There was a controversial scene in the 2024 Table Tennis World Cup, which led to the Japanese star Tomokazu Zhang Ben being on the hot search one after another, and the ITTF was called a "huge grass stage team" by fans, and some fans questioned it, thinking that the ITTF temporarily revised the regulations for Zhang Benzhihe to advance.
The reason for the incident was that in the third round of the group stage, Tomokazu Zhang and Denmark's Grote drew 2-2, so the two sides entered a small score, and Tomokazu Zhang won by a narrow margin of 35-33. However, the ranking given by the ITTF for the first time after the game was that Denmark's Grote advanced first in the group, and Tomokazu Zhang was ranked second.
Later, it was changed to Tomokazu Zhangmoto ranked first and Grote ranked second. So, why does the ITTF have two rankings for a ball? The reason is that different scoring methods are used. If calculated according to the overall small point ratio, Grote had more net points against Gacchini and led 1.18-1.14, so Grote advanced, Zhang Benzhi and eliminated.
The second way to calculate the score is not to involve the third person, that is, Zhang Benzhi and Grote compared, both sides defeated another player Gazini 3-1 in front, and the two fought to a 2-2 draw, so the ratio of wins and losses on both sides is the same as 5 wins/3 losses. Excluding the number of games against Gatchini, Zhang Benzhi defeated Grote by a small margin, that is, won 35-33 and qualified for the promotion.
The reason why fans question the ITTF's revision of the rules is that the first way to calculate the score is given by the official broadcast signal as soon as the game ends, and the ITTF official website also shows that Tomokazu Zhang won the second, and even the Japanese media rushed to press the press first, and the domestic media also followed up, and the hot search of "Tomokazu Zhang missed the top 16 of the World Cup" has appeared. Even Zhang Benzhi and himself were confused. In the later games, the Pw/L column was directly deleted, which was a bit of a "no silver three hundred taels here" feeling.
At the beginning, Tomokazu Zhang thought that when the number of games was the same, the relationship between the two sides should be directly seen, so he was still celebrating his victory after the game. After 3 minutes of play, he was told that he should look at the PW/L ratio, that is, the total small score ratio, plus the ITTF official website has shown that Tomokazu Zhang won the second, and after knowing that he was eliminated, Tomokazu Zhang began to hold his head and be annoyed.
On the other side, Grote expressed his opinion through social platforms: At first, I felt that I was eliminated, but after checking the official results, it showed that I was the first place in the group, and the ITTF media also asked me what I expected for the next competition. So I guess I was right to win the group. As a result, after 1 hour and 30 minutes, the ITTF changed the official result to show that I was second in the group, thanks to the ITTF for ruining my mental health.
It was supposed to be a simple and clear promotion rule, but it was messed up by the ITTF, not only the players and the media were confused, but even the event organizers did not understand, and the fans were really right, "The ITTF is really a grass stage team." ”