Asian Qualification Tournament for Rio Olympics 2016

[TTFrenzy]

liu shiwen ding ning and now XX lost! great news who would have thought such results. congrats to chuang chih yuan for such a victory, olympics will be his last tournament. unless he loses from now on lol

 

[strangeloop]

Li XX up 2-0 against Doo Hoi Kem. Up next Ma Long vs ZJK!

@TTFrenzy, yeah! Happy for CCY. Great win for Mima Ito as well. That confidence boost is much required. Suddenly the Chinese don't seem all that infallible!

 

[TurboZ]

Ma Long ZJK playing live now!

 

[TT4Life]

Ml 4-2 zjk

 

[TableTennisDaily]

Ma Long moves into the FINAL of the Asian Qualifications for Rio Olympics 2016 with a 4-2 victory over Zhang Jike!

 

[TTHopeful]

Ding Ning has just lost to Mima Ito: https://www.facebook.com/ITTFWorld/videos/vb.170002659696412/1355501507813182/?type=2&theater

OMG LOLZ

CHUANG Chih Yuan also bt Xu Xin 4-2, did not expect that

 

[TTHopeful]

Li XX up 2-0 against Doo Hoi Kem. Up next Ma Long vs ZJK!

@TTFrenzy, yeah! Happy for CCY. Great win for Mima Ito as well. That confidence boost is much required. Suddenly the Chinese don't seem all that infallible!

Yeah, what's going on here, China are ACTUALLY struggling

 

[NextLevel]

There is nothing of value on the line. The players are all already qualified by ranking. The same thing happened with Ma Long in 2012.

 

[5544646]

FZD Won ... Now its ML vs FZD

 

[kukamonga]

ma lo - chan chika

 

[TableTennisDaily]

MA LONG qualifiers for Rio Olympics 2016 with a 4-1 victory over Fan Zhendong!

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[Sali]

There is nothing of value on the line. The players are all already qualified by ranking. The same thing happened with Ma Long in 2012.

So why he did not play singles event 2012?

 

[TTFrenzy]

There is nothing of value on the line. The players are all already qualified by ranking. The same thing happened with Ma Long in 2012.

for FZD it was important cause he would qualify if he won the final in stage 1
Now most likely LGL will chose ZJK I guess

 

[TTFrenzy]

So why he did not play singles event 2012?

Because wang hao and zhang jike had better ranking in may 2011. The ranking at that time would decide who would go in olympics 2012

 

[TT4Life]

Congrats to captain ma long its his time to win it

 

[Sali]

Because wang hao and zhang jike had better ranking in may 2011. The ranking at that time would decide who would go in olympics 2012

Is there a rule, that ranking is taken 1 year before?

 

[anchorschmidt]

Do you guys think that the Chinese players are not boosting for this tournament? There was definitely a lack of speed when I saw the finals between Ma Long and FZD.

 

[andrew_tihi]

no chinese on stage 2 ???

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

So why he did not play singles event 2012?

Oh my goodness!!! Do we have to go over this again.

In 2012:

1) Wang Hao qualified for the first Singles Spot.
2) Zhang Jike qualified for the second Singles Spot.

That was SELECTED, BY WORLD RANKING After the 2011 WTTC. Wang Hao was the highest ranked CNT player. ZJK was 2nd highest ranked. Ma LIN was 3rd highest ranked. And MA LONG was 4th highest ranked CNT player at the time of selection so he wasn't even in the running.

But, good news. MA LONG qualified first so you don't have to worry about it. He will definitely play in the 2016 Olympic Games. Because he earned his spot and qualified.

And Ma Long's loss to Koki Niwa in the 2012 qualifications did not have any bearing on his placement. He was the #3 CNT player to qualify so, while he didn't qualify for the Singles Event he qualified for and played in the team event.

This time he has his spot in the singles event. End of story.

 

[UpSideDownCarl]

Is there a rule, that ranking is taken 1 year before?

That was the rules for 2012 Olympics. They changed it for this one because they figured out it wasn't an ideal setup.