If it is another event, Chen Qiang said that he would win the world championship in one to two years, which would definitely be bragging, but table tennis is different. In this event, Chen Qiang is confident that he would cultivate one or even several world champions in a short period of time.

After all, table tennis is China's national football. After the 1970s, almost all table tennis techniques were developed by China. In this sport, China's advantage is unprecedented. China's "big devil" legion is considered modest to beat the whole world. It is not enough to beat the whole world just. China will also help other countries to train athletes, specifically for beat the whole world.

As an authoritative figure in the future sports industry, Chen Qiang is of course very familiar with the technology of table tennis and the development of table tennis. Chen Qiang himself plays table tennis very well.

In China, if you dare to say that you play table tennis well, you must be masters. Although Chen Qiang's table tennis level is not as professional, he can also get a ranking in municipal amateur competitions. In other countries, what is the ranking in a municipal amateur competition? However, in China, it is okay to get a ranking in a municipal amateur competition, and it is okay to be a national player in an African or South American country. Perhaps the black brothers of the African national team cannot beat China's municipal amateur champion.

Director Wang did not doubt Chen Qiang's bold words to win the world championship in two years. Director Wang believed that since Chen Qiang dared to say it, he would definitely do it.

"Comrade Chen Qiang, I will report this to the superior leader." Director Wang said.

"Director Wang, why don't you wait for two days first, and I will write a detailed report and then you will submit it?" Chen Qiang said.

"It is of course better to have a detailed written report. I will wait for you for a few days." Director Wang replied.

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Chen Qiang's suggestions were indeed adopted by the organization. Whether it is a world champion or an international influence, they are extremely attractive and are all needed by the New China. Chen Qiang also shoulders the heavy responsibility of forming a Chinese table tennis team.

Table tennis originated in the UK. Influenced by the UK, Hong Kong's table tennis was relatively developed. At that time, there were many amateur table tennis clubs in Hong Kong and often organized some table tennis competitions. Before the rise of Japanese table tennis, Hong Kong's table tennis represented the highest level in Asia. Rong Guotuan, the first world champion in China's table tennis, was from Hong Kong.

Among the outstanding table tennis players mastered by the National Sports Federation, there are indeed many players who have participated in table tennis competitions in Hong Kong.

"Jiang Yongning and Fu Qifang, there is only one Rong Guotuan." Chen Qiang looked at the list in his hand and found these two familiar names.

Jiang Yongning, Fu Qifang and Rong Guotuan were later become the "Three Heroes of Table Tennis" and made indelible contributions to the vigorous development of China's table tennis industry. Later, there was a "Three Ying Cup" of table tennis, which was established to commemorate these three people.

Jiang Yongning is a returned overseas Chinese. He was once the champion of Hong Kong men's singles in 1952. Later, he gave up his stable job in Hong Kong and came to the mainland to represent China in the 20th World Table Tennis Championships. He also defeated the former world champion Leacher in the World Table Tennis Championships, becoming the first person in my country to defeat the world champion. After retiring, Jiang Yongning also served as the head coach of the national team women's team.

Fu Qifang once represented Hong Kong in the 19th World Table Tennis Championships and helped the Hong Kong team defeat the Japanese team. Later, Fu Qifang returned to the mainland and joined the Chinese table tennis team. After Fu Qifang retired, he served as the head coach of the Chinese table tennis team and led the Chinese team to win the first world championship of table tennis.

As for Rong Guotuan, he is only fifteen years old this year, so he is not on the list.

In order to recruit Jiang Yongning and Fu Qifang, Chen Qiang went to Hong Kong specifically and persuaded the two to serve the country. The two agreed without hesitation. At the same time, Chen Qiang also found the fifteen-year-old Rong Guotuan. At that time, Rong Guotuan dropped out of school due to family poverty and worked as a child laborer in a fishing business in Hong Kong. Chen Qiang recruited Rong Guotuan into the national team, intending to train Rong Guotuan as the reserve force of the national team.

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In April 1954, the 21st World Table Tennis Championships opened in Wembley, England.

After the founding of New China, Britain was the first among Western countries to recognize New China. Later, due to the outbreak of the Korean War, the relations between China and Britain fell to a low point. However, with the end of the Korean War, Sino-British relations showed signs of improvement, especially the Geneva Conference held in 1954, which gave China and Britain an opportunity to communicate directly.

In this atmosphere, China's trip to the UK to participate in the World Table Tennis Open has also become a manifestation of releasing goodwill.

The emergence of the Chinese team did not attract much attention. In this era, European table tennis is still very powerful, and people generally pay attention to strong European teams. What's more, this is a game held in the UK, so the focus is naturally on the local European teams.

In the first team match, the Chinese team was obviously treated like cannon fodder. The men's team met Hungary in the first round, and the women's team's opponent was the Czech team. This is probably like the future four tennis slams, players like Federer and Nadal. They will definitely meet some weak opponents in the first few rounds so that they can advance without pressure, and warm up and find the feeling of the game.

Nowadays, China's has become a weak opponent, used to warm up and give strong teams experience.

At that time, Hungary should be the world's number one table tennis power. From 1926 to 1952, a total of 19 World Table Tennis Championships were held, and Hungary won a total of 12 men's team championships. The only one who could compete with Hungary was the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic won a total of 6 men's team championships, which means that in the first 19 World Table Tennis Championships, basically Hungary and the Czech Republic took turns to take turns to play the banker.

However, Chen Qiang knew that the days when European countries dominated table tennis were about to end, and Japan's table tennis had risen. Since 1954, table tennis has become the world of the Japanese. The Japanese team has almost all table tennis champions. It was not until the rise of Chinese table tennis in the 1960s that Japan's monopoly on table tennis was broken.

In the early 1950s, European countries mainly adopted the method of playing with far table plus downspin. Simply put, it was to cut the ball away from the table, constantly looking for opportunities to counterattack in the chopping ball, playing defensive counterattack. This method of playing is relatively negative and the round lasts for a long time. You can imagine what the scene of meeting two choppers is, and how boring the game is. Therefore, in the table tennis rules at that time, there were restrictions on the game time, and the purpose was to speed up the game and encourage active offense.

Of course, the choppers of that era were incomparable to those of later generations. The chopping of the Hungarian male athletes in the 1950s was not as strong and spin as the chopping of the Korean female athletes in the 21st century.

In Chen Qiang's opinion, this kind of basic chopping is not worth mentioning at all. In the future, China's table tennis skills will not even need to play such choppers in the second round, and they can be handled in just one beat.

The Chinese table tennis team has long been transformed under Chen Qiang's training. China's table tennis training level in the future is already superior. Coupled with the more advanced table tennis concept, Chen Qiang did not take the Hungarian team seriously at all.

In fact, Chen Qiang did not come up with the most advanced table tennis concept in later generations. He just taught the Chinese team's near-Taiwan fast break in the 1960s and 1970s to the players, which was enough to beat the whole world.

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The Japanese team easily defeated the opponent and advanced to the second round.

Looking at the young men of the Japanese team, the head coach of the Japanese team smiled proudly.

"Ichiro Komura, Kazuo Takae, Kazuo Toda, and Keinoji, these are all hopes for Japanese table tennis!"

Thinking of this, the head coach of the Japanese team planned to encourage his players. He cleared his throat and said, "Thank you all, but this is the first game. We still have a long way to go next. At last year's Table Tennis World Championships, we did not win the men's team championship. This year we must make up for the regrets of last year and get the men's team championship in our hands!"

"Yes, coach, don't worry, we will work hard!" Several Japanese players said in unison.

"We still need to pay attention to the performance of other countries. Hungary is our strongest opponent. Last year's World Table Tennis Championships, we lost to Hungary. The Czech Republic is also a traditional table tennis power. According to the current grouping, we are likely to meet them in the semi-finals. Romania is a newcomer in table tennis, and they are likely to become our quarter-final opponents. In addition, there is the British team, after all, they are hosts and have the advantage of home court, and they may burst out with great potential!" The head coach of the Japanese team told.

At this moment, someone hurriedly ran in, and everyone turned their heads and looked at it. It was the Japanese team's reporter.

"Yamamoto, what happened? Why are you so panicked?" asked the head coach of the Japanese team.

"Coach, I just received the latest game situation. Hungary was eliminated!" Yamamoto reporter said.

"What? Hungary was eliminated!" The head coach of the Japanese team was slightly stunned, and then burst into laughter: "Hahaha, it's so good, it's really so good. We removed the strongest enemy and there is more hope for winning the championship! By the way, this is the first round of the game, right? Hungary's opponents shouldn't be too strong, this is a big upset! It's not just who helped us so much, I have to thank them."

"It's the Chinese team." Yamamoto reporter said.

"The Chinese team? They can defeat Hungary? It's incredible! Hungary must be underestimating the opponent. It's also difficult for the Chinese team to win? After all, the opponent is Hungary, the world's number one." The head coach of the Japanese team spoke.

"Maybe it's not difficult for the Chinese team to win. The total score is 3-0. Hungary lost three games in a row and lost the game. It is said that they all lost the big score." Yamamoto reporter answered.

"Will Hungary lose to China in a big way? Yamamoto, are you kidding?"

In the men's team competition, the Chinese team easily defeated Hungary, the world's number one, which was considered a super unpopularity. The Chinese women's team was not willing to be outdone, and also defeated another strong team, the Czech Republic, and advanced to the second round.

This super unpopularity will certainly attract the attention of all teams, but everyone's focus is not on the Chinese team, but on the eliminated Hungarian men's team and the Czech girl team. As for those strong teams, their ideas are probably similar to those of the Japanese team. They think that the Chinese team helped them eliminate strong enemies, but no one realized that the real big devil is about to appear.

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Finally, it was the day of the men's team finals.

The head coach of the Japanese team never thought that the opponent in the final was the Chinese team!

In the quarter-finals, the Chinese team really attracted the attention of the Japanese team. In the subsequent semi-finals, the Japanese team went to watch the Chinese team's game in person. At that time, the Chinese team's opponent was the host British team. As a result, with the cheering and cheering of more than 5,000 spectators in the game, the British team who played at home was completely beaten.

After watching that game, the head coach of the Japanese team felt that the Chinese team's playing style was not the same system as other countries. The tactic of fast attack near Taiwan has never appeared before.

"The strange way of playing is just to deal with Europeans. The European way of playing is already behind. Our Japanese way of playing is the most advanced!" The head coach of the Japanese team said in his heart.

Europeans in this era adopted the method of cutting balls in the distance, while the Japanese used the method of playing with long masters. The long thrust was a top-spin ball, and combined with fast footwork, it was enough to restrain the Europeans' long thrust balls in the distance. Compared with the two, the Japanese played more powerful, faster, stronger spin, and more attacking. It was really powerful when combined with the threatening backhanded balls to attack.

In fact, there is a more familiar name for the top spun ball of the Japanese team, which is "arc circle ball". Arc circle ball is a table tennis technology invented by the Japanese. Its essence is top spun ball. The Japanese spent more than ten years to gradually improve the arc circle ball technology. However, in the 1990s, arc circle ball technology eventually became a weapon for Chinese team's offense.

Chen Qiang has experience in dealing with arc balls, because in the future Chinese team, arc balls are the most common weapon, and the Chinese team naturally developed many ways to deal with arc balls. Now the Japanese team is only using the initial version of arc balls, and Chen Qiang can target them casually.

Moreover, in history, the Japanese team's style of playing on the long-range ball on the front of the Chinese team fell in front of the fast attack on the near-table stage. Especially after the Chinese team formed a "fast, accurate, ruthless, and changeable tactics", it is difficult for a single style of playing to gain a foothold in the world table tennis world.

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Until the moment of losing the game, the head coach of the Japanese team still didn't understand how the Japanese team lost!

The Japanese team is completely unable to understand the Chinese team's tactical style.

With a 3-0 score, the Japanese team lost very shamelessly, and what made the Japanese team head coach even more desperate was that the Japanese team had never won any game. Such a game would be a one-sided beating, and the Japanese team had no chance.

The main player of the Japanese team, Ichiro Komura, looked confused. He has participated in many international competitions and defeated more than one world champion, but he has never seen any hope of victory like today. The opponent's near-table fast break made him unable to adapt. Whether it is serving or receiving the serve, the opponent's attack can't resist it.

The top-spin ball that the Japanese team is proud of has no effect in front of the Chinese team, and the Chinese team can also play top-spin balls, and the rotation force is even greater. As for the Japanese team's backhanded and urgent ball attack, it has no effect in front of the Chinese team. The Chinese team seems to have practiced how to deal with such backhanded and urgent ball attacks.

More importantly, Ichiro Omura is not facing the No. 1 player in China.

According to the rules of the World Table Tennis Championships, the No. 1 player in the team match should face the No. 2 player of the opponent. They must be tied in front, and in the last decisive game, the ace players of both sides will meet. However, the Chinese team only sent one No. 2 player to defeat Ichiro Komura, the ace player of the Japanese team.

At this time, Ichiro Komura suddenly realized that the next singles match might be out of the way!

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"In the final of the men's team of the just-concluded 21st World Table Tennis Championships, Chinese players defeated the Japanese team with their outstanding performance and won the men's team of the World Table Tennis Championships!"

"In the final of the men's and women's mixed doubles at the 21st World Table Tennis Championships, Chinese players Jiang Yongning and Sun Meiying easily defeated Japanese players Kasuo Tomoda and Yoshiko Watanabe and won the championship with their excellent skills and tacit cooperation! Please listen to the detailed report below..."

"In the semi-finals of the men's singles at the just-concluded 21st World Table Tennis Championships, Chinese players Jiang Yongning and Fu Qifang both advanced to the finals. The two Chinese athletes met in the finals, which also means that the Chinese team won the championship and runner-up of the men's singles in the World Table Tennis Championships in advance!"

On the radio, news about the World Table Tennis Championships was broadcasting in a rolling manner, and every time it was broadcast, it caused bursts of cheers.

"The Chinese team won all the championships of the World Table Tennis Championships!" When this news was announced, the whole country was joking!

New China finally has its own world champion!

This result was long ago as Chen Qiang expected. In the future, advanced training and playing styles, coupled with Chen Qiang's targeting of the technical playing styles of this era, it would be strange if he didn't win! Table tennis is not track and field after all, and this gap that transcends the era cannot be compensated at all. It is like using heavy machine guns to deal with nomadic peoples who bend bows and archery. If the nomadic people want to continue to survive, they can only become singing and dancing!

When the Chinese table tennis team returned to China, of course it was also welcomed the warmest, with leaders commended and popular among the masses. The Chinese table tennis team completely became a hero and idol in the minds of the Chinese people.

There were even mass parades in many places, and people shouted slogans such as "Learn from the Chinese table tennis team!" and "Learn from the world champion!" to celebrate the triumphant return of the Chinese table tennis team.

The victory of the World Table Tennis Championships also made table tennis a sport that the people are most concerned about. Table tennis facilities have begun to be built in various places. Competent units will introduce table tennis tables. Most units do not have the ability, so they put together a table and use it.

The cement production in that era was not as high as that of later generations. The ping-pong table made of bricks and cement was also a luxury.

Playing table tennis has become the most popular thing, and learning table tennis is even more of a craze. In government agencies, factories, schools and other places, if you play table tennis well, you can be looked up to you. Many people will follow behind you and become disciples, hoping to get guidance.

There is no doubt that with the victory of the Chinese team in the World Table Tennis Championships, China has set off a national craze for playing table tennis, and table tennis has successfully evolved into China's "national ball"!

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Chapter completed!