Fang Bo (at the main home page photo), runner up from last World Championships and No 12 at last World Ranking List is coming to Toronto! His major opponent for the 8000 $ prize money in single will be Andrej Gacina from Croatia. Bo and Gacina are leading the group of several world class players that table tennis community will have opportunity to see at Canadian Chinese Table Tennis Association in Denison Street 1181 in Markham. The Double Fish Cup International Invitational Table Tennis Tournament will be taking place on September 30-October 2nd, 2016. Players will compete for 50,000 $ prize money in team and single events.
Click here for Schedule, Draw and Results.
Events 1. Professional teams. 2. Professional singles. 3. Non-professional singles.
Prize
A. Professional Teams: 1st: 10000.00; 2nd: 5000.00; 3rd: 3000.00; 4th: 1800.00; 5th: 1200.00; 6th: 1000.00; 7th: 800.00; 8th: 700.00; 9th: 600.00; 10th: 500.00.
B. Professional Singles: 1st: 8000.00; 2nd: 5000.00; 3rd: 3000.00; 4th:1500.00; 5th: 1000.00; 6th: 800.00; 7th: 600.00; 8th: 400.00; 9-16th: 300.00
C. Non-professional singles: Division A: 1st : 500; 2nd: 350; 3rd: 300; 4th: 200; 5-8th: 100. Division B: 1st: 200; 2nd: 150; 3rd: 130; 4th: 90; 5-8th: 50. Division C: 1st: 90; 2nd: 60; 3rd: 50; 4th: 40; 5-8th: 30.
Participants
A Professional Teams:
1 Team China Men: FANG Bo; ZHOU Yu; CUI Qinglei
2 Team Europe: GACINA Andrej; KOU Lei
3 Team Romania: IONESCU Ovidiu; CIOTI Constantin
4 Team Fanyu: WEI Shihao; PENG Jiahong; CAO Xingni
5 Team Latin AM: MONTEIRO Thiago; MADRID Marcos
6 Team China Women: WU Yang; LI Xiaodan; SHENG Dandan
7 Team Canada: WANG Zhen; SUN Jianfei; HAZIN Jeremy
8 Puerto Rico: AFANADOR Brian; GONZALEZ Daniel
9 Team Double Fish: LIU Chang; SUN Haohong; SHENG Peng; WEN Fangting
10 Team USA Men: BUTLER Jimmy; XU Jaden; JIN Yuxiang
11 Team USA Women: ZHENG Jiaqi; WU Yue
12 Team CCTTA: CHEN Hongtao; WU Siqian; LEE Pilring; ALI Amil
B Singles: 32 invited players.
1. Fang, Bo (World 12)
2. Zhou, Yu
3. Cui, Qinglei
4. Gacina, Andrej (Croatia, World No. 20)
5. Kou, Lei（Ukraine, World No. 34）
6. Wang, Zhen（Canada, World No. 57）
7. Inosecu, Ovidiu（Romania 68）
8. Wei, Shihao（Fan Yu, Guangdong）
9. Wu, Yang (Female, China, World No. 13)
10. Li, Xiaodan (Female, China)
11. Sheng, Dandan（Female, China）
12. Monteiro, Thiago（Brazil, World No.162）
13. Madrid, Marcos（Mexico, World No. 171）
14. Ciotti, Constantin（Romania, World No. 174）
15. Afanador, Brian (Puerto Rico, World 208)
16. Gonzalez, Daniel (Puerto Rico, World No. 272)
17. Sun, Haohong（Nasha Double Fish）
18. Peng, Jiahong（Fanyu, Guangdong）
19. Kaden Xu（USA）
20. Chen, Hongtao（CCTTA）
21. Shen, Peng（Nasha, Double Fish）
22. Zheng, Jiaqi（Female, USA, World No. 120）
23. Jimmy Butler（USA）
24. Jin, Yuxiang (USA)
25. Wu, Yue（Female, USA, World No. 146）
26. Jeremy Hazin（Canada, World No. 470）
27. Liu, Chang（Nansha, Double Fish）
28. Wen, Fangting（Nansha, Double Fish）
29. Cao,Xingni（Fanyu, Guangdong）
30. Wu, Siqian（Female, Canada,CCTTA）
31. Lee, Pilring (Female, Canada, CCTTA)
32. Ali, Amil (Canada, CCTTA)
16 more players to be selected through a qualification tournament held in CCTTA on Sunday, September 25, to make the total number of players competing in the professional singles event 48.