Liu Nankui
In the early morning of January 25th, Beijing time, the table tennis Olympic team qualifying round ends on the third match day. The men’s and women’s teams will each have 8 Olympic seats. The Hong Kong men’s team and the Korean women’s team will have the remaining one in the second stage Competition for admission tickets. In the
men’s team’s 16-to-8 match, the South Korean men’s team defeated the Czech Republic 3-0 and got the Olympic tickets. Jung Young-sik/ Lee Sang-soo 3-1 defeated Polanski/Sluzek, Zhang Yuzhen 3-0 Jancarrick, Lee Sang-soo 3-0 Sluzek.
The Swedish men's team defeated Hungary 3-0, and Persson/Carlsson, Falke and Carlsson made contributions. Slovenia beat India 3-1. Chinese Taipei 3-0 Poland, former World Table Tennis Championships men's doubles champion Chen Jianan/Zhuang Zhiyuan, Lin Yunru and 38-year-old veteran Zhuang Zhiyuan made contributions.
Hong Kong, China lost to Serbia 2-3, Huang Zhenting/He Junjie 3-1 double opened the goal, the second game Lin Zhaoheng lost to Levajak 1-3, the third game He Junjie lost 2-3 to Yevtovic, the fourth game Lin Zhaoheng 3-2 Peto, the fifth game Huang Zhenting 2-3 Leyvajac. Hong Kong, China will go to the second stage and compete with the remaining seven teams for an Olympic ticket.
Levajac
Host Portugal defeated Belgium 3-0, Croatia defeated the British team led by Pitchford 3-0, and Pucar defeated Pitchford 3-2 in the second game. France defeated Slovakia 3-0.
Since then, South Korea, Slovenia, Croatia, Sweden, France, Portugal, Serbia, and Chinese Taipei have won 8 Olympic seats through the first stage. Eight teams including Hong Kong, China and the United Kingdom will participate in the second stage of the competition and compete for a spot. The second stage is a single-elimination knockout round, divided into three rounds, the final winner will get Olympic tickets, China Hong Kong against Poland in the first round. In the
women's team 16-to-8 match, Romania beat India 3-2 and Szokos scored 2 points. Chinese Taipei defeated France 3-0, Zheng Xianzhi/Chen Siyu, Zheng Yijing and Chen Siyu made contributions. Austria 3-1 Spain, veteran Liu Jia made a great singles and doubles. Hong Kong, China defeated Belarus 3-0, Du Kaiyan and made great achievements in singles and doubles. Hungary beat Portugal 3-1, Poland 3-1 Ukraine.
Feng Tianwei
Netherlands 2-3 lost to Singapore, Dutch veteran Li Jie retired from injury in the third game, Feng Tianwei scored 2 points. South Korea lost 1-3 to North Korea, Choi Hyo-joo/Shin Yu-bin lost 1-3 to Kim Namhae/Cha Hyo-shin, Seo Hyo-won, 1-3 lost to Kim Song-yi, Shin Yu-bin beat Cha Hyo-shin 3-1, and Seo Hyo-won lost 1-3 to Kim Namhae. At the beginning of this year, shortly after the South Korean team announced the World Table Tennis Championships lineup, the women's team coach Liu Nankui suddenly resigned. Tian Zhixi, Liang Xiayin and other players lost the election, which also cast a shadow on the South Korean women's team.
In this way, 8 teams from Hong Kong, Austria, Poland, North Korea, Singapore, Hungary, Romania, and Chinese Taipei have qualified for the Olympics. Eight teams including South Korea competed for another seat in the second stage. In the second stage, the South Korean women's team played against Ukraine for the first time.
