P: The top 16 of the women's team was born! Ni Xialian was out, India won completely, and the G opponent was released
On February 21, Beijing time, the top 16 women's team list of the Busan World Table Tennis Championships was released, following the eight teams ranked first in the group stage, including China and Japan, were shortlisted for "exemption from examination", and the competition between the remaining 24 associations has come to an end, and half of them were eliminated, including the 60-year-old Luxembourg team led by Ni Xialian.
At present, the 1/8 finals have been released, the first half: China VS Thailand, South Korea VS Brazil, Germany VS Sweden, France VS Portugal, the second half: Japan VS Croatia, Romania VS Egypt, Chinese Taipei VS India, Hong Kong, China VS Poland.
See below for more details!
Upper Half District
According to the rules of this competition, the team that ranked first in the group stage can directly enter the round of 16, while China, South Korea, France, and Germany won this honor in the top half of the women's team, and another eight teams competed for the rest of the promotion places.
The 60-year-old Luxembourg team led by former national table tennis world champion Ni Xialian is the focus of everyone's attention, and their opponent is Portugal. The Luxembourg players did not play well in this game, Ni Xialian lost 2-3 to Shao Jieni, and the whole team began to collapse, followed by Denut 0-3 loss to Fu Yu, and Gundlinger lost 0-3 to Matos, thus stopping in the top 24.
Portugal will next face France in the round of 16, while Sweden will beat Slovakia 3-2 in five sets before facing Germany for a place in the competition.
The host South Korean team is also in this community, and their opponent will be the Brazilian women's team that eliminated Hungary 3-1, which is worth paying attention to! The opponent of the national table tennis round of 16 is the newly rising Thai team in Asia, who narrowly defeated Austria 3-2 after five sets in the first round of the knockout round, and will next challenge the world's No. 1 Chinese team.
Lower Half Ward
Japan, Romania, Hong Kong, and Chinese Taipei will make it to the top 16 in the lower half, while the rest of the teams that have passed the second and third place in the group will compete for tickets to the quarterfinals in the first round.
The Indian women's team, which made a big splash in the group stage and broke through the two defenses of national table tennis, lived up to expectations, swept Italy 3-0 and easily qualified, including Akula (the one who defeated Wang Yidi) defeated Stefanova 3-0, Batra beat Picolin 3-0, and Mukherjee (the one who defeated Sun Yingsha) beat Monfatini 3-1 without too many difficulties.
India will next take on Chinese Taipei, and the winner will be the winner of the match between Hong Kong and Poland, where Poland played bravely and swept away former women's champions Singapore 3-0.
As for the second seed Japan in the bottom half, they will next face Croatia, who won 3-1 against Malaysia. In addition, African powerhouse Egypt swept Chile 3-0 and will then take on Romania – Japan and Romania are more likely to meet in the quarter-finals in terms of strength, so let's wait and see.