April 4, 2001

Official Worlds Roster

The Chinese national team announced the team members who are going to Osaka to attend the World :

Main Coach: Cai Zhenhua

Assistant Main Coach: Lu Yuansheng

Men's coaches: Yin, Shi, Wu, Han

Women's coaches: Li, Li, Lao, Qiao

Men players: Kong, Liu Guoliang, Wang, Ma, Liu Guozheng, Yan Sen, Zhan Jian, Qin Zhijian

Women players: Wang Nan, Li Ju, Yang Ying, Sun Jin, Zhang Yining, Yang Yingying, Li Nan, Lin Ling, Nu Jianfeng

Men's team: Kong, Liu Guoliang, Wang, Ma, Liu Guozheng

Women's team: Wang Nan, Li Ju, Zhang Yining, Sun Jin, Yang Ying

Men's singles: Kong, Liu Guoliang, Wang, Ma, Liu Guozheng, Yan Sen, Zhan Jian

Women's singles: Wang Nan, Li Ju, Yang Ying, Zhang Yining, Li Nan, Sun Jin, Nu Jianfeng

Men's doubles: Kong/Liu, Wang/Yan, Ma/Liu Guozheng

Women's doubles: Wang/Li, Yang/Sun, Zhang Yining/Zhang Yingying

Mixed doubles: Wang Nan/Wang Liqin, Ma/Zhang Yingying, Liu Guoliang/Sun Jin, Yan Sen/Li Ju, Liu Guozheng/Li Nan, Qin/Yang Ying, Zhan/Lin Ling

Chung's Notes: The only minor upset is that Li Nan is going instead of Guo Yan. The men's team has 5 of the top 6 ranked players in the world. The mixed doubles team of Wang/Wang has the 2 world-number-1's. The Chinese are favored to win all 7 events.


Photos of the Chinese players going to Osaka

Click here for the photos of the Chinese players going to the Osaka Worlds. This page is from the cn-tt.com website, one of the best table-tennis sites in the world. From top:

Kong Linghui

Li Ju

Li Nan

Lin Ling

Liu Guoliang

Liu Guozheng

Ma Lin

Zhang Yining

Zhang Yingying

Nu Jianfeng

Qin Zhijian

Sun Jin

Wang Liqin

Wang Nan

Yan Sen

Yang Ying (Nice high toss)

Zhan Jian


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