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[729 fx]

This event starts today, 16th November 2009.
List of players : http://www.ittf.com/ittf_misc/Asian_Cha ... LAYERS.pdf

No Wang Hao (but got Wu Hao), no Ma Lin, No Ma Long in the Chinese line-up.
My guess is that China is sending their back-up players (for everyone information, Wu Hao played in Ma Long's team during the China National) for this event. Also no Ryu SM, Oh SE etc from the Korean team.

However, India is sending their best players for this event as well as made good preparation for this event. Player like Sharath Kamal Achanta, India’s leading player and the Dome, a temporary structure erected seven days ago as the practice hall. The superb dome staged structure has a floor space of 200 x 100 feet, 800 watt halogen lamps provide splendid illumination, 16 tables are housed and the venue is solely for practice.

Adjacent is the main hall, the Badminton Centre, for the competition; there are eight Joola table tennis tables situated on the deep red Stag floor with 150 800 watt lamps plus elegant tiered seating is in place, to provide model conditions.

On the day before the tournament the final touches are being made, the television cameras are in place, one placed above the show court table to give a bird’s eye view; India is ready and table tennis is ready to challenge cricket.

Well, it is known that several famous Indian cricketers do enjoy table tennis; Sachin Tendulkar owns a Stag table tennis table, Surav Ganguly enjoys the sport as does Kapil Dev, one of cricket’s great all-rounders, a man who in his era set new records in the sport.

Now, the fixtures for this event are organised in two stages for the First Division. The first stage comprises group fixtures; the second stage is based on the knock-out principle with play-off contests for the final positions.

However, the Championship Division is somewhat different. The competition starts at the quarter-final stage and follows the knock-out principle; play-off matches are held to determine the final order.

All fixtures follow the World Championships formula of three players per team competing in five singles matches (A v X, B v Y, C v Z, A v Y, B v X); all matches are best of five games
The finals of the Championships Division will be played on Thursday 19th November 2009.

More information :
Men's Team - http://www.ittf.com/stories/pictures/asia_mt.pdf
Women's Team - http://www.ittf.com/stories/pictures/asia_wt.pdf
Schedule of Play - http://www.ittf.com/stories/pictures/asia_schedule.pdf

(Note : Excerpts from ITTF News)

[varghese]

I don't see the names of the players playing. Is there a list?

[729 fx]

Yes, there is a list, varghese. (From ITTF : http://www.ittf.com/stories/pictures/asia_players.pdf)

Updates from Lucknow, Women Team first.
The absence of Indonesia, the no.3 seeds, opened the door for Malaysia and Sri Lanka to book second stage places. Malaysia finished the group in first place recording three-nil wins over Bangladesh and Sri Lanka whilst in the crucial match to determine second place Sri Lanka recorded a three-one victory over Bangladesh.

Results -
Women’s Team - First Stage
Group A: DPR Korea 3-0 Pakistan; DPR Korea 3-0 Pakistan; Macao 3-0 Pakistan
Final Order: 1. DPR Korea 2. Macao 3. Pakistan
Group B: Thailand 3-0 Jordan; Thailand 3-0 Uzbekistan; Uzbekistan 3-0 Jordan
Final Order: 1. Thailand 2. Uzbekistan 3. Jordan
Group C: Bangladesh w/o Indonesia; Malaysia 3-0 Sri Lanka; Malaysia w/o Indonesia; Bangladesh 1-3 Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka w/o Indonesia; Malaysia 3-0 Bangladesh
Final Order: 1. Malaysia 2. Sri Lanka 3. Bangladesh 4. Indonesia
Group D: India 3-0 Laos; Nepal 1-3 Kazakhstan; India 3-0 Nepal; Laos 0-3 Kazhakstan; India 3-0 Kazhakstan; Nepal 3-1 Laos
Final Order: 1. India 2. Kazakhstan 3. Nepal 4. Laos

The teams finishing in first and second place in each group progress to the main draw.

First Division – Second Stage (Places 1-8)
DPR Korea v Uzbekistan; Kazakhstan v Malaysia; India v Macao; Sri Lanka v Thailand

First Division – Second Stage (Places 9-13)
Pakistan v Bye; Laos v Bangladesh; Nepal v Bye; Jordan v Bye
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Men’s Team – First Stage
Group A: Pakistan w/o Indonesia; Macao w/o Indonesia; Macao 3-0 Pakistan
Final Order: 1. Macao 2. Pakistan 3. Indonesia
Group B: India w/o Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan 3-0 Jordan; India 3-0 Uzbekistan; Turkmenistan 0-3 Jordan; India 3-0 Jordan; Uzbekistan 3-0 Turkmenistan
Final Order: 1. India 2. Uzbekistan 3. Jordan 4. Turkmenistan
Group C: DPR Korea 3-1 Nepal; Malaysia 1-3 Sri Lanka; DPR Korea 3-1 Malaysia; Nepal 1-3 Sri Lanka; DPR Korea 3-1 Sri Lanka; Malaysia 3-0 Nepal
Final Order: 1. DPR korea 2. Malaysia 3. Sri Lanka 4. Nepal
Group D: Iran 3-0 Bangladesh: Thailand 3-0 Laos; Iran 3-0 Thailand; Bangladesh 3-2 Laos; Iran 3-0 Laos, Thailand 3-0 Bangladesh
Final Order: 1. Iran 2. Thailand 3. Bangladesh 4. Laos

The teams finishing in first and second place in each group progress to the main draw.

First Division – Second Stage (Places 1-8)
Macao v Uzbekistan; Thailand v DPR Korea; Iran v Malaysia; Pakistan v India

First Division – Second Stage (Places 9-14)
Turkmenistan v Bye; Laos v Sri Lanka; Bangladesh v Nepal; Jordan v Bye

(Note : Excerpts from ITTF News)

[varghese]

Whoa! All these Chinese super stars like Wang Liqin coming to India? This tournament has a high prize money.

[729 fx]

DPR Korea (better known as North Korea) won both Men & Women team event in the First Division. The top 2 teams from both categories will progress to compete in the Championship Division which has the likes of China, Japan etc.

The Men’s Team comprising Jang Song Man, Kim Hyok Bong and Kim Song Guk overcame the host nation outfit of Sharath Kamal Achanta, Soumyadeep Roy and Kumar Jubin by three matches to one, whilst in the Women Team event, the trio of Kim Jong, Han Hye Song and Kim Hye Song defeated the Thailand team of Nanthana Komwong, Suthasinee Sawettabut and Anisara Muangsuk by three matches to nil.

The results mean that DPR Korea and India progress to compete in the Men’s Championship Division whilst DPR Korea and Thailand progress to play in the Women’s Championship Division

Results -
Men’s Team Event
Final: DPR Korea 3-1 India
3rd/4th Places: Iran 3-0 Macao
5th/6th Places: Thailand 3-0 Malaysia
7th/8th Places: Pakistan 3-1 Uzbekistan
9th/10th Places: Sri Lanka 3-1 Bangladesh
11th/12th Places: Jordan 3-0 Turkmenistan
13th/14th Places: Laos 3-2 Nepal

Women’s Team Event
Final: DPR Korea 3-0 Thailand
3rd/4th Places: India 3-2 Malaysia
5th/6th Places: Sri Lanka 3-2 Kazakhstan
7th/8th Places: Macao 3-1 Uzbekistan
9th/10th Places: Laos 3-2 Nepal
11th-12th Places: Pakistan 3-0 Jordan
13th Place: Bangladesh

For more news please see link : http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_fu ... &Category=

[ejunkie]

India vs China
china won 3-1
Wonder which Chinese player lost?

http://www.mytabletennis.net/forum/foru ... N=1#364276

[varghese]

Which Chinese player lost?

[729 fx]

Updates from Lucknow.
China, the favorite team, remains on course to retain the Men’s and Women’s Team titles at the Asian Championships following semi-final successes on Wednesday, 18th November 2009. The men’s team recorded a three-one penultimate round victory over Hong Kong, whilst the women succeeded by beating Korea by three matches to nil.

Comfortable wins for China but for their adversaries anything but comfortable passages to the final; Japan in the Men’s Team event and Singapore in the Women’s competition were both stretched to the five match limit.

Japan defeated Chinese Taipei with Jun Mizutani the backbone of the team. He beat both Chiang Peng-Lung and Chiang Chih-Yuan with Kaii Yoshida adding the vital win in the final duel. He beat Chiang Peng-Lung; the wins for Chinese Taipei came from Chuang Chih-Yuan in opposition to Kaii Yoshida and from Wu Chih-Chi against Kenta Matsudaira.

Meanwhile, for Singapore against Hong Kong it was very much a team effort with each member of the team recording one win each. Fang Ying and Wang Yue Gu both lost to Tie Yana but both beat Jiang Huajun with Sun Bei Bei adding the one further win; in the third match of the duel, she defeated Lin Ling.

Results -
Men’s Team Championship Division :
Semi-Finals
China 3-1 Hong Kong; Japan 3-2 Chinese Taipei
Positions 5-8
Korea 3-0 India; DPR Korea 3-1 Singapore

Women’s Team Championship Division :
Semi-Finals
China 3-0 Korea; Singapore 3-2 Hong Kong
Positions 5-8
Japan 3-0 Thailand; DPR Korea 3-1 Chinese Taipei

(Note : Source from ITTF News)

[729 fx]

It was the star of the Indian team, no.1 player of India, Sharath Kamal Achanta.
He beat Wu Hao in five games to level matters after Wang Liqin had given China the lead by overcoming Soumyadeep Roy in three straight games.

Then in the reverse single, Sharath Kamal Achanta got 2 games off Wang Liqin before losing 3-2.

For detail news, please refer : http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_fu ... &Category=

[729 fx]

Guys, I just merge the 2 topics(one started by ejunkie and the other by me) on ATTC, Lucknow, India as both are the same.
Happy reading, guys.