20 athletes from the men's A-Team, B-Team and the provincial team went through a round robin competition vying for a spot on the men's A-Team. After 19 rounds of matches, the top 8 finishers of the internal promotion competition, Xu Yingbin, Zheng Peifeng, Sun Wen, Yu Ziyang, Zhao Zihao, Xu Haidong, Xu Chenhao and Ren Hao, have secured their spots on the men's A-Team.
Xu Yingbin, from the B-Team, tops the chart with 17 wins and 2 losses. Zheng Peifeng, Sun Wen (from Jiangsu Provincial Team) and Yu Ziyang (2018 Team World Cup champion) trail behind with 13 wins and 6 losses. Following them sharing the 5th-7th place are Zhao Zihao, Xu Haidong and Xu Chenhao. The 8th place is battled out among Ren Hao, Yu Heyi and Cao Wei and Ren Hao clinched the final spot with a small margin. An interesting note about the competition that there are 3 penholders among the top 8. They are Zheng Peifeng, Zhao Zihao and Xu Haidong. Are we going to see more penhold hopefuls representing Team China in the future?
Find below is the results of the internal promotion competition ended on 6 July.
Sources: Table Tennis World
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