I heard that the final of ITTF started in February this year.
65438+February 12 to 65438+February 15 and 20 19 ITTF World Tour Finals will be held in Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium. By then, about 60 world table tennis stars will compete in the Central Plains. At the same time, ITTF will also hold a star award ceremony to announce seven awards, including the best male and female athletes of the year, the best disabled male and female athletes of the year, the best breakthrough star of the year, the best score of the year and the best coach of the year.
On 20 19 12 3 and 20 19, the organizing committee of the final of the ITTF World Tour held a press conference to inform the outside world about the tournament.
20 19 The final of ITTF World Tour was held again in China after 7 years. The final will be held in accordance with ITTF's latest table tennis rules and international competition rules. * * * There will be five events: men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles, with a total prize of $65,438+0,006,5438+0,000. In terms of competition system, singles use two wins in seven games and doubles use two wins in five games. Among them, the top four mixed men and women will directly advance to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
The athletes who participated in this final are the top 65,438+06 players who scored in men's and women's singles and the top 8 players who scored in men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles after the ITTF World Tour in 2065,438+09. About 60 people participated in 80 times (some athletes participated in singles and doubles at the same time).
It is understood that the powerful China table tennis team participated in all five events, including the men's singles event and seven athletes from the China team. In the women's singles event, China team 10 athletes were qualified; In men's doubles, China team has two pairs of athletes qualified for the competition; In women's doubles, China team has 1 pair of athletes to qualify for the competition; In the mixed doubles, China team has 1 pair of athletes to qualify. At that time, China's Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Liu, Ding Ning, German famous players Ochalov and Bohr, Japanese famous players Zhang Benzhihe and Ito Mikado will participate in the final.
On the evening of 65438+February 1 1 before the competition, ITTF will also hold a star award ceremony to announce seven awards, including the best male and female athletes of the year, the best disabled male and female athletes of the year, the best breakthrough star of the year, the best score of the year and the best coach of the year.