The French women’s and men’s table tennis teams both qualified on Thursday 22 for the semi-finals of the World Team Championships played in South Korea. The Blues, led by brothers Alexis and Félix Lebrun, won against the Portuguese 3-1 and will face the winner of the confrontation between Germany and China on Saturday in the semi-final. In the women’s category, the French achieved the performance of taking out Germany, the third nation in the world, with a score of 3-2. They will play their half on Friday against the Chinese. With this double victory, French table tennis players reach the final four of an individual or team world championship for the first time in 27 years. During the previous edition in October 2022, in Chengdu (China), the Blues stopped in the quarter-finals.
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