Including Shin Yu-bin and Yu Si-woo, the final 20 men's and women's national table tennis teams in 2026 have been confirmed! Centennial London World Championships Jung Jo-joon

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The faces of Korean table tennis in 2026 have been confirmed.

The Korea Table Tennis Association (Chairman Lee Tae-sung, hereinafter referred to as the Association) held the final selection match for the 2026 national team at Jecheon Gymnasium in Chungcheongbuk-do from the 3rd to the 6th, and selected 10 national players for each of the men and women this season.

In the final match, the players who passed the first and second selection matches and last year's national team players played a full-league match. As a result, Park Kyu-hyun (Mirae Asset Securities), Lim Jong-hoon (Korea Exchange), Park Kang-hyun (Mirae Asset Securities), Cho Dae-sung (Hwaseong City Corporation), Lim Yuno (National Military Sports Unit), Kang Dong-soo (Samsung Life Insurance), and Kim Jang-won (National Military Sports Unit) were ranked from 1st to 7th.

Together with Ahn Jae-hyun (Korea Exchange), Jang Woo-jin (Sea), and Oh Jun-sung (Korea Exchange), who were first selected according to ranking regulations, they will play as a recognized national team of the Korea Sports Association this season.

In the men's results, it is notable that the strong players who have played frequently in the existing national team have settled in the starting position until recently. In the meantime, fierce competition is expected in the dispatch selection competition ahead of various international competitions this season. The women's team had a higher acceptance line than the men's team.

In addition to Shin Yoo-bin (Korean Air), Joo Chun-hee (Samsung Life Insurance), and Kim Na-young (Posco International), who met the top-ranked rules (three players in the top 50 in the world), Park Ga-hyun (Korean Air) and Yoo Yeon-rin (Posco International), who met the second-ranked rules (youth players in the top 100 in the world), reached half of the preferred players.

In practice, there was a biting fight as four players had to determine the points gains and losses for the last selection. As a result, Lee Eun-hye (Korean Air), Yang Ha-eun (Hwaseong Urban Corporation), Lee Si-on (unaffiliated), Yoo Si-woo (Hwaseong Urban Corporation), and Lee Da-eun (Korea Racing Authority) ranked from 1st to 5th, completing the advancement of the national sports team recognized by the Korean Sports Association.

While the joining of veteran players who have been active as pillars of the national team has been gaining popularity, Yu Si-woo and Lee Da-eun, who emerged as stars in the professional league last year, drew special attention as they wore the national flag. Naturalized player Choi Hyo-joo (Korean Air) was placed on the final selection list, but unfortunately was not included in the final member due to the restriction of not more than two naturalized players in the national team.

On the other hand, the association will also form the "Korea Table Tennis Association-operated national team" consisting of 10 men and women in addition to the "Korea Sports Association-recognized national team," which is also the first team this year. The national team operated by the association, which is a representative second-tier, includes the existing concept of a standing army, but is a "strict" national team that is equally qualified as members of the first team in this year's Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games and 2026 Asian Table Tennis Championships.

In the selection method, the Korea Association's management team, which focuses more on fostering the next generation, will be selected by four men and women in the final selection match, three men and women in the middle and upper ranks (junior 2, cadet 1), two ITTF youth juniors (U-18), and one Cadet (U-15).

However, according to the second priority rule for selection, the women's team, which had two players on the Korean Sports Council's recognized national team, selected six players in order of performance in the selection match, and the remaining four players were selected based on separate youth regulations.

The association's operating national team was selected by Jang Han-jae (National Military Sports Unit), Hwang Jin-ha (National Military Sports Unit), Kwon Hyuk (Daejeon Dongsan High School), and Kim Min-hyuk (Korea Water Resources Corporation), Choi Ji-wook (Korea Racing Authority), Lee Seong-min (Daejeon Advertising), Lee Jung-mok (Korea Water Resources Corporation), Lee Hyun-ho (Daejeon Dongsan High School), Ma Young-min (Jeonggok Middle School), and Ma Young-jun (Jeonggok Middle School) as the youth rules.

The women are Lee Da-eun (Mirae Asset Securities), Kim Seo-yoon (Mirae Asset Securities), Kim Sung-jin (Samsung Life Insurance), Yoo Han-na (Posco International), Ji Eun-chae (Hwaseong Urban Corporation), and Jeong Ye-in (Hwaseong Urban Corporation). Heo Ye-rim (Hwaseong Urban Corporation), Choi Na-hyun (Hosu-don Girls' High School), Lee Hye-rin (Hwaam Middle School), and Kim Kyu-rin (Hwaam Middle School) are final according to the youth regulations

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The national team, which has completed preparations to start this season by completing its membership through the final selection results, will begin its official schedule by participating in the Singapore Smash from the 19th to the 1st of next month. After the Lunar New Year holiday, the team will be prepared for actual games through a selection match for the 100th anniversary World Table Tennis Championships to be held in London this year. Starting in March, the company will begin a full-fledged quenching to challenge the world stage through convocation training.

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