World Cup 1984 (table tennis)

1983 ← World Cup → 1985
	Men
date	29.08. – 02.09.
place	Kuala Lumpur
Edition	5
winner	Jiang Jialiang Kim Wan Ulf Bengtsson

The table tennis World Cup 1984 took place in its 5th edition from August 29th to September 2nd in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . There was only one competition for men. Gold went to Jiang Jialiang from China .

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 played 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 main round with three winning sets.

Attendees

space	Surname	TN
1	Jiang Jialiang	2
2	Kim Wan	1
3	Ulf Bengtsson	1
4th	Kiyoshi Saito	1
5	Jan-Ove Waldner	2
6th	Xie Saike	3
7th	Cai Zhenhua	2
8th	Atanda Musa	1
9	Erik Lindh	2
10	Chiu Man Kuen	3
11	Mario Álvarez	2
12	Carl Prean	2
13	István Jónyer	4th
14th	Daniel Seemiller	1
15th	Tommy Danielsson	1
16	Lim Chin Leong	1

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Ulf Bengtsson	2-0	Cai Zhenhua
Ulf Bengtsson	2: 1	Tommy Danielsson
Ulf Bengtsson	2-0	István Jónyer
Cai Zhenhua	2-0	Tommy Danielsson
Cai Zhenhua	2: 1	István Jónyer
Tommy Danielsson	2-0	István Jónyer

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Ulf Bengtsson	3	6: 1	6th
2	Cai Zhenhua	3	4: 3	5
3	Tommy Danielsson	3	3: 4	4th
4th	István Jónyer	3	1: 6	3

Group 2

	Result
Kim Wan	2: 1	Jiang Jialiang
Kim Wan	2-0	Carl Prean
Kim Wan	2-0	Lim Chin Leong
Jiang Jialiang	2-0	Carl Prean
Jiang Jialiang	2-0	Lim Chin Leong
Carl Prean	2-0	Lim Chin Leong

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Kim Wan	3	6: 1	6th
2	Jiang Jialiang	3	5: 2	5
3	Carl Prean	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Lim Chin Leong	3	0: 6	3

Group 3

	Result
Kiyoshi Saito	2-0	Atanda Musa
Kiyoshi Saito	2-0	Erik Lindh
Kiyoshi Saito	2: 1	Chiu Man Kuen
Atanda Musa	2-0	Erik Lindh
Atanda Musa	2: 1	Chiu Man Kuen
Erik Lindh	2-0	Chiu Man Kuen

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Kiyoshi Saito	3	6: 1	6th
2	Atanda Musa	3	4: 3	5
3	Erik Lindh	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Chiu Man Kuen	3	2: 6	3

Group 4

	Result
Jan-Ove Waldner	2: 1	Xie Saike
Jan-Ove Waldner	2-0	Mario Álvarez
Jan-Ove Waldner	2: 1	Daniel Seemiller
Xie Saike	2-0	Mario Álvarez
Xie Saike	2-0	Daniel Seemiller
Mario Álvarez	2: 1	Daniel Seemiller

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Jan-Ove Waldner	3	6: 2	6th
2	Xie Saike	3	5: 2	5
3	Mario Álvarez	3	2: 5	4th
4th	Daniel Seemiller	3	2: 6	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Ulf Bengtsson	3
	Atanda Musa	2
					Ulf Bengtsson	1
					Kim Wan	3
	Xie Saike	2
	Kim Wan	3
									Kim Wan	1
									Jiang Jialiang	3
	Kiyoshi Saito	3
	Cai Zhenhua	1
					Kiyoshi Saito	2			3rd place match
					Jiang Jialiang	3
	Jan-Ove Waldner	1							Ulf Bengtsson	2
	Jiang Jialiang	3							Kiyoshi Saito	1

Placement games

for space	Player 1	Result	Player 2	for space	Player 1	Result	Player 2
5-6	Jan-Ove Waldner	2: 1	Cai Zhenhua	5	Jan-Ove Waldner	2: 1	Xie Saike
	Xie Saike	2-0	Atanda Musa	7th	Cai Zhenhua	2: 1	Atanda Musa
9-10	Chiu Man Kuen	2-0	Carl Prean	9	Erik Lindh	2-0	Chiu Man Kuen
	Erik Lindh	2-0	Mario Álvarez	11	Mario Álvarez	2: 1	Carl Prean
13-14	István Jónyer	2-0	Lim Chin Leong	13	István Jónyer	2-0	Daniel Seemiller
	Daniel Seemiller	2: 1	Tommy Danielsson	15th	Tommy Danielsson	2: 1	Lim Chin Leong

Web links

• World Cup results 1980–2003 on ittf.com (pdf) (accessed December 3, 2015)