Road to Düsseldorf（直通杜塞尔多夫）is a qualifying competition in China national table tennis team in order to test and select players to participate the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships held by Düsseldorf, Germany in May 2017.
Men's team Entrants Players who have won enough world champions on singles events can bye to the third round. Players who lack of enough world champion on singles events or missed the first round because of participating the Hungarian Open can bye to the second round. Other first team players must compete in the first round. Bye to the third roundBye to the second roundCompeting in the first roundMa Long Zhang JikeLin Gaoyuan Yan An Zhou Yu Shang Kun Fan Zhendong Liang Jingkun Fang Bo Xu Xin (P)Ren Hao Lai Jiaxin Chen Xin Wang Chuqin Ma Te (C) Yu Ziyang Liu Jikang Zhou Kai Liu Yi (C) Xue Fei (P) Cui Qinglei Zhu Linfeng Liu Dingshuo Zheng Peifeng (P) Zhou Qihao Xu Chenhao
First round Duration: 18–21 January Formation: Round robin; Best of five; Top 6 qualify to the second round. Rank Name Age Win Lose Points Notes 1 Yu Ziyang 19 11 3 26 Qualified to the second round 2 Zhou Qihao 20 11 3 25 Qualified to the second round 3 Xu Chenhao 22 10 4 24 Qualified to the second round 4 Liu Dingshuo 19 10 4 23 Qualified to the second round 5 Zhou Kai 21 10 4 22 Qualified to the second round 6 Wang Chuqin 17 8 6 22 Qualified to the second round 7 Zhu Linfeng 21 7 7 21 8 Ren Hao 22 7 7 21 9 Ma Te (C) 21 6 8 20 10 Zheng Peifeng (P) 21 6 8 20 11 Xue Fei (P) 18 5 9 19 12 Liu Jikang 26 5 9 19 13 Liu Yi (C) 25 4 10 18 14 Cui Qinglei 28 3 11 17 15 Chen Xin 21 3 11 17 16 Lai Jiaxin 22 DNP
Second round Duration: 8–11 February Formation: Round robin; Best of three; Top 8 and 2 resurrected players coaches determine qualify to the third round. Top of the rest players will be the alternate of the third round. Rank Name Age Win Lose Points Notes 1 Fan Zhendong 20 10 3 23 Qualified to the third round 2 Xu Xin (P) 27 9 4 23 Qualified to the third round 3 Xu Chenhao 22 8 5 21 Qualified to the third round 4 Fang Bo 25 8 5 21 Qualified to the third round 5 Liang Jingkun 21 8 5 21 Qualified to the third round 6 Zhou Yu 25 8 5 21 Qualified to the third round 7 Yan An 24 7 6 20 Qualified to the third round 8 Liu Dingshuo 19 7 6 20 Qualified to the third round 9 Lin Gaoyuan 22 6 7 19 Resurrected to the third round 10 Zhou Qihao 20 6 7 19 Resurrected to the third round11 Shang Kun 27 4 9 17 Alternate to the second stage of the third round12 Zhou Kai 21 4 9 17 Alternate to the second stage of the third round due to Zhang Jike's injury 13 Yu Ziyang 19 3 10 16 14 Wang Chuqin 17 2 11 15
Third round Duration: 3–10 March Formation: Round robin for the first stage, groups and round robin for the second stage; Best of three; The first stage includes top 10 of the second round, Ma Long and Zhang Jike, the winner qualify to Düsseldorf; The second stage include the rest 11 players and the alternate, they will be divided into 6 pairs, and each pair winner play the round robin to get the last one quota to Düsseldorf.
First stage
Rank Name Age Win Lose Points Notes 1 Fan Zhendong 20 9 2 20 Qualified to Düsseldorf 2 Ma Long 29 9 2 20 Seeded 1 in the second stage 3 Lin Gaoyuan 22 8 3 19 Seeded 2 in the second stage 4 Xu Xin (P) 27 8 3 19 Seeded 3 in the second stage 5 Liang Jingkun 21 6 5 17 Seeded 4 in the second stage 6 Zhou Qihao 20 6 5 17 Seeded 5 in the second stage 7 Zhou Yu 25 5 6 16 Seeded 6 in the second stage 8 Yan An 24 4 7 15 Seeded 7 in the second stage 9 Xu Chenhao 22 4 7 16 Seeded 8 in the second stage 10 Liu Dingshuo 19 3 8 14 Seeded 9 in the second stage 11 Fang Bo 25 2 9 13 Seeded 10 in the second stage 12 Zhang Jike 29 2 9 8 Withdrawn due to injury
Second stage
Group A knockout
Group B knockout
Group C knockout
Final round robin
Rank Name Age Win Lose Notes1 Lin Gaoyuan 22 2 0 Qualified to Düsseldorf 2 Xu Xin (P) 27 1 1 3 Zhou Yu 25 0 2
Women's team Entrants Players who are widely considered as the main force can bye to the third round. Other first team players who was born after 1993 must compete in the first round. Players before 1993 bye to the second round. Players who ranked 7 - 8 in the first round will wait for the repechage, compete with the third place of the second round. The final rank of the repechage will be the order of alternates in the third round. Bye to the third roundBye to the second roundCompeting in the first roundDing Ning Liu Shiwen Zhu Yuling Wu Yang (C)Wen Jia Sheng Dandan Feng Yalan Li Xiaodan Mu ZiLi Jiayi Liu Fei (C) Yuan Xuejiao Hu Limei (C) Zhang Qiang (P) Che Xiaoxi Wang Yidi Chen Ke Liu Gaoyang Wang Manyu Chen Xingtong Gu Ruochen Gu Yuting Chen Meng
First round Date: 10–13 January Formation: Round robin; Best of five; Top 6 qualify to the third round, players ranked 7 - 8 wait for the repechage. Rank Name Age Win Lose Points Notes 1 Wang Manyu 18 12 1 25 Qualified to the third round 2 Gu Yuting 22 11 2 24 Qualified to the third round 3 Chen Meng 23 10 3 23 Qualified to the third round 4 Li Jiayi 23 8 5 21 Qualified to the third round 5 Chen Ke 20 8 5 21 Qualified to the third round 6 Yuan Xuejiao 22 7 6 20 Qualified to the third round7 Che Xiaoxi 24 7 6 20 Wait for the repechage8 Chen Xingtong 20 6 7 19 Wait for the repechage 9 Zhang Qiang (P) 23 6 7 19 10 Liu Gaoyang 21 5 8 18 11 Liu Fei (C) 23 4 9 17 12 Gu Ruochen 23 3 10 16 13 Wang Yidi 20 2 11 15 14 Hu Limei (C) 22 2 11 15
Second round Date: 11 February Formation: Round robin; Best of five; Top 2 qualify to the third round, and the third rank player wait for the repechage.
Rank Name Age Win Lose Points Notes 1 Mu Zi 28 3 1 7 Qualified to the third round 2 Feng Yalan 27 3 1 7 Qualified to the third round 3 Li Xiaodan 27 3 1 7 Wait for the repechage 4 Sheng Dandan 25 1 3 5 5 Wen Jia 28 0 4 4
Repechage Date: 13 February Formation: Round robin; Best of five; The final rank of the repechage will be the order of alternates in the third round.
Rank Name Age Win Lose GW GL Points Notes 1 Che Xiaoxi 24 1 1 5 3 3 Became the first order alternate 2 Chen Xingtong 20 1 1 5 5 3 Became the second order alternate 3 Li Xiaodan 20 1 1 3 5 3 Became the third order alternate
Third round Duration: 3–10 March Formation: Round robin for the first stage, groups and round robin for the second stage; Best of three; The first stage include qualified player, Ding Ning, Liu Shiwen, Zhu Yuling and Wu Yang, the winner qualify to Düsseldorf; The second stage include the rest 11 players and the alternate, they will be divided into 6 pairs, and each pair winner play the round robin to get the last one quota to Düsseldorf.
First stage
Rank Name Age Win Lose Points Notes 1 Liu Shiwen 26 11 0 22 Qualified to Düsseldorf 2 Ding Ning 27 9 2 20 Seeded 1 in the second stage 3 Chen Meng 23 6 5 17 Seeded 2 in the second stage 4 Feng Yalan 27 6 5 17 Seeded 3 in the second stage 5 Mu Zi 28 6 5 17 Seeded 4 in the second stage 6 Zhu Yuling 22 5 6 16 Seeded 5 in the second stage 7 Wu Yang 25 4 7 15 Seeded 6 in the second stage 8 Yuan Xuejiao 22 4 7 15 Seeded 7 in the second stage 9 Chen Ke 20 4 7 15 Seeded 8 in the second stage 10 Wang Manyu 18 4 7 15 Seeded 9 in the second stage 11 Gu Yuting 22 3 8 14 Seeded 10 in the second stage 12 Li Jiayi 23 2 9 13 Seeded 11 in the second stage
Second stage
Group A knockout
Group B knockout
Group C knockout
Final round robin
Rank Name Age Win Lose Notes1 Ding Ning 27 2 0 Qualified to Düsseldorf 2 Chen Meng 23 1 1 3 Feng Yalan 27 0 2
Notes: (C)=Chopping style. (P)=Penhold grip. (A)=Alternate player. GW=Game won. GL=Game lost. DNP=Did not play.