The 2024 Table Tennis World Cup in Macau has introduced a new set of rules. This new rule not only made the players a little confused, but today, the organizing committee and the TV commentary were confused.
On April 17, this incident that confused the organizing committee was a problem of Zhang Benzhihe's haunting and qualifying.
Tomokazu Zhang is in the 10th group of men's singles with Sweden's Grote and Croatia's Gacini in this World Cup. The three of them played against each other like this:
Zhang Benzhi and 3-1 Gacchini, the score of four games: 11-5, 11-7, 12-10, 6-11;
Grote 3-1 Gatchini, 11-7, 7-11, 11-4, 11-5;
The problem was in the last game, when Tomokazu drew 2-2 with Grote.
The match was a thrilling one, with Tomokazu losing two games in a row 7-11, 6-11, and everyone thought he was going to finish the game, but he then won two games in a row 11-6, 11-5. In this game, Tomokazu Zhang scored 35 points and Grote scored 33 points.
After the competition, the official website of the ITTF quickly released the scoring and ranking of this group.
格罗特8局5胜3负，得73分失62分，净胜11分；
Zhang Benzhihe won 5 games and lost 3 in 8 games, scored 75 points and conceded 66 points, and won by 9 points.
At this time, the official website of the International Table Tennis Federation is the same as my previous understanding, and the order they issued is that Grote has a net win of 11 points, Zhang Benzhihe has a net win of 9 points, Grote ranks first in the group, and Zhang Benzhihe is eliminated.
However, soon, the ITTF official website made another correction. The corrected group standings look like this:
After the correction of this ranking, the TV commentator Gao Han was confused, and the explanation she made was that it was a comparison of the proportion of winning and losing points. However, if we do the math, it will be Grote who wins.
Fortunately, the ITTF later issued an article titled "The New World Cup System Makes Players Fight for Every Point" to explain.
The meaning of the article: Tomokazu Zhang and Grote first compare the number of wins and losses, and the two are the same. Therefore, it is necessary to move on to the next item comparison. The next event is not to compare the relationship between the winners and losers, but to compare the relationship between the two first, that is, to watch the 2-2 draw. The conclusion of the comparison is: Tomokazu Zhang scored 35 points, 2 points more than Grote, so this battle can be regarded as a win for Tomokazu Zhangmoto. Tomokazu Zhang was very lucky to come to the top of the group and qualified in a thrilling way.
In this case, if the three of them play a winning cycle, you beat me, I beat him, and he beats you, and it will probably be a net win.