The Australian team became world champions, successfully defending their 2001 title. While David Palmer and Paul Price were already on the squad in 2001, John Williams and the injury-related missing Stewart Boswell were no longer there. They were replaced by Anthony Ricketts and Joseph Kneipp . The team prevailed against Germany , Japan and Russia in the group stage without losing a game. In the final round, she even defeated the Netherlands and Hong Kong without losing a set, before beating Egypt 3-0 in the semifinals. Final opponents France prevailed against Sweden , Austria and Slovenia in group C and defeated Ireland 3-0 in the round of 16. Against Scotland it was enough to win 2-1 before it ended just 2-1 in favor of France in the subsequent semifinals against England . The decision was not made until the third game, when Grégory Gaultier was able to prevail against Lee Beachill with 10: 9 in the extension of the fifth set . In the final, the Australian team finally got the upper hand. David Palmer defeated Thierry Lincou 3-1, before Anthony Ricketts secured the title with a 3-2 win over Grégory Gaultier. The third game, despite its irrelevant importance for the final result, was played on two sets of wins: Paul Price defeated Jean-Michel Arcucci 2-0.
The participating teams were drawn into eight groups according to their placement, the group size varied between three and four teams. Within the groups, the game was played in round robin mode ; the two best-placed teams reached the final round, which was played in the knockout system . At the tournament all places were played out.
All teams consisted of a minimum of three and a maximum of four players who had to be reported in the order of their skill level. Three individual games were played per encounter. A team won if its players could win two of the individual games. The order in which the individual games were played was independent of the order in which the players entered.
Australia
Germany
Japan
Russia
England
Switzerland
New Zealand
Hungary
France
Sweden
Austria
Slovenia
Egypt
Hong Kong
Finland
Bermuda
Canada
Netherlands
Czech Republic
Scotland
South Africa
United States
South Korea
Wales
Ireland
Mexico
Kuwait
Malaysia
Pakistan
Italy
