Korean Table Tennis Association: 2024Go to Busan!Go to Incheon!Two port cities representing South Korea will be blown upCheerful table tennis wind
February 2024 will be:BusanThe home stadium was held for the first time in the history of South KoreaWorld Table Tennis Championships。The afterglow of the World Championships has not yet dissipated, another authoritative international table tennis competitionWTT Championship, which will be in March next yearIncheonHeld.
The World Table Tennis Federation (WTT), the specialized agency for international activities of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), issued an announcement on the 19th through **The WTT Championship will be held in Incheon in March 2024.
The competition will be held at Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort in Incheon in 2024March 27-31of 5 days.
South Korea was in the summer of 2023QingyangThe WTT Youth Championship has been held in the past, but as the first major event, the WTT Championship Incheon is the first WTT event to be held in Korea.
The "Championship" is the top event of the WTT series, with the highest prize money and ranking points in addition to the Grand Slam, World Cup Finals, and World Championships held as separate events.
Next year's Incheon RaceThe total prize pool will also reach $300,000(about 40 million won), the male and female champions will win1000 world ranking points
As an important event, the entry criteria for the championship are also very strict. According to the ITTF World Rankings, 28 top-ranked players from each gender are invited, 2 men and 2 women from the host country, and 2 men and 2 women from the ITTF recommended wild cardTop 32Only individual singles matches will be played.
It is reported that so far, the championship has been held for 2 and 3 times in 2022 and 2023, respectively, when the impact of the epidemic is still present, and the WTT plan was originally plannedHeld 8 championship tournaments in 1 year。In 2024, which is on the right track, it will be interesting to see if the season can be completed as originally planned. The championship in Incheon is also important as the first part of 2024.
The championship is also a high-level competition due to the top-ranked 32-man matchup. In the five tournaments held so far, 8 out of 10 trophies in the men's and women's singles belong to China (The champions of Xinxiang Station are Fan Zhendong and Sun Yingsha
Among the Korean players, at the Xinxiang Competition in China in April this yearLim Jong-hoonReaching the semi-finals is the best result to date.
Women's in the same competition,Shin Yubin(Korean Air) made it to the quarterfinals. Since then, Shin Yubin has also played with the recent Frankfurt Grand Prix in OctoberZhu Qianxi(Samsung Life) entered the top 8 together.
On the stage held in China, there is also a lot of attention to what Korean table tennis players can achieve.
Korean table tennis fans will have a special "table tennis season" in the first half of 2024. The top table tennis stars who met in Busan in the form of a team competition will compete in an individual competition in Korea again after a month.
Because the points are high,ChampionshipThere are always strong players who dominate the world table tennis to participate. This is the reason why "WTT Champion Incheon 2024" is worth looking forward to, no less than "BN Busan Bank 2024" held at the Busan Convention and Exhibition Center from February 16 to 25World Table Tennis Championships in Busan
In addition, Mohegan Inspire Entertainment Resort, located near Incheon International Airport, is a top-notch hotel with 1,275 unique rooms in 3 towers. As part of the facility, there is a multi-purpose arena "Inspire Arena" with 15,000 seats.
WTT announced that it will actively use the Inspire Resort, which has a variety of facilities and entertainment options, to launch a groundbreaking integrated program that will attract all groups of athletes to one place to compete. Go to Busan!Go to Incheon!The two port cities representing South Korea are enjoying a cheerful table tennis ball
Ping Pong Hu Qingyuan.