The list of South Korean teams in the World Table Tennis Championships was announced.
Busan World Table Tennis Championships is the first competition in 2024. The time is from February 6 to 25, 2024/KLOC-0. In men's and women's teams, the competition system is best of five games. As the host country, South Korea announced the list of 10 people for the first time, which attracted the attention of outside fans. Zhu Qianxi, who performed well during this period, could have qualified for the competition through ranking, but he could not represent South Korea because of the rules.
According to the selection criteria announced by the South Korean team, the top three players in the world directly qualified for the World Table Tennis Championships, including men's team, Lin Zhongxun and Li Shangzhu, and women's team, Shen Yubin, Tian,. The remaining places are determined according to the test results. Park Kui-hyun, An Zaixian and Yin He stood out, among which Park Kui-hyun was a dark horse, and his personal performance exceeded expectations.
Rules of team competition
1. World Table Tennis Men's Team Championship (Swislin Cup)
Each unit can submit 5 contestants, and both sides can choose 3 contestants. The best-of-five system is adopted in the competition (the best-of-five system is adopted in each game), and the winner is the one who wins three games first. Before the game, the two sides selected the home team and the visiting team by drawing lots.
World Table Tennis Women's Team Championship (Columbia Cup)
Each unit can submit four players to participate in the competition, and both sides can choose two players from each competition to participate in the singles, and then choose two players from these four players to participate in the doubles ranked third. The game adopts the best-of-five system (also adopts the best-of-three system in each game), and the winner is the one who wins three games first.