Adriana Díazwho is one of two non -Asian players in the top 15 of the world, was chosen on Monday in the world team that will see action in December in the Waldner Cup against the Asia team, the event reported.
The Copa Waldner It is played from December 13 to 15 in Norway.
The event has a mixed mode competition format. Each team consists of females and men. It will be the first edition of the Waldner Cup, which are sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation.
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Díaz, who is number 15 in the world, composes the world team next to Truls Möregårdh of Sweden, Dimitrij Ovtcharov from Germany, Hugo Calderano from Brazil and Bernadette Soőcsfrom Romania. The team captain is Jan's Waldnerlegend of table tennis and Olympic medalist in Barcelona 1992.
The German does not appear on the team Felix Lebrunwho is currently the fourth classified in the world and who along with his brother won the doubles mode in the WTT Finals tournament.
The Asia team is leaded by the Chinese Ma Long y Chen Meng. Three Athletes of South Korea, Jang Woa-ji, Lim Jong-Hoon y Shin Yu-binas well as the kazaja Kroll gerasļmenko y Tweets Back India complete the team.
Long is the eighth of the world in the male branch, but it is a five times Olympic champion. Meanwhile, Meng is the fourth in the world.
There will be two days of competition. The game system gives points by Victoria. At the end of the two days, the team with more accumulated points wins the Cup. It has not been informed if simple matches will be played or if there will be doubles.
