The question is can China achieve the maximum 4 players for the 2013 WC? The rule regarding the total number of players from any member association; [TABLE="class: grid"] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR="class: grid"] [TD]Players / pairs ranked[/TD] [TD]Total number of players / pairs from any one Member[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD]on eligibility date[/TD] [TD]Association in that event shall not exceed[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD]1 to 8[/TD] [TD]4[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD]9 to 24[/TD] [TD]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD]25 to 150[/TD] [TD]2[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] The current WS ranking (24/01/2013) with points since 3rd May 2012 is; [TABLE="class: grid"] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR="class: grid"] [TD]Rank[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Points[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD]LI Xuerui[/TD] [TD="align: right"]83376.7[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]2[/TD] [TD]Juliane SCHENK[/TD] [TD="align: right"]69060[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD]Saina NEHWAL[/TD] [TD="align: right"]68620[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]4[/TD] [TD]SUNG Ji Hyun[/TD] [TD="align: right"]63971.4[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]5[/TD] [TD]WANG Yihan[/TD] [TD="align: right"]61492.7[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]6[/TD] [TD]WANG Shixian[/TD] [TD="align: right"]57522.1[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]7[/TD] [TD]Tine BAUN[/TD] [TD="align: right"]57389.5[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]8[/TD] [TD]Ratchanok INTANON[/TD] [TD="align: right"]55904.8[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]9[/TD] [TD]Minatsu MITANI[/TD] [TD="align: right"]50696.5[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]10[/TD] [TD]Porntip BURANAPRASERTSUK[/TD] [TD="align: right"]49547.3[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]11[/TD] [TD]Eriko HIROSE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]46274.3[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]12[/TD] [TD]HAN Li[/TD] [TD="align: right"]44830[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]13[/TD] [TD]TAI Tzu Ying[/TD] [TD="align: right"]44683.3[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]14[/TD] [TD]P. V. Sindhu[/TD] [TD="align: right"]42150[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]15[/TD] [TD]Busanan ONGBUMRUNGPAN[/TD] [TD="align: right"]41990[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]16[/TD] [TD]JIANG Yanjiao[/TD] [TD="align: right"]39320[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]17[/TD] [TD]Juan GU[/TD] [TD="align: right"]37350[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD="align: right"]18[/TD] [TD]BAE Yeon Ju[/TD] [TD="align: right"]36776.7[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Between now and the end of April we have; [TABLE="class: grid"] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR="class: grid"] [TD][/TD] [TD]Winner[/TD] [TD]Runner up[/TD] [TD]3/4[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD]German GP Gold[/TD] [TD="align: right"]7000[/TD] [TD="align: right"]5950[/TD] [TD="align: right"]4900[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD]All England Premier[/TD] [TD="align: right"]11000[/TD] [TD="align: right"]9350[/TD] [TD="align: right"]7700[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD]Swiss GP Gold[/TD] [TD="align: right"]7000[/TD] [TD="align: right"]5950[/TD] [TD="align: right"]4900[/TD] [/TR] [TR="class: grid"] [TD]Australian GP Gold[/TD] [TD="align: right"]7000[/TD] [TD="align: right"]5950[/TD] [TD="align: right"]4900[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Note - India 2013 SS finishes just outside the qualification period. On paper both HAN Li and JIANG Yanjiao can still get enough points to the top 8, though unlikely. We might see a good turn up at the Australian GP this year, can't be bad to prepare for the SS year after. If they both failed but managed to stay within the top 24 by the end of April then China will have to decide which 3 to send to the WC. My vote go to Li Xuerui, Wang Yihan and hopefully Han Li.
That's easy decision to LYB if WX is not in the picture. I doubt if LYB will ever pick Han Li instead of WSX.
latest qualification points for the 2013 WC (with minor corrections for Han Li et al); [TABLE] [TR] [TD][TABLE="class: grid"] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Points[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]1[/TD] [TD]LI Xuerui[/TD] [TD="align: right"]83377[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]2[/TD] [TD]Saina NEHWAL[/TD] [TD="align: right"]73370[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD]Juliane SCHENK[/TD] [TD="align: right"]69060[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]4[/TD] [TD]SUNG Ji Hyun[/TD] [TD="align: right"]63971[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]5[/TD] [TD]WANG Yihan[/TD] [TD="align: right"]61493[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]6[/TD] [TD]Tine BAUN[/TD] [TD="align: right"]58109[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]7[/TD] [TD]WANG Shixian[/TD] [TD="align: right"]57522[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]8[/TD] [TD]Ratchanok INTANON[/TD] [TD="align: right"]55905[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]9[/TD] [TD]Minatsu MITANI[/TD] [TD="align: right"]53516[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]10[/TD] [TD]TAI Tzu Ying[/TD] [TD="align: right"]51663[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]11[/TD] [TD]Porntip BURANAPRASERTSUK[/TD] [TD="align: right"]49547[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]12[/TD] [TD]Eriko HIROSE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]46274[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]13[/TD] [TD]BAE Yeon Ju[/TD] [TD="align: right"]43197[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]14[/TD] [TD]P. V. Sindhu[/TD] [TD="align: right"]42150[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]15[/TD] [TD]Busanan ONGBUMRUNGPAN[/TD] [TD="align: right"]41990[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]16[/TD] [TD]Sapsiree TAERATTANACHAI[/TD] [TD="align: right"]40050[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]17[/TD] [TD]JIANG Yanjiao[/TD] [TD="align: right"]39320[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]18[/TD] [TD]Lindaweni FANETRI[/TD] [TD="align: right"]39045[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]19[/TD] [TD]Juan GU[/TD] [TD="align: right"]37350[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]20[/TD] [TD]Nozomi OKUHARA[/TD] [TD="align: right"]37140[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]21[/TD] [TD]YIP Pui Yin[/TD] [TD="align: right"]36850[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]22[/TD] [TD]Aprilla YUSWANDARI[/TD] [TD="align: right"]35710[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]23[/TD] [TD]Petya NEDELCHEVA[/TD] [TD="align: right"]34640[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]24[/TD] [TD]PAI Hsiao Ma[/TD] [TD="align: right"]34581[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]25[/TD] [TD]Adrianti FIRDASARI[/TD] [TD="align: right"]34366[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]26[/TD] [TD]Nichaon JINDAPON[/TD] [TD="align: right"]34058[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]27[/TD] [TD]HAN Li[/TD] [TD="align: right"]33980[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]28[/TD] [TD]YAO Jie[/TD] [TD="align: right"]33409[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]29[/TD] [TD]CHAN Tsz Ka[/TD] [TD="align: right"]30900[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]30[/TD] [TD]CHEN Xiao Jia[/TD] [TD="align: right"]27860[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]31[/TD] [TD]Sayaka TAKAHASHI[/TD] [TD="align: right"]25360[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]32[/TD] [TD]Carolina MARIN[/TD] [TD="align: right"]24430[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]33[/TD] [TD]Sayaka SATO[/TD] [TD="align: right"]19961[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]34[/TD] [TD]CHENG Shao Chieh[/TD] [TD="align: right"]19720[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="align: right"]35[/TD] [TD]Ai GOTO[/TD] [TD="align: right"]9436[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
China now has the full quota of 4 WS; LI Xuerui, WANG Yihan, WANG Shixian and JIANG Yanjiao. Also, Zhang Ning is back with the team to prepare them for the WC in August.
Good to hear Zhang Ning's back which should give a psychological boost to the CHN WS squad. Btw, mind giving your source of info? Thanks.
http://e.weibo.com/3082403363/zDneWDigd?ref=http://weibo.com/2499588750/profile?topnav=1&wvr=5 sina weibo
Good news for China then after shaky performance started early this year until Li XR & Wang YH won 1 SSP and 1 SS title respectively last month.
I'm so glad to hear that ZN is back!! WS needs her, look at the poor result china WS showed when she's not around.. I miss her! She was my fav WS player when she was playing. She's the reason i pay more attention to WS
CHN WS is unstoppable to capture WC title since 2001 edition, will they still continue the domination? Camilla Martin is the last non CHN WS player who won title in Copenhagen 1999.
And she is the second player who won WS world champion since 1983. China onlly lost WS two times since 1983.
Yup, the other one is Susi Susanti in 1993. Almost all China top WS have tasted WC title, started from Li Lingwei, Han Aiping, Ye Zhaoying, Zhang Ning, Xie Xingfang, etc. Only Gong Zhichao who clinched gold medal in 2000 Sydney OG is excluded of the list.