(by Steve Hopkins)
The ITTF announced the teams for the Tokyo Olympics. Ninety three players will take part with 16 men’s teams and 15 women’s teams ready to compete.
China leads the way in the Men’s event with Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, and Ma Long (World No. 1, 2, and 3). Japan will have Harimoto, Niwa and Mizutani. Germany will have Boll, Ovtcharov, and Franzisca. The USA will compete with Kanak Jha, Nikhil Kumar, and Zhou Xin.
China leads the Women’s event as well with Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, and Liu Shiwen (all three having been World No. 1). Japan will be the second seed with Mima Ito, Kasumi Ishikawa, and Miu Hirano. Team USA’s entry consists of Lily Zhang, Liu Juan, and Wang Hujing.
Check out the ITTF article here.
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Men’s Team
Africa (1)
Egypt Omar Assar, Ahmed Saleh, Khalid Assar
Asia (5)
China Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin
Japan Tomokazu Harimoto, Koki Niwa, Jun Mizutani
Korea Republic Youngsik Jeong, Woojin Jang, Sangsu Lee
Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-Ju, Chuang Chih-Yuan, Chen Chien-An
Hong Kong, China Wong Chun Ting, Lam Siu Hang, Ho Kwan Kit
Europe (7)
Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Timo Boll, Patrick Franziska
Slovenia Jorgic Darko, Tokic Bojan, Kozul Deni
Croatia Andrej Gacina, Tomislav Pucar, Frane Kojic
Sweden Mattias Falck, Anton Kallberg, Kristian Karlsson
France Simon Gauzy, Emmanuel Lebesson, Alexandre Cassin
Portugal Marcos Freitas, Tiago Apolonia, Joao Monteiro
Serbia Aleksandar Karakasevic, Zsolt Peto, Marko Jevtovic
Latin America (1)
Brazil Hugo Calderano, Gustavo Tsuboi, Vitor Ishiy
North America (1)
USA Kanak Jha, Nikhil Kumar, Zhou Xin
Oceania (1)
Australia David Powell, Yan Xin, tbc
Women’s Team
Asia (6)
China Chen Meng, Sun Yingsha, Liu Shiwen
Japan Mima Ito, Kasumi Ishikawa, Miu Hirano
Hong Kong, China Doo Hoi Kem, Soo Wai Yam Minnie, Lee Ho Ching
Singapore Feng Tianwei, Yu Mengyu, Lin Ye
Chinese Taipei Cheng I-Ching, Chen Szu-Yu, Cheng Hsien-Tzu
Korea Republic Jeon Jihee, Shin Yubin, Choi Hyojoo
Europe (5)
Germany Petrissa Solja, Han Ying, Shan Xiaona
Austria Sofia Polcanova, Liu Jia, Liu Yuan
Poland Li Qian, Natalia Partyka, Natalia Bajor
Hungary Dora Madarasz, Georgina Pota, Szandra Pergel
Romania Elizabeta Samara, Bernadette Szocs, Daniela Dodean Monteiro
Africa (1)
Egypt Dina Meshref, Yousra Helmy, Farah Abdel-Aziz
North America (1)
USA Lily Zhang, Liu Juan, Wang Huijing
Latin America (1)
Brazil Bruna Takahashi, Jessica Yamada, Caroline Kumahara
Oceania (1)
Australia Michelle Bromley, Stephanie Sang, tbc
