China Names Worlds Team Following Trials in Beijing

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The last few days have been a roller-coaster. The withdrawal of Zhang Jike, the introduction of the 'new' rules for the trials and Wang Chuqin...It feels so long but finally, it has come to an end and I am ready to speak about the squad for the 2018 World Championships.

2018 Chinese Trials Results Updates

Chinese men's trials are in full swing.
Photo: 乒乓世界

This post updates the latest results of the Chinese Trials for 2018 WTTC.

Chinese Trials & Closed-Door Training On The Way

Huangshi Training Base for the CNT women's team closed training
Photo: 李武军 Weibo

As always, the Chinese National Team will have an one-month closed-door training before the 2018 World Championships scheduled from 29 April to 6 May, in Halmstad, Sweden. The women's team will be based in Huangshi, Hubei while Xiamen, Fujian for the men. What comes before the closed-door training are the Chinese trials for 2018 WTTC. The men's trials will be held from 15-17 March and 16-17 March for the women.

Japan Announces Squad For 2018 World Team & Asian Games

With months to go until the 2018 World Team Championships and 2018 Asian Games, Japan officially announced the squad for the two tournaments.

Catch Up: Nationals Across Europe & Japan Top 12

Better than this late than never. Here is a round-up of the national championships across Europe which were played in early-Match.

Recap: 2018 Team World Cup

Photo: 2018 WTTC Halmstad

Team China defended the men's and women's team titles in the new playing system at 2018 Team World Cup. The Japanese men's and women's teams trailed behind at the second place. The English men celebrated a historic third place with their home crowd alongside with the South Koreans while Team DPRK and Team Hong Kong shared third place in the women's team.

Brand New Event -- 2018 CTTA Open Team Competition (Updated!!!)

Photo: CTTA

CTTA has launched a brand-new table tennis team competition which amateur players get to play with the professionals on the same team and together they compete for the province with pride. The 2018 CTTA Open Team Competition consists of 2 legs and the first leg will touchdown Shanghai from 1-3 March.

The Women's A Team New Rankings

Let's keep the competition going! Right after the internal competition in the women's B Team, the qualified players vied for their spots on the A Team in the promotion held on 27 February.

Chinese Women's B Team Members Compete for Promotion

Fan Siqi (top right), Guo Yan (top left), Sun Mingyang (bottom right) and Guo Yuhan (bottom left)

While the top Chinese women are competing at 2018 Team World Cup in London, 12 of the B Team members are competing at an internal round robin from 23-25 February to earn their chance to compete at the A Team Promotion Competition.

Throwback Thursday: 5 Remarkable Moments at Team World Cup

Photo: ITTF

As the 2018 Team World Cup is approaching, this Throwback Thursday will be revisiting some exciting moments from the previous Team World Cup along with a short preview of the 2018 Team World Cup which will be held from 22-25 February in London. Enjoy!

More Table Tennis in the Year of the Dog

Photo: 刘国梁's Weibo

Happy Chinese New Year, readers! It's Chinese New Year, and as always, that means holidays and many celebrations. As we are still enjoying the long holiday, the Chinese athletes are busy in all sorts of activities, such as showing up in a Chinese New Year Gala and training for the upcoming Team World Cup this February in London.

Recap: 2017 / 2018 CTTSL & Final Standings

After 18 rounds of competition, Shandong Weiqiao (men) and Wuhan Hundred Percent (women) are the 2017/2018 CTTSL champion. The most-valued player award goes to Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Liu Shiwen. If it happens that you did not follow the entire season or you simply want to go through this season again, here is a recap that gives you a summary of the 2017/2018 CTTSL.

2017 CTTSL: Round 18 Feb 10 & 11

2017 Chinese Table Tennis Super League (Men)
Date	Time (GMT+8)	Match	Home Team	Away Team	TV Link
Round 18 Feb 10, 2018	15:30	86	Bayi Dashang	Bazhou Hairun
	15:30	87	Sichuan Changhong	Shandong Weiqiao
	15:30	88	Anhui Langkun	Shanghai Zhongxing
	15:30	89	Tianjin Quanjian	Shandong Luneng	Tianjin Sports
	15:30	90	Jiangsu Zhongchao	Shenzhen Baoan

2017 Chinese Table Tennis Super League (Women)
Date	Time (GMT+8)	Match	Home Team	Away Team	TV Links
Round 18 Feb 11, 2018	15:30	86	Wuhan Hundred Percent	Shandong Luneng	CCTV 5 Zhibo TV
	15:30	87	Shandong Qilu	Sichuan Qionglong	Shandong Tiyu Zhibo TV
	15:30	88	Shanxi Datuhe	Bayi Jingbo
	15:30	89	Longfu Huanneng	Shenzhen University
	15:30	90	Changbai Mountain RCB	Beijing Shougang

Finally round 18 of the 2017 CTTSL is about to be in play. Click the links in the TV Links column to follow the tournament live! The following is a brief preview and line-up of each team.

2017 CTTSL: Round 17 Feb 6 & 7

2017 Chinese Table Tennis Super League (Men)
Date	Time (GMT+8)	Match	Home Team	Away Team	TV Link
Round 17 Feb 6, 2018	19:30	81	Shandong Weiqiao	Bayi Dashang	Binzhou Public
	19:30	82	Shanghai Zhongxing	Bazhou Hairun	Great Sports Zhibo TV
	19:30	83	Shandong Luneng	Sichuan Changhong	Luneng App Zhibo TV
	19:30	84	Shenzhen Baoan	Anhui Langkun
	19:30	85	Jiangsu Zhongchao	Tianjin Quanjian

2017 Chinese Table Tennis Super League (Women)
Date	Time (GMT+8)	Match	Home Team	Away Team	TV Links
Round 17 Feb 7, 2018	19:30	81	Shandong Qilu	Wuhan Hundred Percent	CCTV 5+ Zhibo TV
	19:30	82	Shandong Luneng	Bayi Jingbo	Zhibo TV
	19:30	83	Shenzhen University	Sichuan Qionglong
	15:00	84	Beijing Shougang	Shanxi Datuhe	Sina
	19:30	85	Changbai Mountain RCB	Longfu Huanneng

The second last round of 2017 CTTSL, round 17 will take place on the coming weekend. Click the links in the TV Links column to follow the tournament live! The following is a brief preview and line-up of each team.

2017 CTTSL: Round 16 Feb 3 & 4

2017 Chinese Table Tennis Super League (Men)
Date	Time (GMT+8)	Match	Home Team	Away Team	TV Link
Round 16 Feb 3, 2018	19:30	76	Bayi Dashang	Shanghai Zhongxing	Fan Cam
	19:30	77	Shandong Weiqiao	Shandong Luneng	Binzhou TV
	19:30	78	Shenzhen Baoan	Bazhou Hairun
	19:30	79	Sichuan Changhong	Jiangsu Zhongchao
	14:00	80	Anhui Langkun	Tianjin Quanjian	CCTV 5

2017 Chinese Table Tennis Super League (Women)
Date	Time (GMT+8)	Match	Home Team	Away Team	TV Links
Round 16 Feb 4, 2018	15:30	76	Wuhan Hundred Percent	Bayi Jingbo
	19:30	77	Shandong Qilu	Shenzhen University	Shandong Tiyu Zhibo TV
	15:00	78	Beijing Shougang	Shandong Luneng	Sina
	15:30	79	Sichuan Qionglong	Changbai Mountain RCB
	15:30	80	Shanxi Datuhe	Longfu Huanneng

Coming up this weekend, we will have round 16 of the 2017 CTTSL. Click the links in the TV Links column to follow the tournament live! The following is a brief preview and line-up of each team.