The quarterfinals of the men's team at the World Table Tennis Championships are all released! The Chinese team won 3-0, and the Swedish team was upset 2-3

On the evening of February 21, Beijing time, the 2024 ITTF Busan Group World Table Tennis Championships ended the competition for the men's team 1/8 finals, and the men's team quarterfinals were all released.

The Chinese men's team defeated Romania 3-0 and took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals. Subsequently, the Japanese team, the South Korean team, the German team, and the French team also broke into the quarterfinals with clean sheets. The Swedish team fought hard in five sets, lost to the Chinese Taipei team 2-3, and missed the quarterfinals. Slovenia and Denmark battled to the fifth set to tiebreaker, and in the end, Denmark had the last laugh and grabbed the last quarter-final spot.

According to the chronological order of the end of the 1/8 finals, the order is as follows:

1. China 3-0 Romania

First set: Wang Chuqin 3-0 Oviedou Ionescu

Second set: Fan Zhendong 3-0 Eduard Ionescu

Third set: Malone 3-0 Darius Movilianu

The Chinese men's team easily won 3-0, took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals, and went home early to rest. Of course, in each game, the three national table tennis players have also encountered some challenges to a greater or lesser extent.

Wang Chuqin started slowly, especially in the first three boards, which made too many mistakes, which led to an unfavorable start and once fell behind 2-8. But after stabilizing his position, he turned on the "chasing mode", and at the end of the game, he resolved 3 game points in a row, blasted out a wave of 10-2 scoring, and finally won the first game with a 12-10 reversal. With the reversal of defeat in the first game, Wang Chuqin completely controlled the game in the last two games, allowing the opponent to score only 5 points.

Fan Zhendong was online at the beginning of the game, making a perfect start of 7-1 in the first game and easily winning the first game 11-3. Since then, Edward Ionescu has continued to change his tactics, stealing long balls to fight, but he can't get a bargain, all of them are under the control of Fan Zhendong.

Malone was attacked by Movilianu in the first game, but after 8-8, Malone withstood and scored three points in a row to win the first game. After that, Malone completely "tied" his opponent, leaving him powerless to struggle. Malone got the match point 10-0 in the third game, and Movilianu served and grabbed a valuable point, just for this point, Movilianu couldn't help but clench his fists to cheer himself up, which avoided the risk of "being shaved head".

Players from foreign associations know that it is difficult to defeat the main force of national table tennis, and they often rush at the beginning, if they really can't rush, the more they play later, the less confident they will become, and the score difference will become wider and wider.

2. Japan 3-0 Austria

First set: Tomokazu Zhang 3-0 Andres Levenko

Second set: Shinozuka Daito 3-1 Robert Gados

Third set: Terukora Matsushima 3-0 Daniel Harbesson

The Japanese team sent 3 youngest players to participate, it seems that they have absolute confidence in winning the game before the game, I don't know if they were frightened when Zhang Benzhihe lost the first game 8-11, what if Zhang Benzhihe did not resist, and the young players collapsed collectively? Fortunately, Zhang Benzhihe won three games in a row, and also set an example for the next two 03 queens.

I don't know if it's because the next round will meet the Chinese team, so let the young players make their debuts in advance, otherwise there may be no chance.

3. South Korea 3-0 India

First set: Zhang Yuzhen 3-0 Hamet Desai

Second set: Lim Zhongxun 3-1 Achanta

Third set: Lee Sang-so 3-0 Ghana Sekaran

The Indian men's team was not able to pick up the yellow and yellow, and in the three sets, only the 41-year-old veteran Achanta won one game, which was too ugly to lose. The host South Korean team's men's singles players are relatively evenly matched, and they are still very competitive in the team competition.

4. Portugal 3-1 Croatia

First set: Freitas 3-0 Andrea Gazini

Second set: Apollonia 3-0 Philippe Zelico

Third set: Joao Lardo 0-3 Tomislav Puka

Fourth set: Freitas 3-0 Philippe Zelico

5. Germany 3-0 Iran

First set: Qiu Dang 3-1 Alamyan

Second set: Ocharov 3-0 Alamean

Third set: Francesca 3-2 Amir Hussein Hodei

The three Iranian players are very capable of grinding, but they are helpless against the German team, which is stronger overall. Qiu Dang, Ocharov, and Francesca should be the German men's team lineup for the Paris Olympics, and Francesca can only be ranked third, missing the men's singles.

6. France 3-0 Poland

First set: Felix Lebrun 3-1 Milos Redzim

Second set: Alex Lebrun 3-2 Jacob Dias

Third set: Simon Goetz 3-1 Samuel Kurzicki

7. Chinese Taipei 3-2 Sweden

First set: Gao Chengrui 1-3 Moregaard

Second set: Lin Yunru 3-0 Falke

Third set: Feng Yixin 2-3 Anton Carlberg

Fourth set: Lin Yunru 3-0 Moregaard

Fifth set: Gao Chengrui 3-0 Falke

The strength of the three Swedish players is not weak, but they have no choice but to meet a super strong Lin Yunru. Chinese Taipei completely relied on Lin Yunru to have a chance to drag the game into a tiebreaker. Lin Yunru not only won back-to-back victories over Falke and Moregard, but also kept a 3-0 clean sheet.

In terms of the Swedish team's arrangement, it is a bit inappropriate to choose Falke as the "second single", and it may be better to switch positions with Carlberg. As a traditional powerhouse, the Swedish team can't even enter the quarterfinals of the men's team, which is embarrassing.

8. Denmark 3-2 Slovenia

First set: Tobias Rasmussen 0-3 Darko Joczyk

Second set: Anders Lind 3-1 Peter Hriba

Third set: Jonatan Gross 3-1 Danny Kozur

Fourth set: Anders Lind 1-3 Darko Joczyk

Fifth set: Tobias Rasmussen 3-2 Peter Hriba

The two teams battled for five sets, and Denmark's Tobias Rasmussen sealed the victory 11-8 in the fifth set tiebreaker. It's a pity that Darko's two points still failed to help the team win, he didn't have Lin Yunru's good luck, Lin Yunru at least had Gao Chengrui in the fifth set to resist, but Darko's two were "pig teammates" and couldn't win a set.

Men's singles quarterfinals

China VS Japan

Denmark vs South Korea

France vs Portugal

Chinese Taipei VS Germany

Who do you think will advance to the semi-finals?