As soon as the World Cup of Table Tennis Macao came to an end, the World Table Tennis Federation announced that this year's WTT men's and women's finals will be held at the Kitakyushu City Gymnasium in Fukuoka, Japan.
The competition was held from November 20th to 24th, a total of 5 days, and this year the men's and women's finals were combined, last year the men's and women's finals were held separately, and last year's women's finals were held in Nagoya, Japan, and this year they were settled in Japan again, indicating that Japan is still very successful.
The finals are still set up in four events, with the top 16 in men's and women's singles, and the top 8 pairs in men's and women's doubles, gathering in the eight poles, and there is no limit to the number of places in each association, as long as the ranking can be in the top 16, they will be directly selected.
Fukuoka is also the hometown of Japan's first sister Hina Hayata, and after passing last year's finals, Japan successfully bid to host the men's finals this year, which shows that they are still eager to be the organizers.
And Hina Hayada was even more excited when she knew that she was going to hold the finals in her hometown, she was really the hometown of her hometown, with an obvious home advantage, and vowed to let her family witness her results, and the goal was the semi-finals.
In fact, this arrogant statement is not very arrogant, after all, she entered the women's singles semifinals of the World Table Tennis Championships last year, and the women's singles final of the Asian Games were all advanced after defeating the national table tennis.
The Japanese Table Tennis Association itself is also eager to achieve good results, with the advantage of the home field, the right time and place, and the impact of several of their young players is also relatively strong, like the just-concluded World Cup, Zhang Benmei and played well, and is gradually approaching the main force of national table tennis, the men's Matsushima Teruku is obviously improving, and the strength of Hayasuke Togami is also relatively strong, and the national table tennis will inevitably be greatly impacted.
The finals are second only to the three major competitions, the level is also very high, and the number of participants is limited, and the players who can be shortlisted for the lineup are all relatively powerful players, and there will be strong dialogues in the first round, and the competition is no less fierce than the three major competitions.