World Cup 1991 (table tennis)

1990 ← World Cup → 1992
	Men
date	09/11 - 09/14
place	Kuala Lumpur
Edition	12
winner	Jörgen Persson Jean-Philippe Gatien Jan-Ove Waldner

The table tennis World Cup 1991 took place in its 12th edition from September 11th to 14th in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . There was only one competition for men. Gold went to Jörgen Persson from Sweden .

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 third place. The game was played with two winning sets, in the main round with three winning sets.

Attendees

space	Surname	TN
1	Jörgen Persson	5
2	Jean-Philippe Gatien	2
3	Jan-Ove Waldner	8th
4th	Jean-Michel Saive	3
5	Andrzej Grubba	9
	Kim Taek-soo	2
	Ma Wenge	3
	Wenguan Huang	1
9	Mikael Appelgren	7th
	Jiang Jialiang	7th
	Li Gun Sang	2
	Wang Tao	1
13	Eng Tian Syh	1
	Peter Jackson	2
	Cláudio Kano	5
	Sule Olaleye	1

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Kim Taek-soo	1: 2	Jörgen Persson
Kim Taek-soo	2-0	Li Gun Sang
Kim Taek-soo	2-0	Peter Jackson
Jörgen Persson	1: 2	Li Gun Sang
Jörgen Persson	2-0	Peter Jackson
Li Gun Sang	2-0	Peter Jackson

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Kim Taek-soo	3	5: 2	5
2	Jörgen Persson	3	5: 3	5
3	Li Gun Sang	3	4: 3	5
4th	Peter Jackson	3	0: 6	3

Group 2

	Result
Jan-Ove Waldner	2-0	Jean-Philippe Gatien
Jan-Ove Waldner	2: 1	Wang Tao
Jan-Ove Waldner	2-0	Eng Tian Syh
Jean-Philippe Gatien	2: 1	Wang Tao
Jean-Philippe Gatien	2-0	Eng Tian Syh
Wang Tao	2-0	Eng Tian Syh

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Jan-Ove Waldner	3	6: 1	6th
2	Jean-Philippe Gatien	3	4: 3	5
3	Wang Tao	3	4: 4	4th
4th	Eng Tian Syh	3	0: 6	3

Group 3

	Result
Andrzej Grubba	2: 1	Jean-Michel Saive
Andrzej Grubba	2-0	Jiang Jialiang
Andrzej Grubba	2: 1	Sule Olaleye
Jean-Michel Saive	2: 1	Jiang Jialiang
Jean-Michel Saive	2: 1	Sule Olaleye
Jiang Jialiang	2-0	Sule Olaleye

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Andrzej Grubba	3	6: 1	6th
2	Jean-Michel Saive	3	4: 2	5
3	Jiang Jialiang	3	3: 4	4th
4th	Sule Olaleye	3	0: 6	3

Group 4

	Result
Wenguan Huang	2-0	Ma Wenge
Wenguan Huang	2: 1	Mikael Appelgren
Wenguan Huang	2-0	Cláudio Kano
Ma Wenge	2: 1	Mikael Appelgren
Ma Wenge	2-0	Cláudio Kano
Mikael Appelgren	2: 1	Cláudio Kano

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Wenguan Huang	3	6: 1	6th
2	Ma Wenge	3	4: 3	5
3	Mikael Appelgren	3	4: 5	4th
4th	Cláudio Kano	3	1: 6	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Jean-Philippe Gatien	3
	Kim Taek-soo	0
					Jean-Philippe Gatien	3
					Jean-Michel Saive	0
	Wenguan Huang	1
	Jean-Michel Saive	3
									Jean-Philippe Gatien	0
									Jörgen Persson	3
	Jörgen Persson	3
	Andrzej Grubba	2
					Jörgen Persson	3			3rd place match
					Jan-Ove Waldner	1
	Ma Wenge	0							Jean-Michel Saive	1
	Jan-Ove Waldner	3							Jan-Ove Waldner	2

Others

With 9 World Cup appearances, Andrzej Grubba improved his record from the previous year.

Web links

• World Cup results 1980–2003 on ittf.com (pdf) (accessed December 14, 2015)