Chinanews.com, February 16th. The schedule of the China Table Tennis Team Durban World Table Tennis Championships trials has been announced. The first match will be held in Beijing from February 18th to 23rd.

Except for some athletes participating in WTT competitions abroad, all ITTF 2023 fifth week world singles ranking top 100 athletes (16 male athletes, 13 female athletes) will participate in the singles competition of this trial.

　　According to the regulations of the competition system, in the singles and mixed doubles competitions, the participating athletes will be divided into four groups according to the world rankings for the first stage round-robin competition; the first place in each group will go to the second stage knockout competition, and finally the champion will be determined.

The 2-4 teams from the four groups will go to play-offs with the same ranking, and the losers from the semi-finals will go to the 3rd and 4th finals, and finally the rankings of all participants will be determined.

game schedule.

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　　The singles group round robin will last from February 18th to the morning of the 21st, and the knockout round will be held on the 22nd-23rd.

The men's and women's singles champions will be decided on the evening of the 23rd, and the two champions will get "through" places in the Durban World Table Tennis Championships.

A total of 16 pairs will participate in the mixed doubles competition. There will be three rounds of round-robin matches on February 18-19, knockout matches on February 20-21, and the winner will be determined on the evening of February 21.

The mixed doubles champion of this station will be compared with the mixed doubles champion of the next trial, and the pair with the best performance will get the "direct" place in the Durban World Table Tennis Championships.

　　Before the start of the main match, 16 mixed doubles "sea selection combinations" who voluntarily signed up for the trials will compete for the preliminaries on February 16.

The players are divided into four groups, with the first in each group and the second in the best group. A total of 5 pairs of players will advance to the main match. They will form a mixed doubles event with the 11 pairs of players confirmed by the national team according to the preliminary plan for Olympic preparations. The 16 pairs of players in the race.

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