Wherever you go, Asia: on the realities of table tennis. Asian championship asian table tennis cup

The Asian Table Tennis Union (ATTU) and the Mongolian Table Tennis Association have officially announced the date for The 24th East Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championship.

ATTU is the governing body for all Asian Table Tennis Associations. The role of ATTU is to oversee the rules and regulations of table tennis and its technological development. ATTU is also responsible for organizing a number of international competitions, the largest of which is the Asian Table Tennis Championship and the Asian Table Tennis Cup.

A total of 44 ATTU member associations are divided into five regional groups.

Mongolian Table Tennis Association is included in the East Asia group, including China Table Tennis Association, Hong Kong Table Tennis Association, Japan Table Tennis Association, Korea Table Tennis Association, Macau Table Tennis Association, Democratic People's Republic of Korea Table Tennis Association and Taipei.

These countries are leaders not only in the region but also in the world in table tennis.

Table tennis (the name ping-pong is also sometimes mistakenly used) is an Olympic sport, a sports ball game in which rackets and a game table are used, delimited by a net. The game can be played between two opponents or two pairs of opponents. The players' task is to send the ball to the opponent's side with the help of rackets so that he cannot return it back in accordance with the rules. The main international tournaments are the World Championship and the Olympic Games.

The history of the game begins at the end of the 19th century, in 1926 the International Table Tennis Federation was formed, since 1988 table tennis has become an Olympic sport. For 2017, table tennis is one of the most popular sports on the planet and has over 850 million fans.

The results of the 30th Asian Table Tennis Cup in India (Ahmedabad, September 15-17, 2017) are now awaiting players from five continents out of six. And not because their Cups have already been held here, and now everyone is interested.

Everything is more prosaic.

Similar competitions on the continents give tickets to the autumn personal Table Tennis World Cups. Belgium hosts men (Liege, October 20-22) and Canada hosts women (Markham, October 27-29).

However, provisional lists cannot be published.

Since it is necessary to wait for September and even then the athletes will begin to think about which of the favorites of Asia they will face at the 2017 Table Tennis World Cup.

There is, of course, another reason to follow the developments in India.

In the men's nomination there are two names # 2 Fan Zhendong, # 3 Xu Xin from China - these athletes, together with fellow countryman # 1 Ma Long, refused to go to the site of the local ITTF world tour (Platinum Series).

As if as a sign of support and solidarity with Liu Guoliang (Jan 10, 1976), who was first promoted from the position of the head coach of the Chinese men's national team to the position of a certain general manager, and then completely made one of the many vice-chairmen of CTTA.

Convenient spot for downsizing.

Say, we didn’t fire anyone. Only slightly optimized costs. "" has not yet received its denouement. And the local audience now pays attention to any tournament where "refuseniks" could be seen.

In particular, at the 13th National Games of China (Tianjin, August 27 - September 8, 2017), the performances of No. 1 Ma Long No. 2 Fan Zhendong and No. 3 Xu Xin are expected - local reporters refer to the official statement of the Chinese Table Tennis Association dated August 2, 2017. And I really managed to find and double-check the document.

MEN (16)

1. XU Xin, China-1 (# 3), champion

2. FAN Zhendong, China-2 (# 2), champion

3. MIZUTANI Jun, Japan-1 (No. 6), according to the world rating

4. WONG Chun Ting, Hong Kong-1 (No. 8), according to the world ranking

5. NIWA Koki, Japan-2 (No. 9), according to the world ranking

6. LEE Sangsu, South Korea-1 (No. 12), according to the world ranking

7. CHUANG Chih Yuan, Taipei 1 (# 13), World Ranking

9. ACHANTA Sharath Kamal, India-1 (no. 46), according to the world rating

10. CHEN Chien-An, Taipei 2 (# 51), World Ranking

11. GAO Ning, Singapore-1 (# 46), according to the world ranking

12. HO Kwan Kit, Hong Kong-2 (# 58), according to the world rating

13. DESAI Harmeet, India-2 (no. 78), choice of South Asia

14. TANVIRIYAVECHAKUL Padasak, Thailand-1 (# 194), southeast Asia's choice

15. AL-ABBAD Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia-1 (# 198), choice of western Asia

16. ALAMIYAN Noshad, Iran-1, (No. 70), choice of Central Asia

Reserve players

1. PAK Sin Hyok, North Korea-1, (No. 83), according to the world ranking

2. RO Kwang Jin, North Korea-2, (# 106), according to the world ranking

No more than 2 players per association

WOMEN (16)

1. Liu Shiwen, China-1 (No. 4), champion

4. FENG Tianwei, Singapore-1 (No. 6), according to the world ranking

5. ISHKAWA Kasumi, Japan-2 (No. 7), according to the world rating

6. CHENG I-Ching, Taipei-1 (# 8), World Ranking

7. KIM Song I, North Korea-1 (No. 25), according to the world rating

8. YANG Haeun, South Korea-1 (# 20), according to the world ranking

9. SUH Hyowon (formerly SEO Hyowon), South Korea-2 (# 29), according to the world ranking

10. DOO Hoi Kem, Hong Kong-1 (# 31), by world ranking

11. YU Mengyu, Singapore-2 (# 33), world rank

12. CHEN Szu-Yu, Taipei-2 (# 40), by world ranking

13. BATRA Manika, India-1 (no. 104), choice of South Asia

14. SAWETTABUT Suthasini, Thailand-1 (# 59), Southeast Asia choice

15. MOHAMED Aia, Qatar-1 (no. 623), selection of western Asia

16. SHAHSAVARI Neda, Iran-1, (# 284), choice of Central Asia

Reserve players

1.LEE Ho Ching, Hong Kong-2 (36), World Ranking

2. CHOE Hyon Hwa (1992), North Korea-2, (no. 70), world ranked

30th Asian Table Tennis Cup in India (Ahmedabad, September 15-17, 2017) the first racket of the world Ding Ning for women and the third racket of the world Xu Xin, the champion of the 2016 Asian Cup for men.

As usual, without any explanation.

And here someone "rubbed their palms" - probably, they are moving forward the Chinese No. 2 Fan Zhendong (22 January 1997), who may be involved in, but he is young and can probably be forgiven even with a promotion to the first racket.

A kind of "gingerbread".

Perhaps he will show loyalty and understanding of the moment.

The women had a chance to improve the situation in the world ranking of the Chinese woman No. 4 Liu Shiwen, otherwise they were completely pushed in somewhere. But the spare Chinese spoiled everything - they were sent to replace them and they won the 2017 Asia Cup: men # 29 Lin Gaoyuan (March 19, 1995), women # 3 Zhu Yuling (10 January 1995).

Both finals are not very similar to the "giveaway game".

The athletes fought for themselves. But something went wrong, perhaps even before the start of the 2017 Asian Cup, when the athletes are gathered in a tight circle for a briefing. And they explain the situation. Say, well, you are Komsomol members (communists) and you know the difficult international situation. The ring of enemies shrinks. So, let's rally around "name".

Since there is no private table tennis association in China, everything works as a team, and not because someone suddenly wanted to win the main prize. The relatively good news in this story is one - we were once again shown the brilliant performance of # 29 Lin Gaoyuan (March 19, 1995), which is rarely released on the international stage.

And, of course, he could, without any additional conditions, if they arose here, replay Fan Zhendong # 2 (Jan 22, 1997) - they know each other well, together and the first is two years older.

Knows all the weaknesses of a friend.

The news is not so much that the athlete was shown again, but in another statement - other young players are also sitting in the Chinese "closets". We may never see them.

But they do exist.

MEN

(4-2) 11:7, 7:11, 11:4, 9:11, 11:5, 11:5

# 14 Lee Sangsu, South Korea - # 45 Chen Chien-An, Taipei

(4-1) 11:7, 11:7, 10:12, 11:3, 12:10

# 29 Lin Gaoyuan, China - # 45 Chen Chien-An, Taipei

(4-0) 11:5, 12:10, 15:13, 11:7

# 2 Fan Zhendong, China - # 14 Lee Sangsu, South Korea

(4-0) 11:5, 11:9, 11:8, 11:7

Other places (5-8)

5th. No. 8 Mizutani Jun, Japan, 6th.# 42 Jeong Sangeun, South Korea, 7th.# 15 Chuang Chih Yuan, Taipei, 8th. No. 9 Niwa Koki, Japan.

# 45 Chen Chien-An, Taipei - # 9 Niwa Koki, Japan 4: 2

# 29 Lin Gaoyuan, China - # 42 Jeong Sangeun, South Korea 4: 1

# 2 Fan Zhendong, China - # 8 Mizutani Jun, Japan 4: 1

# 14 Lee Sangsu, South Korea - # 15 Chuang Chih Yuan, Taipei

Other places (9-16)

9-10th. No. 68 Alamiyan Noshad, Iran, No. 105 Alamian Nima, Iran, 11-16th... No. 55 Ho Kwan Kit, Hong Kong, No. 7 Wong Chun Ting, Hong Kong, No. 47 Achanta Sharath Kamal, India, No. 89 Desai Harmeet, India, No. 213 Tanviriyavechakul Padasak, Thailand, No. 334 Al-Abbad Abdulaziz, Saudi Arabia.

WOMEN

(4-3) 6:11, 11:9, 11:8, 10:12, 11:7, 11:13, 11:6

(4-3) 9:11, 7:11, 11:9, 11:8, 11:3, 9:11, 11:8

(4-0) 13:11, 11:8, 11:2, 12:10

# 4 Liu Shiwen, China - # 5 Ishikawa Kasumi, Japan

(4-2) 15:13, 11:3, 9:11, 13:11, 9:11, 11:6

Other places (5-8)

5th.# 43 Chen Szu-Yu, Taipei, 6th.# 30 Suh Hyowon (formerly Seo Hyowon), South Korea, 7th.# 32 Doo Hoi Kem, Hong Kong, 8th. No. 10 Cheng I-Ching, Taipei.

# 3 Zhu Yuling, China - # 10 Cheng I-Ching, Taipei 4: 0

# 5 Ishikawa Kasumi, Japan - # 32 Doo Hoi Kem, Hong Kong 4: 0

# 4 Liu Shiwen, China - # 30 Suh Hyowon (formerly Seo Hyowon), South Korea 4: 3

Other places (9-16)

9-10th.# 119 Batra Manika, India, # 42 Lee Ho Ching, Hong Kong, 11-16th. No. 35 Yu Mengyu, Singapore, No. 22 Yang Haeun, South Korea, No. 8 Feng Tianwei, Singapore, No. 58 Sawettabut Suthasini, Thailand, No. 297 Shahsavari Neda, Iran, (arch. No. 646-647) Mohamed Aia, Qatar.

Tournament results.

China can be beaten. This conclusion can be drawn after the last Asian Championship. A little more than a month left before the World Cup in Germany (May 29 - June 5, Dusseldorf) and the results of the Asian Championship brought a lot of sensations.

After defeating Xu Xin two years ago and this year, Fan Zhendong became the champion of Asia. But this time in the final he was opposed not by the Chinese player, but by the representative of South Korea Jeong Sangeun, who is not currently mentioned in the current version of the world rankings. Already at the 1/16 final stage, the Korean defeated the first seeded, world and Olympic champion - Ma Long from China. Niwa Koki of Japan defeated another Olympic champion in Rio - Xu Xin (Olympic gold medal in the team) in the quarterfinals. Niwa Koki and Jeong Sangeun met in the semifinals. The stronger was the representative of South Korea, who, due to a long non-participation in tournaments, was removed from the world ranking list. In the second semi-final, the representatives of China - Zhang Jike and Fan Zhendong played with each other, where the latter turned out to be stronger. The final match was completely dictated by Fan Zhendong, who easily outplayed his opponent, only experiencing slight difficulties in the second set. Thus, Fan Zhendong became a three-time Asian champion, winning in the men's singles, doubles, as well as in the team event.

Semifinal
Jeong Sangeun - Niwa Koki 3:2 (-6,-9,5,7,11) (video of the match )
Zhang Jike - Fan Zhendong 1:3 (-10,-4,5,-4) (video of the match )
The final
Jeong Sangeun - Fan Zhendong 0:3 (-5,-5,-8) (video of the match )

Hirano Miu from Japan became a sensational champion among women. You couldn't even wish for the best birthday present. Hirano Miu, at the age of seventeen, managed to beat the reigning world champion and 2016 Olympic champion in Rio Ding Ning. Before that, the Japanese woman had not won a single game against her rival, and this time she also lost 0: 2 in games. But then she managed to turn the game around and, having played 5 match points in total, sensationally knocked out the favorite from the tournament. But the Japanese did not stop there and won two more matches: against Zhu Yuling (semi-final) and Chen Meng (final) with a score of 3: 0. Which ultimately allowed her to win the Asian Championship. The last time Japan won this tournament was in 1996.

Semifinal
Hirano Miu - Zhu Yuling 3:0 (7,9,8)
Chen Meng - Liu Shiwen 3:1 (8,-9,8,11)
The final
Hirano Miu - Chen Meng 3:0 (9,8,7) (video of the match )

The men's doubles final was purely Chinese. Where his second title was won by Fan Zhendong alongside Lin Gaoyuan. Also, the women's doubles final was played between the players of the Chinese team. There were two couples in the mixed double from China, and one of them reached the final and won against the representatives of Japan.

Men's doubles final
Fan Zhendong / Lin Gaoyuan - Fang Bo / Zhou Yu 3:1 (-5,6,7,6)

Women's doubles final
Zhu Yuling / Chen Meng - Wang Manyu / Chen Ke 3:1 (8,-6,7,9)

Mixed doubles final
Zhou Yu / Chen Xingtong - Morizono Masataka / Ito Mima 3:1 (9,7,-9,8)

In the team event, both gold medals were won by the national teams of China. It was already the 21st gold for the Chinese team for men and 17th for women.

Men, final
South Korea 0-3 China
Jang Woojin - Ma Long 1:3
Lee Sangsu - Fan Zhendong 0:3
Jeong Sangeun - Xu Xin 0:3

Women, final
Japan 0-3 China
Miu Hirano - Liu Shiwen 1:3
Mima Ito - Ding Ning 0:3
Hina Hayata - Zhu Yuling 1:3

The draw, held on Thursday in Buenos Aires, determined the Russians' rivals in individual table tennis tournaments at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games. Competitions in this sport are among the first to start.

In the group stage, Maria Tailakova will meet with athletes from Thailand, Hong Kong and Finland. For Vladimir Sidorenko, the tournament fate also chose the representative of Thailand, but added to him serious opponents from Chinese Taipei and South Korea. To continue the fight in the 1/8 finals, you need to take one of the first two places in the group.

“Tailakova should leave the group, let her rivals from Asia show their teeth, but Sidorenko has a really difficult company,” David Sargsyan, head coach of the Russian women's table tennis team, who oversees our juniors in Buenos Aires, commented on the results of the draw for Team Russia.

The preliminaries kick off in Buenos Aires on October 7th and the singles medals will be played on October 10th.

“There was no full preparation for the Games, because both of our athletes took part in the adult European Championship, which was held in Spanish Alicante from September 18 to 23,” Sargsyan said. - They performed there in their own power, they did not show anything special. But do not forget that Masha is only 17 years old, and Vladimir is 16.

- Nevertheless, in March, Taylakova won the European Youth Championship ( U21) in Minsk, and last year became the bronze medalist of the European Team Championship among adults. True, as far as I know, she was a spare in Luxembourg.

- So after all, the very inclusion in the national team at the age of 16 must be earned! And last spring, at the World Team Championship in Halmstad, Maria was already fighting with might and main and won the most important match against the Swede with a total score of 1: 1. Russia defeated the hosts of the tournament - 3: 2 and for the first time in the last 14 years was among the top 12, although the group was initially difficult. In addition to China and Singapore, which we lost, it included Sweden, India and Belarus. As a result, they shared the 9-12th places, losing in the match for reaching the quarterfinals of the DPRK national team.

- And the representatives of China won both women and men. At the same time, one gets the impression that in table tennis the Chinese are everywhere, including in the European national teams.

- It is estimated that at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, athletes of Chinese origin made up 42 percent of table tennis competitors. Some countries, even African ones, in which our sport is not at all developed, easily issue passports to the Chinese.

- So what is the reason for the Chinese domination? Is this colossal hard work or some kind of genetic predisposition?

“I don’t believe in genetics in this case. It's just that table tennis is considered a national treasure in China, and the preparation of players is on stream. There are many high-class coaches there, and literally millions of children play table tennis professionally. You can always choose from a million, say, twenty athletes. Although, of course, hard work has not been canceled. But it's like in American basketball: black youths are well aware that getting into the NBA means getting a very good piece of bread. So in China, with a huge population, the guys strive to break out into the people with the help of table tennis and secure themselves money, fame and honor.

- Are the Chinese favorites in Buenos Aires?

- They are always favorites. Although besides them there are very strong athletes. After the individual competitions, a team tournament will take place, in which each match will consist of three meetings - two singles and a mixed one. In it, China is likely to face tough competition from Japan, which has a truly fantastic national team.

Miu Hirano, now 18, won the Senior World Cup two years ago ( however, the representatives of the PRC did not participate in it- Approx. Team Russia). And last year she won the Asian Championship and became the bronze medalist of the World Championship in singles. She is paired with a boy named Tomokazu Harimoto. At the end of June he was only 15 years old, and as of August he held the 6th position in the world ranking! This year, he beat the entire adult Chinese national team ( it is curious that this player is of Chinese origin, his mother played for the national team, and his father for the junior national team of the PRC; in 1998, they left for Japan to work as coaches, received citizenship there and the surname Harimoto- Approx. Team Russia).

Hong Kong and Singapore are now weaker, but both Koreas are strong in the team event. In addition, at the Youth Olympic Games there is such an option - international teams. From one country, only a young man won a license, from another only a girl made his way, and together they form a mixed team. So they connect Austria with Poland, Chile with Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, the Swede plus the Serb, who individually claim medals, is a serious force.

- Before leaving, you must have been given some task, right?

- How without it? You need to win a medal. We, of course, will strive for this, but objectively I think that if we get into the eights, it will already be very good.

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