13th Chinese National Games: Day 1 Recap & Matches of Day 2


Day 1 (Aug 28) of the 13th Chinese National Games ended somewhat in surprise with exciting women's team and men's team competitions in play.

Women's Team

In Group A of the women's team competition, the defending women's team champion, Shandong Team lost 1-3 to Hebei with Sun Yingsha winning 2 points (defeating Gu Yuting and Chen Meng by 3-1) for Hebei team at her first match at National Games. Whereas the champion-winning team at 2016 Chinese National Championships, Team Sichuan and Team Hebei made a clean sweep over the relatively less competitive Team Shanghai with 3-0.

Team Shandong has a tough evening session as well. They played against Team Sichuan and encountered another 1-3 defeat. Zhu Yuling from Team Sichuan won Gu Yuting 3-1 (7:11, 11:9, 11:8, 11:9) in the first match and Chen Meng, anchor of Team Shandong, closed down the gap by winning Guo Yan (1997-born) 3-1 (9:11, 11:8, 11:4, 11:8).  Fan Siqi from Team Sichuan defeated Liu Gaoyang 3-1 (11:4, 5:11, 11:8, 11:9) in the 3rd match. Zhu Yuling won over Chen Meng 3-2 (6:11, 13:11, 5:11, 11:5, 11:7) and ended the Shandong women's team hope for qualifying to the play-off stage.

In Group B, Wu Yang and Wang Manyu each secured 2 points for Team Shanxi and Team Heilongjiang respectively and helped their team to win 3-1 in the morning session. The 2 teams encountered in the evening session and Team Shanxi won 3-1 over Heilongjiang. Wu Yang secured 2 points for the team defeating Che Xiaoxi 3-2 and Wang Manyu 3-0 and the third point was earned by Lyu Tingting 3-1 over veteran Wang Xuan. The only point for Team Heilongjiang was dedicated by Wang Manyu who won over Li Xiaodan 3-0. The home team, Tianjin, has their first victory at the 13th Games, winning 3-1 over Team Tibet formed by the young athletes.

Team Beijing and and Team PLA proved that they are the stronger teams in Group C by winning 3-0 over the other teams in the morning session. (Watch the match Beijing Vs Yunnan here, part 1, 2). The 2 strong teams played against each other in the evening session and PLA won 3-2 won over Beijing. Despite Ding Ning's contribution of 2 points defeating Hu Limei 3-1 (11:7, 11:2, 3:11, 11:9) and Ding Ning 3-0 (11:7, 11:8, 11:9), the team events is about the overall strength of the team. The PLA won the other 3 points from 3 players with Mu Zi 3-2 (11:9, 5:11, 13:15, 11:5, 11:7) Sheng Dandan, Liu Xi 3-2 (9:11, 11:9, 11:7, 6:11, 11:5) Li Jiayuan, Hu Limei 3-0 (11:6, 11:6, 11:9) Sheng Dandan. Other teams of Group C have a close match, which Team Hennan (led by Yuan Xuejiao) won 3-2 over Yunnan.

Team Jiangsu, comprised of young athletes, had a good start winning 3-0 over Fujian. Whereas Team Liaoning which is very competitive on paper (Chen Xingtong, Wen Jia on the team), surprising lost to Hubei, led by Feng Yalan, by 1-3. Team Liaoning had another defeat in the evening session, losing 1-3 to Jiangsu meaning that they will not qualify to the next stage. Wen Jia from Liaoning won 3-1 (7:11, 11:5, 11:4, 11:9) over Chen Ke, Li Jiayi from Liaoning lost 2-3 (11:6, 13:11, 9:11, 4:11, 6:11) to choper Liu Fei. Chen Xingtong played the third match and lost 1-3 (1:11, 15:17, 11:4, 5:11) to Zhang Qiang. Wen Jia 0-3 (9-11, 8-11,8-11) lost to Liu Fei stopped Team Liaoning from making to the next stage. 


Men's Team

A surprising result came from Group A of the men's competition. Team Hebei (anchored by Liang Jingkun) lost to Team Henan. Liang Jingkun lost 1-3 to Ren Hao, an A Team member / practice partner for the women's national team, and Xia Yizheng, a former national team member. Team Henan is indeed a team that should not be overlooked. While the seed of Group A, Team Shanghai (with Xu Xin and Shang Kun on the team), defended their reputation with a 3-0 victory over Team Jilin.

In the "Group of Death", Group B, the Shandong men's team also faced a 1-3 defeat. Zhang Jike and Fang Bo failed to win a point for the team losing 1-3 to Zhang Chao (8:11, 11:7, 9:11, 7:11) and Lin Gaoyuan (11:7, 6:11, 9:11, 9:11). The 4th match was a dramatic victory for Lin Gaoyuan. He won the first 2 games but Zhang Jike made a comeback by winning the next 2 games (a cracked ball in the 4th game saved Zhang Jike from losing the deuce). Fortunately Lin Gaoyuan was agile and played well in the decisive 5th match and won over Zhang Jike 12:10, 11:2, 9:11, 12:14, 11:9; 3-2.  

Another competition from Group B happened between Heilongjiang and Zhejiang. Team Heilongjiang also has an uneasy 3-2 victory over Team Zhejiang. Yu Ziyang and Xu Yingbin representing Heilongjiang lost to Xiang Peng and Yin Jiaxu respectively. Fortunately Wang Bo secured 2 points and Yu Ziyang won over Lyu Xiang which kept Team Heilongjiang on the run.

In Group C, Team Sichuan won over Hunan by 3-0. Team Sichuan has 2 members, Zhu Linfeng and Lai Jiaxin, who recently came back from the 2017 Universiade after winning the men's team champion. It seems that the travelling has not affected their winning momentum. While close competition between Team Jiangsu and Team Fujian. After 5 matches, Fujian 3-2 won over the seed of the group.

In Group D, the home team, Team Tianjin played fiercely against PLA. Veteran Hao Shuai and post-2000 Yu Xinhang won 1 game from Zhou Yu and Fan Zhendong respectively but failed to win the match in front of the strong competitors. Ma Te the chopper representing Team Tianjin helped the team to won 1 point from Zhou Kai. Despite the home team lost 1-3 at the end, they have proved their ability of putting up some threats to strong teams. On the other hand, Ma Long, Yan An and Wang Chuqin from Team Beijing each won 3-0 and defeated Yunnan 3-0.

The biggest upset of the day is the defending women's team champion, Team Shandong led by Chen Meng is out. Team Liaoning led by Wen Jia, Chen XIngtong and Li Jiayi is also out after 2 defeats in day 1. The picture is quite clear that who's going to qualify to the play-off, except the competition in Group B where Heilongjiang will play against Tianjin, a crucial match to make to the next stage.

For the men's field, Team Hebei and Team Shandong has not played to their full potnetial. Team Hebei must win Team Shanghai to secure their spot in the play-off which is very challenging. Whereas Team Shandong will also face tough matches against Heilongjiang in the Group of Death. Group C seems like a bit less competitive but the results is unpredictable. The underdog Team Fujian surprised us with a 3-2 victory over the seed The superpowers, PLA and Beijing have a great day 1 but it's the calm before the storm. The 2 teams will play against each other at 10:00 (GMT+8) 29 Aug. Make sure you follow that.

Day 1 (28 August) Results

The followings is a summary of day 1 (28 August) results. (For official results click here)


Women's Team (Stage 1)
Group A1234ScoreRemarksRank
1Sichuan3-13-0
2Shandong1-31-3
3Shanghai0-30-3
4Hebei3-13-0
Women's Team (Stage 1)
Group B1234ScoreRemarksRank
1Shanxi3-13-1
2Heilongjiang1-33-1
3Tianjin1-33-1
4Tibet1-31-3
Women's Team (Stage 1)
Group C1234ScoreRemarksRank
1Beijing2-33-0
2PLA3-23-0
3Yunnan0-32-3
4Henan0-33-2
Women's Team (Stage 1)
Group D1234ScoreRemarksRank
1Liaoning1-31-3
2Jiangsu3-13-0
3Hubei3-13-0
4Fujian0-30-3

Women's Team
Group A:
Round 1
Sichuan 3-0 Shanghai
1) Zhu Yuling 3:0 Zhu Jiaxi (11:9, 11:8, 12:10)
2) Guo Yan 3:0 Jiang Yue (11:7, 11:8, 11:9)
3) Fan Siqi 3:2 Xue Siyu (8:11, 11:6, 9:11, 11:5, 11:7)

Shandong 1-3 Hebei
1) Chen Meng 1:3 He Zhuojia (4:11, 7:11, 11:8, 11:13)
2) Gu Yuting 1:3 Sun Yingsha (5:11, 7:11, 11:2, 7:11)
3) Liu Gaoyang 3:0 Zhang Wenjing (11:5, 13:11, 11:8)
4) Chen Meng 1:3 Sun Yingsha (5:11, 11:5, 10:12, 8:11)


Round 2

Sichuan 3-1 Shandong
1) Zhu Yuling 3:1 Gu Yuting (7:11, 11:9, 11:8, 11:9)
2) Guo Yan 1:3 Chen Meng (11:9, 8:11, 4:11, 8:11)
3) Fan Siqi 3:1 Liu Gaoyang (11:4, 5:11, 11:8, 11:9)
4) Zhu Yuling 3:2 Chen Meng (6:11, 13:11, 5:11, 11:5, 11:7)

Shanghai 0-3 Hebei
1) Jiang Yue 0:3 He Zhuojia (1:11, 6:11, 8:11)
2) Zhu Jiaxi 0:3 Sun Yingsha (6:11, 8:11, 5:11)
3) Xue Siyu 1:3 Zhang Wenjing (7:11, 11:9, 5:11, 8:11) 

Group B:
Round 1
Shanxi 3-1 Tianjin
1) Wu Yang 3:0 Mu Jingyu (11:4, 11:7, 11:7)
2) Li Xiaodan 1:3 Liu Weishan (8:11, 11:9, 7:11, 14:16)
3) Lyu Tingting 3:1 Qi Fei (5:11, 12:10, 11:6, 11:8)
4) Wu Yang 3:1 Liu Weishan (11:9, 6:11, 11:6, 11:8)

Heilongjiang 3-1 Tibet
1) Che Xiaoxi 1:3 Jiang Hui (12:10, 9:11, 5:11, 11:13)
2) Wang Manyu 3:1 Zhang Binyue (11:3, 11:6, 7:11, 11:7)
3) Wang Xuan 3:0 Hao Hao (11:9, 11:7, 11:6)
4) Wang Manyu 3:1 Jiang Hui (11:5, 11:3, 5:11, 11:5) 

Round 2

Shanxi 3-1 Heilongjiang
1) Wu Yang 3:2 Che Xiaoxi (11:8, 8:11, 10:12, 11:8, 11:5)
2) Li Xiaodan 0:3 Wang Manyu (11:13, 8:11, 7:11)
3) Lyu Tingting 3:1 Wang Xuan (7:11, 12:10, 11:9, 11:1)
4) Wu Yang 3:0 Wang Manyu (11:6, 11:9, 11:7)

Tianjin 3-1 Tibet
1) Liu Weishan 3:1 Zhang Binyue (11:1, 9:11, 11:4, 11:7)
2) Mu Jingyu 1:3 Jiang Hui (9:11, 9:11, 11:9, 2:11)
3) Qi Fei 3:0 Hao Hao (15:13, 11:7, 11:7)
4) Liu Weishan 3:2 Jiang Hui (9:11, 11:7, 4:11, 11:8, 11:7) 

Group C:
Round 1
Beijing 3-0 Yunnan
1) Sheng Dandan 3:2 Wang Yidi (1:11, 11:9, 9:11, 11:6, 11:8)
2) Ding Ning 3:0 Liu Ming (11:5, 11:8, 11:4)
3) Li Jiayuan 3:0 Guo Lin (11:7, 11:5, 12:10)

PLA 3-0 Hennan
1) Mu Zi 3:0 Ma Yuefei (11:8, 11:7, 11:5)
2) Hu Limei 3:0 Yuan Xuejiao 3:0 (11:8, 11:3, 11:2)
3) Liu Xi 3:0 Zheng Shichang (12:10, 11:8, 11:6) 

Round 2

Beijing 2-3 PLA
1) Sheng Dandan 2:3 Mu Zi (11:9, 5:11, 15:13, 5:11, 7:11)
2) Ding Ning 3:1 Hu Limei (11:7, 11:2, 3:11, 11:9)
3) Li Jiayuan 2:3 Liu Xi (11:9, 9:11, 7:11, 11:6, 5:11)
4) Ding Ning 3:0 Mu Zi (11:7, 11:8, 11:9)
5) Sheng Dandan 0:3 Hu Limei (6:11, 6:11, 9:11)

Yunnan 2-3 Henan
1) Wang Yidi 3:0 Yuan Xuejiao (11:8, 11:6, 11:5)
2) Liu Ming 3:1 Zheng Shichang (11:9, 11:7, 1:11, 11:6)
3) Guo Lin 1:3 Ma Yuefei (9:11, 9:11, 13:11, 8:11)
4) Liu Ming 2:3 Yuan Xuejiao (11:9, 7:11, 11:8, 5:11, 6:11)
5) Wang Yidi 0:3 Zheng Shichang (7:11, 6:11, 7:11) 

Group D:
Round 1
Liaoning 1-3 Hubei
1) Chen Xingtong 1:3 Feng Yalan (11:8, 7:11, 8:11, 8:11)
2) Wen Jia 0:3 Zhang Rui (7:11, 6:11, 9:11)
3) Li Jiayi 3:1 Sun Yizhen (8:11, 11:6, 11:7, 11:8)
4) Wen Jia 2:3 Feng Yalan (11:7, 1:11, 7:11, 11:8, 6:11)

Jiangsu 3-0 Fujian
1) Chen Ke 3:0 Li Xueni (11:6, 12:10, 11:9)
2) Liu Fei 3:0 Liren Silja (11:6, 11:1, 11:4)
3) Zhang Qiang 3:0 Shen Sifang (11:7, 11:5, 13:11)

Round 2


Liaoning 1-3 Jiangsu
1) Wen Jia 3:1 Chen Ke (7:11, 11:5, 11:4, 11:9)
2) Li Jiayi 2:3 Liu Fei (11:6, 13:11, 9:11, 4:11, 6:11)
3) Chen Xingtong 1:3 Zhang Qiang (1:11, 15:17, 11:4, 5:11)
4) Wen Jia 0:3 Liu Fei (9:11, 8:11, 8:11)

Hubei 3-0 Fujian
1) Zhang Rui 3:0 Li Xueni (11:6, 13:11, 14:12)
2) Feng Yalan 3:0 Liren Sijia (11:6, 12:10, 11:9)
3) Sun Yizhen 3:2 Shen Sifang (12:10, 4:11, 11:8, 6:11, 11:8)




Men's Team (Stage 1)
Group A1234ScoreRemarksRank
1Shanghai3-0
2Hebei1-3
3Jilin0-3
4Henan3-1
Men's Team (Stage 1)
Group B1234ScoreRemarksRank
1Shandong1-3
2Heilongjiang3-2
3Guangdong3-1
4Zhejiang2-3
Men's Team (Stage 1)
Group C1234ScoreRemarksRank
1Jiangsu2-3
2Hunan0-3
3Fujian3-2
4Sichuan3-0
Men's Team (Stage 1)
Group D1234ScoreRemarksRank
1PLA3-1
2Beijing3-0
3Tianjin1-3
4Yunnan0-3

Men's Team

Group A
Round 1
Shanghai 3-0 Jilin 
Xu Xin 3:1 Lin Chen (12:10, 11:5, 9:11, 11:6)
Shang Kun 3:0 Zhu Yi (11:8, 12:10, 11:8)
Zhao Zihao 3:2 Wang Zhen (7:11, 7:11, 11:3, 11:5, 14:12)

Hebei 1-3 Henan
Liang Jingkun 1:3 Ren Hao (9:11, 8:11, 11:9, 9:11)
Fan Shengpeng 3:1 Xia Yizheng (18:16, 14:16, 13:11, 11:6)
Liu Yi 0:3 Yu Heyi (8:11, 7:11, 11:13)
Liang Jingkun 1:3 Xia Yizheng (11:7, 7:11, 10:12, 7:11)

Group B
Round 1
Shandong 1-3 Guangdong
Fang Bo 1:3 Lin Gaoyuan (11:7, 6:11, 9:11, 9:11)
Zhang Jike 1:3 Zhang Chao (8:11, 11:7, 9:11, 7:11)
Liu Dingshuo 3:1 Zhou Qihao (5:11, 11:9, 11:8, 11:5)
Zhang Jike 2:3 Lin Ggaoyuan (10:12, 2:11, 11:9, 14:12, 9:11)

Heilongjiang 3-2 Zhejiang
Yu Ziyang 1:3 Xiang Peng (11:6, 8:11, 7:11, 11:13)
Wang Bo 3:2 Lyu Xiang (11:6, 12:14, 9:11, 11:4, 11:5)
Xu Yingbin 2:3 Yin Jiaxu (11:8, 11:7, 9:11, 11:13, 4:11)
Yu Ziyang 3:2 Lyu Xiang (8:11, 10:12, 5:11, 9:11, 5:11)
Wang Bo 3:1 Xiang Peng (11:5, 15:13, 12:14, 12:10)

Group C
Round 1
Jiangsu 2-3 Fujian 
Zhang Yudong 3:1 Chen Xi (10:12, 11:8, 11:5, 11:5)
Sun Wen 1:3 Zheng Peifeng (11:4, 8:11, 7:11, 6:11)
Zhu Cheng 3:2 Su Yujie (12:10, 11:5, 8:11, 9:11, 11:7)
Zhang Yudong 1:3 Zheng Peifeng (12:10, 3:11, 4:11, 9:11)
Sun Wen 1:3 Chen Xi (11:8, 7:11, 9:11, 7:11)

Hunan 0-3 Sichuan
Zhu Jinpeng 1:3 Xu Ruifeng (6:11, 14:12, 8:11, 9:11)
Long Yu 0:3 Zhu Linfeng (6:11, 6:11, 10:12)
Long Yi 0:3 Lai Jiaxin (7:11, 6:11, 4:11)

Group D
Round 1
PLA 3-1 Tianjin 
Zhou Yu 3:1 Hao Shuai (11:3, 9:11, 11:4, 11:7)
Fan Zhendong 3:1 Yu Xinhang (15:13, 9:11, 11:5, 11:5)
Zhou Kai 1:3 Ma Te (10:12, 8:11, 11:7, 8:11)
Fan Zhendong 3:0 Hao Shuai  (11:7, 11:3, 11:7)

Beijing 3-0 Yunnan
Ma Long 3:0 Li Zhuoyang (11:4, 11:5, 11:5)
Yan An 3:0 Jie Jianwei (11:8, 11:7, 11:6)
Wang Chuqin 3:0 He Xiang (11:6, 11:6, 11:6)

Matches of Day 2 (29 August) (GMT+8)

We will know who will qualify to the play-off stage after day 2. The men's team competition between Beijing and PLA is definitely a match you don't want to miss with Fan Zhendong, Zhou Yu on Team PLA and Ma Long, Yan An, Wang Chuqin on Team Beijing, this team competition can be as exciting as the World Team Championships finals. CCTV5+ will be streaming it live on 10:00 (GMT+8). For the women's team, the match between Heilongjiang (led by Wang Manyu and Che Xiaoxi) and Tianjin will be decisive as the winner will qualify to the next stage. Follow the match on BTV at 14:20 (GMT+8)

Day 2: 29 August
10:00-13:00 Men's Team Stage 1 Round 2 (10:00 CCTV5)
- PLA Vs Beijing (featuring Fan Zhendong and Ma Long)
14:30-17:30 Women's Team Stage 1 Round 3 (14:20 BTV)
- Heilongjiang V Tianjin (featuring Wang Manyu)
19:00-22:00 Men's Team Stage 1 Round 3 (19:00 CCTV5+) / (19:35 BTV)
- Beijing VsTianjin (featuring Ma Long and Hao Shuai)


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