Chinese Men's WTTC Trials 2013

The Trials for the Chinese national players to represent there country in Paris for the World Table Tennis Championships 2013, it is called "Direct to Paris" in China.

Now it is the first stage which began yesterday (30, Dec), here is the player list and results by now:

Players (first stage):



Yan An, Ying Hang, Wu Jiaji, Liu Jikang, Xu Ruifeng, Xu Xin, Wu Hao, Zhou Yu, Cui Qinglei, Liu Yi, Cheng Jingqi, Fang Bo, Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, Xu Chen Hao, Zhai Chao, Ma Te, Zhai Yiming

Results:




From Sina weibo: Yang Yu


03/01/2013 update:

Now the 1st stage is finished, here is the player rank and all results, the top 10 player could go into the next stage



Top 10 player:

1. Xu Xin
2. Fan Zhendong
3. Yan An
4. Zhou Yu
5. Xu Chenhao
6. Cui Qinglei
7. Liu Jikang
8. Wu Jiaji
9. Ma Te
10. Wu Hao
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11-18

11. Fang Bo
12. Zhai Chao
13. Lin Gaoyuan
14. Zhai Yiming
15. Xu Ruifeng
16. Liu Yi
17. Yin Hang
18. Cheng Jingqi
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The Second stage

The 2nd stage will begin on 15, Jan and end on 19, Jan.

Player list:

Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Wang Hao, Ma Lin, Wang Liqin, Hao Shuai, Chen Qi, Qiu Yike, Zhang Chao
Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Yan An, Zhou Yu, Xu Chenhao, Cui Qinglei, Liu Jikang, Wu Jiaji, Ma Te, Wu Hao

New rule for 2nd & 3rd Stage: online poll ！

20 players already get to the second stage, but 3 of them don't need play in the 2nd stage and direct to the 3rd stage determined by votes through website casted by fans.

The results of the 2nd stage will determined other 4 players who could get into the 3rd stage, and the coaches have the power to select the final 2 players.

These 9 players will play in the 3rd stage (in March), then determined 5 players go to Paris !

PS: online poll wiil carry out on 4 popular web portals (8-14, Jan): sina.com, qq.com, sohu.com and 163.com (Sina is confirmed, other 3 is guessed by me)

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7, Jan update:

Let's go to vote for our favorite player !

http://sports.sina.com.cn/o/2013-01-..._bid=178753685

http://sports.qq.com/zt2013/voteforparis/index.htm

http://sports.163.com/special/ceshi1010/

http://sports.sohu.com/s2013/ztbltp/


PS: you can only vote once per entry per IP address, and only allow you to vote for one player, it is a one-choice question..

Candidates and thier number:

Okay so again... What's Xu Xin doing in the first stage?

Originally Posted by Steven

Okay so again... What's Xu Xin doing in the first stage?

It is Coach Qin Zhijian's “application result”, because he want Xu Xin to get more exercise.. as usual Xu Xin really don't need play in this stage.

Another reason is Shang Kun was injured and Xun Xin instead of him.

Xu Xin must make it, if he pulls this event off he probably will become no. 1!

Is there videos for this mini-tourny? This is like the China trials.

Originally Posted by prithwin

is it a reality show?

No.
It's a mini-tourny, which they play for their spot to play in the WTTC 2013 Paris.

I think the latter stages will have videos, I remember previous years they did. Fingers crossed

Weird results for Zhou Yu. I want Zhou Yu in action this 2013, participating not only in WTTC but also Pro Tour events.