Busan World Table Tennis Championships: The top 24 of the men's team were born! The national table tennis signing position was released, and it was in the upper half of the same zone with Japan and South Korea
On February 20, 2024, the Busan World Table Tennis Championships continued, the top 24 men's teams were all born, the first signing of the group was released, and the national table tennis team was in the upper half of the same area with the Japanese team and the South Korean team.
The national table tennis men's team at this stage, did not encounter too strong opponents, although some of the games were a little thrilling, but in general it was still very easy, the Chinese team won Belgium, Cuba, Hungary, Croatia three 3-0 in a row, so as to rank first in the group and continue to move forward, while shortlisted for the top 16, this result is completely in line with expectations, but also to achieve the coaching staff in advance warm-up, to prepare for the knockout round.
Japan and Chinese Taipei are in the same group, which has undoubtedly become the main attraction, Zhang Benzhihe defeated Gao Chengrui and Lin Yunru, Matsushima Terukong defeated the world champion Zhuang Zhiyuan, Japan ranked first in the group, Zhang Benzhihe remained undefeated, the most exciting of which is the peak duel with Lin Yunru, the strength of the two sides is close to playing at a high level, as for whether Hayasuke Togami can play as scheduled, it depends on the physical recovery.
The group stage is all over, the top three in each group enter the next stage, the first round of byes to advance to the round of 16, the second and third compete for a seat, so now it is the top 24, the national table tennis as the top seed, directly in the 1/4 area, and then need to play according to the world ranking, followed by Fan Zhendong, Wang Chuqin, Ma Long, in this way, Liang Jingkun, Lin Gaoyuan basically ended the task in the World Table Tennis Championships.
According to the comprehensive results of each team, the group promotion places will be determined, the first group of China, Croatia, Hungary will qualify, Belgium and Cuba will be out, the second group of Germany, Kazakhstan and England will be qualified, the United States and Saudi Arabia will be eliminated, the third group of South Korea, Poland and India will be qualified, Chile and New Zealand will be eliminated, the fourth group of France, Denmark and Austria will be qualified, and Australia and Algeria will be eliminated.
Group 5 Japan, Chinese Taipei, and the Czech Republic qualified, Madagascar and Nigeria qualified, Group 6 Sweden, Hong Kong, China and Serbia qualified, Slovakia and Puerto Rico exited, Group 7 Slovenia, Singapore and Brazil qualified, Canada and Malaysia exited, Group 8 Portugal, Romania and Iran qualified, Egypt and Thailand exited, and Asal struggled alone.
Then the draw for the knockout stage, the first group took the lead, the first half of the region China, Japan, Slovenia, South Korea, the lower half of France, Portugal, Sweden, Germany, China, Japan and South Korea in the same area is too lively, the host is too unlucky, the two draws are with the Chinese team, the real highlight is coming, first Zhang Ben Zhihe, and then Lin Zhongxun and others, looking forward to the performance of the national table tennis players.