World Cup 1989 (table tennis)

1988 ← World Cup → 1990
	Men
date	05.09. – 09.09.
place	Nairobi
Edition	10
winner	Ma Wenge Andrzej Grubba Mikael Appelgren

The table tennis World Cup 1989 took place in his 10th host from 5 to 9 September at the Kenyan Nairobi instead. There was only one competition for men. Gold went to Ma Wenge 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 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 main round with three winning sets.

Attendees

space	Surname	TN
1	Ma Wenge	1
2	Andrzej Grubba	7th
3	Mikael Appelgren	5
4th	Jean-Michel Saive	1
5	Georg Boehm	1
6th	Cláudio Kano	3
7th	Leszek Kucharski	4th
8th	Yu Shentong	1
9	Yoo Nam-kyu	2
10	Kim Taek-soo	1
11	Jörgen Persson	4th
12	John Onifade	1
13	Atanda Musa	6th
14th	Barry Griffiths	2
15th	Jan-Ove Waldner	6th
16	Noel Carvalho	1

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Jean-Michel Saive	2-0	Leszek Kucharski
Jean-Michel Saive	2-0	John Onifade
Jean-Michel Saive	2-0	Jan-Ove Waldner
Leszek Kucharski	2: 1	John Onifade
Leszek Kucharski	2: 1	Jan-Ove Waldner
John Onifade	2-0	Jan-Ove Waldner

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Jean-Michel Saive	3	6-0	6th
2	Leszek Kucharski	3	4: 4	5
3	John Onifade	3	3: 4	4th
4th	Jan-Ove Waldner	3	1: 6	3

Group 2

	Result
Yu Shentong	2: 1	Cláudio Kano
Yu Shentong	2-0	Yoo Nam-kyu
Yu Shentong	0: 2	Atanda Musa
Cláudio Kano	2-0	Yoo Nam-kyu
Cláudio Kano	2-0	Atanda Musa
Yoo Nam-kyu	2-0	Atanda Musa

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Yu Shentong	3	4: 3	5
2	Cláudio Kano	3	5: 2	5
3	Yoo Nam-kyu	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Atanda Musa	3	2: 4	4th

Group 3

	Result
Andrzej Grubba	2: 1	Georg Boehm
Andrzej Grubba	2-0	Kim Taek-soo
Andrzej Grubba	2-0	Barry Griffiths
Georg Boehm	2-0	Kim Taek-soo
Georg Boehm	2-0	Barry Griffiths
Tibor Klampár	2-0	Barry Griffiths

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Andrzej Grubba	3	6: 1	6th
2	Georg Boehm	3	5: 2	5
3	Kim Taek-soo	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Barry Griffiths	3	0: 6	3

Group 4

	Result
Mikael Appelgren	2-0	Ma Wenge
Mikael Appelgren	2-0	Jörgen Persson
Mikael Appelgren	2-0	Noel Carvalho
Ma Wenge	2-0	Jörgen Persson
Ma Wenge	2-0	Noel Carvalho
Jörgen Persson	2-0	Noel Carvalho

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Mikael Appelgren	3	6-0	6th
2	Ma Wenge	3	4: 2	5
3	Jörgen Persson	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Noel Carvalho	3	0: 6	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Jean-Michel Saive	3
	Georg Boehm	2
					Jean-Michel Saive	0
					Ma Wenge	3
	Yu Shentong	1
	Ma Wenge	3
									Ma Wenge	3
									Andrzej Grubba	2
	Andrzej Grubba	3
	Cláudio Kano	2
					Andrzej Grubba	3			3rd place match
					Mikael Appelgren	0
	Leszek Kucharski	0							Jean-Michel Saive	0
	Mikael Appelgren	3							Mikael Appelgren	2

Placement games

for space	Player 1	Result	Player 2	for space	Player 1	Result	Player 2
5-6	Georg Boehm	2-0	Yu Shentong	5	Georg Boehm	2-0	Cláudio Kano
	Cláudio Kano	2-0	Leszek Kucharski	7th	Leszek Kucharski	2-0	Yu Shentong
9-10	Kim Taek-soo	2-0	Jörgen Persson	9	Yoo Nam-kyu	2-0	Kim Taek-soo
	Yoo Nam-kyu	2-0	John Onifade	11	Jörgen Persson	2: 1	John Onifade
13-14	Atanda Musa	2-0	Jan-Ove Waldner	13	Atanda Musa	2: 1	Barry Griffiths
	Barry Griffiths	2: 1	Noel Carvalho	15th	Jan-Ove Waldner	2-0	Noel Carvalho

Others

For the first and only time until 2017 , two African players took part in the World Cup, as the Kenyan host association received a wild card .

Andrzej Grubba set a new record with 7 World Cup participations.

Web links

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