A match that ended at noon today allowed the WTT and ITTF institutions to 'fight' on their own. Not only did many fans and friends have doubts, but the CCTV commentary was also deviated.
Liu Guoliang and World Table Tennis Federation President Petra Sorrin
In the men's group 10 match of the group stage of the World Cup in Macau, the tournament's No. 9 seed Tomokazu Haramoto of Japan drew 2-2 with Grote. After two rounds, Tomokazu Zhang and Grote are both 5-3, with Tomokazu Zhang scoring 9 points and Grote scoring 11 points.
After the game, according to the official results of the ITTF, Grote beat Tomokazu Zhang to finish first in the group. The live broadcast platform, including CCTV, was also broadcast by Zhang Benzhihe who was eliminated by Grote.
ITTF First Edition Group Rankings
However, 10 minutes later, WTT's official Chinese Weibo showed that Tomokazu Zhang replaced Grote to advance to the knockout round. In an instant, Chinese Weibo netizens exploded, saying that they couldn't understand which of the WTT or ITTF announcements was correct.
As we all know, in order to increase the inclusiveness and upset probability of the game, the International Table Tennis Federation adopted a new competition system in this Macao World Cup, and for the first time in history, it was changed from the original 16-person knockout round to a 48-person group stage and a 16-person knockout round. For the first time, the group stage adopts a 4-game system, and everyone will play 4 games, and the score can be 4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-5, and finally calculate the group's point ranking, and the first place will advance to the knockout round.
In fact, before the start of the competition, the editor of Wushuang Sports found all the rules of the event officially announced by the International Table Tennis Federation, especially the rules for advancing to the group stage. The announcement only talked about the calculation of group points, and only the first group was promoted, but how to calculate the points of the specific group, whether it is according to the winning and losing games, game points, winning and losing points or what, is not publicly stated. Xiaobian also consulted several authoritative third-party platforms, but did not publicly state.
This time, there was controversy between Tomokazu Zhang and Grote. Tomokazu Zhang and Grote are both 5-3, and if you take into account the score with the third man Gacchini, Grote's goal difference is 11 points, which is higher than Tomokazu Zhangmoto's 9 points. However, if you only compare the win-loss relationship between Tomokazu Zhang and Grote, although the two are tied 2-2, the score of Tomokazu Zhang is 7-11, 6-11, 11-6, 11-5 in the four games, and the small score of the relationship between Zhang and Grote is 2 points higher than Grote.
The specific score of Tomokazu Zhang's group
In the end, after some controversy, the ITTF official changed its official ranking and ranked Tomokazu Zhang first in the group, making a big fuss.
ITTF 2nd Edition Group Standings
Musou Sports Perspectives
In terms of the reasonableness of the game, both scoring methods make sense. But in terms of ratings, in terms of the excitement of the knockout round, it is undoubtedly better to rank Tomokazu Zhang first. However, the official did not announce the details of the points calculation in advance, which still caused huge controversy.
Liu Guoliang and ITTF President Petra Sorrin
In order to limit the dominance of the national table tennis family, the ITTF is also hard enough, but please figure out the rules yourself first, and there will be less controversy.
Added: No matter how limited the rules are, the national table tennis should be strong or strong, and it can't stop us!
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