Asian Games, Korea is Grouped with ‘Difficult Enemy’ Thailand in Women’s Table Tennis Team Event
'Ace' Shin Yu-bin suffered a shock loss to Thailand's Paranang at the Asian Championships.
The men's team event is relatively easy to form a group. 카지노사이트탑
Korean women's table tennis will compete against their 'difficult enemy' Thailand in the team preliminaries of the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games.
As a result of the group preliminary group draw held on the afternoon of the 21st (Korean time) at the Archer Canal Sports Park Gymnasium, where the table tennis match was held, the Korean women's national team, led by coach Oh Gwang-heon, was placed in Group D with Thailand and Pakistan.
Thai women's table tennis has been showing good performances on the international stage recently.
In the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) singles world rankings, Sutasiti Sawetabut, ranked 39th, and Orawan Paranang, ranked 67th, are leading the upward trend of Thai women's table tennis.
In particular, Korea's ace Shin Yu-bin (8th place, Korean Air) suffered a shocking loss in the singles round of 16 to Thailand's left-handed striker Paranang at the Asian Table Tennis Championships held in Pyeongchang, Gangwon Province earlier this month.
Shin Yu-bin won the team quarterfinal match against Paranang.
Both games unfolded as full-game close matches.
Korea will play the first game against Pakistan at 11 a.m. on the 22nd, followed by the second game against Thailand at 5 p.m. on the same day.
The men's national team, led by Coach Joo Se-hyuk, received an easier group draw result than the women's national team.
They were assigned to Group C with Thailand and Macau, and the highest singles world ranking for the Thai men's national team is Padasak Tanviriyavechakul, who is ranked 398th.
Korea will face Macau at 1 p.m. on the 22nd and Thailand at 7 p.m.
This tournament's men's and women's team competitions will be held in a tournament format with the first and second place teams from each group in the group stage.
The first-place team from Groups A to D will advance directly to the second round of the tournament (quarterfinals), while the two first-place teams from Groups E and F and the second-place team from each group will play the first round to determine who will advance to the quarterfinals.
For both men and women, China, the host country and a strong contender for the title, was assigned to Group A, and Japan, which has emerged as Asia's second best, was assigned to Group B.
Korea must finish first in its group to increase its chances of winning by meeting China or Japan in the semifinals or later.
However, if North Korea advances to the tournament in second place in the group, there is a possibility that they will meet in the quarterfinals, which is a variable.
The North Korean men's national team was placed in Group B with Japan and Nepal, and the women's team was placed in Group C with Taiwan and Maldives.