Table tennis world championship 2004

The 49th World Table Tennis Championships for teams took place from March 1st to 7th, 2004 in Doha ( Qatar ). The game was played in the Exhibition Center.

Overview

China won gold in both men and women. In the men's championship, defending champion China gave the German team, which surprisingly played in the final without Jörg Roßkopf, no chance in a 3-0 win. During the entire tournament, the men of China only gave up one game when Werner Schlager won against Ma Lin . In the women's category, the Chinese team won safely against Hong Kong.

German gentlemen

The German team had taken first place in the preliminary round matches in Group B by winning against Belgium (reigning vice world champion), Sweden (first World Cup / European Championship victory against this team in 35 (!) Years), Russia, co-favorites Taiwan and Hong Kong. Then she had to face China first in Group A. This game was lost 3-0. As a result, China moved into the final. The second final participant was determined by the loser of this game, Germany, having to play against the winner of the match between the runners-up. This was South Korea, which had prevailed against Sweden. A 3-1 win against South Korea then meant participation in the finals, where China clearly prevailed 3-0.

German ladies

The German women took a respectable 6th place and were thus able to qualify directly for the 1st division at the 2006 World Cup in Bremen . In the preliminary round they lost to China, South Korea and Singapore and won against Taiwan and Russia. This meant fourth place. In the placement games for ranks 5 to 8, they defeated Hungary and Russia. The subsequent 2-3 defeat against Romania led to place 6.

ITTF resolutions

The ITTF Congress (Annual General Meeting) dealt with the following requests from members:

• The proposal by Germany and China that the server must be above head height when serving was rejected.
• The Cook Islands and Montenegro were accepted as new members of the world association ITTF .
• Serbia and Montenegro will have their own teams in the future.

Results gentlemen

Group A

rank	country	Games	Points
1	People's Republic of China	15: 1	10
2	South Korea	12: 6	9
3	Austria	12: 9	8th
4th	Italy	7:13	7th
5	France	6:13	6th
6th	Japan	5:15	5

Table 1
People's Republic of China	-	France	3-0
South Korea	-	Japan	3-0
Italy	-	Japan	3: 2
Austria	-	Italy	3-0
People's Republic of China	-	Japan	3-0
France	-	Italy	2: 3
South Korea	-	Austria	3-0
People's Republic of China	-	Italy	3-0
Austria	-	France	3: 1
Japan	-	Austria	2: 3
France	-	South Korea	0: 3
People's Republic of China	-	Austria	3: 1
People's Republic of China	-	South Korea	3-0
Italy	-	South Korea	1: 3
Japan	-	France	1: 3

Group B

rank	country	Games	Points
1	Germany	15: 5	10
2	Sweden	12:10	8th
3	Hong Kong	12: 9	7th
4th	Chinese Taipei	10:12	7th
5	Belgium	7:13	7th
6th	Russia	5:12	6th

Chinese Taipei	-	Hong Kong	3: 2
Sweden	-	Russia	3: 1
Germany	-	Belgium	3: 1
Chinese Taipei	-	Russia	3: 1
Hong Kong	-	Belgium	3-0
Sweden	-	Germany	1: 3
Chinese Taipei	-	Belgium	2: 3
Russia	-	Germany	0: 3
Hong Kong	-	Sweden	2: 3
Chinese Taipei	-	Germany	1: 3
Belgium	-	Sweden	3: 2
Russia	-	Hong Kong	0: 3
Chinese Taipei	-	Sweden	1: 3
Germany	-	Hong Kong	3: 2
Belgium	-	Russia	0: 3

Game for 11th place

Japan

Russia

1: 3

Play for 9th place

France

Belgium

3-0

Game for 7th place

Italy

Chinese Taipe

1: 3

Play for 5th place

Austria

Hong Kong

3-0

Playoffs for the final

		China	Germany	3-0
		South Korea	Sweden	3-0

Semifinals

Germany

South Korea

3: 1

final

China

Germany

3-0

Teams	People's Republic of China	Germany	3-0
Single 1	Wang Hao	Timo Boll	3: 0 (11: 7,13: 11,11: 2)
Single 2	Ma Lin	Christian Süss	3: 1 (11: 5.8: 11.11: 8.11: 7)
Single 3	Wang Liqin	Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth	3: 1 (11: 5.8: 11.12: 10.11: 7)
Trainer
Table 1	March 7, 2004

competition	rank	winner
Team men	1.	China ( Ma Lin , Wang Hao , Wang Liqin , Kong Linghui , Liu Guozheng , Chen Qi )
	2.	Germany ( Timo Boll , Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth , Christian Süß , Jörg Roßkopf , Torben Wosik )
	3.	South Korea ( Joo Se-hyuk , Ryu Seung Min , Oh Sang-eun , Kim Taek Soo , Kim Jung-hoon )
	4th	Sweden ( Peter Karlsson , Jörgen Persson , Jens Lundqvist , Fredrik Hakansson, Pär Gerell , Jan-Ove Waldner )
	6th	Austria ( Chen Weixing , Robert Gardos , Karl Jindrak , Kostadin Lengerov , Werner Schlager )
	45.	Switzerland (Raphael Keller, Marc Schreiber, Denis Joset)
	71.	Liechtenstein (Peter Frommelt, Dominik Marxer, Daniel Toth, Martin Stricker, Alexander Klein)
Team women	1.	China ( Zhang Yining , Wang Nan , Guo Yue , Niu Jianfeng , Li Ju )
	2.	Hong Kong ( Tie Yana , Lau Sui Fei , Zhang Rui , Song Ah Sim , Yu Kwok Lake)
	3.	Japan ( Aya Umemura , Ai Fukuhara , Ai Fujinuma, Naoko Taniguchi, Sayaka Hirano )
	6th	Germany ( Jie Schöpp , Nicole Struse , Elke Wosik , Tanja Hain-Hofmann , Laura Stumper )
	34.	Austria ( Veronika Heine , Judith Herczig , Martina Petzner, Kateryna Wolf)

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	People's Republic of China	2	0	0	2
2	Germany	0	1	0	1
2	Hong Kong	0	1	0	1
4th	South Korea	0	0	1	1
4th	Japan	0	0	1	1
Total		2	2	4th	8th

philately

On March 1, 2004, Deutsche Post AG used an oval special postmark 53111 Bonn with a picture of a table tennis player and the clock tower of Doha .

literature

• Report on the World Cup, DTS magazine , 2004/3 pp. 8–23

Web links

• Entry in ITTF database
• ITTF report ( accessed June 5, 2011)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 2004/4 p. 31