Table tennis world championship 1989

Table tennis world championship
1987 ← World Cup 1989 → 1991
date	29.3. - 9.4.1989
venue	Dortmund
winner
Single (♂)	Jan-Ove Waldner
Single (♀)	Qiao Hong
Double (♂)	Jörg Roßkopf Steffen Fetzner
Double (♀)	Qiao Hong Deng Yaping
Doubles (mixed)	Yoo Nam-Kyu Jung Hwa Hyun
Team (♂)	Sweden
Team (♀)	People's Republic of China

Special postage stamp with surcharge for sports in 1989

The 40th table tennis world championship took place from March 29 to April 9, 1989 in Dortmund (Germany). The game was played in the Westfalenhalle .

In the run-up, Stuttgart had also applied to host this World Cup, but the German Table Tennis Association DTTB decided on Dortmund.

General

The Chinese men's team won the gold medal in four consecutive world championships. In Dortmund this series broke in front of 12,000 enthusiastic viewers. The Swedish team ( Jörgen Persson , Mikael Appelgren , Jan-Ove Waldner ) was cheered on as if it were the German team and won the world championship 5-0.

The young German men's team achieved a 7th place.

In the men's singles, Jörgen Persson, who was favored after the team games, had to give way to his compatriot Jan-Ove Waldner. China received nothing here.

In an inspiring final, the German “youngsters” Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner won the men's doubles world championship in front of a sold-out Westfalenhalle. It was the first title for the Federal Republic after the Second World War .

The Chinese men did not win a gold medal. In contrast, the women proved to be superior by winning gold with the team, in singles and doubles.

Game system of team competitions

The teams played according to the same three-stage system as in 1987 (see World Cup 1987 ).

69 teams competed in the men and 55 teams in the women.

Cutting off the Germans

Team competition men

In Level 1, Germany faced Brazil, Malaysia and Iceland in Group G. All three opponents were defeated 5-0 without losing a set.

In stage 2, Germany competed in group AA together with China, Hungary and Belgium. Surprisingly, the first game against the underdog Belgium was lost 5-2. The following 2: 5 defeat against China was factored in. Since Hungary won against Belgium 5: 3 at the same time, there was still a chance to reach 2nd place: The team had to win at least 5: 1 against Hungary (and Belgium lose to China) in order to achieve the best score with a 1: 2 tie . This succeeded: They defeated Hungary 5-1 and qualified for the placement games for rank 1 to 8 in level 3.

Here Germany met the eventual world champion Sweden and lost without the sick Georg Böhm 2: 5; "Substitute" Peter Franz convinced with a victory over Mikael Appelgren . This was followed by a 4-5 defeat against Japan. In the final game for 7th place they beat Poland 5-2.

Team competition women

For the first time, Olga Nemes competed with the German team. (In 1985 she was only eligible to play in individual competitions, in 1987 she was injured.)

In Stage 1, Group P, Germany won 3-0 against Turkey and lost 3-1 against Bulgaria. This was only enough for 2nd place and thus for the game for places 17 to 32.

Here the women's team prevailed in Group HH against Austria (3: 0), Malaysia (3: 0) and Italy (3: 1) and reached level 3. Here it came with a 3: 1 against Poland, a 2: 3 against France and a 3-0 against Austria in 19th place.

Men's singles

Georg Böhm lost in the first game against Olivier Marmurek (France). Steffen Fetzner immediately had to compete against the bronze medalist Yu Shentong (China) and had no chance. Hans-Jürgen Fischer won easily against Kurt Jost (Liechtenstein), Umesh de Alwis (Sri Lanka), Emad Kaldi (Jordan) and Hussian Aziz (Iraq), but failed among the last 64 to the Swede Mikael Appelgren . Peter Franz survived the qualifying round without any problems, but then clearly lost to the Hungarian Zsolt Harczi. Helmut Grob was eliminated after victories over Miklos Somosi (Hungary) and Musaddequl Haque (Bangladesh) against Taiwan's top player Wu Wen-Chia. Jürgen Rebel failed in the first lap due to Gerard Bakker from the Netherlands. Jörg Roßkopf eliminated Vladimir Marinkevitch (USSR) and Tomas Janci (CSSR), but was then defeated by Andrzej Grubba (Poland). Ralf Wosik was drawn to the Korean Kim Ki-taik , who had wonsilverat the 1988 Olympic Games . Against this, Wosik had no chance. His brother Torben Wosik had no problems in the qualifying round. He then dominated Jindřich Panský (CSSR) 3-0 and lost just short of Carl Prean (GB).

Ladies singles

Ilka Böhning was eliminated in the qualifying round: against Pia Toelhoj (Denmark) she gave a 19-8 lead in the third set. Jin-Sook Cords won against Peggy Rainwetter (Luxembourg) and then failed to Hu Xiaoxin (China). Cornelia Faltermaier eliminated Caroline Sylvestre (Canada) and Carla Angela Tiberio (Brazil), but then lost to the Chinese Lin Li-Zu (TPE). Andrea Lieder lost to the Canadian Julie Barton after her win against Hong Kit Lp (Macau). Olga Nemes disappointed and didn't get any further against Alison Gordon (England). Katja Nolten won against Mee Wan Teong (Malaysia), but then hadno chanceagainst Wang Xiaoming (France). Nicole Struse convinced: In the qualification she won against Ewa Brzezinska-Janik (Poland), Patricia Aubry (France) and Sophie Thirion (Belgium) without any problems, but the Dutchman Mirjam Kloppenburg was too strong. Christiane Praedel defeated Elke Billen (Belgium) and Wendy Hughes (Australia),but she couldn't get pastthe Hungarian Gabriella Wirth .

Men's doubles

The most successful of course was the world champion double Roßkopf / Fetzner , which was successively Zsolt Kriston / Miklos Somosi (Hungary), Juzo Nukazuka / Yoji Matsushita (Japan), Ulf Carlsson / Ulf Bengtsson (Sweden), Andrzej Grubba / Jean-Philippe Gatien (Poland) / France), Chen Longcan / Wei Qingguang (China) and Zoran Kalinić / Leszek Kucharski (Yugoslavia / Poland).

Rebel / Grob prevailed against three opponents in the qualifying round, but then lost to the French Patrick Renversé / Olivier Marmurek . For Böhm / Franz , after beating Bart van Haren / Adel Massaad (Netherlands / Egypt), the Korean double Kim Ki-taik / Ahn Jae-hyung was the final destination. The brothers Ralf Wosik / Torben Wosik lost to the Swedes Peter Karlsson / Thomas von Scheele after two victories in the qualifying round.

Fischer played together with Milan Grman (CSSR). They beat the Luxemburgers Yves Maas / Daniel Wintersdorff and Vladimir Dvorak / Slobodan Grujić (URS / Yugoslavia) and then lost to the Englishmen Desmond Douglas / Skylet Andrew .

Ladies doubles

Nolten / Böhning were the only German doubles to win, namely against the Scottish Carole Dalrymple / Sarah Hurry, after which it was eliminated against Csilla Bátorfi / Edit Urbán (Hungary). All other doubles lost their first game: Nemes / Struse against Walentina Popowa / Galina Melnik (URS), Cords / Faltermaier against Gerdie Keen / Sonja Rasmussen (Netherlands / Norway) and Lieder / Praedel against Pia Toelhoj / Anna Karina Bastman (Denmark).

Mixed

The furthest came Torben Wosik / Struse : After two victories in the qualification, they prevailed against Dennis Makaling / Wendy Hughes (Australia) and Roar Blikken / Lill Kristin Wennberg (Norway). In the 3rd main round they lost to Henk van Spanje / Mirjam Kloppenburg (Netherlands). Fetzner / Nemes reached the 2nd main round by beating Gupta Rinku / M.Mehta (India), where they were eliminated by Ulf Bengtsson / Marie Svensson (Sweden). Roßkopf / Nolten came just as far after 2-0 against Peter Stuart Jackson / Maxine Joan Goldie (New Zealand) were the Chinese Teng Yi / Hui Jun last stop. Rebel / Faltermaier also reached the 2 main rounds , who won twice in the qualification, then beat the Indonesians TJie Haryono Wong / Rossy Syehbubakar and then failed to Gideon Ng Joe / Julie Barton (Canada). The remaining German pairings were eliminated in the first main round: Böhm / Cords against Shigeo Itoh / Yukino Matsumoto (Japan), Franz / Böhning after qualifying against Miroslav Cecava / Miluse Kocova (CSSR), Grob / Lieder after qualifying against Samvel Vardanjan / Irina Palina (URS) and Fischer / Praedel after qualifying against Zoran Kalinić / Gordana Perkučin (Yugoslavia).

ITTF Congress

The ITTF Congress passed the following resolutions:

• The associations of Guam, Liechtenstein, Dominica and the Marshall Islands were accepted as ITTF members.
• A modified system for the men's team competition was set for the next World Cup .

Nancy Evans (Wales) and Amin Abou Heif (Egypt) ended their work as functionaries in the ITTF.

useful information

• Ralf Wosik resigned from the national team after the World Cup.
• Charles Roesch ended his work as head coach of the DTTB after the World Cup. He was succeeded by Eva Jeler .
• Daniele Ceccoli (San Marino) was 13 years old (born April 4, 1976) and was the youngest participant in a world championship.
• The Pakistan and India teams refused to play against the Israel team.
• Jörgen Persson (Sweden) and Csilla Bátorfi (Hungary) received the JOOLA Trophy as the most successful team players of the tournament .
• Wang Xiaoming from France received the Richard Bergmann Fair Play Prize from the SCI .
• The Swede Jörgen Persson and the Chinese Qiao Hong received the Victor Barna Prize from the SCI .
• When the German referee Fritz Eigler complained that the Chinese Jiang Jialiang's serve was wrong, the Chinese refused to continue the game. Instead of disqualifying him because of this, Eigler was illegally substituted.
• The Deutsche Bundespost issued a postage stamp (Michel catalog no. 1408) for this world championship. A special postmark was used in the special post office in the Westfalenhalle from March 29 to April 9, 1989.
• On the occasion of this World Cup, the DTTB released the music from the opening ceremony “Magic Ball” as a vinyl single. The music was also played before award ceremonies.
• For the first time a World Cup draw was carried out with the help of a computer program. The software was developed by Michael Theis (Germany).

Results

The following Germans only took part in the individual competitions:

• Gentlemen: Hans-Jürgen Fischer , Helmut Grob , Jürgen Rebel , Torben Wosik
• Ladies: Cornelia Faltermaier , Andrea Lieder , Christiane Praedel , Katja Nolten

German referees (selection): Eugen Bach (Rhineland-Palatinate), Elmar Diewald (Rheinhessen), Hagen Ziegler (Peine), Paul-Wilhelm Marx (WTTV), Erich Bachmann (Braunschweig), Fritz Eigler. The referees Adolf Strecker (Luna) and Armin Richter were represented from the GDR, with Richter leading the men's singles final.

competition	rank	winner
Team men	1.	Sweden : Jörgen Persson , Mikael Appelgren , Jan-Ove Waldner , Erik Lindh and Peter Karlsson
	2.	People's Republic of China : Jiang Jialiang , Ma Wenge , Yu Shentong , Teng Yi and Chen Longcan
	3.	North Korea : Song Hui Kim, Mun Song Yun, Jong Chol Chu, Sun ll Hong and Li Gun-sang
	7th	Germany : Georg Böhm , Steffen Fetzner , Peter Franz , Jörg Roßkopf and Ralf Wosik
	23.	Austria : Gottfried Bär , Ding Yi , Stanislaw Fraczyk , Manfred Gsodam and Dietmar Palmi
	34.	Switzerland : Thomas Busin , Thierry Miller , Stefan Renold and Thien Si Tu
Team women	1.	People's Republic of China : Chen Jing , Hu Xiaoxin, Chen Zihe and Li Huifen
	2.	South Korea : Jung Hwa Hyun , Soon Hwa Hong, Mi Sook Kwon and Young Mi Kim
	3.	Hong Kong : Chai Po Wa , Chan Tan Lui , Mok Ka Sha and So Hung Hui
	19th	Germany : Ilka Böhning , Jin-Sook Cords , Olga Nemes and Nicole Struse
	20th	Austria : Petra Fichtinger , Vera Kottek and Elisabeth Maier
Men's singles	1.	Jan-Ove Waldner - SWE
	2.	Jörgen Persson - SWE
	3.	Yu Shentong - CHN
	3.	Andrzej Grubba - POL
Ladies singles	1.	Qiao Hong - CHN
	2.	Li Bun Hui - PRK
	3.	Jung Hwa Hyun - COR
	3.	Chen Jing - CHN
Men's doubles	1.	Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner - FRG
	2.	Zoran Kalinić - YUG / Leszek Kucharski - POL
	3.	Chen Longcan / Wei Qingguang - CHN
	3.	Teng Yi / Hui Jun - CHN
Ladies doubles	1.	Qiao Hong / Deng Yaping - CHN
	2.	Chen Jing / Hu Xiaoxin - CHN
	3.	Gao Jun / Liu Wei - CHN
	3.	Li Jun / Ding Yaping - CHN
Mixed	1.	Yoo Nam-Kyu / Jung Hwa Hyun - COR
	2.	Zoran Kalinić / Gordana Perkučin - YUG
	3.	Chen Zhibin / Chen Jing - CHN
	3.	Chen Longcan / Gao Jun - CHN

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	People's Republic of China	3	2	8th	13
2	Sweden	2	1	0	3
3	South Korea	1	1	1	3
4th	BR Germany	1	0	0	1
5	Yugoslavia	0	1.5	0	1.5
6th	North Korea	0	1	1	2
7th	Poland	0	0.5	1	1.5
8th	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
Total		7th	7th	12	26th

literature

• Detailed report in the magazine DTS 1989/4, pp. 3–51

Web links

• Entry in ITTF database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 50 years of the table tennis association Württemberg-Hohenzollern - 1996, publisher: Tischtennisverband Württemberg-Hohenzollern eV, Stuttgart, page 20
2. ↑ Journal DTS , 1989/4 p. 14 + p. 24-25 + p. 42
3. ↑ Journal DTS , 1989/4 pp. 28-30 + p. 42
4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1989/4 p. 40 + p. 42
5. ↑ DTS magazine , 1989/4 p. 41 + p. 42
6. ↑ Journal DTS , 1989/4 pp. 8-10 + p. 42
7. ^ "Tischtennis" magazine - bulletin of the German Table Tennis Association of the GDR, ISSN  0138-1547 , 1989/6 pp. 16-18
8. ↑ DTS magazine , 1989/4 p. 51
9. ↑ DTS magazine , 1989/4 p. 22
10. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2020/8 page 45
11. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2012/2 p. 45
12. ^ "Table tennis" magazine - bulletin of the German Table Tennis Association of the GDR, ISSN  0138-1547 , 1989/6 p. 15