The 2025 Doha World Table Tennis Championships opened, and the coach of the Korean table tennis men's team, Wu Shangyin, appeared with his son, and North Korea also came

The 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships kicked off in Doha, Qatar on the 17th. A total of 300 players from 70 countries (regions) participated in this World Championships, and the competition will last until the end of the 25th at the Lusail Sports Arena in Doha.

Coach Wu Shangyin (top) and Wu Huicheng (bottom left) who participated in the World Table Tennis Championships in Doha

The South Korean team sent Jang Woo-jin, Lim Jong-hoon, Ahn Jae-hyun, Cho Dae-sung, and Oh this timeSincerity(All of the above are male players), Shin Yubin, Lee Eun-hye, Park Ga-hyun, Seo Hyo-won, Kim Na-young, Yoo Han-na (all of the above are female players) and others played. The men's doubles consisted of Lim Jong-hoon/Ahn Jae-hyun and Jang Woo-jin/Cho Dae-sung, while the women's doubles consisted of Shin Yu-bin/Yoo Han-na, Kim Na-young/Lee Eun-hye. In the mixed doubles, Lim Jong-hoon/Shin Yu-bin, OhSincerity/ Kim Na-young will appear. Shin Yubin, Lim Jong-hoon, and Kim Na-young, including singles, will play three roles at this World Table Tennis Championships. Xu Hyo-won, who will retire from the national team after the end of this World Table Tennis Championships, and Park Jiaxian, the eldest sister of the women's team, only participate in the women's singles competition, and Liu Hanna only participates in the women's doubles competition. It is worth mentioning that in this competition, Wu Shangyin, the head coach of the Korean table tennis men's team, and Wu, who participated in the World Table Tennis Championships for the first timeSincerityCompeting together as a father and son, it attracted much attention.

The South Korean team participating in the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha

North Korea also sent five players to the tournament. The women's team includes Kim Geum-young, who won a silver medal in mixed doubles with Lee Jung-sik at last year's Paris Olympics, andSide pine view, Park so-kyung, Cha so-young, the men's team onlyHamham CityOne person participates in the competition. The women's doubles consisted of Park so-kyung/Cha so-young, and the mixed doubles consisted of Ham Han-seong/Byun Song-kyung.

In the early morning of the 14th of this month, the South Korean team in Doha is expected to achieve results no less than the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships in Durban, where the Korean team won 3 medals in doubles, but the situation this year is not optimistic. Because at the Durban competition, Jeonda Zhixi, who won the women's doubles silver medal with Shin Yubin, has withdrawn from the national team. The head coaches of the Korean table tennis men's and women's teams, Wu Sang-yin and Shi Eun-mi, expect that it will be difficult to break through the high walls of the Chinese team in the singles competition starting from the round of 128, so they are looking forward to winning medals in the men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles competitions. In particular, there are high hopes for the Lim Jong-hoon/Shin Yu-bin pair, who won the bronze medal in mixed doubles together at last year's Paris Olympics.

Players of the Korean women's table tennis team training after arriving in Doha

Lin Zhongxun/Shin Yubin is very likely to meet Chinese Taipei's Lin Yunru/Zheng Yijing in the top 8, Lin Zhongxun/Shin Yubin's first goal in this World Table Tennis Championships is to enter the top 8, and the second goal is to enter the final. The South Korean team, which has won a total of 43 medals at the previous World Table Tennis Championships (including the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba and the women's team championship of the Korean and North Korean United teams, and the 2015 Suzhou World Table Tennis Championships Xu Xin/Liang Xiayin mixed doubles gold), will receive much attention on what kind of report card will be obtained at this World Table Tennis Championships in Doha.