[Still in good health]Masaharu Yoshimura overthrows the absolute champion of consecutive Olympics! | World Table Tennis 2023 Durban Asian Continent Qualifiers

World table tennis 2023 Durban (individual match) Asian Continental Preliminaries will be held from Saturday, January 7 to Friday, January 13. Live delivery on TV Tokyo table tennis channel![Delivery schedule]Day1 (Table1): January 7 (Sat) 16:00 Day2 (Table1): January 8 (Sun) 16:00 Day3 (Table1): January 9 (Mon) 16:00 Day4 (Table 1): January 10 (Tue) 16:00 Tournament Name: 2023 World Table Tennis Championships Durban (Individual Match) Asian Continental Preliminaries Period: January 7 (Sat) to 13 (Fri), 2023 Venue: Doha, Qatar Players: Tomokazu Harimoto (IMG) Daito Shinozuka (Aichi Institute of Technology) Masaharu Yoshimura (TEAM MAHARU) Shunsuke Togami (Meiji University) Mizuki Oikawa (Kinoshita Group) Yukiya Uda ( Meiji University) Hina Hayata (Nippon Life Insurance Company) Mima Ito (Starts) Miu Hirano (Kinoshita Group) Miyu Kihara (JOC Elite Academy/Seisa) Miyu Nagasaki (Kinoshita Group) World Table Tennis 2023 Durban (Individual) Match) Period: May 20 (Sat)-28 (Sun), 2023 Host city: Durban (South Africa) Selection criteria for male and female Japanese national players: (1) Men’s and women’s singles representative selection method (maximum 5 people each) ) (Note 1) Athletes who have qualified for the Durban Games in the Asian Continental Preliminary Round will be the representatives of the Durban Games. (2) Selection method for representative pairs of men’s and women’s doubles and mixed doubles (Note 1) (Maximum quota: 2 pairs each for men’s and women’s doubles, 2 pairs for mixed doubles) representative. (Note 1) ・The number of quotas for each continent will be determined after the 2023 World Rankings are announced in the third week. (3) Selection by world ranking recommendation quota (Note 2) (Note 3) Using the Asian continent quota and the world ranking recommendation quota, the maximum number of athletes and pairs that have participated in the Asian continent qualifying rounds will be sent to the World Championships. . If the representative players and representative pairs do not win the maximum quota in the Asian Continental Qualifiers, the players and pairs that are clearly recommended in the world ranking (announced 12th week of 2023 (hereinafter referred to as WR12)) will be ranked in the world ranking announced by WR12. Secure the maximum participation quota for the Japanese team using the recommendation quota. (Note 2) ・2021 ITTF Board Approval: Athletes/pairs competing in the World Championships will qualify as their associations rather than as individuals. The Association shall have the right to nominate according to the number of qualifications for the World Championships. (The above is an excerpt) ・Even if the world ranking recommendation quota for the players/pairs who did not participate in the Asian Continental Qualifiers is obtained, the players/pairs who did not participate in the Asian Continental Qualifiers will participate in the Durban Games. It is not possible. (Note 3) ・If the maximum quota cannot be obtained even if the Asian continental quota and the world ranking quota are used, the following will apply. 1) Athletes who have won the Asian Continental Quota and are not certain that they will obtain World Ranking Recommendation Quotas in WR12 will use the Asian Continental Quota. 2) Players who have won the Asian Continental quota and who are certain to acquire the World Ranking Recommendation quota in WR12 will use the World Ranking Recommendation quota. 3) If there are players who did not win the Asian continental quota and there is a vacant Asian continental quota, they will be selected in order of selection points. 4) If there is a player who has not obtained a frame in 1) to 3) above and there is a vacancy in the WR12 world ranking recommendation frame, they will be selected in order of selection points. 5) If two doubles pairs do not win the Asian Continent quota, and if there is a vacancy in the WR12 world ranking recommendation quota, selection will be made by the strengthening headquarters. Supplementary Information The ITTF will announce additional details of the Durban competition guidelines, and if there are any discrepancies with these selection criteria, the Board will discuss them again. Only in the event that the representative decider is unable to participate due to injury, etc., regardless of participation in the continental qualifiers, the strengthening headquarters will decide on substitute players and pairs in accordance with the ITTF Durban tournament requirements. *It is a prerequisite for selection that players who have transferred their registration to the Japan Table Tennis Association from other national or regional associations meet the ITTF World Championship eligibility requirements. #Maharu Yoshimura #World Table Tennis #Continental Preliminaries #Table Tennis #TV Tokyo #Table Tennis Channel