The World Team Classic 2013 is going to be a big tournament as always, taking place in the nation of table tennis, China. I know a lot of people would love to see a european team taking the title there or just being in the final, but as both german team's leaders has decided not to play there, the chances of that drastically decreased.
Germany has been a serious rival for all the asian teams lately, taking the final a couple of times and beating the best players from that continent. But without these two players, they cannot do much, having Bastian Steger, Patrick Baum and Patrick Franziska representing the country instead. Now, these players are good, they've won different tournaments all over the world, but it's clearly not enough to beat teams like China, Japan or Korea.
The first one, China, will be filled with Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Xu Xin, Ma Lin and Wang Liqin, as you can see all the best players. In short terms, as there's no other country in the world except for Germany, which would have a chance to defeat China or any asian team in this year's edition, I think this is gonna be more like Asian Team Championships rather than the well known World Team Classic.
