Table tennis world championship 2006
The 51st table tennis world championship for teams took place from April 24th to May 1st, 2006 in Bremen . Individual competitions did not take place according to the schedule. Bremen was awarded the contract by the participants in the Annual General Meeting of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in May 2003 after the association from Serbia and Montenegro withdrew its application for Belgrade and the Hanseatic city was the only candidate alongside London, New York and Shanghai.
After 1930 , 1959 , 1969 and 1989, Germany was the host of the table tennis world championship for the fifth time .
The title fights were held in the Bremen city hall . Around 60,000 spectators attended the event.
Game mode
The 24 teams of the 1st Division (Championship Division) competed in four groups of six in the mode everyone against everyone. Based on the team world rankings from March 2006, the four best teams were placed in the individual groups. The fifth and sixth were drawn into the groups with the third and fourth, the seventh and eighth in the remaining groups with the two WR firsts.
The group winners advance to the quarter-finals. The second and third placed determine the remaining four participants of the quarter-finals. The games for the next eight places 13 to 20 are still of interest because the first 18 teams qualify for the next World Team Championship in 2008. The fourth in each group intervene directly in these struggles. In addition, there are the winners of the games of the fifth and sixth placed, which are initially drawn against each other.
Other teams play in the 2nd division (24 teams), 3rd division (24 teams) and 4th division. In each of these divisions, the game is played according to the same pattern as in the (24 teams). The first two finishers move up to the next division.
For the next World Cup in 2008, the teams in places 1 to 18 and the two promoted teams from the 2nd division are eligible to play. There are also 4 nations according to the team world rankings.
Cutting off the Germans
The German men's team won the bronze medal, the women disappointed with 11th place.
Men's
Richard Prause looked after the team as a trainer.
In the games of group C, the Germans won all games: 3-1 against Norway, 3-2 against the Czech Republic, 3-0 against Poland, 3-1 against Austria and 3-1 against Serbia. With first place in the group you were qualified for the quarterfinals. Here Boll, Suss and Steger prevail 3-0 against Russia.
In the semifinals, the future world champion China was the opponent, who lost 1: 3. Timo Boll put the Germans in the lead with a win against Ma Lin . Then Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth lost against Wang Hao and Christian Süß against Wang Liqin 3-0, although he was leading in all three sets. The following encounter between Timo Boll and Wang Liqin went beyond all sets. In the last set, Boll led 5: 3. The Chinese then took a timeout, scored seven points in a row and won the game.
Ladies
The coach of the German women was Jörg Bitzigeio .
In Group C, the team finished third. They defeated the Netherlands 3-2, Italy 3-1 and Australia 3-0. There were defeats against Austria and South Korea each with 1: 3. As a result, the team had to face Austria again and fight for a place in the quarter-finals. This match was lost again with 1: 3. One of the decisive factors in this defeat was Nicole Struse's red card in the game against Li Qiangbing . The referee rated Struse's behavior - clenched fist in the direction of the opponent - as a provocation and awarded the opponent a point.
In the following placement games, the German women lost to Croatia and won against the Czech Republic. This meant 11th place.
Men
Women
Medal table
| rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 People's Republic of China
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |
 Hong Kong
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |
 South Korea
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4th |
 Germany
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4th |
 Japan
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4th |
.svg){kind=small} Belarus
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 4th | 8th | |
useful information
- 153 nations took part in this World Cup.
- About 60,000 visitors were counted.
- 415 journalists were on site.
- Michael Geiger from Haslach was the referee of the men's final.
- Bernd Buhmann from Bremen was another German referee.
- The racket of the Japanese Haruna Fakuoka showed in the match against the Hungarian Georgina Póta due to gluing to high pollutant values. Therefore, their winning game was rated as a defeat.
- Haiti took part in a World Cup for the first time. The table tennis association was founded in 1997.
- The Pakistani teams did not receive the entry visa until April 24th, i.e. on the opening day, because they could not name their hotel in Bremen beforehand. So they lost a few games without a fight.
- A round trip took place as part of the supporting program. 359 participants played at 47 tables for 62 minutes.
- Philately: Deutsche Post AG used a special cancellation in Bremen from April 29th to 30th, 2006.
literature
- World Cup preview: tischtennis magazine , 2006 issue 4, pages 10–32
- Report on the World Cup: tischtennis magazine, 2006 issue 5
Web links
- Entry in ITTF database
- ITTF report ( accessed June 5, 2011)