World table tennis championship 1993

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Table tennis Table tennis world championship
1991 JapanJapan ← World Cup 1993 → 1995 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
date 11.5. - 23.5.1993
venue SwedenSweden Gothenburg
winner
Single (♂) FranceFrance Jean-Philippe Gatien
Single (♀) Korea SouthSouth Korea Hyun Jung-hwa
Double (♂) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Wang Tao Lu Lin
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
Double (♀) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Liu Wei Qiao Yunping
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
Doubles (mixed) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Wang Tao Liu Wei
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
Team (♂) SwedenSweden Sweden
Team (♀) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China

The 42nd table tennis world championship took place from May 11 to 23, 1993 in Gothenburg (Sweden) in the multi-purpose hall Scandinavium . 88 men's and 73 women's teams were represented.

General

The Swedish men's team shows its strength as defending champions, uses its home advantage and wins the gold medal. The German men's team wins the bronze medal. In the women's category, the favored Chinese women win. The German women's team took a good 6th place.

In the men's singles, surprisingly none of the favored Swedes or Chinese wins, but the French Jean-Philippe Gatien ahead of the Belgian Jean-Michel Saive . The Swedish top favorite and Olympic champion from Barcelona, Jan-Ove Waldner has to be content with the bronze medal.

Game system of team competitions

The game system for the men's and women's team competitions has been changed again.

The teams are classified into "first place 16" and "rest" on the basis of their placement at the last World Cup .

The first 16 at the last World Cup play in the preliminary round in two groups of eight, A and B, everyone against everyone. The first three teams of groups A and B reach the quarter-finals, so there are 6 participants in the quarter-finals.

The remaining teams, which did not make it into the first 16 in 1991, form eight further groups of eight, where according to the system everyone is played against everyone. The first placed then contest two parallel play-off tournaments. The winners of these play-offs play against the two fourth-placed players from groups A and B and thus determine the seventh and eighth participants in the quarter-finals.

Each team consists of three players. In the individual team fights of the men, there is no doubles compared to the last World Cup, instead another singles will be played. It is played according to the World Cup system for teams of three . The women continue to play doubles according to the modified World Cup system for teams of three .

Cutting off the Germans

Team competition men

The German team was looked after by Zlatko Čordaš and Klaus Schmittinger , they started in Group B. Due to protracted injuries to Jörg Roßkopf and Peter Franz , the preparations for the World Cup were not optimal. Therefore, it was unclear in advance about the team's chances. In fact, Roßkopf rarely found his best form, but this was offset by good performances by Franz and Fetzner .

After victories against Canada, France, Russia, Italy and the CSSR as well as after defeats against Sweden and North Korea, the team came in third and qualified for the quarter-finals. Here the team won 3-2 against South Korea. In the semifinals she lost 3-1 to China. Germany secured the bronze medal with a 3-1 win against North Korea.

Team competition women

The women's team was looked after by Dirk Schimmelpfennig . Only one day before the start of the tournament, the world association ITTF approved the use of the Chinese-born Jie Schöpp in the team competition.

The team was drawn into group A. After four wins (Romania, Sweden, Denmark, USA) and three defeats (China, North Korea, Hungary) it reached 3rd place. After the 1: 3 defeat in the quarterfinals against South Korea it was 5-8th place. Germany defeated Japan 3: 0, the game for 5th place she lost 2: 3 against Russia.

Men's singles

Jörg Roßkopf won against Gideon-Joe Ng (Canada), Chih Chin-Shui (Taiwan), Lo Chuen Tsung (Hong Kong) and then lost to Zoran Primorac in the round of 16 .

One lap earlier, Steffen Fetzner retired after winning over Dragutin Šurbek (Croatia) and Martin Doppler (Austria) against Wenguan Huang (Canada).

Even Peter Franz Round reached 3. He sat down against Allan Bentsen (Denmark) and Xie Chaojie by (China), but failed subsequently to the Belgian Jean-Michel Saive .

Richard Prause won against Silnei F. Yuta (Brazil) and then lost to Wang Tao (China).

Oliver Alke (loss against Chan Kong Wah (Hong Kong)) and Sascha Köstner (victory against Arif Khan (Pakistan); loss against Károly Németh (Hungary)) did not survive the qualifying rounds.

Men's doubles

The world championship doubles from 1989 Roßkopf / Fetzner were eliminated in the 2nd round against the Dutchmen Danny Heister / Trinko Keen , after they had eliminated the Belgians Marc Closset / Andras Podpinka .

Alke / Franz won against Paul Haldan / Henk van Spanje (Netherlands) and lost against Wenguan Huang / Carl Prean (Canada / England).

Köstner / Prause already failed in the qualification . Here they won against Arif Khan / Farjad Saif (Pakistan) and Richard Hyacinth / Alex Perry (England), but were then defeated by Ashraf Helmy / Ashraf Sobhy (Egypt).

Ladies singles

Nicole Struse reached the round of 16. She defeated Krisztina Tóth (Hungary), the reigning European champion Bettine Vriesekoop (Netherlands), eighth in the world rankings Zhang Qin (China) and Yu Sun-bok (North Korea). Then she was defeated by the penholder player Gao Jun (China).

Also Jie Schöpp different starting out in the second round. After victories over Renate Budayova (Sweden), Emilia Ciosu (Romania) and the world number two and 1989 world champion Qiao Hong (China), she lost to the 1988 Olympic champion Chen Jing (China).

For Christiane Praedel was after their victory over Marta Poljak (Yugoslavia) in Round 2 terminus as it the number 9 in the world rankings Chan Tan Lui subject (Hong Kong).

Olga Nemes failed in the first round to Xu Jing (Taiwan).

Ladies doubles

The two German doubles were eliminated in the second round.

Schall / Struse threw the Danes Sabine Larsen / Pia Toelhoj out of the race, but the later world championship doubles Liu Wei / Qiao Yunping (China) were too strong.

Nemes / Schöpp won against Silvia Delugan / Laura Negrisoli (Italy) and then lost against Jung Hwa Hyun / Park Jae Hyung (Korea).

Mixed

The furthest came Prause / Praedel , who won against Arup Basak / Kanchan Dhawan (India) and Dennis Makaling / Ying Catherine Kwok (Australia) and then lost to Lu Lin / Wu Na (China).

Fetzner / Nemes got into the second round by bye, where they were defeated by the Koreans Moon Kyu Min / Hong Soon Hwa.

Franz / Struse prevailed against Allan Bentsen / Pernilla Pettersson (Denmark / Sweden) and then eliminated against Philippe Saive / Cecile Ozer (Belgium).

Köstner / Schöpp only had to compete in the qualifying round. They survived this with victories against Daniel Torres / Gloria Panadero (Spain) and Izhak Abramovitz / Zoya Sidurevski (Israel). In round 1 they lost to Chih Chin-Shui / Chen Chin-Tan (Taiwan).

ITTF Congress

The congress of the TT world association ITTF took place parallel to the games . The following resolutions were passed, which came into effect on September 1, 1993:

  • Rule change: An accepted dart ball only counts as a fault if it is accepted over the table . In the past, a flying ball could not be accepted from behind the table.
  • In individual competitions, a player may no longer be advised by several supervisors during the breaks. If a supervisor becomes active, he must be named before the game.
  • The penalties for violations during a game are determined as follows: warning, deduction of one point, deduction of two points.
  • Foreign players can already be used in team competitions after two years if the previous TT Association and the ITTF Executive Committee agree. A waiting period of six years applies without consent.

useful information

  • Initially, Mexico was planned as the organizer, but had to be canceled for financial reasons.
  • The Greek team consisted entirely of Romanians: Călin Creangă , Daniel Cioca and Andrei Filimon .
  • As the most successful team players of the tournament, Jan-Ove Waldner (Sweden) and Jung Hwa Hyun (South Korea) received the JOOLA Trophy and 5,000 marks.
  • Jan-Ove Waldner receives the Richard Bergmann Fair Play Prize from SCI .
  • The South Korean Jung Hwa Hyun receives the Victor Barna Prize from the SCI .
  • Monika Neumann , born in Hesse , has competed for Liechtenstein since she was 12 years old. She was also registered as the only player for Liechtenstein.
  • In order to save travel costs, Uganda's women's team "obliges" a Ugandan compatriot living in Gothenburg, to whom the rules for doubles must first be explained.
  • Sigrid Göbel, who comes from Germany, competes for Namibia. At 58, she is the oldest participant in this World Cup. She is the president of the Namibian TT Association.
  • On January 28, 1993, the Swedish Post issued a postage stamp for 6 crowns (Michel catalog no. 1763) for this world championship, on which the Swedish table tennis player Jörgen Persson is shown. There was also a special cancellation from Gothenburg.

Results

The following Germans only took part in the individual competitions:

competition rank winner
Team men 1. Sweden ( Jörgen Persson , Erik Lindh , Mikael Appelgren , Jan-Ove Waldner , Peter Karlsson )
2. China ( Liu Guoliang , Zhang Lei, Wang Hao , Wang Tao , Ma Wenge )
3. Germany ( Richard Prause , Jörg Roßkopf , Oliver Alke , Peter Franz , Steffen Fetzner )
9. Austria ( Ding Yi , Martin Doppler, Qianli Qian , Werner Schlager , Stefan Unterreiner)
47. Switzerland ( Thierry Miller , Stefan Renold , Roland Schmid, Jens Sidler)
Team women 1. China ( Deng Yaping , Qiao Hong , Chen Zihe , Gao Jun )
2. North Korea ( Yu Sun-bok , Li Bun Hui , Bok Sun Wi, Hui Suk An)
3. South Korea ( Park Hae-jung , Kyung Ae Park, Kim Moo-kyo , Ryu Ji-hae )
6th Germany ( Olga Nemes , Elke Schall , Jie Schöpp , Nicole Struse )
36. Austria (Adriane Burg, Elisabeth Diestler, Martina Rabl)
44. Switzerland ( Sandra Busin , Sibylle Schneider)
Men's singles 1. Jean-Philippe Gatien - FRA
2. Jean-Michel Saive - BEL
3. Zoran Primorac - CRO
3. Jan-Ove Waldner -SWE
Ladies singles 1. Hyun Jung-hwa - COR
2. Chen Jing - CHN
3. Otilia Bădescu - ROME
3. Gao Jun - CHN
Men's doubles 1. Wang Tao / Lu Lin - CHN
2. Ma Wenge / Zhang Lei - CHN
3. Lin Zhigang / Liu Guoliang - CHN
3. Kim Taek Soo / Yoo Nam-Kyu - KOR
Ladies doubles 1. Liu Wei / Qiao Yunping - CHN
2. Deng Yaping / Qiao Hong - CHN
3. Gao Jun / Chen Zihe - CHN
3. Chan Tan Lui / Chai Po Wa - HKG
Mixed 1. Wang Tao / Liu Wei - CHN
2. Yoo Nam-Kyu / Jung Hwa Hyun - COR
3. Ma Wenge / Qiao Yunping - CHN
3. Sung Il Li / Yu Sun-bok - PRK

Medal table

 rank  country gold silver bronze total
1 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 4th 4th 4th 12
2 Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea 1 1 2 4th
3 SwedenSweden Sweden 1 0 1 2
4th FranceFrance France 1 0 0 1
5 Korea NorthNorth Korea North Korea 0 1 1 2
6th BelgiumBelgium Belgium 0 1 0 1
7th RomaniaRomania Romania 0 0 1 1
7th GermanyGermany Germany 0 0 1 1
7th CroatiaCroatia Croatia 0 0 1 1
7th Hong Kong 1959Hong Kong Hong Kong 0 0 1 1
Total 7th 7th 12 26th

Web links

Sources and individual references

  • World Cup preview: (DTS-Mai) DTS magazine , 1993/5 pp. 38–48
  • WM report: (DTS-Juni) magazine DTS , 1993/6 p. 4–21 + p. 40–50
  • WM review: (DTS-July) DTS magazine , 1993/7 pp. 29–36
  1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1995/4 p. 6
  2. ↑ (DTS June) p. 17
  3. ^ Journal DTS , 1991/6 p. 56
  4. ↑ (DTS-Mai) p. 38
  5. ↑ (DTS June) p. 13
  6. ↑ (DTS-July) p. 32
  7. ↑ (DTS-July) p. 32
  8. ↑ (DTS-July) p. 33