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This is a message from a fan to CTTA, ITTF and all table tennis fans around the world and it contains solution to the current problems regarding China national team (CNT) The absence of the Chinese top players during China Open on 23th June implies their heavy disapproval with the established...

The Chinese National Team players are believed to be protesting currently at the China Open! Players have posted on Weibo: "We don't have the desire to fight. We miss coach Liu Guoliang". Players: Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Liang Jingkun and Liu Yi Coaches: Qin Zhijian, Ma Lin and Wang...

Liu Guoliang is no longer the Head Coach of the CNT. He is appointed the Vice President of Chinese Table Tennis Association. The news is posted on the official website of General Administration of Sport of China today. The CNT has changed the coaching system. There are no longer positions of...

CNT has scheduled warm-up matches on the last two days of the closed training for WTTC. Players who do not play in WTTC will imitate non-CNT rivals and give the core players some challenges. Ma Long vs Zhou Yu! Live link to men's matches: http://juxian.juyun.tv/live.php?id=1444 May 13...

Creating this thread to ensure we stay on topic on the CNT closed training thread .. I honestly think a lot of people want to discuss this have put forward very valueable points and it certainly deserves its own thread ... hope fellow TTD members want to chime in here ..

In early Arpil, the Chinese National Team announced their men's team coaches for the next two years, including Liu Guozheng, Wang Hao, Ma Lin, Liu Heng and Ma Junfeng, with Qin Zhijian as head coach. However, since Wu Jingping (coach of Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, etc.) is retired, Xiao...

This is brilliant! Coaches Liu Guoliang and Qin Zhijian are mimicking the perfect training environment for the CHINA players at the upcoming World Championships! The coaches have placed loud speakers in the training hall that project the screaming fans from the recent Asian Championships. In...

Team China is currently going through it's intensive closed training before the 2017 World Championships next month! The closed training session for World Championships 2017 is from the 3rd April to 14th June. Now the men's team is in Shenzhen and women's team in Huangshi. As usual, the photo...

Can you recognize these players when they were kids?

Here is a summary of the male CNT players (ranked within the top 50) against non-CNT players based on ITTF records (junior tournaments included, W.O/Inj/Dsq excluded). CNT has a 4-year plan for each Olympic Games. The core players for that 4-year period have more chances to play internationally...

Pick your team to beat the CNT in Rio 2016 If you were the coach and could name anyone whom we've seen playing in Rio 2016, which three of any non-Chinese player would make up your team to beat the CNT? How would you line them up? Who would play doubles? (ABC XYZ format)

The team events are about to start, and you have to wonder if ZJK should have been there all along, after watching his lackluster performance in the final and laid back attitude overall? Anyway, just a quick assumption how the team was selected: Who do you think they're gonna face in the...

Hi Guys, I will updating in this thread some CNT videos I have. I will start with CNT team in a restaurant.

Two important players of the Chinese Team are currently not in a good condition due to injuries and this can affect the whole team in a big way. According to the head coach, injuries are the worst opponents that they can have. Sometimes they experience more pressure from injuries compared to...

As mentioned in my recent topic, some Chinese National Team players have changed their backhand rubber to cope with the new plastic ball. This means players such as Ma Long and Xu Xin are not using Tenergy 05 on the backhand. Could this lead to more European players moving to more Chinese type...

CNT 2015 WTTC Trial - Third Stage (Feb. 2-6) On January 27, Sina Sports News reported the rules and playing system for the Third Stage of CNT "Road to Suzhou" 2015 WTTC Trial for both men and women. Time: February 2-6 Place: Zhenjiang Men: There will be two rounds of trials in the third...

On December 26, 27, 29, 30, CNT will hold men's "Road to Suzhou" 2nd Trial. 16 players will take part in the trial, which include all the top players except for Zhang Jike and Ma Long, who are exempted from the second trial. In late November, CNT held a competition in which the 10 lower...

2015 Team World Cup will be held from January 8-11, 2015 in Dubai. CNT men's team announced on December 15 that it will have a trial on December 17 to choose one player from the following four second tier players to be the fifth player of its squad for the upcoming team World Cup: Fang Bo...

Recently, CNT men's team is having fun at the beach in Sanya City, Hainan Province (Hainan Island). Although it's already late November, Sanya still feels like in summer time. Sanya sits at the southern tip of Hainan Province in South China Sea, and it's dubbed Oriental Hawaii due to its...

CNT Men's Team will have warm-up matches on 09/17 - 18, 2014 in Nantong City. Schedule 09/17/2014 10:00 - 12:00 Team 1 Zhang Jike, Ma Long Xu Xin VS Team 4 Shang Kun, Zhang Yudong, Ma Te Team 2 Wang Hao, Fan Zhendong, Zhou Yu VS Team 3 Hao Shuai, Yan An, Liu YI 19:30 -...