World Cup 1988 (table tennis)

1987 ← World Cup → 1989
	Men
date	11.06.– 14.06./16.06.–19.06.
place	Guangzhou & Wuhan
Edition	9
winner	Andrzej Grubba Chen Longcan Jiang Jialiang

The table tennis World Cup 1988 took place in his ninth host from 11 to 14 or from 16 to 19 June at the Chinese Guangzhou and Wuhan instead. There was only one competition for men. Gold went to Andrzej Grubba from Poland .

mode

For the first time, 20 athletes took part in the competition - the number of participants was reduced to 16 the following year, and only increased again in 2009 - who were divided into four groups of five 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 group fourth 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	Andrzej Grubba	6th
2	Chen Longcan	3
3	Jiang Jialiang	6th
4th	Xu Zengcai	1
5	Jörgen Persson	3
6th	Jan-Ove Waldner	5
7th	Yoo Nam-kyu	1
8th	Liu Fuk Man	1
9	Leszek Kucharski	3
10	Kim Wan	5
11	Kiyoshi Saito	4th
12	Kim Ki-taik	5
13	Atanda Musa	5
14th	Gideon Joe Ng	1
15th	Ulf Bengtsson	3
16	Hugo Hoyama	1
17th	Damien Éloi	1
	Barry Griffiths	1
	Lim Chin Leong	2
	Yoshihito Miyazaki	4th

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Jiang Jialiang	2-0	Liu Fuk Man
Jiang Jialiang	2-0	Kim Wan
Jiang Jialiang	1: 2	Gideon Joe Ng
Jiang Jialiang	2: 1	Yoshihito Miyazaki
Liu Fuk Man	2: 1	Kim Wan
Liu Fuk Man	2-0	Gideon Joe Ng
Liu Fuk Man	2-0	Yoshihito Miyazaki
Kim Wan	2: 1	Gideon Joe Ng
Kim Wan	2: 1	Yoshihito Miyazaki
Gideon Joe Ng	2: 1	Yoshihito Miyazaki

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Jiang Jialiang	4th	7: 3	7th
2	Liu Fuk Man	4th	6: 3	7th
3	Kim Wan	4th	5: 6	6th
4th	Gideon Joe Ng	4th	5: 6	6th
5	Yoshihito Miyazaki	4th	3: 8	4th

Group 2

	Result
Xu Zengcai	2-0	Jan-Ove Waldner
Xu Zengcai	2-0	Kim Ki-taik
Xu Zengcai	2-0	Hugo Hoyama
Xu Zengcai	2-0	Barry Griffiths
Jan-Ove Waldner	2-0	Kim Ki-taik
Jan-Ove Waldner	2-0	Hugo Hoyama
Jan-Ove Waldner	2: 1	Barry Griffiths
Kim Ki-taik	2-0	Hugo Hoyama
Kim Ki-taik	2-0	Barry Griffiths
Hugo Hoyama	2: 1	Barry Griffiths

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Xu Zengcai	4th	8-0	8th
2	Jan-Ove Waldner	4th	6: 3	7th
3	Kim Ki-taik	4th	4: 4	6th
4th	Hugo Hoyama	4th	2: 7	5
5	Barry Griffiths	4th	2: 8	4th

Group 3

	Result
Chen Longcan	2: 1	Yoo Nam-kyu
Chen Longcan	2-0	Leszek Kucharski
Chen Longcan	2-0	Ulf Bengtsson
Chen Longcan	2-0	Lim Chin Leong
Yoo Nam-kyu	2: 1	Leszek Kucharski
Yoo Nam-kyu	2-0	Ulf Bengtsson
Yoo Nam-kyu	2-0	Lim Chin Leong
Leszek Kucharski	2: 1	Ulf Bengtsson
Leszek Kucharski	2-0	Lim Chin Leong
Ulf Bengtsson	2-0	Lim Chin Leong

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Chen Longcan	4th	8: 1	8th
2	Yoo Nam-kyu	4th	7: 3	7th
3	Leszek Kucharski	4th	5: 5	6th
4th	Ulf Bengtsson	4th	3: 6	5
5	Lim Chin Leong	4th	0: 8	4th

Group 4

	Result
Andrzej Grubba	2-0	Jörgen Persson
Andrzej Grubba	2-0	Kiyoshi Saito
Andrzej Grubba	2: 1	Atanda Musa
Andrzej Grubba	2-0	Damien Éloi
Jörgen Persson	2-0	Kiyoshi Saito
Jörgen Persson	2: 1	Atanda Musa
Jörgen Persson	2-0	Damien Éloi
Kiyoshi Saito	2-0	Atanda Musa
Kiyoshi Saito	2-0	Damien Éloi
Atanda Musa	2-0	Damien Éloi

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Andrzej Grubba	4th	8: 1	8th
2	Jörgen Persson	4th	6: 3	7th
3	Kiyoshi Saito	4th	4: 4	6th
4th	Atanda Musa	4th	4: 6	5
5	Damien Éloi	4th	0: 8	4th

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Jiang Jialiang	3
	Yoo Nam-kyu	1
					Jiang Jialiang	0
					Chen Longcan	3
	Jan-Ove Waldner	2
	Chen Longcan	3
									Chen Longcan	0
									Andrzej Grubba	3
	Andrzej Grubba	3
	Liu Fuk Man	0
					Andrzej Grubba	3			3rd place match
					Xu Zengcai	0
	Jörgen Persson	1							Jiang Jialiang	2
	Xu Zengcai	3							Xu Zengcai	0

Placement games

for space	Player 1	Result	Player 2	for space	Player 1	Result	Player 2
5-6	Jan-Ove Waldner	2-0	Yoo Nam-kyu	5	Jörgen Persson	2-0	Jan-Ove Waldner
	Jörgen Persson	2-0	Liu Fuk Man	7th	Yoo Nam-kyu	2-0	Liu Fuk Man
9-10	Kim Wan	2: 1	Kiyoshi Saito	9	Leszek Kucharski	2: 1	Kim Wan
	Leszek Kucharski	2: 1	Kim Ki-taik	11	Kiyoshi Saito	2-0	Kim Ki-taik
13-14	Gideon Joe Ng	2-0	Ulf Bengtsson	13	Atanda Musa	2-0	Gideon Joe Ng
	Atanda Musa	2-0	Hugo Hoyama	15th	Ulf Bengtsson	2-0	Hugo Hoyama

Others

With 6 World Cup participations Andrzej Grubba and Jiang Jialiang set a new record.

Web links

• World Cup results 1980–2003 on ittf.com (pdf) (accessed December 11, 2015)