Table tennis world cup

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The table tennis world cup is a club world championship for table tennis clubs . It has been held annually since 2002, then every six months and now at irregular intervals, which is why the year does not appear in the official tournament name.

World Cup winners

There was a world championship for table tennis clubs as early as 2001, but only two teams took part. The Belgian top representative Royal Villette Charleroi competed against the best club in China, then Sichuan Quanxing . The title went to "La Villette".

Surname Winning team Attendees
1st Table Tennis World Trophy 2002 French Caen Tennis de Table 4th
2nd Table Tennis World Trophy 2003 Belgian Royal Villette Charleroi 5
3rd Table Tennis World Trophy 2004 Belgian Royal Villette Charleroi 6th
4th Table Tennis World Trophy 2005 Chinese Shandong Luneng 8th
5th Table Tennis World Trophy (2006) Chinese Shandong Luneng 10
6th Table Tennis World Trophy (2006) Belgian Royal Villette Charleroi 12
7th Table Tennis World Trophy (2007) Chinese Shandong Luneng 16
8th Table Tennis World Trophy (2007) Belgian Royal Villette Charleroi 24
9th Table Tennis World Trophy German Borussia Düsseldorf 30th
New edition 2011 Chinese Shandong Luneng 16

World Cup 2002

Only four clubs took part: Caen Tennis de Table from Caen in France, Sichuan Quanxing from China , Borussia Düsseldorf from Germany and host Royal Villette Charleroi from Belgium. It was played in a league in round robin . A team received 2 points for a win and 1 point for a defeat.

Final score

  1. French Caen Tennis de Table (6 points)
  2. Belgian Royal Villette Charleroi (4)
  3. German Borussia Dusseldorf (4)
  4. Chinese Sichuan Quanxing (4)

World Cup 2003

The mode did not change from 2002, except that one team was allowed to participate more. Charleroi took the title with four wins in four games ahead of Shanghai Shenhua from China. Third again went to Düsseldorf, which lost both matches against the top two. SVS Niederösterreich landed on fourth and tied for fifth place, defending champion Caen finished the tournament with just one win (against Charleroi).

  1. Royal Villette Charleroi (7)
  2. Shanghai Shenhua (7)
  3. Borussia Düsseldorf (6) *
  4. SVS Lower Austria (5)
  5. Caen Tennis de Table (5)

Düsseldorf were in the lead until the last game until they lost 3-0 to Charleroi.

World Cup 2004

The cup began with six teams in two groups of three teams each. It ended with a 3-0 victory for defending champions Charleroi in the group winners' final against Borussia Düsseldorf.

World Cup 2005

Now with eight teams, the cup attracted more and more spectators to the arena in Bremen. In the group winners' final, Shandong Luneng and the top stars won the title with a 3-1 win against Borussia Düsseldorf, which has now been declared a "team with the curse of the final".

5th World Cup

Luneng defended the title in the final of the group winners, now from groups of five, against Düsseldorf. The only point for the Germans was Bojan Tokic.

6th World Cup

La Villette beat Timo Bolls TTV patrons 3-2 from groups of six in a long final in Sydney.

7th World Cup

From now on the four group winners moved into the semi-finals. The winners were Luneng and Charleroi, who fought a hot battle in the final. Luneng won 3-2.

8th World Cup

The final Düsseldorf - Charleroi ended 3: 4.