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The Chinese Table Tennis Association announced its eight-player squad for the 2026 ITTF Mixed Team World Cup on 10 November, led by Wang Chuqin, Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu.

The full squad is Wang Chuqin, Lin Shidong, Huang Youzheng and Zhou Qihao in the men's group, and Wang Manyu, Sun Yingsha, Kuai Man and Chen Yi in the women's.

Wang Chuqin, Lin, Wang Manyu and Sun qualified automatically as China's top two men and women in the singles rankings. Huang and Kuai earned places through the doubles and mixed doubles rankings. Zhou and Chen were then picked after the selectors looked at results from WTT China Smash, the Asian Championships and the WTT Champions events in Montpellier and Frankfurt.

Chen won the Asian women's singles title in Tashkent last month.

The squad includes Wang Manyu and Lin Shidong, who both pulled out of WTT Champions Frankfurt with injuries, and Sun Yingsha, who withdrew from the same event a day after winning in Montpellier.

The tournament is in Chengdu from 29 November to 6 December. China have won all three previous editions, from 2023 to 2025. The video above is the 2025 final, with Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in the mixed doubles.

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Sources: Xinhua, 10 Nov 2026 · China News Service · Ping Pong Times, 10 Nov 2026 · All-China Sports Federation · Xinhua, 1 Nov 2026