7 game points and won 11-7. In the third game, South Korea led 4-1, Germany bit to 4-6, and then South Korea accelerated to 10-5 to win the game point. After that, the German team chased five points in a row, but unfortunately still lost 10-12.

Shan Xiaona/Winter 1-1 Tian Zhixi/Li Shiwen【11-4;8-11】

Shin Yubin caught a cold and truce, and the Korean women's doubles was partnered by Tian Zhixi with Li Shiwen. The two sides alternated scores at the beginning of the game to three draws, and the German team then scored three points in a row, and strongly suppressed to get the game point at 10-4 and win the first game 11-4. In the second game, South Korea led 4-2, Germany bit the score to 5-6, and then South Korea withstood and won 10-7 and won 11-8. So far, the South Korean team defeated the German team with an aggregate score of 8-6.

Germany faced Japan in the final round and competed at 13 o'clock on December 10 to confirm that they would not qualify for the top three. The South Korean team played against the Chinese team in the final round, and the competition began at 19:30 on the evening of December 10, and the two sides competed for the championship.

Germany squad

Female team members: Shan Xiaona, Sabine Winter, Wan Yuan

Men: Ricardo Walther, Cedric Meissner, Kay Stamper

South Korea squad

Female players: Shin Yubin, Tian Zhixi, Li Shiwen, Kim Naying

Male players: Jang Woo-jin, Lim Joong-hoon, Lee Sang-so, Ahn Jae-hyun

The other match was Slovakia vs. Chinese Taipei, which played well and had a big advantage overall, beating the opponent 8-3. The Chinese team currently has 7 points, surpassing Slovakia to rise to seventh, and will face Sweden in the final round on the evening of December 10, and Slovakia will face France in the final round.

Slovakia 3-8 Chinese Taipei

Apras/Raposova 0-3 Yang Jia'an/Li Yuzhen【9-11;5-11;8-11】

Barbara Balazova 1-2 Chen Siyu【8-11;11-9;4-11】

Jacob Zelinka 2-1 Lin Yanjun【11-7;11-6;8-11】

Apras/Zelinka 0-2 Yang Jia'an/Wang Chenyou【4-11;5-11】