Catch Up: Japan Trials for 2020 World Team Championships (Stage 1)

The 2020 World Team Championships is still 5 months away from now but the Japanese Team starts the first stage of the selection process early on 22-23 October.

The 12 men and 12 women taking part in the Trials are divided into groups of 6. Players play each other in a round-robin format before they contest for the final standings by playing against player of another group with the same ranking in group stage; and the top 3 players of each gender in the final screening qualify for stage 2 of the Trials.

Togami Shunsuke, Hirano Yuki and Jin Takuya secured the top 3 spots of the men's field; and Nagasaki Miyu, Idesawa Kyoka and Marumoto Ayami for the women. The top 3 aside, do keep an eye on Harimoto Miwa and Matsushima Sora who fell short from qualifying for the next stage as they are promising young prospects in Japan table tennis.

Catch Up:
Full Version:
Day 1 Part 1 
Day 1 Part 2 
Day 2 Part 1 
Day 2 Part 2 

Final Screening: 
Men's Pos 1-2: HIRANO Yuki 2-3 TOGAMI Shunsuke
Men's Pos 3-4: UDA Yukiya 2-3 JIN Takuya
Women's Pos 1-2: IDESAWA Kyoka 2-3 NAGASAKI Miyu

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The results are listed as follow:

Results for Round-Robin (Women)

Results for Final Screening (Women)

Results for Round-Robin (Men)

Results for Final Screening (Men)

Source: JTTA