China News Service, September 29. The Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition will be held from September 30 to October 9. As the host, the Chinese table tennis team will embark on the road to defending the title as the top seed of the men's and women's teams.

The ITTF issued a document a few days ago to take stock of those teams that can bring challenges to the national table tennis.

　　In this competition, a total of 32 men's teams and 28 women's teams competed for the World Table Tennis Championships team championship trophies - the Swaythlin Cup and the Cobillon Cup.

The host Chinese team, as the defending champion and top seed of the men's and women's teams, will strive to stand on the top podium again.

　　This year, the Chinese men's and women's teams have fielded their top five players in the world, including Olympic singles champions Ma Long and Chen Meng, as well as current world No. 1 Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha.

In the Chinese men's team, there are world number 3 Liang Jingkun, world number 11 Wang Chuqin and world number 12 Lin Gaoyuan.

The Chinese women's team also includes world number 3 Wang Manyu, world number 4 Wang Yidi and world number 13 Chen Xingtong.

　　World Table Tennis Championships Men's Team Preview

　　For other teams, beating home favorites China will be a daunting task, while in the men's team, the traditional European powerhouse Germany has undergone a major roster change.

Although the European Championships men's singles champion Qiu Dang will lead the team to play, but the world's No. 10, 13 and 15 Ocharov, Francesca and Bol were not selected for this World Table Tennis Championships team competition list.

In their place were Walther, Duda, and also Stumper and Meng Fumbo.

　　In terms of other opponents, Tomokazu Zhang, who is ranked fourth in the world and is only 19 years old, will lead the Japanese men's team. The No. 2 player of the Japanese men's team is Hayabusa Togami, who is ranked 44th in the world. The inexperienced Japanese team will face severe challenges. 's test.

At the same time, the South Korean men's team is led by Zhang Yuzhen, ranked 17th in the world, but there is no world number 19 Lim Zhongxun and world No. 26 Lee Sang-soo in the big list. It will be interesting to see how far the South Korean team can go.

The Pan American Table Tennis Championships team champion Brazil will be led by world No. 5 Calderano. Can they usher in a breakthrough?

　　World Table Tennis Championships Women's Team Preview

　　In terms of the women's team, the biggest opponent the Chinese team will face will be the Japanese team. The Japanese team won silver medals in the three World Table Tennis Championships in 2014, 2016 and 2018, which fully proves its strength in women's events. Even if world No. 9 Kasumi Ishikawa is not selected, it will be difficult for other teams to beat them.

The Japanese women's team sent Hina Hayata, ranked No. 5 in the world, and Mima Ito, ranked No. 6 in the world, in this competition. The team also included Miyu Kihara, ranked No. 15 in the world.

　　The German team is also poised to make it to the semi-finals.

Winter, who won the third team runner-up in 2010, is back again. Her teammates are world number 8 Han Ying, world number 14 Mitram and world number 20 Shan Xiaona.

　　The Chinese Hong Kong team will be led by Du Kaiqin. As the bronze medalists of the 2018 World Table Tennis Championships, their strength should not be underestimated.

　　Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships Team Competition Form

　　There are 32 men's teams and 28 women's teams participating in the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships team competition, which will be divided into 7 men's teams and 6 women's teams for group round robin.

After the end of the group stage, the top ranked team becomes the seeded team, the second group decides the situation by drawing lots, and the remaining promotion places will be generated from the highest ranked third group.

16 teams each for men and women advance to the knockout rounds.

　　Each round will adopt a best-of-five system, with a total of five innings in each game, and the first team to win three games is the winner.

Each team can only field 3 players per round.

The champion and runner-up teams will receive gold and silver medals, and the losing team in the semi-finals will directly receive bronze medals.