preface
The Svethling Cup is the heaviest trophy in the World Table Tennis Championships, representing the highest level of strength of the men's table tennis team. From the 1962 Beijing World Table Tennis Championships to 2018, the Chinese men's table tennis has won the Swethering Cup 21 times, becoming a dream team in the world table tennis world, leaving many moving scenes that can be sung and wept, in addition to those familiar famous athletes, there have also emerged a number of brilliant skyfallers, they are either secret weapons that are not known to outsiders, or rising stars who participate in the world series for the first time, or non-mainstream sparring partners who are in danger, but in the face of the needs of the motherland, They all show the bright sword spirit of chinese boys who are not afraid of strong hands and dare to fight, and have made great achievements for Chinese men's table tennis to win the Swathling Cup repeatedly. In order to let everyone always remember those table tennis athletes who won glory for the country, Xiaobian summarized the ten less familiar players in the final of the National Table Tennis Competition Swaslin Cup in the past 60 years, and relived the exciting moments in the history of winning the cup with the fans! (The ranking is not divided into front and back, based on chronological order)
One of the Strange Soldiers: Zhang Xielin (Shanghai)
In 1963, the 27th World Table Tennis Championships Men's Team Final was held in Prague, the capital of Czechoslovakia, where the Chinese team faced the Japanese team, and the Chinese straight-board player Zhang Xielin became the hero of this final, as the only one in the table tennis world at that time who played with a straight-pat chipping style of play, the world's first person with long glue, his appearance made the Czechoslovak audience full of curiosity. In this remarkable championship battle, Zhang Xielin made a brilliant debut as the first main force of the Chinese team, he defeated the two World Champions of Japan very easily with two 2:0, only let the opponent win 33 points (21 points in the four-game competition), averaging only 8 points per game, and his mysterious slashing attack made the Japanese arc master dizzy and embarrassed, making the Chinese men's team win the Swaslin Cup for the second time. Since then, the reputation of "table tennis magician" has not gone away, and it has been passed down to this day.
Raiders 2: Liang Geliang (Guangxi)
Mention the name of Liang Geliang, in the world table tennis world in the 1970s can be described as thunderous, he was the best Chinese male player of that era, once won 6 world championship gold medals, this tailor family from the table tennis wizard is different from the Traditional Chinese direct shooting fast attack method, he uses the front anti-glue, reverse long glue horizontal shooting attack method, long pumping short hanging, flexible and changeable, known as the most ornamental Chinese horizontal shooting player, in the world table tennis is quite prestigious. The city of Nagoya, Japan, where the 31st World Table Tennis Championships was held, became his blockbuster feng shui treasure, when he was only 21 years old, he played as the main force for the first time as the secret weapon of the Chinese team, and in the semi-finals, he cleanly won Arce and Johnson, and made a great contribution to the Chinese team's 5-3 victory over Sweden. In the final match against host Japan, he beat Japanese world champion Shigeo Ito in a cold way to win a crucial point for the Chinese team to win back the Swesling Cup. From this tournament until the end of the seventies, he officially opened the glorious moment of killing all sides and wearing gold and silver at the World Table Tennis Championships.
Raider 3: Li Jingguang (Hebei)
The 1971 Nagoya World Championships in Japan was the first appearance of national table tennis after missing two consecutive World Championships, and the rookie Li Jingguang, who participated in the World Series for the first time, appeared in the final as the main force of the Chinese team, against the Japanese team that won the Swatherin Cup for two consecutive times, in the disadvantage of teammates Liang Geliang and Zhuang Zedong lost two points, Li Jingguang staged a hat-trick on the table tennis field, turning the tide, defeating Koji Kimura and Ito Shigeo in a row, one of them scored three points, including the score of 21 against Ito In the last set : 3 and 21:6, creating a record that no one has surpassed in the history of the men's team final of the World Table Tennis Championships, and made a great contribution to the Chinese team's defeat of the Japanese team with an aggregate score of 5:2, and has since become the first anti-Japanese hero in the minds of hundreds of millions of chinese.
Raiders No. 4: Lu Yuansheng (Zhejiang)
Known as the "magic wand", lu yuansheng, a famous brown candy in the 1970s, his long rubber inverted board serve, grab and cut the ball are his three magic weapons to defeat the enemy, and those opponents who attack fiercely are often provoked by his varied and tenacious defense to cause chaos, and finally lose in a vague way. In the 33rd World Championships men's team final in Kolkata in 1975, he played for the first time as the main force in the match between China and the former Yugoslavia, the former Yugoslavia team is known for the power of the arc ball, and the coach sent Lu Yuansheng to the court to use his soft kegang play to defeat the Yugoslavs' sharpness, the result is not surprising, the first main force of the South team, Shulbek, met the diminutive Lu Yuansheng, and his arc ball play was fully restrained, and the first set was defeated by 10:21. In the second set, Schulbeck launched a counterattack all the way to the lead, Lu Yuansheng did not panic in the slightest, he changed the rhythm in time to withstand Schulbeck's strong impact, and finally ended the battle 21:19, thus defeating the world champion Schulbeck 2:0, and winning a valuable point for the Chinese team to regain the Swathrin Cup after four years.
Strange Soldier No. 5: Xu Shaofa (Jilin)
At the 1975 World Championships in Kolkata, in addition to the above-mentioned Lu Yuansheng, the Chinese team also emerged another amazing wizard, he is the straight board fast attack star, the originator of the high throwing serve Xu Shaofa, as the world's first person to use high throwing serve, he can be described as a late bloomer, at the age of 30, he appeared in the 33rd World Table Tennis Championships team competition, in the semi-finals with the European new force Sweden, he scored two points alone, first beat Bengson 2:1, and then captured Tolskhar 2:0. It has set a solid foundation for the Chinese team to advance to the final. In the final against the former Yugoslavia, in the crucial eighth set to meet the world champion Stepančić, in the end Xu Shaofa relied on the mysterious high-throw serve and strong forehand fast attack to win the famous Sharpancic, which was known for its strong arc, and the Chinese team finally won the opponent 5:3 to win the victory, and played a beautiful turnaround battle for the rising national table tennis in the trough!
Raiders No.6: Cai Zhenhua (Jiangsu)
With the defeat of the Chinese men's team at the 35th World Table Tennis Championships, the 1981 Novi Sad World Championships became a big test of whether the national table tennis could regain its strength, and finally the national table tennis won a unique miracle in the history of the World Table Tennis Championships, winning all seven championships and all five individual silver medals, of which the first-time Jiangsu athlete Cai Zhenhua performed particularly well, and his two different performances of fast arc play and rotational and changeable serve made European players helpless and helpless. In the men's team final against Hungary, he played in the second set against Kranpal, who was in the middle of the day, and the two clashed bravely, and in front of cai Zhenhua, who was faster, smaller and more tenacious, Kranpal quickly lost 16:21, 10:21. In the crucial sixth set, he repelled the crazy attack of tough player Gelgei 2:1, and made a great contribution to the Chinese team's final 5-2 victory over Hungary and the re-win of the Svethling Cup.
Raiders OF THE WEEK: Sesak (Guangxi)
The 1981 World Table Tennis Championships is the most brilliant one in the history of national table tennis, in addition to Cai Zhenhua's stunning performance, there is also a table tennis prodigy who came out of nowhere, he was only 20 years old at the time, the left-handed straight board fast attacker Shessek, this childish young man became the key figure to win back the Swaslin Cup, he appeared as the first main force of national table tennis, in the unfavorable situation of Shi Zhihao losing two points, successively defeated Gal Gaiyi and Jonil, the score was reversed, Shessek showed his age-renowned calmness and sophistication, Relying on the stunt of playing the arc ball in front of the front cover, he beat Kranpal without temper, thus winning the game 2:0, and in the entire final, he scored three points alone, becoming the second table tennis player in the history of the Chinese team to score a hat-trick after Li Jingguang, and it is no exaggeration to say that he is the first contributor to the Chinese team to regain the Swathling Cup.
Raiders NO. 8: Chen Xinhua (Fujian)
In the 1985 World Table Tennis Championships, chen Xinhua, known as the "smiling tiger", became the secret weapon of the Chinese men's team to win the surprise, he held the racket horizontally, using the counter-attack method of cutting, the attack was suddenly fierce, the chipping ball was stable and turned, often using acrobatic movements and opponents around, regardless of winning or losing, the face was always a smile that teased the opponent, watching his game was of great ornamental value, worthy of being a veritable "smiling tiger" in the world table tennis world. Before the team final with the increasingly powerful Swedish team, he has been hidden by the national table tennis snow for nearly two years, the national table tennis announced that he was about to retire the rumors of hanging on the auction, the whole Swede team was fooled, and when the final came out, the Swedes found out that they were deceived, and sure enough, Chen Xinhua was like a tiger in the following mountains, taking Linde and Waldner with two 2:0 light, making a contribution to the Chinese team's 5:0 victory over the opponent.
Raiders 9: Ding Song (Shanghai)
Thirty years ago, Chinese men's table tennis was at its lowest point in the history of the World Table Tennis Championships, and three consecutive World Table Tennis Championships from 1989 to 1995 were held down by swedes. By the 43rd Tianjin World Table Tennis Championships in 1995, the first battle of Chinese men's table tennis to return to the peak was played from here, and the men's team final was still played between the Chinese team and the Swedish team. The third main force of the Chinese team is played by Ding Song, a strange ball player who has never appeared in the World Series, Ding Song holds the ball board horizontally, and cuts the counter-attack method, similar to Chen Xinhua's style, the difference is that Ding Song counterattacks more, the rotation changes are stronger, the technology is more comprehensive, he played the offensive advantage of forehand rushing and backhand assault in the key third set, plus his mysterious turn and no turning to cut the ball, making the Swedish veteran Karlsson stunned, no tricks to crack, 21:14, The 21:11 disparity won, the big score was reversed to 2:1, the morale of the Chinese team was greatly boosted, and finally the Swedish team was driven off the championship throne by a total score of 3:2, and the long-desired Svethling Cup was returned.
Strange Soldier No. 10: Liu Guozheng (Hubei)
The semi-final of the men's team at the 2001 Osaka World Table Tennis Championships in Japan can be said to be the most classic game in the history of the Chinese men's table tennis competition for the Sweslin Cup, its excitement and intensity can be called the most historical, in this eye-catching semi-final, the 21-year-old Liu Guozheng performed the most shining moment in his life, he played the fifth set of the two teams in a 2:2 moment to decide the winner or loser, the opponent is the battle-hardened South Korean star Kanazawa-so, as a young player who is on the race car for the first time. Both in terms of experience and technical strength are inferior to his opponent Kim Taek-so, the game process also verified this, Kanazawa-so always pressed Liu Guozheng to play, when playing to the third set, Kanazawa-so led 19:16, Liu Guozheng was pushed to the edge of the cliff, the balance of victory seems to be biased to the Korean side, in this life-and-death moment, Liu Guozheng did not give up, he chased point by point, 19 draws, 20 draws, 23 draws... In the end, Liu Guozheng actually turned defeat into victory, won the decider 25:23, thus winning the fifth set of victory for the Chinese team with 2:1, although this game is not the final, but it is the most worthy of the book in the history of the World Table Tennis Championships, Liu Guozheng showed the courage to fight, never give up the sportsmanship touched countless viewers in front of the TV set, Liu Guozheng's heroic name will also be recorded in the annals of world sports history.
In the nearly 60 years of world table tennis championships history, Chinese men's table tennis has won the Swethling Cup a total of 21 times, and the merit book of winning the cup includes both the famous and outstanding main players, as well as the supporting role heroes who are willing to be green leaves and selfless dedication, and they are all an important part of the long-term prosperity of men's table tennis over the years. Due to the limited space, there are still many "strange soldiers" who won glory for the country at the World Table Tennis Championships, which are not included, and I hope that the old irons will supplement them in the comment area and express their own opinions and opinions, and finally let us cheer for the national table tennis together!