Table tennis world championship 2010

The 55th table tennis world championship for teams took place from May 23rd to 30th, 2010 in Moscow . The venue was the Olimpijski sports complex with a capacity of 30,000 .

Overview

China defended the men's title with a final victory over Germany. Singapore won the women's final against China. Before that, the Chinese women had last lost a team fight at a World Cup in 1991 (against all of Korea) and before that in 1973 (against South Korea). Germany's women reached the semi-finals and thus won bronze, the first medal since 1997 . With this result, Germany was the most successful European nation.

111 national associations were represented and provided 109 men's and 81 women's teams.

Competition mode

The mode of delivery is exactly the same as at the last World Cup . 24 teams compete against each other in four groups. The first in the group goes to the quarter-finals, the second to the second round.

In the following tables the total points (column "Points") are calculated according to the following scheme: A win counts 2 points, for a defeat there is one point.

Results gentlemen

Group A

rank	country	Games	Points
1	People's Republic of China	15: 0	10
2	Russia	11: 7	8th
3	Poland	9:10	8th
4th	France	8: 9	7th
5	Greece	8:11	7th
6th	Italy	1:15	5

China	-	France	3-0
Russia	-	Italy	3-0
Greece	-	Poland	2: 3
China	-	Poland	3-0
Russia	-	Greece	2: 3
France	-	Italy	3-0
China	-	Greece	3-0
Russia	-	France	3: 1
Poland	-	Italy	3: 1
China	-	Russia	3-0
Greece	-	Italy	3-0
France	-	Poland	1: 3
China	-	Italy	3-0
Russia	-	Poland	3-0
Greece	-	France	0: 3

Group B

rank	country	Games	Points
1	South Korea	15: 3	10
2	Sweden	13:10	9
3	Czech Republic	12: 9	8th
4th	Chinese Taipei	10.12	7th
5	Ukraine	7:14	6th
6th	Romania	7:15	5

South Korea	-	Czech Republic	3: 1
Sweden	-	Ukraine	3: 2
Chinese taipei	-	Romania	3: 1
South Korea	-	Romania	3: 1
Sweden	-	Chinese Taipei	3: 2
Czech Republic	-	Ukraine	3-0
South Korea	-	Chinese Taipei	3-0
Sweden	-	Czech Republic	3: 1
Romania	-	Ukraine	2: 3
South Korea	-	Sweden	3: 1
Chinese Taipei	-	Ukraine	3: 2
Czech Republic	-	Romania	3: 1
South Korea	-	Ukraine	3-0
Sweden	-	Romania	3: 2
Chinese Taipei	-	Czech Republic	2: 3

Group C

rank	country	Games	Points
1	Germany	15: 3	10
2	Japan	14: 6	9
3	Hungary	10:12	7th
4th	Spain	8:11	7th
5	Croatia	6:12	6th
6th	Denmark	3:14	6th

Germany	-	Denmark	3-0	Boll , Ovtcharov , Sweet
Japan	-	Hungary	3: 1
Croatia	-	Spain	2: 3
Germany	-	Spain	3-0	Boll , Ovtcharov , Steger
Japan	-	Croatia	3-0
Denmark	-	Hungary	3: 2
Germany	-	Croatia	3-0	Boll , Ovtcharov , Sweet
Japan	-	Denmark	3-0
Spain	-	Hungary	2: 3
Germany	-	Japan	3: 2	Boll , Ovtcharov , Suss - defeat Boll, Ovtcharov
Croatia	-	Hungary	1: 3
Denmark	-	Spain	0: 3
Germany	-	Hungary	3: 1	Baum , Süß , Steger - defeat Steger
Japan	-	Spain	3: 2
Croatia	-	Denmark	3-0

Group D

rank	country	Games	Points
1	Hong Kong	13: 7	9
2	Belarus	11: 8	8th
3	Austria	12: 8	8th
4th	Portugal	11:10	8th
5	Singapore	5:13	6th
6th	North Korea	5:12	6th

Hong Kong	-	Singapore	3: 1
Austria	-	Belarus	3: 2
Portugal	-	North Korea	3: 2
Hong Kong	-	North Korea	3-0
Austria	-	Portugal	2: 3
Singapore	-	Belarus	1: 3
Hong Kong	-	Portugal	3: 2
Austria	-	Singapore	3-0
North Korea	-	Belarus	3-0
Hong Kong	-	Austria	3: 1
Portugal	-	Belarus	0: 3
Singapore	-	North Korea	3: 1
Hong Kong	-	Belarus	1: 3
Austria	-	North Korea	3-0
Portugal	-	Singapore	3-0

Round of 16

	China
05/27/2010	Poland	Belarus	0: 3
05/27/2010	Japan	Austria	3-0
		Hong Kong
	Germany
05/27/2010	Czech Republic	Russia	1: 3
05/27/2010	Sweden	Hungary	2: 3
		South Korea

Quarter finals

05/28/2010	China	Belarus	3-0
05/28/2010	Japan	Hong Kong	3-0
05/28/2010	Germany Boll , Ovtcharov , Süß	Russia	3-0
05/28/2010	Hungary	South Korea	1: 3

Semifinals

05/29/2010	China	Japan	3-0
05/29/2010	Germany Boll , Ovtcharov , Suss - defeat Suss	South Korea	3: 1

final

05/30/2010

China

Germany

3: 1

Teams	People's Republic of China	Germany	3: 1
Single 1	Ma Long	Timo Boll	2: 3 (11: 9,11: 8,10: 12,5: 11,7: 11)
Single 2	Ma Lin	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	3: 0 (11: 9,11: 7,11: 5)
Single 3	Zhang Jike	Christian Suess	3: 1 (7: 11,11: 9,11: 9,11: 7)
Single 4	Ma Lin	Timo Boll	3: 1 (14: 16.11: 4.11: 8.11: 7)
Trainer	Liu Guoliang	Richard Prause

Results women

Group A

rank	country	Win / loss	Points
1	People's Republic of China	5-0	10
2	Poland	4: 1	9
3	Croatia	3: 2	8th
4th	Italy	2: 3	7th
5	England	1: 4	6th
6th	Austria	0: 5	5

People's Republic of China	-	Italy	3-0
Austria	-	England	2: 3
Poland	-	Croatia	3: 1
People's Republic of China	-	Croatia	3-0
Austria	-	Poland	0: 3
Italy	-	England	3: 1
People's Republic of China	-	Poland	3-0
Austria	-	Italy	1: 3
Croatia	-	England	3: 1
People's Republic of China	-	Austria	3-0
Poland	-	England	3-0
Italy	-	Croatia	0: 3
People's Republic of China	-	England	3-0
Austria	-	Croatia	1: 3
Poland	-	Italy	3: 2

Group B

rank	country	Win / loss	Points
1	Singapore	5-0	10
2	Germany	4: 1	9
3	Netherlands	3: 2	8th
4th	Spain	2: 3	7th
5	Czechoslovakia	1: 4	6th
6th	United States	0: 5	5

Germany	-	United States	3-0	Wu Jiaduo , silver iron , sonic
Netherlands	-	Czechoslovakia	3-0
Singapore	-	Spain	3-0
Germany	-	Netherlands	3: 2	Silbereisen , Wu Jiaduo , Schall - Defeat Silbereisen, Wu Jiaduo
Spain	-	United States	3-0
Singapore	-	Czechoslovakia	3: 1
Germany	-	Spain	3: 1	Silbereisen , Wu Jiaduo , Schall - Defeat Schall
Czechoslovakia	-	United States	3: 2
Singapore	-	Netherlands	3-0
Singapore	-	Germany	3-0	Silbereisen , Wu Jiaduo , Schall , Winter
Netherlands	-	United States	3-0
Spain	-	Czechoslovakia	3: 1
Germany	-	Czechoslovakia	3: 1	Winter , Silbereisen , Wu Jiaduo - defeat winter
Netherlands	-	Spain	3: 2
Singapore	-	United States	3-0

Group C

rank	country	Win / loss	Points
1	Hong Kong	5-0	10
2	South Korea	4: 1	9
3	Hungary	3: 2	8th
4th	Ukraine	2: 3	7th
5	North Korea	1: 4	6th
6th	France	0: 5	5

South Korea	-	France	3-0
Hong Kong	-	North Korea	3-0
Hungary	-	Ukraine	3: 1
South Korea	-	Ukraine	3-0
Hong Kong	-	Hungary	3: 1
France	-	North Korea	2: 3
South Korea	-	Hungary	3-0
Hong Kong	-	France	3-0
Ukraine	-	North Korea	0: 3
South Korea	-	Hong Kong	1: 3
Hungary	-	North Korea	3: 1
France	-	Ukraine	1: 3
South Korea	-	North Korea	3-0
Hong Kong	-	Ukraine	3-0
Hungary	-	France	3-0

Group D

rank	country	Win / loss	Points
1	Japan	5-0	10
2	Taiwan	4: 1	9
3	Romania	3: 2	8th
4th	Belarus	2: 3	7th
5	Russia	1: 4	6th
6th	Slovakia	0: 5	5

Japan	-	Belarus	3-0
Romania	-	Slovakia	3-0
Taiwan	-	Russia	3-0
Japan	-	Russia	3: 1
Romania	-	Taiwan	1: 3
Belarus	-	Slovakia	3-0
Japan	-	Taiwan	3: 2
Romania	-	Belarus	3-0
Russia	-	Slovakia	3: 1
Japan	-	Romania	3-0
Taiwan	-	Slovakia	3-0
Belarus	-	Russia	3-0
Japan	-	Slovakia	3-0
Romania	-	Russia	3-0
Taiwan	-	Belarus	3-0

Round of 16

	China
	Germany Silbereisen , Wu Jiaduo , Winter - Defeat Silbereisen	Romania	3: 1
	Hungary	Taiwan	3: 1
		Singapore
	Hong Kong
	South Korea	Croatia	3: 1
	Netherlands	Poland	3: 2
		Japan

Quarter finals

	Singapore	Hungary	3-0
	China	Netherlands	3-0
	Germany Silbereisen , Wu Jiaduo , Winter - Defeat Silbereisen	Hong Kong	3: 1
	Japan	South Korea	3: 2

Semifinals

	China	Japan	3-0
	Singapore	Germany Wu Jiaduo , Silbereisen , Winter - Sieg Silbereisen	3: 1

final

05/30/2010

Singapore

China

3: 1

Teams	Singapore	People's Republic of China	3: 1
Single 1	Feng Tianwei	Ding Ning	3: 2 (8: 11,3: 11,11: 8,11: 9,11: 9)
Single 2	Wang Yuegu	Liu Shiwen	3: 1 (11: 7,11: 8,2: 11,12: 10)
Single 3	Sun Beibei	Guo Yan	1: 3 (11: 6.6: 11.4: 11.6: 11)
Single 4	Feng Tianwei	Liu Shiwen	3: 2 (11: 7,12: 14,11: 7,9: 11,11: 7)

Cutting off the Germans

Men's

Richard Prause was the coach . In Group C, Germany defeated Denmark, Spain and Croatia 3-0 each. After a 3-2 win against Japan and a 3-1 win against Hungary, it finished first and qualified for the quarter-finals. Here the team defeated Russia 3-0. In the semi-finals, Germany beat South Korea 3-1 and reached the final, where they met China.

After a 2-0 deficit, Timo Boll managed to win against Ma Long and put Germany in the lead. Ma Lin equalized with a 3-0 win against Dimitrij Ovtcharov . In the following game, after winning the first set against Zhang Jike , Christian Süß was already 9: 5 in the second set. However, he still lost 1: 3. Ma Lin then got the victory point against Timo Boll.

player	Balance sheet
Timo Boll	8: 2
Dimitrij Ovtcharov	6: 2
Christian Suess	5: 2
Bastian Steger	2: 1
Patrick Baum	1-0

Ladies

The German women were trained by Jörg Bitzigeio and Eva Jeler . The team started in Group C and began with the line-up Wu Jiaduo , Kristin Silbereisen , Elke Schall . After a 3-0 win over the USA, the game against the reigning European champions Netherlands followed. Despite being 0-2 behind, the Germans still won 3-2. After the subsequent 3-1 victory over Spain, Elke Schall could no longer be used due to a back injury. The only 17-year-old Sabine Winter was used in the remaining games . In the fourth round, the team was lost in the 3-0 draw against Singapore, not winning a single set. After the 3-1 victory over the Czech Republic, Germany came second in Group C and thus had to play in the round of 16.

Here Romania was drawn as opponents. Here Sabine Winter contributed to the 3-1 success by beating Bernadette Szőcs . Winter also scored points against Zhang Rui in the quarter-finals against Hong Kong. Germany moved 3-1 into the semi-finals, where they met the eventual world champions Singapore again. Only Kristin Silbereisen can win two sets against Wang Yuegu , the fight is lost 3-0.

Players	Balance sheet
Wu Jiaduo	9: 3
Kristin Silbereisen	4: 5
Sabine Winter	2: 3
Elke Schall	2: 1

Petrissa Solja was preferred to Zhenqi Barthel in the World Cup nomination , but was not used.

useful information

• Michael Zwipp (Hessen) is nominated as head judge for the Olympic Summer Games 2012 in table tennis .
• The regulation for the change method (time game) was changed by the ITTF Congress.
• At the Summer Olympics, a maximum of two players per nation may compete in the individual competition.
• In the future, an athlete will be banned for 12 months if their racket is tested incorrectly four times within 48 months.
• The 2013 World Cup will be awarded to Paris.
• Kuwait is excluded as a member of the world association ITTF .
• New ITTF members will be Swaziland, Norfolk Island and Anguilla.

Results

Men's

rank	winner
1.	China ( Ma Lin , Ma Long , Zhang Jike , Wang Hao )
2.	Germany ( Timo Boll , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Christian Süß , Bastian Steger , Patrick Baum )
3rd-4th	South Korea ( Ryu Seung-min , Oh Sang-eun , Joo Se-hyuk )
3rd-4th	Japan ( Jun Mizutani , Kaii Yoshida , Seiya Kishikawa , Kenta Matsudaira , Chan Kazuhiro)
10.	Austria ( Werner Schlager , Chen Weixing , Robert Gardos )
63.	Switzerland ( Nicola Mohler , Denis Joset, Linus Trummler)

Ladies

rank	winner
1.	Singapore ( Sun Beibei , Feng Tianwei , Wang Yuegu )
2.	China ( Ding Ning , Liu Shiwen , Guo Yan )
3rd to 4th	Germany ( Wu Jiaduo , Kristin Silbereisen , Sabine Winter , Elke Schall )
3rd to 4th	Japan ( Kasumi Ishikawa , Sayaka Hirano , Ai Fukuhara )
50.	Switzerland ( Monika Führer , Rachel Moret , Rahel Aschwanden )

Medal table

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

Sources and individual references

• Detailed report: tischtennis magazine , 2010/6
• Preview: table tennis , 2010/5 pp. 10-16

1. ↑ Example for calculating the points (accessed on January 17, 2020)
2. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2010/6 p. 20
3. ↑ ^{a b c} magazine tischtennis , 2010/6 p. 22

Web links

• Entry in ITTF database (accessed June 5, 2011)
• ITTF report ( accessed January 16, 2020)