The 2024 Table Tennis Super League has come to a close, and it is well-known that this year's league saw significant investment from the Chinese Table Tennis Association. Whether in terms of the scale of the event or the re-invitation of foreign association players to participate, this year's league was made incredibly exciting.
In the second stage of the competition, on the women's side, Shandong Luneng and Shenzhen University engaged in a fierce battle. Sun Yingsha defeated Wang Manyu and Qian Tianyi to score 2 points, but unfortunately, the team lost all three other matches. Shandong Luneng defeated Shenzhen University to win the championship for this season.
On the men's side, the two major favorites for the title, Shanghai Real Estate and Weiqiao, met early. Wang Chuqin led Weiqiao to defeat Fan Zhendong's Shanghai Real Estate and advance to the final. In the final, Wang Chuqin's team defeated Lin Shidong's team to ultimately claim the championship.
After the men's team competition concluded with Wang Chuqin leading Weiqiao to a successful championship victory, let's take a look at the Table Tennis Super League prize money rankings. Starting with fifth place, Fan Zhendong, who plays for Shanghai Real Estate, finished third and received a prize of 300,000 RMB. It is widely known that the prize money in the Table Tennis Super League is calculated based on appearance rate + contribution value. However, since the prize is shared between players and coaches, Fan Zhendong's share amounts to around 40,000-50,000 RMB.
Fourth place goes to Lin Gaoyuan, whose team, Mingrun, ranked fourth. However, Lin Gaoyuan won the Men's Doubles MVP, which comes with an 80,000 RMB prize, propelling him to fourth place in the rankings.
Third place is Liang Jingkun, a member of the championship team, but due to factors such as appearance rate and contribution value, his prize money is around 100,000-150,000 RMB, placing him third.
Second place is Lin Shidong, whose club received a prize of 700,000 RMB, allowing Lin Shidong to receive 70,000-80,000 RMB. Additionally, Lin Shidong also won the singles MVP, which awarded another 100,000 RMB, bringing his total prize money to 170,000-180,000 RMB and securing him second place on the prize list.
First place is Wang Chuqin, as the core player and champion contributor for Weiqiao. Weiqiao's championship prize is 1 million RMB, giving Wang Chuqin the opportunity to receive nearly 200,000 RMB in prize money. This amount is a pleasant surprise for Wang Chuqin, making him the highest-paid player in the men's team competition.