World Cup 1996 (table tennis)

1995 ← World Cup → 1997
	Men	Women
date	October 24-27	09/28 - 09/30
place	Nîmes	Hong Kong
Edition	17th	1
winner	Liu Guoliang Jan-Ove Waldner Uladsimir Samsonau	Deng Yaping Yang Ying Wang Chen

The table tennis World Cup 1996 took place for the men in its 17th edition from October 24th to 27th in Nîmes, France, and for the women from September 28th to 30th in Hong Kong . It was the first time that the competition was also held for women. Gold went to Liu Guoliang and Deng Yaping from China .

mode

16 athletes took part in each competition, 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 third place. The game was played in the group stage with two winning sets, then (except for the game for third place in the women) with three winning sets.

Attendees

space	Men	TN	Women
1	Liu Guoliang	2	Deng Yaping
2	Jan-Ove Waldner	12	Yang Ying
3	Vladimir Samsonov	1	Wang Chen
4th	Jean-Michel Saive	7th	Marie Svensson
5	Patrick Chila	2	Jing Jun Hong
	Kim Taek-soo	5	Chan Tan Lui
	Thing song	1	Chai Po Wa
	Jörg Roßkopf	4th	Ni Xialian
9	Jean-Philippe Gatien	5	Otilia Bădescu
	Kong Linghui	3	Geng Lijuan
	Jörgen Persson	7th	Park Hae-jung
	Zoran Primorac	4th	Jie Schöpp
13	Cheng Yinghua	2	Bose kaffo
	Hugo Hoyama	5	Yolanda Rodriguez
	Peter Jackson	5	Nicole Struse
	Segun Toriola	1	Shirley Zhou

Men

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Jan-Ove Waldner	2: 1	Patrick Chila
Jan-Ove Waldner	2: 1	Kong Linghui
Jan-Ove Waldner	2: 1	Hugo Hoyama
Patrick Chila	1: 2	Kong Linghui
Patrick Chila	2-0	Hugo Hoyama
Kong Linghui	1: 2	Hugo Hoyama

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Jan-Ove Waldner	3	6: 3	6th
2	Patrick Chila	3	4: 4	4th
3	Kong Linghui	3	4: 5	4th
4th	Hugo Hoyama	3	3: 5	4th

Group 2

	Result
Liu Guoliang	2-0	Uladsimir Samsonau
Liu Guoliang	2: 1	Zoran Primorac
Liu Guoliang	2-0	Peter Jackson
Uladsimir Samsonau	2: 1	Zoran Primorac
Uladsimir Samsonau	2-0	Peter Jackson
Zoran Primorac	2: 1	Peter Jackson

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Liu Guoliang	3	6: 1	6th
2	Uladsimir Samsonau	3	4: 3	5
3	Zoran Primorac	3	4: 5	4th
4th	Peter Jackson	3	1: 6	3

Group 3

	Result
Thing song	2: 1	Jean-Michel Saive
Thing song	2-0	Jörgen Persson
Thing song	2-0	Cheng Yinghua
Jean-Michel Saive	2: 1	Jörgen Persson
Jean-Michel Saive	2-0	Cheng Yinghua
Jörgen Persson	2-0	Cheng Yinghua

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Thing song	3	6: 1	6th
2	Jean-Michel Saive	3	5: 3	5
3	Jörgen Persson	3	3: 4	4th
4th	Cheng Yinghua	3	0: 6	3

Group 4

	Result
Jörg Roßkopf	2: 1	Kim Taek-soo
Jörg Roßkopf	2: 1	Jean-Philippe Gatien
Jörg Roßkopf	2: 1	Segun Toriola
Kim Taek-soo	2-0	Jean-Philippe Gatien
Kim Taek-soo	2-0	Segun Toriola
Jean-Philippe Gatien	2-0	Segun Toriola

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Jörg Roßkopf	3	6: 3	6th
2	Kim Taek-soo	3	5: 2	5
3	Jean-Philippe Gatien	3	3: 4	4th
4th	Segun Toriola	3	1: 6	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Jan-Ove Waldner	3
	Kim Taek-soo	2
					Jan-Ove Waldner	3
					Uladsimir Samsonau	2
	Thing song	2
	Uladsimir Samsonau	3
									Jan-Ove Waldner	1
									Liu Guoliang	3
	Jörg Roßkopf	2
	Jean-Michel Saive	3
					Jean-Michel Saive	2			3rd place match
					Liu Guoliang	3
	Liu Guoliang	3							Uladsimir Samsonau	3
	Patrick Chila	2							Jean-Michel Saive	1

Women

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Deng Yaping	2-0	Chan Tan Lui
Deng Yaping	2-0	Jie Schöpp
Deng Yaping	2-0	Bose kaffo
Chan Tan Lui	2-0	Jie Schöpp
Chan Tan Lui	2-0	Bose kaffo
Jie Schöpp	2-0	Bose kaffo

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Deng Yaping	3	6-0	6th
2	Chan Tan Lui	3	4: 2	5
3	Jie Schöpp	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Bose kaffo	3	0: 6	3

Group 2

	Result
Ni Xialian	2-0	Chai Po Wa
Ni Xialian	1: 2	Geng Lijuan
Ni Xialian	2-0	Shirley Zhou
Chai Po Wa	2-0	Geng Lijuan
Chai Po Wa	2-0	Shirley Zhou
Geng Lijuan	2-0	Shirley Zhou

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Ni Xialian	3	5: 2	5
2	Chai Po Wa	3	4: 2	5
3	Geng Lijuan	3	4: 3	5
4th	Shirley Zhou	3	0: 6	3

Group 3

	Result
Yang Ying	1: 2	Marie Svensson
Yang Ying	2-0	Otilia Bădescu
Yang Ying	2: -	Nicole Struse
Marie Svensson	1: 2	Otilia Bădescu
Marie Svensson	2: -	Nicole Struse
Otilia Bădescu	2-0	Nicole Struse

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Yang Ying	3	5: 2	5
2	Marie Svensson	3	5: 3	5
3	Otilia Bădescu	3	4: 3	5
4th	Nicole Struse	1	0: 6	1

Group 4

	Result
Wang Chen	1: 2	Jing Jun Hong
Wang Chen	2-0	Park Hae-jung
Wang Chen	2-0	Yolanda Rodriguez
Jing Jun Hong	1: 2	Park Hae-jung
Jing Jun Hong	2-0	Yolanda Rodriguez
Park Hae-jung	2-0	Yolanda Rodriguez

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Wang Chen	3	5: 2	5
2	Jing Jun Hong	3	5: 3	5
3	Park Hae-jung	3	4: 3	5
4th	Yolanda Rodriguez	3	0: 6	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Deng Yaping	3
	Jing Jun Hong	0
					Deng Yaping	3
					Marie Svensson	0
	Ni Xialian	2
	Marie Svensson	3
									Deng Yaping	3
									Yang Ying	0
	Yang Ying	3
	Chan Tan Lui	1
					Yang Ying	3			3rd place match
					Wang Chen	0
	Chai Po Wa	0							Marie Svensson	0
	Wang Chen	3							Wang Chen	2

Others

With 12 World Cup participations Jan-Ove Waldner improved his record from the previous year.

Web links

• World Cup results 1980-2003 on ittf.com (pdf) (accessed December 19, 2015)