The men's table tennis World Cup will be held in Liverpool, England. China's Malone and Xu Xin will play, but ZhangJike, the world's number one champion in the last World Cup, gave up.
Malone and Xu Xin ranked second and third in ITTF World Rankings in September. Malone participated in the 2008 Liè ge World Cup and the 2009 Moscow World Cup, and won the third place twice. Xu Xin participated in this activity for the first time. The withdrawal of Olympic men's singles champion ZhangJike gave them a good chance to win the World Cup for the first time.
Among the 19 players confirmed to participate in the competition, two players from China are undoubtedly German Bohr and Belarusian veteran samsonov. Malone was defeated by Bohr and samsonov in the semi-finals of the World Cup in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Malone, who had already set an unbeaten record of 5 1 international competition before the Olympic Games, was able to achieve great success in Britain nearly two months after winning the Olympic team gold medal, and his biggest opponent was obviously himself.
The Men's Table Tennis World Cup was founded in 1980. So far, all the champions are equally divided between China and Europe, with China 18 winning the championship and Europe 14 being crowned.
The results of the group draw for this competition were announced on September 27th. According to the competition system, the Intercontinental Cup will be held before the competition, and the winners of the Intercontinental Cup will be divided into four groups together with other 15 players. Each team plays a single round robin, and the top two teams qualify for the quarterfinals, and then the championship is decided in the knockout stage. The total prize money of this World Cup is $6,543.8+$5,000, of which the champion will receive $45,000.