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The end of the post got lost Carl
1st paragraph of the 2nd page
The top twenty-eight (28) eligible players on the first ITTF World Ranking published following the 2011World Championships to be held in Rotterdam (Netherlands), from 8 to 15 of May 2011 will be qualified,with a maximum of two (2) players per NOC.In case of an exact tie for the last direct qualifying position, reference will be made to the previous WorldRanking List and the better ranked player will qualify. If still tied, reference would be made to the previousWorld Ranking List and so on until the tie is broken.
Please forgive me... I thought we were talking of 2012 and not 2011.
Interesting, so for this year 2016 olympics, will the rules be the same and so we have to back and see the rankings of May 2015 (rather than 2016), or are the rules different?
If that's the case then Xu Xin has a shot because he was number 2 in May 2015. He also came in 1st for the china trials this year.