According to the schedule, three group matches will be held at 11: 11, 14: 11 and 17: 11 on March 3. The men's singles 1/8 final was held at 11: 11 on 14, and the men's singles 1/4 final was held at 18: 31. The men's singles semi-final will be held at 13: 11 on 15, and the third and fourth finals, men's singles finals and award ceremony will be held at 19: 11. CCTV Sports Channel will broadcast the whole event live.
"China Sports" will be broadcast live through the Internet. According to the rules, the top 8 seeds such as Fan Zhendong (China), Malone (China), Zhang Benzhihe (Japan), Hugo (Brazil), Lin Yunru (Taipei, China), falk (Sweden), Ochalov (Germany) and Koki Niwa (Japan) were directly selected for the second-stage knockout.
Another 13 players will play in group round robin, and the top two players in each group will be promoted. Table tennis international competitions were held in Nanhai New District of Weihai, providing a "restart sample" for sports competitions under the epidemic situation. Liu Guoliang, President of China Table Tennis Association and Chairman of the Board of Directors of WTT World Table Tennis Major League, said at the opening ceremony of the 2121 ITTF World Cup for Men and Women that international table tennis events were first restarted in China.
It has made an attempt, exploration and innovation for China sports industry to further resume hosting international sports competitions. The organizing committee of the competition has formulated a detailed epidemic prevention plan from the aspects of remote prevention and control, entry and transition of athletes, "training while isolating", competition organization and departure after the competition. Steve Denton, CEO of ITTF, said in an interview that he was proud to be able to restart the table tennis tournament in China and saw China's efforts for the resumption of the competition.
Extended information:
The Table Tennis World Cup is the world's highest honor, the highest specification, the highest level, the highest gold content and the highest popularity; Together with the Olympic Games and World Championships, it is one of the three major table tennis events in the world. The World Cup is divided into men's and women's singles and team events, which are held separately. Except for the suspension due to sponsors in 1999, this top-level event maintains the annual tradition. The champion cup of table tennis in men's World Cup is called Evans Cup.
The World Cup Table Tennis Tournament is a world-class table tennis competition sponsored by the International Table Tennis Federation. At first, only men's singles events were set up, and after 1996, women's singles events were added, and men's and women's singles events were held in different places every year. From 1991 to 1992, the men's and women's doubles was once one of the World Cup table tennis events, but it was cancelled after two sessions.
The 2121 ITTF Men's World Cup was held in Nanhai, Weihai, Shandong Province, by the Management Committee of Nanhai New District-Public Service Bureau.