Table tennis world championship 2013

Table tennis world championship
2012 ← World Cup 2013 → 2014
date	May 13 - May 20
venue	Paris
winner
Single (♂)	Zhang Jike
Single (♀)	Li Xiaoxia
Double (♂)	Chen Chien-An Chuang Chih-Yuan
Double (♀)	Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia
Doubles (mixed)	Kim Hyok-bong Kim Jong
← Individual 2011 • Individual 2015 →

The 58th World Table Tennis Championships in 2013 took place from May 13th to 20th, 2013 in the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris . Only the individual competitions were held. The defending champions were Zhang Jike (men's singles), Ding Ning (ladies singles), Li Xiaoxia & Guo Yue (women doubles), Ma Long & Xu Xin (men doubles) and Zhang Chao & Cao Zhen (mixed).

The French capital was awarded the contract in May 2010 by the participants in the Annual General Meeting of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). In the end, Paris was the only applicant after the Qatari Table Tennis Association withdrew its application for Doha shortly before the vote to allow Paris to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the 2003 World Cup . After 1934 , 1947 and 2003 , Paris hosted the World Table Tennis Championships for the fourth time .

Results

Men's singles

Round 3

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Xu Xin

4th

T. Apolonia

0

Xu Xin

4th

Chan Kazuhiro

1

Marcos Freitas

0

M. Freitas

4th

Xu Xin

4th

W. Samsonov

4th

Kenta Matsudaira

2

Andrej Gaćina

1

W. Samsonov

3

Chiang Hung-Chieh

2

Kenta Matsudaira

4th

Kenta Matsudaira

4th

Xu Xin

0

D. Ovtcharov

4th

Zhang Jike

4th

Tang Peng

2

D. Ovtcharov

1

Patrick Baum

4th

Patrick Baum

4th

Emmanuel Lebesson

2

Patrick Baum

1

Omar Assar

3

Zhang Jike

4th

Robert Gardos

4th

Robert Gardos

1

Fan Zhendong

0

Zhang Jike

4th

Zhang Jike

4th

Zhang Jike

4th

Wang Hao

4th

Wang Hao

2

Noshad Alamiyan

1

Wang Hao

4th

Chen Chien-An

0

Gao Ning

1

Gao Ning

4th

Wang Hao

4th

Yan An

4th

Yan An

2

K. Kreanga

1

Yan An

4th

Cho Eon-rae

1

Chuang Chih-Yuan

0

Chuang Chih-Yuan

4th

Wang Hao

4th

Timo Boll

4th

Ma Long

2

J. Lundqvist

2

Timo Boll

4th

Seiya Kishikawa

4th

Seiya Kishikawa

0

Alexei Smirnov

2

Timo Boll

2

Koki Niwa

4th

Ma Long

4th

Hey Zhiwen

2

Koki Niwa

2

Bojan Tokič

0

Ma Long

4th

Ma Long

4th

Ladies singles

Round 3

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Ding Ning

4th

Hu Limei

0

Ding Ning

4th

Xian Yifang

0

Seong-hye Park

0

Seong-hye Park

4th

Ding Ning

4th

Yang Ha-eun

3

Ri Myong-sun

1

Liu Jia

4th

Liu Jia

0

Ri Myong-sun

4th

Ri Myong-sun

4th

Kasumi Ishikawa

0

Ding Ning

2

Wu Yang

4th

Li Xiaoxia

4th

Wu Jiaduo

0

Wu Yang

4th

Huang Yi-hua

0

Kim Hye song

0

Kim Hye song

4th

Wu Yang

1

Chen Meng

4th

Li Xiaoxia

4th

Marharyta Pessozka

0

Chen Meng

0

Sayaka Hirano

0

Li Xiaoxia

4th

Li Xiaoxia

4th

Li Xiaoxia

4th

Feng Tianwei

4th

Liu Shiwen

2

Shiho Matsudaira

0

Feng Tianwei

4th

Hiroko Fuji

2

Tetjana Bilenko

2

Tetjana Bilenko

4th

Feng Tianwei

0

Jiang Huajun

4th

Zhu Yuling

4th

Kristin Lang

0

Jiang Huajun

2

Lee Ho Ching

2

Zhu Yuling

4th

Zhu Yuling

4th

Zhu Yuling

1

Shen Yanfei

4th

Liu Shiwen

4th

Daniela Dodean

2

Shen Yanfei

2

Matilda Ekholm

2

Melek Hu

4th

Melek Hu

4th

Melek Hu

1

Suh Hyo-won

4th

Liu Shiwen

4th

Li Jiao

2

Suh Hyo-won

0

Zhenqi Barthel

0

Liu Shiwen

4th

Liu Shiwen

4th

Men's doubles

Round 3

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Hao Shuai Ma Lin

4th

Zoran Primorac Roko Tošić

0

Hao Shuai Ma Lin

4th

Tiago Apolónia João Monteiro

4th

Tiago Apolónia João Monteiro

2

Alexander Schibajew Kirill Skachkov

2

Hao Shuai Ma Lin

4th

Robert Gardos D. Habesohn

4th

Robert Gardos D. Habesohn

1

C. Legoût A. Salifou

2

Robert Gardos D. Habesohn

4th

Kim Hyok-bong Park Sin-hyok

0

Jiang Tianyi Leung Chu Yan

2

Jiang Tianyi Leung Chu Yan

4th

Hao Shuai Ma Lin

4th

K. Matsudaira Koki Niwa

4th

S. Kishikawa Jun Mizutani

0

Andrej Gaćina T. Kolarek

0

K. Matsudaira Koki Niwa

3

Adrian Crișan Andrei Filimon

0

S. Kishikawa Jun Mizutani

4th

S. Kishikawa Jun Mizutani

4th

S. Kishikawa Jun Mizutani

4th

K. Karlsson M. Karlsson

4th

Chiang H. Huang S.

2

T. Monteiro G. Tsuboi

0

K. Karlsson M. Karlsson

3

Chiang H. Huang S.

4th

Chiang H. Huang S.

4th

Gao Ning Yang Zi

2

Hao Shuai Ma Lin

2

Chen Qi Fang Bo

4th

Chen C. Chuang C.

4th

Simon Gauzy E. Lebesson

1

Chen Qi Fang Bo

3

A. Mattenet Q. Robinot

1

Chan Kazuhiro K. Matsudaira

4th

Chan Kazuhiro K. Matsudaira

4th

Chan Kazuhiro K. Matsudaira

3

Patrick Baum B. Steger

4th

Chen C. Chuang C.

4th

Tang Peng Wong C.

1

Patrick Baum Bastian Steger

2

M. Jevtović Žolt Pete

0

Chen C. Chuang C.

4th

Chen C. Chuang C.

4th

Chen C. Chuang C.

4th

Kim Min-seok Seo H.

4th

Wang Liqin Zhou Yu

2

Hey Zhiwen C. Machado

0

Kim Min-seok Seo H.

4th

H. Calderano C. Matsumoto

0

Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su

2

Jung Y. Lee Sang-su

4th

Kim Min-seok Seo H.

0

A. Liwenzow M. Paikow

4th

Wang Liqin Zhou Yu

4th

Pavel Širuček Tomas Tregler

2

A. Liwenzow Michail Paikow

0

Par Gerell J. Lundqvist

1

Wang Liqin Zhou Yu

4th

Wang Liqin Zhou Yu

4th

Ladies doubles

Round 3

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia

4th

Park S. Seok Ha-jung

0

Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia

4th

Dana Čechová Renáta Štrbíková

1

K. Silbereisen Wu Jiaduo

0

K. Silbereisen Wu Jiaduo

4th

Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia

4th

Ri Mi-gyong Ri Myong-sun

4th

Park Y. Yang Ha-eun

0

Laura Gasnier Xian Yifang

0

Ri Mi-gyong Ri Myong-sun

1

C. Postoaca B. Szőcs

3

Park Y. Yang Ha-eun

4th

Park Y. Yang Ha-eun

4th

Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia

4th

Kim Hye song Kim Jong

4th

Feng Tianwei Yu Mengyu

2

A. Arlouskaya W. Paulowitsch

1

Kim Hye song Kim Jong

0

Chen Szu-yu Liu Hsing-Yin

1

Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano

4th

Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano

4th

Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano

0

K. Ishikawa M. Morizono

4th

Feng Tianwei Yu Mengyu

4th

E. Lennon Marie Migot

0

K. Ishikawa M. Morizono

1

B. Tetyana H. Haponowa

3

Feng Tianwei Yu Mengyu

4th

Feng Tianwei Yu Mengyu

4th

Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia

4th

Chen Meng Zhu Yuling

4th

Ding Ning Liu Shiwen

1

Zhenqi Barthel Irene Ivancan

0

Chen Meng Zhu Yuling

4th

K. Pěnkavová I. Vacenovská

1

Cheng I-Ching Huang Yi-Hua

1

Cheng I-Ching Huang Yi-Hua

4th

Chen Meng Zhu Yuling

4th

Georgina Póta Krisztina Tóth

4th

Hiroko Fujii M. Wakamiya

0

T. Gonderinger Ni Xialian

1

Georgina Póta Krisztina Tóth

3

Alice Abbat C. Grundisch

1

Hiroko Fujii M. Wakamiya

4th

Hiroko Fujii M. Wakamiya

4th

Chen Meng Zhu Yuling

3

Jiang Huajun Lee Ho Ching

4th

Ding Ning Liu Shiwen

4th

Maria Dolgikh P. Mikhailova

1

Jiang Huajun Lee Ho Ching

4th

K. Grzybowska N. Partyka

4th

K. Grzybowska Natalia Partyka

2

Petrissa Solja Sabine Winter

2

Jiang Huajun Lee Ho Ching

1

D. Dodean E. Samara

3

Ding Ning Liu Shiwen

4th

Guan M. Ng Wing Nam

4th

Guan M. Ng Wing Nam

0

Petra Lovas Szandra Pergel

0

Ding Ning Liu Shiwen

4th

Ding Ning Liu Shiwen

4th

Mixed doubles

Round 3

Round of 16

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

Wang Liqin Rao Jingwen

4th

D. Kosiba D. Madarász

0

Wang Liqin Rao Jingwen

4th

P. Franziska P. Solja

3

P. Fertikowski K. Grzybowska

2

P. Fertikowski K. Grzybowska

4th

Wang Liqin Rao Jingwen

4th

Yang Zi Yu Mengyu

4th

Bora Vang Melek Hu

3

P. Platonau A. Prywalawa

2

Yang Zi Yu Mengyu

2

Bora Vang Melek Hu

4th

Bora Vang Melek Hu

4th

S. Kishikawa Ai Fukuhara

1

Wang Liqin Rao Jingwen

1

Seo H. Seok H.

4th

Lee Sang-su Park Y.

4th

L. Jančařík I. Vacenovská

2

Seo Hyun-deok Seok Ha-jung

3

Hey Zhiwen Sara Ramírez

3

Chen C. Huang Yi-Hua

4th

Chen C. Huang Yi-Hua

4th

Chen C. Huang Yi-Hua

2

M. Yoshimura K. Ishikawa

1

Lee Sang-su Park Y.

4th

Lee Sang-su Park Y.

4th

Lee Sang-su Park Y.

4th

Ľ. Pištej B. Balážová

4th

Ľ. Pištej B. Balážová

1

Gao Ning Feng Tianwei

3

Lee Sang-su Park Y.

2

Chen Qi Hu Limei

4th

Kim H. Kim Jong

4th

A. Mattenet Alice Abbat

0

Chen Qi Hu Limei

3

Pak Sin-hyok Ri Mi-gyong

3

Cho Eon-rae Yang Ha-eun

4th

Cho Eon-rae Yang Ha-eun

4th

Cho Eon-rae Yang Ha-eun

1

K. Matsudaira M. Wakamiya

4th

Kim H. Kim Jong

4th

O. Ionescu B. Szőcs

1

K. Matsudaira M. Wakamiya

2

E. Lebesson C. Grundisch

2

Kim H. Kim Jong

4th

Kim H. Kim Jong

4th

Kim H. Kim Jong

4th

Cheung Yuk Jiang Huajun

4th

Cheung Yuk Jiang Huajun

3

A. Crişan D. Dodean

3

Cheung Yuk Jiang Huajun

4th

S. Ghosh Mouma Das

2

Tang Peng Ng Wing Nam

2

Tang Peng Ng Wing Nam

4th

Cheung Yuk Jiang Huajun

4th

Jiang Tianyi Lee Ho Ching

4th

Jiang Tianyi Lee Ho Ching

3

Marc Duran Galia Dvorak

1

Jiang Tianyi Lee Ho Ching

4th

G. Tsuboi J. Yamada

1

Qiu Yike Wen Jia

2

Qiu Yike Wen Jia

4th

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	People's Republic of China	3	4th	7th	14th
2	Chinese Taipei	1	0	0	1
2	North Korea	1	0	0	1
4th	South Korea	0	1	0	1
5	Singapore	0	0	1	1
5	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
5	Japan	0	0	1	1
Total		5	5	10	20th

Others

• 449 men and 352 women from 128 nations took part in the World Cup.
• For the first time at a world championship, two Germans reached the quarter-finals, namely Patrick Baum and Timo Boll .
• The Belgian Jean-Michel Saive contested his 22nd World Championship in a row. He was represented for the first time in 1983 .
• At the age of 51, He Zhiwen, who started for Spain, was the oldest participant.
• Vladimir Samsonov received the Fair Play Prize. Even he was unclear what he was being awarded for.
• 65,000 spectators were officially counted.
• On May 13, 2013, the French Post issued two postage stamps for this table tennis world championship with face values ​​of EUR 0.63 and EUR 0.95. The French table tennis association FFTT had been using a sender franking mark advertising these world championships since February 13, 2013.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Cup statistics (accessed on June 18, 2013)
2. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2013/6 p. 14
3. ↑ ^{a b c} magazine tischtennis , 2013/6 p. 27
4. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2013/6 p. 28

Web links

Commons : 2013 World Table Tennis Championships  - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files