World Team Table Tennis Championships 2018

[TableTennisDaily]

England currently 2-1 over Japan!

Now up: Pitchford vs Mizutani! https://tv.ittf.com/livestream/wttc-halmstad-2018-table-3/1181440

 

[bobpuls]

japan is out ... England plays really great

 

[zeio]

I seriously need to post the TV promos by TV Tokyo. It's so hilarious looking back now.

 

[iammaru]

Liam Pitchford is in unbelievable form. So fast, so precise.

 

[lugi2000]

Go pitchieee

 

[zeio]

Mizutani is all fired up. It has been a long time since Rio.

 

[PatriciaPinheiro]

I just read(in some mídia sheet for wtttc) that Ma Long is the only player to win every major title possible and searched with no results what title (s) Ding Ning's missing to be in same condition. Cause I read a ittf news that she had won. If anyone knows, I'd be happy. Thanks

 

[zeio]

I believe DN is missing the Asian Games title.

 

[zeio]

That loss puts Japan in a deep hole. They needed that win to qualify for a better main draw.

 

[Garrison]

Japan just lost 1-3 to England

 

[sgroustra]

Can somebody translate the japanese interview after the match?

 

[Richie]

Even though I'm half british myself I'm really sad to see japan lose that match, I didn't get to watch the games but now I really want to see what happened. I was hoping to see japan play against kina. Fair play to the English boys, Liam has been on a roll for a while now.. how on earth did Niwa lose to Walker though? Walker shouldn't even be able to get close to Niwa.

 

[Heffs976]

No disrespect to a amazing performance by England..... but does something seem a little suspicious? I mean is Japans loss done on purpose to avoid China in the draw in any way? I tried to figure the draw system out but I cant see a way they would have any idea to work it out to avoid China till the final.... I hope im wrong

Well done England!

 

[zeio]

No, they can't. WTTC is nothing like the Asian Cup. Teams used to throw matches to manipulate their final group placing for a better main draw, and that's why the ITTF used the random draw for everyone except the 2 winners for Group A and B, which are Germany and China, the top 2 seeds.

Top 3 of each group(making it 12 teams) advance to the main draw. The group winners get a bye in the round of 16. If Germany and China place 1st in their respective groups, they won't meet until the final. For Japan(3rd seed), even if they place 1st in the group stage, there is still a 50% chance they could meet China in SF due to the draw. So Japan would be in a serious disadvantage if they place 2nd in the group because they have to play another match.

 

[phorkyas]

Loved the intensity - you could really feel the pressure cracking up Mizutani - brutal.

 

[Kontra]

Well done Leopards !!!

 

[Simas]

Nice job England!

 

[Heffs976]

Awesome stuff.... Thats what I worked out from what I saw but i was just making sure i didnt miss anything

Awesome stuff from the Team then

 

[lugi2000]

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Loved the intensity - you could really feel the pressure cracking up Mizutani - brutal.

That was brutal. Pitchford is a class act!

 

[Sali]

Mizutani is all fired up. It has been a long time since Rio.

I am just thinking, are you Japan hater or what? I am really tired reading how ishikawa or mizutani miserable are. Team competition is something different, you need the team spirit which is sometimes more important then level of players. Nobody doubts that england and china team spirit are ones one the top.
The most important match was harimoto against pitch. England took great advantage after easy win. Niwa was upset to be 3rd player and here we are. Nobody likes harimoto in japan cause he is not real japanese and also too young to handle the pressure.