The selection method of Olympic athletes of Korean Table Tennis Association can be described as combining the excellent experience of Chinese and Japanese teams and winning unanimous praise from fans. First of all, Hotan, the top two in the world, automatically qualified for the competition, while Li Shangzhu and Shen Yubin stood out with their outstanding achievements in the team trials. And Cui are the referees of the coaching staff. This selection method not only draws lessons from the objectivity of Japanese team's "standardized" selection, but also integrates the professionalism of China team's "experienced" selection.
While announcing the list, the South Korean team also defined the Olympic performance goals of the men's team and the women's team, in which the goal of the men's team is to enter the finals and the goal of the women's team is to win medals. In order to motivate the players to go all out, Ryu Seung-min, president of the Korean Table Tennis Association, also announced the amount of awards, including 500 million won for the team gold medal, 200 million won for the silver medal and 654.38 billion won for the bronze medal. The gold medal in singles and mixed doubles is 654.38 billion won, the silver medal is 50 million won and the bronze medal is 30 million won. Ryu Seung-min said that in previous Olympic Games, the Olympic bonuses were not determined in advance and announced directly, but this time he hoped to announce the bonus amount in advance, hoping to bring motivation to athletes. The last time the Korean table tennis team won a medal at the Olympic Games was the London Olympic Games in 20 12, and the men's team won a silver medal.
Men's Team: Li Shangzhu, Zheng Rongzhi and Zhang Yuzhen.
Female group: Tian, Cui and Shen Yubin.
Men's singles: Zheng Rongzhi and Zhang Yuzhen.
Women's singles: Tian, Shen Yubin
Mixed doubles: Li Shangzhu and Tian Tian
P Card: An Zaixian and Li Shiwen.
The Olympic lineup of Korean table tennis team is the most balanced in previous Olympic lineups. Among them, the three players of the women's team, Nakata and Cui, are naturalized players, and they were all table tennis players before. This also makes Korean women's table tennis have the strength to impact medals in this Olympic Games.