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Entries for 2019 World Tour Grand Finals Mixed Doubles (top 4 teams get a quota):

 

:HKG :TPE :CHN :JPN :KOR :SVK :FRA :HUN 

 

If Japan is in top 4, the host quota will go to the best ranked Mixed Doubles team not qualified at the end of qualification period. 

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5 hours ago, Dolby said:

Entries for 2019 World Tour Grand Finals Mixed Doubles (top 4 teams get a quota):

 

:HKG :TPE :CHN :JPN :KOR :SVK :FRA :HUN 

 

If Japan is in top 4, the host quota will go to the best ranked Mixed Doubles team not qualified at the end of qualification period. 

 

I am afraid that we will really strongly regret the failure at the European Games this year. Now it´s going to be too much difficult, to not say, impossible for Ľubo and Barbora to be in Tokyo

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Not impressed with :CRO, they should be sanctioned for this quite frankly.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/world/europe/nigerian-migrants-croatia-table-tennis.html

 

For those too lazy to read (or not wanting to make an account: Essentially two :NGR university students were in :CRO to play in a table tennis tournament. They suffered early eliminations, and decided to explore the country since their visas were still valid. They went to Zagreb (though personally I would have chosen Split, Dubrovnik, or “King’s Landing”). During their last night in Zagreb they were arrested (violently) by police, and not given the chance to fetch their belongings/passports even after questioning. The next morning they were driven to the Bosnian border, and just left there. Croatian police are accused of forcing them across the broader at gunpoint (a fairly typical practice that’s come under fire from the UN apparently). Now the Bosnians are holding them in detention since they don’t have visas to be in Bosnia. Records do show that the Nigerians had valid visas to be in Croatia, and did in fact participate and get eliminated from the tournament early. Now :CRO and :BIH are fighting over who’s responsible for them, while the Nigerians are held in a cell. Oh, and by the way, the Croatian police stole their belongings, so the athletes can’t even call home to get help from the Nigerian government.

 

Not impressed to say the least. Extreme case of xenophobia on display from Croatia here. You can’t be deporting athletes who are on valid visas and participating in international tournaments. Shame on :CRO.

“Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela

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