China News Service, September 5th. In order to determine the lineup for the 2022 Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, the Chinese table tennis team recently held a team selection.

In the men's singles final that ended on the evening of the 4th, Lin Gaoyuan defeated Xiang Peng 3-0 and qualified for the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition.

So far, the national table tennis men's team has been confirmed, which are Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin and Lin Gaoyuan.

In women's singles, Jingman won the championship, but the final lineup of the women's team in the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships will not be determined until the results of the regular challenge match in Oman are released.

Data map: Lin Gaoyuan is in the game.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Guanguan

　　On August 24, the China Table Tennis Association announced the qualification selection method for the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships.

　　According to the rules, the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships has two events: men's team and women's team.

Each team can register up to 5 athletes.

　　In terms of the selection of players, the Chinese Table Tennis Association stated that it will use the world ranking announced by the ITTF on August 23, 2022 (that is, the 34th week of 2022) as the standard. Qualification for the men's and women's teams in the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships.

Image source: Screenshot of the official website of the China Table Tennis Association

　　In addition, during the closed training period of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships, the team selection competition will be held. Based on the world ranking announced by the ITTF on August 23, 2022 (that is, the 34th week of 2022), the world rankings announced by the ITTF will be the standard. In addition to athletes, Chinese athletes ranked in the top 50 in the world and Chinese athletes who have won the 2022 Middle East Series and the Hungarian Summer Series Singles Championships can participate in the team trials.

The athlete who won the men's singles championship in the team selection will be qualified for the men's team of the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships.

　　Chen Xingtong and Qian Tianyi, members of the Chinese women's table tennis team, will participate in the Oman Regular Challenge (September 4-September 10, in Muscat, Oman).

If any of the two wins the women's singles championship, they will directly qualify for the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships women's team.

If neither of them wins the women's singles championship in the Oman regular challenge, the women's singles champion in the team's trials will qualify for the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships women's team.

Image source: Official Weibo of WTT World Table Tennis Federation

　　In the ranking announced by the ITTF for the 34th week in 2022, in the men's singles, Chinese players Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Liang Jingkun ranked in the top three, Wang Chuqin ranked 11th, and the four directly qualified for the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships men's team.

　　On the evening of the 4th, when Lin Gaoyuan stood out in the team's selection competition, according to the rules, he also locked a place in the competition.

In women's singles, in the 34th week of the ITTF 2022 rankings, Chinese team players Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi ranked in the top four and directly qualified for the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships women's team.

The final entry list has not yet been determined.

　　According to the schedule, the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships will be held in Chengdu, Sichuan Province from September 30 to October 9.

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