World Cup 1981 (table tennis)

1980 ← World Cup → 1982
	Men
date	30.7. – 2.8.
place	Kuala Lumpur
Edition	2
winner	Tibor Klampár Xie Saike Guo Yuehua

The 1981 table tennis world cup took place in its second edition from July 30th to August 2nd in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . There was only one competition for men. Gold went to Tibor Klampár from Hungary .

mode

16 athletes took part in the competition, who were divided into four groups of four athletes each. The group first and second advanced to the main round, which was held in knockout mode. The semi-final losers played a game for 3rd place, the quarterfinal losers played for places 5-8, the group third for places 9-12 and the bottom of the group for places 13-16. The game was played with two winning sets, in the semifinals and in the final with three winning sets.

Attendees

space	Surname	TN
1	Tibor Klampár	2
2	Xie Saike	1
3	Guo Yuehua	2
4th	Shi Zhihao	1
5	Milan Orlowski	2
6th	Andrzej Grubba	1
7th	Seiji Ono	2
8th	István Jónyer	1
9	Park Lee-hee	1
10	Zoran Kosanović	1
11	Mikael Appelgren	1
12	Aristides Franca	1
13	Sunday Eboh	1
14th	Kimeda Yoshitaka	1
15th	Paul Pinkewich	2
16	Tay Kee	1

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Andrzej Grubba	2: 1	Guo Yuehua
Andrzej Grubba	2: 1	Mikael Appelgren
Andrzej Grubba	2-0	Paul Pinkewich
Guo Yuehua	2-0	Mikael Appelgren
Guo Yuehua	2-0	Paul Pinkewich
Mikael Appelgren	2-0	Paul Pinkewich

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Andrzej Grubba	3	6: 2	6th
2	Guo Yuehua	3	5: 2	5
3	Mikael Appelgren	3	3: 4	4th
4th	Paul Pinkewich	3	0: 6	3

Group 2

	Result
Tibor Klampár	2-0	Milan Orlowski
Tibor Klampár	2-0	Park Lee-hee
Tibor Klampár	2-0	Sunday Eboh
Milan Orlowski	2-0	Park Lee-hee
Milan Orlowski	2-0	Sunday Eboh
Park Lee-hee	2-0	Sunday Eboh

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Tibor Klampár	3	6-0	6th
2	Milan Orlowski	3	4: 2	5
3	Park Lee-hee	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Sunday Eboh	3	0: 6	3

Group 3

	Result
Xie Saike	2-0	István Jónyer
Xie Saike	2-0	Aristides Franca
Xie Saike	2: 1	Kimeda Yoshitaka
István Jónyer	2-0	Aristides Franca
István Jónyer	1: 2	Kimeda Yoshitaka
Aristides Franca	2-0	Kimeda Yoshitaka

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Xie Saike	3	6: 1	6th
2	István Jónyer	3	3: 4	4th
3	Aristides Franca	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Kimeda Yoshitaka	3	3: 5	4th

Group 4

	Result
Shi Zhihao	2: 1	Seiji Ono
Shi Zhihao	2-0	Zoran Kosanović
Shi Zhihao	2-0	Tay Kee
Seiji Ono	2-0	Zoran Kosanović
Seiji Ono	2-0	Tay Kee
Zoran Kosanović	2-0	Tay Kee

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Shi Zhihao	3	6: 1	6th
2	Seiji Ono	3	5: 2	5
3	Zoran Kosanović	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Tay Kee	3	0: 6	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Shi Zhihao	2
	Seiji Ono	1
					Shi Zhihao	1
					Tibor Klampár	3
	Milan Orlowski	0
	Tibor Klampár	2
									Tibor Klampár	3
									Xie Saike	2
	Guo Yuehua	2
	Andrzej Grubba	1
					Guo Yuehua	2			3rd place match
					Xie Saike	3
	István Jónyer	0							Shi Zhihao	1
	Xie Saike	2							Guo Yuehua	2

Placement games

for space	Player 1	Result	Player 2	for space	Player 1	Result	Player 2
5-6	Milan Orlowski	2-0	Seiji Ono	5	Milan Orlowski	2-0	Andrzej Grubba
	Andrzej Grubba	2-0	István Jónyer	7th	Seiji Ono	2: 1	István Jónyer
9-10	Park Lee-hee	2-0	Mikael Appelgren	9	Park Lee-hee	2-0	Zoran Kosanović
	Zoran Kosanović	2-0	Aristides Franca	11	Mikael Appelgren	2: 1	Aristides Franca
13-14	Sunday Eboh	2-0	Paul Pinkewich	13	Sunday Eboh	2: 1	Kimeda Yoshitaka
	Kimeda Yoshitaka	2-0	Tay Kee	15th	Paul Pinkewich	2-0	Tay Kee

Web links

• World Cup results 1980–2003 on ittf.com (pdf) (accessed November 29, 2015)