WTTC Finals 2022, Chengdu, 9/30-10/9

https://www.ittf.com/tournament/2535/2022-WTTC-Finals-Chengdu/#information

CTTA has just announced the selection criteria for the 5 team members.

Direct entry for the top 4 players by 2022 Week 34 of ITTF TTWR. The top 50 players and those who have participated in the singles of WTT FEE/CT/SCT 2022 and WTT SCT/CS/FEE ESS 2022, or 6 men and 7 women, will fight for the last spots.

https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022_34_SEN_MS.html
MT
FZD, ML, LJK, WCQ
Round-robin, BO5 - LGY, Xiang Peng, Yuan Licen, Liu Dingshuo, Lin Shidong, Zhao Zihao
https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2022_34_SEN_WS.html
WT
SYS, CM, WMY, WYD
Fan Siqi, Zhang Rui, Liu Weishan, Kuai Man, CXT, HZJ, QTY
Unlike the 6 men, the 7 women will be divided into 2 groups - domestic and overseas:
Fan Siqi, Zhang Rui, Liu Weishan, Kuai Man, and HZJ will take part in a round-robin, BO5, in which the winner will become the "candidate 5th player".
CXT and QTY will compete at the WTT Contender Muscat 2022, and if either of them wins the singles title, then that player will become the "5th player", or else the "candidate 5th player" will become the "5th player".

https://weibo.com/1498760141/M2ydk9jTG

中国乒协公布成都世乒赛选拔办法 世界排名前四直接入围，6男7女将争第五人资格 今天，中国乒协公布了成都世乒赛团体赛选拔办法。 选拔办法中明确，以2022年8月23日国际乒联公布的最新世界排名为标准，单打排名最高的男女各4名选手，直接获得成都世乒赛男女团体赛参赛资格。这样男队樊振东、马龙、梁靖崑、王楚钦；女队孙颖莎、陈梦、王曼昱、王艺迪获得成都世乒赛参赛资格。 此外，世界排名在前 50 名之内的中国运动员以及获得 2022 年中东系列赛、匈牙利夏�£系列赛单打冠军的中国运动员将获得竞争团体赛第五人的资格。根据规则男队的林高远、向鹏、袁励岑、刘丁硕、林诗栋、赵子豪6名男选手；女队的范思琦、张瑞、刘炜珊、蒯曼、陈幸同、何卓佳、钱天一7名女选手将为团体赛第五人资格展开争夺。 中国乒协秘书长，男队主教练秦志戬介绍说：“今年队伍先后参加了多个国际系列赛，基本上队员们都打了多站国际比赛，也和主要对手进行了直接对抗。在这个前提下，最新的世界排名基本上反应了我们队员的真实实力。所以我们教练组商讨后，全票通过决定依照世界排名，在选取前四名直接入围世乒赛阵容的基础上，拿出一个名额出来竞争。” �£在成都封闭集训的中国乒乓球队将利用封闭训练的间隙，举办团体赛最后一个参赛名额的选拔赛。男女队的选拔赛均采用五局三胜的循环赛赛制。 与男队直接6选1产生团体赛第五人不同，女队结合队内实际情况，将最后一个名单的竞争，分为国内国外两条线进行。 已经在成都进行封闭集训的范思琦、张瑞、刘炜珊、蒯曼、何卓佳5人将参加选拔的循环赛，循环赛冠军将获得世乒赛团体赛候选参赛资格。而陈幸同、钱天一将通过参加阿曼常规挑战赛（9 月 4 日-9 月 10 日，在阿曼·马斯喀特）进行竞争。根据选拔办法，这两人中任何一人如获得女单冠军，则直接获得成都世乒赛女子团体参赛资格。 如果这两人都没有获得阿曼常规挑战赛女单冠军，则队内5人参加的选拔赛冠军获得成都世乒赛女子团体参赛资格。 “女队世界排名前四的领先优势比较大，选拔的重点在第五人上。”女队主教练李隼�£读选拔办法时表示，“此前因为身体和当地防疫政策原因陈幸同、钱天一退出了WTT突尼斯挑战赛未能和大部队在成都汇合，接下来还将参加系列比赛。考虑到她俩也都在我们第五人的竞争大名单内，所以女队教练组一致协商后决定将最后一个名额的竞争分为国内国外两条线来进行。” 据了�£，阿曼挑战赛除了陈幸同、钱天一领衔中国队参赛外，日本的伊藤美诚，中国台北的郑怡静、陈思羽，韩国的申�£�斌，以及欧洲多位主要对手都有报名参赛。“中国队大赛选拔的标准，一直都是关注综合实力，以及与主要对手的交手的胜率。”李隼补充�£释说，“所以阿曼挑战赛，如果陈幸同或者钱天一能够直接战胜主要对手，对她们来说也是不小的�£�练。” 在队内选拔赛结束后，中国乒协将在官网公布成都世乒赛团体赛男子5 名、女子 4 名获得资格运动员名单及 1 名女子候补资格运动员名单。9 月 11 日，最终选拔结果将在中国乒乓球协会官网进行公示。

Edited by zeio - 08/31/2022 at 6:42am

With only 36 days left, WTT website still has not shown which country will play:

https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?selectedTab=Player%20List&eventId=2535

kindof99 wrote: With only 36 days left, WTT website still has not shown which country will play: https://worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?selectedTab=Player%20List&eventId=2535

Edited by ZApenholder - 08/24/2022 at 1:33pm

Edited by ZApenholder - 08/24/2022 at 1:47pm

Edited by ZApenholder - 08/24/2022 at 2:28pm

Teams with members announced that I'm aware of. Haven't checked the others.
China - http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=92179&PID=1130718&title=wttc-finals-2022-chengdu-9-3010-9#1130718
FZD/ML/LJK/WCQ/TBD
SYS/CM/WMY/WYD/TBD

Japan - http://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=91479&PID=1124892&title=2022-zennoh-cup-top32-9-34#1124892
Togami/Miwa's brother/Oikawa/Yokotani/Niwa
Ito/Hayata/Nagasaki/Kihara/Sato

South Korea - https://mytabletennis.net/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=91652&PID=1126089&title=ktta-2022-asian-games-cum-wttc-qualifier-4-1824#1126089
JWJ, CDS, AJH, Hwang Minha, CSM
JJH, Kim Nayeong, Lee Zion, Yoon Hyobin, Kim Hayeong

Canada - https://ttcanada.ca/self-funded-team-to-2022-chendu-wtttc/
https://ttcanada.ca/selection-for-2022-world-team-championships/
Eugene Wang/Jeremy Hazin/Edward Ly/HongTao Chen/Max J.L. Ji/Siméon Martin/Mattew Lehmann, Alternates 1: Zexuan Wang 2: Tommy Xu
Mo Zhang/Ivy Gui Hua Liao/Ching Nam Fu/May Tong/Sophie Gauthier/Jessie Xu/ Katherine Morin/Crystal Liu/Fiona Jiayi Nie, Alternates 1: Judy Zhong 2: Daisy Zhang
Edward Ly, Aaron Zexuan Wang, David Xu
Crystal Liu, Ivy Liao, Fiona Jiayi Nie, May Tong Hui (player/coach)

Germany is more concerned with bargaining with ITTF than announcing their team members - https://www.sport1.de/news/tischtennis/2022/08/wm-anreise-von-boll-und-co-nach-china-ungeklart

Edited by zeio - 09/07/2022 at 1:53pm

balldance wrote: Japan select Akira Yokoya (not sure if the translation is correct) WR 415 in the men team. Who is he? Never heard of him before.

https://www.francsjeux.com/breves/une-bulle-sanitaire-pour-les-mondiaux-2022

Sans surprise, les Chinois ont pris la décision d’envelopper la compétition dans une bulle sanitaire comparable à celle mise en place aux Jeux d’hiver de Pékin 2022. Elle est censée accueillir un millier de personnes. Des vols spéciaux ont été affrétés. A leur arrivée, les accrédités venus de l’étranger seront exemptés de quarantaine. La compétition sera organisée au nouveau centre sportif high-tech de Chengdu, construit l’an passé. Les Mondiaux de tennis de table 2022 seront les sixièmes de l’histoire à se dérouler en Chine, mais les premiers dans la ville de Chengdu.

Unsurprisingly, the Chinese have taken the decision to wrap the competition in a health bubble comparable to that set up at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games. It is supposed to accommodate a thousand people. Special flights have been chartered. On their arrival, accredited persons from abroad will be exempt from quarantine. The competition will be held at the new high-tech sports center in Chengdu, built last year. The 2022 Table Tennis Worlds will be the sixth in history to take place in China, but the first in the city of Chengdu.

zeio wrote: Oh, you mean the small potatoes.

do we have a list of zeio's small potatoes not going yet?

ZApenholder wrote: zeio wrote: https://www.francsjeux.com/breves/une-bulle-sanitaire-pour-les-mondiaux-2022 Sans surprise, les Chinois ont pris la décision d’envelopper la compétition dans une bulle sanitaire comparable à celle mise en place aux Jeux d’hiver de Pékin 2022. Elle est censée accueillir un millier de personnes. Des vols spéciaux ont été affrétés. A leur arrivée, les accrédités venus de l’étranger seront exemptés de quarantaine. La compétition sera organisée au nouveau centre sportif high-tech de Chengdu, construit l’an passé. Les Mondiaux de tennis de table 2022 seront les sixièmes de l’histoire à se dérouler en Chine, mais les premiers dans la ville de Chengdu. Unsurprisingly, the Chinese have taken the decision to wrap the competition in a health bubble comparable to that set up at the Beijing 2022 Winter Games. It is supposed to accommodate a thousand people. Special flights have been chartered. On their arrival, accredited persons from abroad will be exempt from quarantine. The competition will be held at the new high-tech sports center in Chengdu, built last year. The 2022 Table Tennis Worlds will be the sixth in history to take place in China, but the first in the city of Chengdu. Yeah, Chengdu is officially in lockdown 20 million people in they own bubble at home. Thanks to 157 new cases yesterday I wonder what will happen when one of the visiting teams show up as positive....

ZApenholder wrote: stiltt wrote: I do not understand why things are so lax in the USA where we can go by unprotected in buses (I still wear a mask anywhere I go like a few people because I am a bit paranoid about it) and why China is so strict. It's not like the virus is more virulent there, right? why would a strict "Wear your mask" policy not work for them? you not the only one, lots of Asian still wear masks. Especially at WTT events. I think if you want to be extra careful, then good. It is like the habit of washing your hands first before eating. I know many adults who don't wash their hands, since they think germs won't kill them. Why China so strict... I guess they at a stage where, they can't loose and agree to the peoples demand. This will be seen as a weakness. They can't allow or confirm the fact of "gov making the wrong decision" before. They still punting that Covid Zero is the right thing to do and saying how the west or even Taiwan is bound to have millions of death for relaxed protocols. So, i'm not sure for how many years will they continue for zero policy. but they should not be hosting any international sport events until they are ready to allow free flow of everything. I agree, should of have it in Germany. Euro champs was so nice having crowds!

Edited by blahness - 09/02/2022 at 1:00am

stiltt wrote: I do not understand why things are so lax in the USA where we can go by unprotected in buses (I still wear a mask anywhere I go like a few people because I am a bit paranoid about it) and why China is so strict. It's not like the virus is more virulent there, right? why would a strict "Wear your mask" policy not work for them?

blahness wrote: That said, even in Australia it's like 50 ppl dying every single day - it's just not reported in the news media nor does anyone care about it... There are real human costs to every policy decision.