Table tennis world championship 2009

Center Court of the Table Tennis World Championship in Yokohama

The 54th World Table Tennis Championships took place from April 28th to May 5th, 2009 in Yokohama (Japan) in the Yokohama Arena , one of the largest multifunctional halls in Japan. Of the 20 possible medals, 17 were awarded to China.

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On April 27, 2006, the Japanese coastal city was preferred to Linz by the participants in the Annual General Meeting of the World Table Tennis Association ITTF on the sidelines of the World Team Championship in Bremen . With 111: 43 votes, the result was surprisingly clear. Japan hosted the table tennis world championship for the sixth time after 1956 , 1971 , 1983 , 1991 and 2001 .

Yokohama has already gained experience in hosting large table tennis tournaments. The Japan Open took place here in 2005 and 2006 . The 2009 World Cup was embedded in the celebrations for the city's 120th anniversary.

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Each association can nominate up to five active participants for both the women’s and men’s competition. Up to two additional participants can be registered if active members of an association were among the first 10 places in the ITTF world rankings from January 2009. In this world ranking, Timo Boll took fourth place, which is why the Germans were allowed to enter six men. In contrast, the DTTB only reported four women because no other German was rated as strong enough.

As the host, Japan is entitled to two additional entries per competition.

The 96 best participants according to the world rankings of April 2009 start in the main field. The remaining participants compete in a qualifying round in which 32 active participants can qualify for the main field. In the main field consisting of 128 participants, the 64 best athletes are placed. The next best 32 participants and the 32 newcomers from the qualifying round will be drawn.

Cutting off the Germans

Timo Boll canceled his participation due to back problems, so his planned partner Christian Süß was not used in doubles. All German women and men survived the first round.

Men's singles

The most successful was Dimitrij Ovtcharov , who made it to the round of 16. He won against Kou Lei (Ukraine), Koki Niwa (Japan) and Ko Lai Chak (Hong Kong). Then he lost 4-1 to the Chinese Ma Long .

Christian Süß defeated William Henzell (Australia) and Hidetoshi Oya (Japan) before he was stopped by Jiang Tianyi (Hong Kong).

Bastian Steger ( Marcos Madrid (Mexico) 4: 1, Sharath Kamal Achanta (India) 1: 4), Patrick Baum ( Gustavo Tsuboi (Brazil) 4: 1, Joo Se-hyuk (Korea) 2: 4) went one round further. and Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth (Gavin Rumgay (Scotland) 4: 1, Robert Gardos (Austria) 1: 4).

Men's doubles

Ovtcharov / Steger played their way through to the round of 16 with victories over Mikkel Hindersson / Kasper Sternberg (Denmark) and Thomas Keinath / Peter Sereda (Slovakia), where they failed to Hao Shuai / Zhang Jike (China).

Baum / Fejer-Konnerth were eliminated in the first round against the Japanese Kenji Matsudaira / Jin Ueda .

Ladies singles

Elke Schall came after victories over Lay Jiang Fang (Australia) and Ai Fukuhara (Japan) in round three, where she lost to Li Xiaoxia (China).

Wu Jiaduo , who eliminated Alexandra Privalova (Belarus) and Li Qiangbing (Austria) and then lost to Ding Ning (China) , came just as far .

Kristin Silbereisen ( Carole Grundisch (France) 4: 2, Haruna Fukuoka (Japan) 1: 4) and Zhenqi Barthel ( Joanna Parker (England) 4: 0, Park Mi-young (Korea) 1: 4) survived one round .

Ladies doubles

Both German doubles qualified for the second round.

Barthel / Silbereisen prevailed against Mercedes Madrid / Laura Rosales (Mexico) and Nikoleta Stefanova / Wenling Tan Monfardini (Italy), but not against Guo Yue / Li Xiaoxia (China).

Schall / Wu Jiaduo won against Li Isabelle Siyun / Sim Kai Xin Zena (Singapore) and Park Young-sook / Seok Ha Jung (Korea) and then lost against Ai Fukuhara / Sayaka Hirano (Japan).

Mixed

Four German mixed doubles competed.

Suess / Schall / Wu Jiaduo played the most successful . After four wins over Gencay Menge / Fulya Ozler (Turkey), Panagiotis Gionis / Ekaterina Ntoulaki (Greece), Kunihito Tasei / Mikie Tasei-Takahashi (Japan) and Gao Ning / Feng Tianwei (Singapore), they lost in the quarter-finals against Zhang Jike / Mu Zi (China).

Steger / Barthel survived two rounds against Sharath Kamal Achanta / Shamini Kumaresan (India) and Cai Xiao Li / Yu Mengyu (Singapore). Then it was the end of the line against Xu Xin / Fan Ying (China).

Fejer-Konnerth / Silbereisen defeated the Greeks Konstantinos Papageorgiou / Christina Fili and were defeated by the South Koreans Oh Sang-eun / Dang Ye-seo .

Patrick Baum / Wu Jiaduo switched Bojan Tokič from / Manca Fajmut (Slovenia). Then they lost to Andrej Gaćina / Andrea Bakula (Croatia).

useful information

The German referee Hans-Peter Wörner (Steinheim) presided over the men's singles final.

The ITTF Congress (Annual General Meeting) took place at the same time:

The 2012 World Team Championship will be awarded to the DTTB and will take place in Dortmund.
DTTB President Thomas Weikert is elected Vice President of the ITTF.
Adham Sharara remains ITTF President. The challenger Alaor Gaspar Pinto Azevedo - doctor and president of the Brazilian table tennis association - loses the vote by 21: 142.
DTTB sports director Dirk Schimmelpfennig is elected to the ITTF Technical Committee, which is supposed to standardize the different game systems.

Philately: The Chinese post office honored this table tennis world championship with special postmarks and machine advertising stamps in the cities of Jinan ( 濟南市 / 济南市 , Jǐnán Shì ), Fuzhou and Ürümqi .

Results

Without exception, all finalists come from the People's Republic of China .

The new world champion in men's singles is Wang Hao , he defeated his compatriot Wang Liqin in the final without losing a set with 11-9, 13-11, 11-5, 11-9. In the men's doubles, the title went to Chen Qi and Wang Hao, who defeated Ma Long and Xu Xin with 6-11, 13-11, 13-11, 11-5, 11-9.

In the women's singles, the reigning Olympic champion Zhang Yining won over her compatriot Guo Yue in 6 sets with 10-12, 3-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9. In the women's doubles, Guo Yue and Li Xiaoxia won against Ding Ning and Guo Yan with 11-8, 12-10, 11-4, 3-11, 11-7.

In mixed doubles, the title went to Li Ping and Cao Zhen , who defeated Zhang Jike and Mu Zi with 11-6, 4-11, 11-7, 9-11, 13-11, 11-8.

competition	rank	winner
Men's singles	1.	Wang Hao - CHN
	2.	Wang Liqin - CHN
	3.	Ma Long - CHN
	3.	Ma Lin - CHN
Ladies singles	1.	Zhang Yining - CHN
	2.	Guo Yue - CHN
	3.	Li Xiaoxia - CHN
	3.	Liu Shiwen - CHN
Men's doubles	1.	Wang Hao / Chen Qi - CHN
	2.	Ma Long / Xu Xin - CHN
	3.	Hao Shuai / Zhang Jike - CHN
	3.	Seiya Kishikawa / Jun Mizutani - JPN
Ladies doubles	1.	Guo Yue / Li Xiaoxia - CHN
	2.	Ding Ning / Guo Yan - CHN
	3.	Jiang Huajun / Tie Yana - HGK
	3.	Kim Kyung-ah / Park Mi-young - COR
Mixed	1.	Cao Zhen / Li Ping - CHN
	2.	Mu Zi / Zhang Jike - CHN
	3.	Yao Yan / Zhang Chao - CHN
	3.	Chang Chenchen / Hao Shuai - CHN