JTTA and some other federations seem to not to be too happy at all with the new system
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https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...election-System-to-be-Revamped-for-Paris-2024
Because the WTT offers no freedom in participation and the players who can participate are limited, according to the current format, it is possible Olympic selection trials will be held with reference to the World Championships, Asian Championships, All-Japan Championships, etc."
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The big issue is the opacity of information.
According to people familiar with the matter, this tournament only had a few days from the notification of the event to the deadline for applications, and the entry status was not disclosed.
With limited information at hand, the Japan Table Tennis Association devised selection criteria with a focus on strengthening for the Tokyo and Paris Olympics, and applied according to the regulation of the number of participants per association, but the men that had many entries were young people who met the criteria but were not allowed to participate. Since the result was not known until the lid was opened, it was not possible to dispatch substitute players, which led to a loss of opportunity. On the other hand, for some countries, the number of women who exceeded the upper limit was allowed to participate.
WTT, which sets a large prize money, in order to encourage star players to participate and to attract sponsors, the top ranked players are automatically entered in higher tournaments, creating a system that is biased heavily toward the world class. For low-ranked players, it will be difficult to get an opportunity if the situation continues to be unpredictable whether they will be allowed to participate in the lower tournament. YOSHIHITO Miyazaki, General Manager of the Development Headquarters, also questioned that "
not every registered player can be given a fair and impartial opportunity."
Some within the association think that the unfair world ranking must be excluded from the selection criteria for the Olympics and World Championships.
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Germany as well doesn't seem to be too happy.
TT is a sports where team countries events do have a real meaning. while in Tennis, the Davis Cup or Federation Cup (for Women) are now tier2 events, where the best players, notably Federer often declined to play, which is a real shame.
It seems that WTT is a private initiative who didn't get the consensus from national federations whose goal is to bring more money to the sports (and to themselves) at the risk of destroying years of history of the sport in the same way of what happened to the Davis Cup.