At 15 o'clock on January 16, the 2024 Busan World Table Tennis Championships team competition will have a group stage draw ceremony, and the list of 40 participating teams for men and women was announced today.
Men's group: Poof, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Yi
Women's group: Sun Yingsha, Wang Yidi, A, Wang Manyu, Qian Tianyi
There are still some highlights in this lineup, and it is a pity that the men's team did not send a young player with strong upward momentum Lin Shidong, after all, national table tennis needs to be passed on from generation to generation, and Lin Shidong, as a leader of the younger generation, should be given more opportunities to practice in the competition, so as to make reserves for the Los Angeles Olympics. The five golden flowers fixed by the women's team Chen Xingtong were a little surprised to be selected, and it was replaced by Qian Tianyi, who won the women's doubles championship in the just-concluded Doha Championships, and the women's singles reached the semifinals. But Chen Xingtong fell behind again in the crucial year of the Olympics, making fans sweat for her.
Because the quarterfinals of this competition lead directly to the Paris Olympics, all countries attach great importance to it and have sent the strongest lineups, especially Japan, South Korea, Germany, and Sweden, which are luxurious and can be called the strongest in history. The specific list is as follows:
Japan:
Men's team: Centide, Hayasuke Togami, Teruku Matsushima, Yuya Uda, Yutai Tanaka
Girl group: Hina Hayata, Misei Ito, Miwa Zhangmoto, Miu Hirano, Miyu Kihara
Korea:
Men's group: Jang Woo-jin, Lim Jong-hoon, Lee Sang-so, Ahn Jae-hyun, Park Kyu-hyun
Women's group: Shin Yubin, Tian Zhixi, Li Shiwen, Li Enhui, Yin Xiaobin
Germany:
Men's team: Qiu Dang, Ocharov, Francesca, Duda, Pol
Women's group: Han Ying, Shan Xiaona, Nina, Winter, Kaufman
Sweden:
Men's group: Carlberg, Moregaard, Falke, Karlsson, Persson
Girl group: Bergstrom, Carlberg, Matilda, Bergande
France:
Men's team: Felix Lebrun, Alex Lebrun, Simon Goetz, Roland, Lilian
Girl group: Yuan Jianan, Pavard, Zarif, Camill Lutz, Charlotte Lutz
Chinese Taipei:
Men's team: Lin Yunru, Gao Chengrui, Zhuang Zhiyuan, Huang Yancheng, Feng Yixin
Women's group: Zheng Yijing, Chen Siyu, Li Yuzhen, Zheng Xianxian, Wang Yiru
Hong Kong:
Men's team: Huang Zhenting, Lin Zhaoheng, Chen Haohua, He Junjie, Yao Juntao
Women's group: Du Kaiqin, Zhu Chengzhu, Wu Yonglin, Lin Yinuo, Li Haoqing
Romanian:
Men's group: Eduaryonescu, Oduviescu, Istria, Movelenu, Chirita
Girl groups: Szokos, Samara, Diaconu, Dragoman, Zaharia
India:
Men's team: Desai, Gananasekaran, Achanta, Taka, Manash
Girl group: Batra, Akula, Kamaz, Chitale, Aishka Mukherjee
Portugal:
Men's group: Freitas, Gerardo, Apollonia, Monteiro, Carvalho
Girl group: Shao Jenni, Fu Yu, Pinto, Julia Lear, Matos
Brazil:
Men's group: Calderano, Vitaish, Guilherme Teodoro
Girl group: Bruner Takahashi, Juliet Takahashi, Alexander
The World Table Tennis Championships will be held in Busan, South Korea from February 16 to 25, and all teams will be divided into 8 groups, with 5 teams in each group playing a single round-robin, and the top three groups will enter the top 24 knockout rounds. There were 32 draws in the knockout round, and 8 first-round byes in the first group round. Looking forward to the national table tennis drawing a good draw today, I wish the Chinese team good luck!