Road to Düsseldorf 2017

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Road to Düsseldorf(直通杜塞尔多夫)is a qualifying competition in China national table tennis team in order to test and select players to participate the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships held by Düsseldorf, Germany in May 2017.

Contents

Men's team

Entrants

Bye to the third roundBye to the second roundCompeting in the first round
  1. Ma Long
  2. Zhang Jike
  1. Lin Gaoyuan
  2. Yan An
  3. Zhou Yu
  4. Shang Kun
  5. Fan Zhendong
  6. Liang Jingkun
  7. Fang Bo
  8. Xu Xin (P)
  1. Ren Hao
  2. Lai Jiaxin
  3. Chen Xin
  4. Wang Chuqin
  5. Ma Te (C)
  6. Yu Ziyang
  7. Liu Jikang
  8. Zhou Kai
  9. Liu Yi (C)
  10. Xue Fei (P)
  11. Cui Qinglei
  12. Zhu Linfeng
  13. Liu Dingshuo
  14. Zheng Peifeng (P)
  15. Zhou Qihao
  16. Xu Chenhao

First round

Duration: 18–21 January
Formation: Round robin; Best of five; Top 6 qualify to the second round.

RankNameAgeWinLosePointsNotes
1Yu Ziyang1911326Qualified to the second round
2Zhou Qihao2011325Qualified to the second round
3Xu Chenhao2210424Qualified to the second round
4Liu Dingshuo1910423Qualified to the second round
5Zhou Kai2110422Qualified to the second round
6Wang Chuqin178622Qualified to the second round
7Zhu Linfeng217721
8Ren Hao227721
9Ma Te (C)216820
10Zheng Peifeng (P)216820
11Xue Fei (P)185919
12Liu Jikang265919
13Liu Yi (C)2541018
14Cui Qinglei2831117
15Chen Xin2131117
16Lai Jiaxin22DNP

Second round

Duration: 8–11 February
Formation: Round robin; Best of three; Top 8 and 2 resurrected players coaches determine qualify to the third round. Top of the rest players will be the alternate of the third round.

RankNameAgeWinLosePointsNotes
1 Fan Zhendong 2010323Qualified to the third round
2 Xu Xin (P)279423Qualified to the third round
3Xu Chenhao228521Qualified to the third round
4 Fang Bo 258521Qualified to the third round
5 Liang Jingkun 218521Qualified to the third round
6 Zhou Yu 258521Qualified to the third round
7Yan An247620Qualified to the third round
8Liu Dingshuo197620Qualified to the third round
9Lin Gaoyuan226719Resurrected to the third round
10Zhou Qihao206719Resurrected to the third round
11Shang Kun274917Alternate to the second stage of the third round
12Zhou Kai214917Alternate to the second stage of the third round due to Zhang Jike's injury
13Yu Ziyang1931016
14Wang Chuqin1721115

Third round

Duration: 3–10 March
Formation: Round robin for the first stage, groups and round robin for the second stage; Best of three; The first stage include top 10 of the second round, Ma Long and Zhang Jike, the winner qualify to Düsseldorf; The second stage include the rest 11 players and the alternate, they will be divided into 6 pairs, and each pair winner play the round robin to get the last one quota to Düsseldorf.

First stage

RankNameAgeWinLosePointsNotes
1 Fan Zhendong 209220Qualified to Düsseldorf
2 Ma Long 299220Seeded 1 in the second stage
3Lin Gaoyuan228319Seeded 2 in the second stage
4 Xu Xin (P)278319Seeded 3 in the second stage
5 Liang Jingkun 216517Seeded 4 in the second stage
6Zhou Qihao206517Seeded 5 in the second stage
7 Zhou Yu 255616Seeded 6 in the second stage
8Yan An244715Seeded 7 in the second stage
9Xu Chenhao224716Seeded 8 in the second stage
10Liu Dingshuo193814Seeded 9 in the second stage
11 Fang Bo 252913Seeded 10 in the second stage
12 Zhang Jike 29298Withdrawn due to injury

Second stage

Group A knockout
9 MarchXu Xin (P)20Fang Bo

9 MarchXu Chenhao21Liang Jingkun

9 MarchXu Xin (P)20Xu Chenhao

Group B knockout
9 MarchLin Gaoyuan20Shang Kun (A)

9 MarchYan An21Zhou Qihao

9 MarchLin Gaoyuan20Yan An

Group C knockout
9 MarchMa Long20Zhou Kai (A)

9 MarchLiu Dingshuo02Zhou Yu

9 MarchMa Long
(withdrawn)
02Zhou Yu

Final round robin
RankNameAgeWinLoseNotes
1Lin Gaoyuan2220Qualified to Düsseldorf
2 Xu Xin (P)2711
3 Zhou Yu 2502

Women's team

Entrants

Bye to the third roundBye to the second roundCompeting in the first round
  1. Ding Ning
  2. Liu Shiwen
  3. Zhu Yuling
  4. Wu Yang (C)
  1. Wen Jia
  2. Sheng Dandan
  3. Feng Yalan
  4. Li Xiaodan
  5. Mu Zi
  1. Li Jiayi
  2. Liu Fei (C)
  3. Yuan Xuejiao
  4. Hu Limei (C)
  5. Zhang Qiang (P)
  6. Che Xiaoxi
  7. Wang Yidi
  8. Chen Ke
  9. Liu Gaoyang
  10. Wang Manyu
  11. Chen Xingtong
  12. Gu Ruochen
  13. Gu Yuting
  14. Chen Meng

First round

Date: 10–13 January
Formation: Round robin; Best of five; Top 6 qualify to the third round, players ranked 7 - 8 wait for the repechage.

RankNameAgeWinLosePointsNotes
1Wang Manyu1812125Qualified to the third round
2 Gu Yuting 2211224Qualified to the third round
3 Chen Meng 2310323Qualified to the third round
4Li Jiayi238521Qualified to the third round
5Chen Ke208521Qualified to the third round
6Yuan Xuejiao227620Qualified to the third round
7Che Xiaoxi247620Wait for the repechage
8Chen Xingtong206719Wait for the repechage
9Zhang Qiang (P)236719
10 Liu Gaoyang 215818
11Liu Fei (C)234917
12Gu Ruochen2331016
13Wang Yidi2021115
14Hu Limei (C)2221115

Second round

Date: 11 February
Formation: Round robin; Best of five; Top 2 qualify to the third round, and the third rank player wait for the repechage.

RankNameAgeWinLosePointsNotes
1Mu Zi28317Qualified to the third round
2 Feng Yalan 27317Qualified to the third round
3Li Xiaodan27317Wait for the repechage
4Sheng Dandan25135
5Wen Jia28044

Repechage

Date: 13 February
Formation: Round robin; Best of five; The final rank of the repechage will be the order of alternates in the third round.

RankNameAgeWinLoseGWGLPointsNotes
1Che Xiaoxi2411533Became the first order alternate
2Chen Xingtong2011553Became the second order alternate
3Li Xiaodan2011353Became the third order alternate

Third round

Duration: 3–10 March
Formation: Round robin for the first stage, groups and round robin for the second stage; Best of three; The first stage include qualified player, Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen, Zhu Yuling and Wu Yang, the winner qualify to Düsseldorf; The second stage include the rest 11 players and the alternate, they will be divided into 6 pairs, and each pair winner play the round robin to get the last one quota to Düsseldorf.

First stage

RankNameAgeWinLosePointsNotes
1 Liu Shiwen 2611022Qualified to Düsseldorf
2 Ding Ning 279220Seeded 1 in the second stage
3 Chen Meng 236517Seeded 2 in the second stage
4 Feng Yalan 276517Seeded 3 in the second stage
5 Mu Zi 286517Seeded 4 in the second stage
6 Zhu Yuling 225616Seeded 5 in the second stage
7 Wu Yang 254715Seeded 6 in the second stage
8Yuan Xuejiao224715Seeded 7 in the second stage
9Chen Ke204715Seeded 8 in the second stage
10Wang Manyu184715Seeded 9 in the second stage
11 Gu Yuting 223814Seeded 10 in the second stage
12Li Jiayi232913Seeded 11 in the second stage

Second stage

Group A knockout
9 MarchChen Meng21Wu Yang (C)

9 MarchYuan Xuejiao12Mu Zi

9 MarchChen Meng21Mu Zi

Group B knockout
9 MarchDing Ning20Gu Yuting

9 MarchWang Manyu21Chen Ke

9 MarchDing Ning20Wang Manyu

Group C knockout
9 MarchFeng Yalan20Che Xiaoxi (A)

9 MarchLi Jiayi02Zhu Yuling

9 MarchFeng Yalan20Zhu Yuling

Final round robin
RankNameAgeWinLoseNotes
1 Ding Ning 2720Qualified to Düsseldorf
2 Chen Meng 2311
3 Feng Yalan 2702

Notes:
(C)=Chopping style.
(P)=Penhold grip.
(A)=Alternate player.
GW=Game won.
GL=Game lost.
DNP=Did not play.

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