Lee Sangsu Wins Korean Olympic Trials

AcudaDave wrote: I would much rather see AJH play. He was a wonderful player to watch at the last World's, and he made it to the semifinals! You would think KTTA would want this guy to return to the big stage.

Did he really say this? Like most, I was rooting for AJH.  He is the stronger player.  But, how did he let himself be upset twice in the first round? If I was his coach, I would have been chewing him out.  I would have said after the first upset look, you gotta be dialed to 11.  The Worlds is the pinnacle of table tennis but the OG is the pinnacle of all sports.  Next opportunity is another 4 years when you are 25 y/o.  The other guys are coming up too.  After 2024, you’ll be 29 for the next one and need to do military service.  I feel he has no one to blame for him missing the singles except himself.  In the next RR, he dispatched Cho in a business-like manner so it was not like he was not capable in the first round.  Jae Hyun needs to stop talking before someone decides to put Youngsik in that third team spot.

Edited by BeaverMD - 02/11/2021 at 2:55am

Below is a list of all the bulletins that have to do with the final trial on the KTTA official site. The ones of interest here are 886 and 894. IIRC, 894 was about the 1st selection but they changed it to the final selection 1 and 2 and so the incomplete score sheet of the 1st selection was replaced by those of the final selection 1 and 2.

http://www.koreatta.or.kr/servlets/org/front/board/action/board?command=&listcount=10&orderby=&direction=&curpage=1

번호      제목      첨부파일      등록자      등록일      조회수 898      [긴급]2020 도쿄올림픽 파견 국가대표 선발전 최종2차 경기시간 조정 안내              관리자      2021/02/04      1487 895      2020 도쿄올림픽 파견 국가대표 선발전 중계영상 저작권 안내              관리자      2021/02/01      877 894      2020 도쿄올림픽 파견 국가대표 최종 선발전(1~2차) 경기결과 안내       다운로드      관리자      2021/01/31      2356 893      2020 도쿄올림픽 파견 국가대표 최종 선발전(1차) 테이블 배정표 안내       다운로드      관리자      2021/01/29      1398 892      2020 도쿄올림픽 파견 국가대표 선발전 유튜브 x 아프리카TV 중계 안내(1차 수..       다운로드      관리자      2021/01/28      3586 890      2020 도쿄올림픽 파견 국가대표 선발전 방역 지침 안내       다운로드      관리자      2021/01/25      355 887      2020 도쿄올림픽 파견 국가대표 선발전 숙박 안내              관리자      2021/01/20      408 886      2020 도쿄올림픽 파견 국가대표 선발전 개최 안내       다운로드      관리자      2021/01/20      1122

No. Title Attachment Registrar Registered Date Hits
898 [Emergency] 2020 Tokyo Olympics National Team Selection Guide to Adjustment of Competition Schedule of Final Selection 2, Admin, 2021/02/04, 1487
895 2020 Tokyo Olympics National Team Selection Broadcast Video Copyright Information, Admin, 2021/02/01, 877
894 2020 Tokyo Olympics National team final selection (1st~2nd round) Match result information, Attachment, Admin, 2021/01/31, 2356
893 2020 Tokyo Olympics National Team Final Selection (1st) Table Allocation Table Information, Attachment, Admin, 2021/01/29, 1398
892 2020 Tokyo Olympics National team selection YouTube x Afreeca TV broadcast information (1st Wednesday.., Attachment, Admin, 2021/01/28, 3586
890 2020 Tokyo Olympics National Team Selection Guideline for COVID-19 Prevention, Attachment, Admin, 2021/01/25, 355
887 2020 Tokyo Olympics National Team Selection Accommodation Information, Admin, 2021/01/20, 408
886 2020 Tokyo Olympics National Team Selection Guide, Attachment, Admin, 2021/01/20, 1122

Below is an excerpt of the rules on the round-robin from bulletin 886 above, specifically the pdf file " [붙임 1] 2020 도쿄올림픽 파견 국가대표 선발전 요강(안).pdf" or "[Attachment 1] Summary of National Team Selection Dispatched for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (draft).pdf".

■ 2020 도쿄올림픽 파견 국가대표 선발전 일반 사항 ... 3. 대회 운영 관련 ... 사. 리그전의 순위는 아래의 방식으로 결정한다. 1) 승점제(승 2점, 패 1점, 기권 0점)방식으로 각 조 선수별 승점이 많은 순으로 순위 결정 2) 승점이 같을 경우 - 2명의 승점이 동률일 경우 상호 전적에 따라 순위 결정(승자승) - 3명 이상의 승점이 동률일 경우 최종순위가 결정될 때까지 해당 선수 상호간 개인별 매치, 게임, 점수의 득실 공방율을 순차적으로 적용 아. 대회 요강에 정해져 있지 아니한 사항은 국제탁구연맹 및 대한탁구협회 규정에 따른다.

■ General matters for the selection of national teams dispatched to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
...
3. Competition-related management
...
G. The ranking of the round-robin is determined by the following methods:
1) Based on the winning points system (2 points for a win, 1 point for a loss, 0 points for a forfeit), the winning points of players of each group will determine the ranking in descending order
2) In case of a tie
- When 2 players are tied, the ranking is determined based on their match result(head-to-head)
- When 3 or more players are tied, the individual matches, games, and points scored are applied in such order until the final ranking is determined

H. Matters not specified in the competition guidelines shall be in accordance with the regulations of the International Table Tennis Federation and the Korea Table Tennis Association.

Edited by zeio - 02/11/2021 at 7:39am

BeaverMD wrote: Did he really say this? Like most, I was rooting for AJH.  He is the stronger player.  But, how did he let himself be upset twice in the first round? If I was his coach, I would have been chewing him out.  I would have said after the first upset look, you gotta be dialed to 11.  The Worlds is the pinnacle of table tennis but the OG is the pinnacle of all sports.  Next opportunity is another 4 years when you are 25 y/o.  The other guys are coming up too.  After 2024, you’ll be 29 for the next one and need to do military service.  I feel he has no one to blame for him missing the singles except himself.  In the next RR, he dispatched Cho in a business-like manner so it was not like he was not capable in the first round.  Jae Hyun needs to stop talking before someone decides to put Youngsik in that third team spot. I had very high hopes for Sangsu a few years ago but he’s just too predictable.  Now that I've written that, watch him win a bronze in MS and I’ll have to eat crow :)

Edited by Basquests - 02/11/2021 at 8:21am