The 2023 Chengdu First Mixed Team World Cup came to a perfect conclusion on December 11, Beijing time.
Throughout the game, the Chinese team relied on the leadership of Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha, with a strong lineup of Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Lin Gaoyuan, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu, Wang Yidi, etc., and experienced a series of hardships and hardships, and finally defeated the South Korean team with a terrifying advantage of 8-1 and won the championship.
The Chinese team showed an excellent performance in the game, winning all the group round-robins in the first stage and advancing to the second stage of the round-robin. Especially in the crucial match with the old rival Japanese team, the Chinese team won with a score of 8-5. In this new format of the competition, the outstanding performance of the Chinese team has won high praise from sports fans around the world.
In the second stage of the match, the Chinese team suffered a huge upset, and the Japanese team, led by Tomokazu Zhangmoto, lost 4-8 against the South Korean team, missing the opportunity to compete for the championship. In that match, Tomokazu Haramoto was Japan's biggest defeat, losing 1-2 and 0-3 in Men's Singles and Men's Doubles, respectively.
However, Zhangmoto's form picked up slightly, with a 2-1 victory over world No. 1 Fan Zhendong in the fifth round of the second round robin. In the final round, the Chinese team faced the South Korean team. A victory would have earned them the title of champion of this Mixed Team World Cup.
China showed their mettle in the tournament, with World Table Tennis Champions Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha beating Ahn Jae-hyun and Shin Yu-bin 3-0, while Wang Manyu also beat Kim Na-young 3-0 in the singles. In addition, world No. 1 Fan Zhendong defeated "South Korea's First Brother" Lee Sang-so with a score of 2-1 in the men's singles match.
In the end, the Chinese team defeated the South Korean team by an astonishing huge margin of 8-1 and won the first mixed team World Cup, which is breathtaking!South Korea finished second and Japan finished third.