Table tennis world championship 1983

Table tennis world championship
1981 ← World Cup 1983 → 1985
date	28.4. - 9.5.1983
venue	Tokyo
winner
Single (♂)	Guo Yuehua
Single (♀)	Cao Yanhua
Double (♂)	Zoran Kalinić Dragutin Šurbek
Double (♀)	Dai Lili Shen Jianping
Doubles (mixed)	Guo Yuehua Ni Xialian
Team (♂)	People's Republic of China
Team (♀)	People's Republic of China

The 37th table tennis world championship took place from April 28 to May 9, 1983 in Tokyo (Japan).

Overview

57 men's and 47 women's teams took part.

The Swedish men's team could not break the dominance of the Chinese players and lost in the final. The Hungarian sensational world champions from 1979 and runner-up from 1981 had to be content with the bronze medal this time. As in 1981, the German men's team took 15th place.

In the women’s category, China won ahead of Japan and North Korea; the German women reached 10th place.

In the men's singles, the Asian players were already in the semi-finals among themselves. Guo Yuehua successfully defended the title he had won in 1981 - again against his compatriot Cai Zhenhua .

The Yugoslav fighter Dragutin Šurbek - European champion from 1968 and double world champion from 1979 - won the men's doubles together with Zoran Kalinić and thus brought at least one title - his last world title - to Europe.

Competition mode in team competition

It was played in two “Category 1 groups” with 8 teams each, in the “everyone against everyone” mode. The first two in each group made it to the semi-finals and fought for a place in the final. 3rd and 4th place in each group played for ranks 5 to 8 in the overall ranking, group places 5 and 6 played for ranks 9 to 12, group places 7 and 8 for ranks 13 to 16. Whoever landed on rank 15 or 16 had to relegate, d. H. play in a category 2 group at the next World Cup.

Weaker teams played in a "Category 2 group". The first of this group rose, i.e. That is, he was entitled to play in a category 1 group at the next World Cup.

Cutting off the Germans

Team competition men

The men with the coach Istvan Korpa had set themselves a place among the top eight teams as their goal. Therefore, rank 15 was a disappointment.

Germany lost the first four games against CSSR with 3: 5, against China with 0: 5, against South Korea with 0: 5 and against Sweden with 2: 5. This was followed by a 5-1 win against Yugoslavia and another defeat against France 4-5. After the final 5-3 win against the USA, Germany finished 7th in Group A.

So it was in the placement games for places 13 to 16. The fight against Denmark was strange: Germany was already leading 4-0, but then the remaining 5 singles were lost; this meant a 4-5 defeat. In the end, the team won 5: 4 against the USSR and reached 15th place. That is, at the next World Cup in 1985 , the German men's team was placed in a category 2 group.

Team competition women

In the run-up to the World Cup there had been some excitement among the women. The national coach for women, Klaus Schmittinger , did not consider Anke Olschewski and nominated Andrea Ullmann for it. Although Olschewski was very successful in the previous tournaments, Schmittinger saw better prospects with Andrea Ullmann. His decision was controversial, but the DTTB supported it. Thereupon the players spoke out against Schmittinger. Schmittinger resigned and the German women were looked after by Eva Jeler during the World Cup .

In the group games, Germany initially won against Yugoslavia and Hungary 3-2. Two defeats followed: 0: 3 against China and 2: 3 against the Netherlands, bad luck against the Dutch, that Kirsten Krüger lost against Mirjam Kloppenburg after a 20:14 lead. After the 3-0 win against CSSR and the 1: 3 defeats against North Korea and France, they came in 5th in Group A.

So it was in the placement games for places 9 to 12. First the women won against Sweden 3-1, but then lost 3-1 against Hungary. This meant 10th place in the final bill.

Men's singles

Georg Boehm won against the Cuban Carlos Sosa Fonte (in the qualification) and the North Korean Li Gun-sang , but then retired in the 2nd main round against the Japanese Kiyoshi Saitō . Peter Stellwag came just as far : victory against Faisal Rachman (Indonesia), then defeat against Cho Yong Ho (North Korea). Michael Plum failed in the qualification to Barry Griffiths (New Zealand), Jürgen Rebel survived this qualification against Thomas Ogunrinde (Nigeria), but was eliminated by the Israeli Dror Polak. Ralf Wosik's opponent was the Japanese Seiji Ono, the 1979 world champion. He was already leading 2-0 sets, but had to admit defeat 2: 3.

Men's doubles

Michael Plum and the French Christian Martin made it furthest : The first round survived the doubles against the Canadians Ng / Bourbonnais, but then lost to the Chinese Cai Zhenhua / Fan Changmao . Stellwag / Böhm (against Ovcharov / Minkevich, RUS) and Wosik / Rebel (against Molnar / Kriston, Hungary) were eliminated in the first round .

Ladies singles

All German women survived the first round, but were eliminated - with the exception of Kirsten Krüger - in the second round. Andrea Gutknecht first had to prevail in the qualification against Montserrat Sanahuja (Spain), won against Branka Batinić (Yugoslavia) and was eliminated by Barbara Lippens (Belgium). Susanne Wenzel 's victory against Iolanta Danilavichute (URS) was followed by the defeat against the Chinese Geng Lijuan . The same happened to Andrea Ullmann (3-1 against Gloria Hsu, Canada; 0-3 against Gordana Perkučin , Yugoslavia). Kirsten Krüger got the furthest: The 3: 1 against Blanka Silhanova (TCH) was followed by a 3: 2 against Jackie Bellinger (England) before she was eliminated in the third round against the later world champion Cao Yanhua .

The future German Olga Nemes (Romania) failed in the second round to Cao Yanhua .

Ladies doubles

The all-German doubles Krüger / Wenzel survived the first round against the Argentinians Popper / Arevalo and then lost to the Chinese Pu Qijuan / Tong Ling . Andrea Ullmann played with the Danish Lone Jakobsen and was eliminated immediately against the Canadian doubles Mariann Domonkos / Gloria Hsu. Andrea Gutknecht had Monica Grefberg from Finland as a partner. They survived the first two rounds against McClintock / Milikan (Australia) and Palmer / Alboiu (New Zealand / Romania), ending up in the round of 16 against Lee Mi Woo / Shin Deuk Hwa (Korea).

Mixed

In the mixed, Rebel / Wenzel against Lim Yong Bok / Kim Gyong Sun (North Korea) and Böhm / Krüger against Lindh / Lindblad (Sweden) were eliminated in the first round.

ITTF Congress

As with every World Cup, the ITTF met this time too . ITTF President Roy Evans (Wales) chaired the meeting .

The most important decision concerned the table tennis bats : From January 1, 1984, the two sides of the bat must be clearly different in color at all international events. This also applies if rubbers of the same type are used on both sides of the club. With this measure one wanted to curb the tricks with different types of coverings (turning the club) and make the game more understandable for the audience.

The rules have also been adjusted for the surcharge. The free hand and racket must be above the level of the playing surface during the service. It must no longer be opened behind the body. Stomping feet on the serve leads to a direct loss of points.

politics

Israel took part in the World Cup this time, but the Pakistan team gave up the points against Israel without a fight. A double from Morocco and one from Egypt also refused to fight.

useful information

• The World Cup was originally supposed to take place in March, but was postponed because of the B-tournament of the Ice Hockey World Championship in March.
• During the World Cup, the father of the Hungarian player Gabriella Szabó died of a heart attack at the age of 47 . The Hungarian delegation kept silent about this bereavement and only informed the player about it after returning to Hungary.
• The JOOLA Trophy , which was awarded for the first time, was awarded to Messrs. Kiyoshi Saito (Japan) (3000 DM cash prize) and Kim Gyong Sun (North Korea) (1000 DM cash prize), because they were the most successful players in the team competition according to a special point evaluation.
• Jacques Secrétin received the Richard Bergmann Fair Play Award from the SCI .
• The Chinese Guo Yuehua received the Victor Barna Prize from the SCI .
• Dorothee Brown from Zimbabwe was the oldest participant at the age of 58. The oldest male participant was Valentin Langehegermann from Luxembourg at the age of 46.
• Two siblings took part in this World Cup, but they competed for different associations: Mok Kar Lai started for Macau , his older sister Mok Ka Sha for Hong Kong.
• The Japanese post office uses a special postmark for the table tennis world championship in Tokyo.

Results

competition	rank	winner
Team men	1.	China ( Fan Changmao , Cai Zhenhua , Jiang Jialiang , Guo Yuehua , Xie Saike )
	2.	Sweden ( Ulf Bengtsson , Mikael Appelgren , Erik Lindh , Jan-Ove Waldner , Stellan Bengtsson 2 )
	3.	Hungary ( István Jónyer , Gábor Gergely , Zoltán Káposztás, Zsolt Kriston, János Molnár)
	15th	Germany ( Georg Böhm , Michael Plum , Jürgen Rebel , Peter Stellwag , Ralf Wosik )
	27.	Austria ( Erich Amplatz , Gottfried Bär , Peter Gockner , Günter Müller, Dietmar Palmi )
	29	Switzerland ( Thomas Busin , Thierry Miller , Stefan Renold , Marcel Walker)
Team women	1.	China ( Cao Yanhua , Ni Xialian , Geng Lijuan , Tong Ling )
	2.	Japan (Mika Hoshino, Fumiko Shinpo, Emiko Kanda, Tomoko Tamura)
	3.	North Korea ( Li Bun Hui , Yong Ok Chang, Gyong Sun Kim, Song Suk Li)
	10.	Germany ( Andrea Gutknecht , Kirsten Krüger , Andrea Ullmann , Susanne Wenzel )
	16.	Austria (Elisabeth Deistler, Dolores Fetter , Vera Kottek , Elisabeth Maier )
	33.	Switzerland (Ines Messer, Beatrice Witte , Carmen Witte )
Men's singles	1.	Guo Yuehua - CHN
	2.	Cai Zhenhua - CHN
	3.	Jiang Jialiang - CHN
	3.	Wang Huiyuan - CHN
Ladies singles	1.	Cao Yanhua - CHN
	2.	Yang Young-yes - COR
	3.	Qi Baoxiang - CHN
	3.	Huang Junqun - CHN
Men's doubles	1.	Zoran Kalinić / Dragutin Šurbek - YUG
	2.	Xie Saike / Jiang Jialiang - CHN
	3.	Hiroyuki Abe / Seiji Ono - JPN
	3.	Yang Yuehua / Wang Huiyuan - CHN
Ladies doubles	1.	Dai Lili / Shen Jianping - CHN
	2.	Geng Lijuan / Huang Junqun - CHN
	3.	Cao Yanhua / Ni Xialian - CHN
	3.	Pu Qijuan / Tong Ling - CHN
Mixed	1.	Guo Yuehua / Ni Xialian - CHN
	2.	Chen Xinhua / Tong Ling - CHN
	3.	Xie Saike / Huang Junqun - CHN
	3.	Cai Zhenhua / Cao Yanhua - CHN

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	People's Republic of China	6th	4th	9	19th
2	Yugoslavia	1	0	0	1
3	Japan	0	1	1	2
4th	Sweden	0	1	0	1
4th	South Korea	0	1	0	1
6th	Hungary	0	0	1	1
6th	North Korea	0	0	1	1
Total		7th	7th	12	26th

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1989/3 page 20
2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1981/19 page 6
3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1983/6 page 17
4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1988/6 page 27

literature

• Journal DTS 1983/5 pages 4–8 + 1983/6 pages 3–33

Web links

• Entry in ITTF database