Table tennis world championship 1981

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Table tennis Table tennis world championship
1979 Korea NorthNorth Korea ← World Cup 1981 → 1983 JapanJapan
date April 14-26, 1981
venue Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Novi Sad
winner
Single (♂) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Guo Yuehua
Single (♀) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Tong Ling
Double (♂) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Cai Zhenhua Li Zhenshi
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
Double (♀) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Cao Yanhua Zhang Deying
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
Doubles (mixed) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xie Saike Huang Junqun
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
Team (♂) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
Team (♀) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China

The 36th table tennis world championship took place from April 14th to 26th, 1981 in Novi Sad (Yugoslavia). The venue was the Vojvodina Sports Center .

Overview

The Chinese players returned the favor in an impressive manner for 1979. All seven titles went to China. The Hungarian men's team could not repeat its success either and was clearly defeated in the final. The German men's team achieved one of its worst placements with 15th place, the women achieved a surprisingly good fifth place.

The high favorite and most versatile player Guo Yuehua lived up to his role this time and won in the final against his uncompromisingly hard hitting compatriot Cai Zhenhua . Stellan Bengtsson - world champion from 1971 - and Dragutin Šurbek - European champion from 1968 - had to be content with 3rd place and the bronze medal.

Game system of team competitions

The teams were divided into three performance categories. In Category 1 there are two groups of eight, in which the teams play in the mode everyone against everyone. The first and second of these groups then play for places 1 to 4, the third and fourth for places 5 to 8 etc. Similarly, there are two groups of eight in category 2, the remaining teams are divided into four groups in category 3.

Cutting off the Germans

Team competition men

In group 1-A of the category, the German men managed only one win against Indonesia (5-0). The remaining six games were lost: China (0: 5), Japan (2: 5), France (0: 5), England (3: 5) and South Korea (4: 5 after a 4: 0 lead). This resulted in group place 7th. In the placement games it was therefore about places 13 to 16. With victories over Australia (5: 1) and the USSR (5: 3) they finished 13th.

Istvan Korpa was the men's coach .

Team competition women

The German women competed in Category 1 in Group 1-A. They won against Japan (3: 2), Hong Kong (3: 2), Finland (3: 0) and South Korea (3: 2). There were defeats against China (0: 3), Hungary (1: 3) and the CSSR (0: 3). They finished fourth and played in the placement games for places 5 to 8. Here they won against Sweden 3: 2 and in the game for place 5 against Romania 3: 0. The women finished fifth.

The women's trainer was Klaus Schmittinger .

Men's singles

Peter Stellwag got into the round of the best 32 through victories over Jorgen Gierloff (Norway) and Pal Guttormsen (Norway), where he lost to the Chinese Lu Yaohua. Wilfried Lieck got just as farby eliminating Christian Martin (France) and Alan Griffiths (Wales). Then he failed because of the Swede Mikael Appelgren . Ralf Wosik lost in the first round against Hong Sun Chol (North Korea). Jürgen Rebel first had to compete in the qualifying round. Here he prevailed against Francis Sule (Nigeria), Jaap van Spanje (Netherlands) and Joseph Bogdan (Israel). In the main round he failed to Zoran Kalinić (Yugoslavia). Hans-Joachim Nolten was eliminated in the qualifying round. The victories over Ricardo T. Inokuchi (Brazil) and Mark Kilby (Guernsey) were followed by a defeat against Douggie Johnson (England).

Ladies singles

All four German women could start immediately in the main round. Only Monika Stork was eliminated in the second round. Their win over Leow Hock Moi (Singapore) was followed by a 3-1 defeat against Hungarian Zsuzsa Oláh . Ursula Kamizuru (Hirschmüller) eliminated Jolanta Szatko (Poland) and Kim Hee Ja (Argentina). Then it was the end of the line against the Chinese Geng Lijuan . Even Kirsten Kruger resigned to a Chinese woman, namely Cao Yanhua , from. She had previously defeated Jolanta Daniliavichute (USSR) and Carine Risch (Luxembourg). Anke Olschewski prevailed against Yoshiko Shimauchi (Japan) and Iris Garmi (Israel), but not against Bettine Vriesekoop (Netherlands).

Olga Nemes competed for Romania. She lost in the round of 64 against then European champion Valentina Popowa .

Men's doubles

Stellwag / Rebel first had to compete in the qualifying round. They survived this with victories over Martti Autio / Mika Pyykko (Finland), Han Gootzen / Jaap van Spanje (Netherlands) and Atanda Musa / Titus Omotara (Nigeria). In the main round they won against Ivan Stoyanov / Stefan Stefanov (Bulgaria) and Wosik / Nolten (Germany). This was followed by a defeat against the eventual world champions Chinese Li Zhenshi / Cai Zhenhua . Wosik / Nolten defeated Stellwag / Rebel Kim Siang Png / Chin Boon Yap from Singaporebefore they were eliminated. The German-Yugoslav double Lieck / Kalinić also only had to prove itself in the qualifying round. This happened through victories over Taher Mohamed El-Mahjub / Adel Zahia (Libya) (without a fight), Jose Luis Vivanco / Kurt Wicker (Mexico) and Mike Bush / Masahiro Maehara (USA / Japan). In the main round they won against Seiji Ono / Hiroyuki Abe (Japan) and then lost to Desmond Douglas / Paul Day from England.

Ladies doubles

Kamizuru / Krüger competed as the only pure German double . They reached the third round against Daniela Guergelcheva / Gulver Sherifova (Bulgaria) and Annie Larsen / Charlotte Polk (Denmark). Here they were subject to the Japanese Kayoko Kawahigashi / Rie Wada. The German-Hungarian double Stork / Kisházi won against Kim Bok Jong / Lih Jong (North Korea) and lost to the Chinese Zhang Deying / Cao Yanhua . Olschewski / Sonja Grefberg (GER / Finland) failed in the qualifying round when they had to bow to Swedes Annelie Hernvall / Eva Stromvall after defeating Elisabeth Deistler / Brigitte Gropper (Austria).

Olga Nemes / Éva Ferenczi reachedthe round of 16with a victory over Gordana Perkučin / Branka Batinić (Yugoslavia), where they lost to Lee Soo Ja / Kim Kyung Ja (South Korea).

Mixed

All four German mixed pairs were eliminated in the first main round. Only Wosik / Kamizuru did not have to compete in the qualifying round. They lost to Desmond Douglas / Linda Jarvis (England). Nolten / Krüger prevailed in the qualifying round against Kit Meng Chan / Cho Fan Lo (Macau), Kim Chang Am / Kim Bok Yong (North Korea) and Michael Daugard / Annie Larsen (Denmark), but not in the main round against Ulf Thorsell / Marie Lindblad (Sweden). Lieck / Stork came into the main round against Han Gootzen / Birgitte Kooter (Netherlands) and Valeri Shevtchenko / Narine Antonyan (USSR), where Ro Yoon Kwan / Hwang Nam Sook (South Korea) were too strong. Rebel / Olschewski eliminated Rosario Troilo / Rosaria Mauriello (Italy), Yves Maas / Malou Toussaint (Luxembourg) and Zsolt Kriston / Edit Urbán (Hungary) before they were eliminated in the main round against Pak Jong nam / Kim Gyong Sun (North Korea).

German referee

The DTTB referee committee nominated the referees Willi Dietrich (Wetzlar), Walter Egelhof (Weiterstadt) and Hans Hausner (Gießen).

ITTF Congress

79 member associations were represented at the meetings of the world association ITTF on April 18 and 24. The following resolutions were passed, among others:

  • Georg Böhm , who emigrated to Germany from Romania, is not allowed to compete in the 1982 European Championship .
  • The 1985 World Cup was awarded to Gothenburg.
  • The majority agreed to the request to prescribe different colors of the rubbers for the table tennis bat on both sides (84 for, 66 against, 8 abstentions). However, since a three-quarters majority was required, the rule change was rejected. China in particular resisted different colored coverings.

useful information

philately

On April 14, 1981 a special stamp was issued ( Michel catalog no. 1882). On December 20, 1980, a compulsory surcharge stamp (Michel catalog no. ZZ 73) was issued. There were also two first-day special cancellations, one special cancellation (for the duration of the World Cup) and a special “Greetings from the city of Vilmosa Harangozo”. There were other special postmarks on the occasion of the opening (April 14th), the ITTF Congress (April 18th), the team final (April 20th) and the individual final (April 26th). There were also two postcards and six postcards with table tennis motifs.

China celebrated its success with a set of 7 stamps on June 30, 1981 ( Michel catalog no. 1703–1709) and with two first day covers with special cancellation. A red special postmark was used in Beijing on June 30, 1981.

Results

competition rank winner
Team men 1. China ( Wang Huiyuan , Guo Yuehua , Cai Zhenhua , Shi Zhihao , Xie Saike )
2. Hungary ( Gábor Gergely , Zsolt Kriston, Tibor Kreisz , Tibor Klampár , István Jónyer )
3. Japan (Hiroyuki Abe, Seiji Ono , Masahiro Maehara, Hideo Gotoh, Norio Takashima)
15th Germany ( Wilfried Lieck , Hans-Joachim Nolten , Jürgen Rebel , Peter Stellwag , Ralf Wosik )
23. Austria ( Erich Amplatz , Peter Gockner , Thomas Karner, Franz Klaus, Dietmar Palmi )
31. Switzerland (Jurek Barcikowski, Thomas Busin , Martin Hafen, Thierry Miller )
Team women 1. China ( Zhang Deying , Cao Yanhua , Qi Baoxiang , Tong Ling )
2. South Korea (Soo Ja Lee, An Hae Sook , Nam Sook Hwang, Kyung Ja Kim)
3. North Korea (Song Suk Li, Pak Yung-sun , Gyong Sun Kim, Bok Yong Kim)
5. Germany ( Ursula Kamizuru , Kirsten Krüger , Anke Olschewski , Monika Stork )
18th Austria (Elisabeth Deistler, Dolores Fetter , Brigitte Gropper , Barbara Wiltsche )
37. Switzerland ( Franziska Weibel-De Thum , Beatrice Witte , Renate Wyder )
Men's singles 1. Guo Yuehua - CHN
2. Cai Zhenhua - CHN
3. Stellan Bengtsson - SWE
3. Dragutin Šurbek - YUG
Ladies singles 1. Tong Ling - CHN
2. Cao Yanhua - CHN
3. Zhang Deying - CHN
3. Soo Ja Lee - COR
Men's doubles 1. Cai Zhenhua / Li Zhenshi - CHN
2. Xie Saike / Guo Yuehua - CHN
3. Jacques Secrétin / Patrick Birocheau - FRA
3. Antun Stipančić / Dragutin Šurbek - YUG
Ladies doubles 1. Cao Yanhua / Zhang Deying - CHN
2. Pu Qijuan / Tong Ling - CHN
3. To Hae Sook / Nam Sook Hwang - KOR
3. Huang Junqun / Yan Guili - CHN
Mixed 1. Xie Saike / Huang Junqun - CHN
2. Chen Xinhua / Tong Ling - CHN
3. Dragutin Šurbek / Branka Batinić - YUG
3. Huang Liang / Pu Qijuan - CHN

Medal table

 rank  country gold silver bronze total
1 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 7th 5 3 15th
2 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 0 1 2 3
3 HungaryHungary Hungary 0 1 0 1
4th Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia 0 0 3 3
5 JapanJapan Japan 0 0 1 1
5 Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea 0 0 1 1
5 SwedenSweden Sweden 0 0 1 1
5 FranceFrance France 0 0 1 1
Total 7th 7th 12 26th

literature

  • World Cup preview: DTS magazine , 1981/7 pages 50–58
  • Detailed reports: DTS magazine , 1981/8 pages 3–9 and 1981/9 pages 3–26 + 55–59

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1990/1 page 46