ITTF Mixed Team World Cup 2025, Chengdu, 11/30-12/7

[FIXPOINT]

Scheduled Matches:
All times are local time.
Live streaming https://www.youtube.com/@ITTFWorld

Fri, 5th Dec
13:00 T1 Stage2 CHN - GER
13:00 T2 Stage2 HKG - FRA
19:00 T1 Stage2 CRO - SWE
19:00 T2 Stage2 JPN - KOR

Sat, 6th Dec
10:00 T1 Stage2 SWE - FRA
10:00 T2 Stage2 HKG - CRO
12:00 T1 Stage2 CHN - JPN
12:00 T2 Stage2 KOR - GER
17:00 T1 Stage2 CHN - SWE
17:00 T2 Stage2 KOR - CRO
19:00 T1 Stage2 GER - HKG
19:00 T2 Stage2 JPN - FRA

 

[JackJohnson]

Franziska with a 2-1 win against WCQ. I still don’t understand why Germany did not select him at the Paris Olympics.

 

[NextLevel]

Franziska with a 2-1 win against WCQ. I still don’t understand why Germany did not select him at the Paris Olympics.

I do, they granted a lot of weight to history and subjective weighting criteria. I have argued for a while that the match that most clearly cost Franziska the Olympic spot was his performance against KCJ at the World Team Champs match between Germany and Taiwan/Chinese Taipei. That gave room for subjective assessments of what Timo would have done in the same situation though Timo"s injury later made that moot but too late...

 

[NextLevel]

Am I the only one experiencing problems witn the website and the YouTube transmission?

 

[zeio]

Franziska with a 2-1 win against WCQ. I still don’t understand why Germany did not select him at the Paris Olympics.

Boll pulled rank. QD secured his spot early through XD. At the end of the day, GER wanted a podium finish more than gold and went with DO.

End results?
MS
QD R32 (2nd round exit)
DO R16
MT
QD/DO/Boll QF (2nd round exit)
XD
QD/Mittelham R16 (1st round exit)

 

[zeio]

S2
M14
HKG 8-7 FRA
CWH/ZCZ 2-1 Lebrun2/Pavade
DHK 1-2 Lutz
WCT 1-2 Gauzy
CWH/WCT 2-1 Lebrun1/Gauzy
ZCZ/DHK 2-1 YJN/Pavade

XTWC Rule of Thumb
Doubles (60%) > Singles (40%)

 

[Janard]

Franziska with a 2-1 win against WCQ. I still don’t understand why Germany did not select him at the Paris Olympics.

Some WCQ fans are blaming FZD because the latter is teammates with Patrick so must have divulged some tricks

All these mollycoddling really make for good laughs

 

[NextLevel]

Hayata-Togami vs Choi - Oh

6-2 to 6-11.... did they just stop playing?

 

[boretennis]

so nice to watch matches without commentary!

 

[NextLevel]

so nice to watch matches without commentary!

Hasn't table 1 always had commentary and table 2 none? Or do you mean something else?

 

[boretennis]

Hasn't table 1 always had commentary and table 2 none? Or do you mean something else?

this is the first time i have the time to watch the streams, good to know!

 

[joshmak10]

I am only just realizing Suh Hyo Won is on the bench for Korea as a coach. So nice to see!

 

[zeio]

Rakovac didn't make Hirano weep at WTTC 2025 for no reason.

S2
M15 SWE 1-8 CRO
Kallberg2/Karlsson 1-2 Ban/Arapovic
Bergstrom 0-3 Rakovac
Kallberg1 0-3 Pucar
Kallberg2/Bergstrom - Jeger/Rakovac
Kallberg1/Karlsson - Kojic/Ban

M16 JPN 8-2 KOR
Hayata/Togami 2-1 CHJ/OJS
Harimoto2 2-1 LEH
Matsushima 3-0 AJH
Shinozuka/Togami 1-0 OJS/AJH
Ito/Hayata - LEH/CHJ

 

[NextLevel]

If we are looking for reasons to be excited about Japan vs China tomorrow, then we can note that Japan beat Germany 8-3 while China beat Germany 8-4. China beat Korea 8-0, Japan beat Korea 8-2. But will tomorrow's match be close or not?

The funny thing is that we might get two matches in two days between these powerhouse teams. Team depth will definitely factor into that.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Rakovac didn't make Hirano weep at WTTC 2025 for no reason.

S2
M15 SWE 1-8 CRO
Kallberg2/Karlsson 1-2 Ban/Arapovic
Bergstrom 0-3 Rakovac
Kallberg1 0-3 Pucar
Kallberg2/Bergstrom - Jeger/Rakovac
Kallberg1/Karlsson - Kojic/Ban

M16 JPN 8-2 KOR
Hayata/Togami 2-1 CHJ/OJS
Harimoto2 2-1 LEH
Matsushima 3-0 AJH
Shinozuka/Togami 1-0 OJS/AJH
Ito/Hayata - LEH/CHJ

Lea Rakovac is a good player, but I think she overperformed and Miu Hirano just had an off day. Satsuki Odo beat her 4-0 in that same WTTC.

 

[zeio]

I was wondering if Macron would pay XTWC 2025 a visit since he was in Sichuan.

French President Emmanuel Macron Visits the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup Chengdu 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fe-bSY6dOqc

Pandas and ping-pong: Macron ends China visit on lighter note • FRANCE 24 English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgfYMJeegcc

Macron Speaks at Sichuan University, Meets Students & Visits Mixed Team Table Tennis World Cup |AC1E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsgnk18kCl8

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

The MC messed up the player introduction for Tomo by calling out his sister's name when it was his turn. Miwa got a good laugh out of it and started teasing him, but he did not look pleased with the screw up.

 

[JackJohnson]

The MC messed up the player introduction for Tomo by calling out his sister's name when it was his turn. Miwa got a good laugh out of it and started teasing him, but he did not look pleased with the screw up.

Do we know if the person did it on purpose due to China vs Japan beef thats going on?

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

Do we know if the person did it on purpose due to China vs Japan beef thats going on?

Don't know. It may have been an honest mistake. Maybe he just read from a list given to him, but if you see a giant screen with Tomo pictured on it and he's literally next in line not sure how you can mess that up.

 

[NextLevel]

Don't know. It may have been an honest mistake. Maybe he just read from a list given to him, but if you see a giant screen with Tomo pictured on it and he's literally next in line not sure how you can mess that up.

She could just have leapfrogged him though. Needless drama...