Table Tennis World Ranking Rules Update National Table Tennis Continues to Rank 1 in Four Events-Xianning.com

Chinanews.com, February 14 According to the ITTF, the ITTF Executive Committee recently approved an update to the World Ranking Rules, which aims to provide a fairer and more equitable ranking system for all participants and ensure that the rankings more accurately reflect their position. competitive level.

This rule update will increase the scores of players from the first round of the WTT Grand Slam Qualifying Round to the top 64 players in the Main Event, which will be beneficial for players advancing to the Main Event. Considering the difficulty for low-level players to rise, this rule update also includes a reduction in points for WTT branch events from 150 points to 125 points, and points for finals, semi-finals and quarter-finalists will also be reduced.

After the rules were updated, the seventh ITTF World Ranking was published in 2023, and the national table tennis team still won the first four places. Men’s singles Fan Zhendong, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin are in the top three, women’s singles Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi in the top four, men’s singles Fan Zhendong/Wang Chuqin third, women’s doubles Wang. Manyu/Sun Yingsha are still ranked first, mixed doubles Wang Chuqin/Sun Yingsha ranked first. (over)