With less than a week to go before the Macau Table Tennis World Cup, the ITTF dealt with the dispute over African champion Aruna, deducting points and withholding bonuses, and then less than a week before the Macau World Cup, two German stars announced their withdrawal from the World Cup, and British star Pitchford also followed suit and withdrew from the World Cup. At present, on the women's singles side, there are no retirements, and the squad remains unchanged.
The men's singles dropped from 48 to 45
Germany's Ocharov and Firus withdrew from the World Cup, and England's Pitchford also withdrew from the World Cup due to injury, the original 48-man squad was reduced to 45 people, divided into 15 groups according to group intelligence, which may have an asymmetrical impact on the knockout matchup. It is recommended that the ITTF invite Bol to participate in this World Cup, after all, after Ocharov and Firus retired, only Qiu Dang, Francesca and Duda participated, and there was no upper limit of 4 people.
Whether the ITTF will increase the list, there is no latest notice, if 45 people participate, it will be difficult to group, after all, the top 8 and top 4 knockout rounds behind the odd group will be asymmetrical.
Women's singles 48-man squad
At present, the women's singles side is relatively normal, and no one has applied for withdrawal from the announced squad, which is still the original 48-man squad.
1-24 big list
Except for Han Ying, who was absent due to injury, Meshev of Egypt did not qualify for the tournament and automatically waived, and all other invited athletes confirmed their participation.
25-48 roster