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Noshad Alamiyan qualifies for 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships
Alamiyan defeated his Chinese rival, Liang Jingkun, world No. 5, on Saturday at the 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships, IRNA reported.
With a 3-0 victory, the Iranian table tennis player advanced to the round of sixteen at the Asian event and sealed a spot at the 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships.
In a related development, Benyamin Faraji was defeated by his Chinese opponent Lin Shidong 3-2.
Noshad Alamiyan qualifies for 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships
Earlier, Iran’s 14-year-old had defeated world No. 1 Wang Chuqin in the 2024 Asian Table Tennis Championships.
The 27th ITTF-Asian Table Tennis Championships 2024 has officially begun on October 6 in Astana, Kazakhstan, kicking off two exciting weeks of continental championships.
This event marks the first of five continental competitions, where the finest players from across Asia to compete in the Men’s Team, Women’s Team, Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, and Mixed Doubles events.
These competitions also serve as a qualification path for the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Doha 2025.
The Asian Championships herald the start of a thrilling fortnight in the table tennis calendar. The spotlight will then move to San Salvador, where the ITTF Pan American Championships will take place from October 13 to 20, 2024. Simultaneously, the ITTF African Championships will be hosted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from 12 to 19 October.
As the excitement builds, Oceania and Europe will join the global table tennis scene on October 15, with both regions kickstarting their respective Continental Championships. The Oceania event, happening in Auckland, New Zealand, will run until 18 October, while the European Championships held in Linz, Austria, will conclude on October 20.