World Cup 1998 (table tennis)

1997 ← World Cup → 1999
	Men	Women
date	October 15 - October 18	November 6th - November 8th
place	Shantou	Taipei
Edition	19th	3
winner	Jörg Roßkopf Kim Taek-soo Zoran Primorac	Wang Nan Li Ju Tong Fei-Ming

The table tennis World Cup 1998 took place for the men in its 19th edition from October 15th to 18th in Shantou, China, and for the women in its 3rd edition from November 6th to 8th in Taipei , Taiwan . Gold went to the German Jörg Roßkopf and Wang Nan 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 with three winning sets.

Attendees

space	Men	TN	Women	TN
1	Jörg Roßkopf	6th	Wang Nan	2
2	Kim Taek-soo	7th	Li Ju	2
3	Zoran Primorac	6th	Tong Fei-Ming	2
4th	Liu Guoliang	4th	Ryu Ji-hae	2
5	Kong Linghui	5	Yang Ying	2
	Jan-Ove Waldner	14th	Jing Tian grains	1
	Vladimir Samsonov	3	Li Chunli	2
	Ma Lin	1	Ni Xialian	3
9	Jean-Philippe Gatien	6th	Csilla Bátorfi	2
	Peter Karlsson	4th	Park Hae-jung	2
	Kalinikos Kreanga	3	Jie Schöpp	3
	Jean-Michel Saive	9	Krisztina Tóth	2
13	Ahmed Saleh	1	Geng Lijuan	3
	Wenguan Huang	6th	Nicole Struse	2
	Liu Song	1	Tsui Hsiu-Li	1
	Mark Smythe	1	Xu Jing	1

Men

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Jan-Ove Waldner	2: 1	Uladsimir Samsonau
Jan-Ove Waldner	2: 1	Kalinikos Kreanga
Jan-Ove Waldner	2-0	Mark Smythe
Uladsimir Samsonau	2: 1	Kalinikos Kreanga
Uladsimir Samsonau	2-0	Mark Smythe
Kalinikos Kreanga	2-0	Mark Smythe

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Jan-Ove Waldner	3	6: 2	6th
2	Uladsimir Samsonau	3	5: 3	5
3	Kalinikos Kreanga	3	4: 4	4th
4th	Mark Smythe	3	0: 6	3

Group 2

	Result
Kong Linghui	2: 1	Ma Lin
Kong Linghui	2-0	Jean-Philippe Gatien
Kong Linghui	2-0	Ahmed Saleh
Ma Lin	2-0	Jean-Philippe Gatien
Ma Lin	2-0	Ahmed Saleh
Jean-Philippe Gatien	2-0	Ahmed Saleh

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Kong Linghui	3	6: 1	6th
2	Ma Lin	3	5: 2	5
3	Jean-Philippe Gatien	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Ahmed Saleh	3	0: 6	3

Group 3

	Result
Zoran Primorac	2: 1	Kim Taek-soo
Zoran Primorac	2-0	Peter Karlsson
Zoran Primorac	2-0	Liu Song
Kim Taek-soo	2: 1	Peter Karlsson
Kim Taek-soo	2-0	Liu Song
Peter Karlsson	2-0	Liu Song

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Zoran Primorac	3	6: 1	6th
2	Kim Taek-soo	3	5: 3	5
3	Peter Karlsson	3	3: 4	4th
4th	Liu Song	3	0: 6	3

Group 4

	Result
Liu Guoliang	2-0	Jörg Roßkopf
Liu Guoliang	2-0	Jean-Michel Saive
Liu Guoliang	2: -	Wenguan Huang
Jörg Roßkopf	2-0	Jean-Michel Saive
Jörg Roßkopf	2-0	Wenguan Huang
Jean-Michel Saive	2-0	Wenguan Huang

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Liu Guoliang	3	6-0	6th
2	Jörg Roßkopf	3	4: 2	5
3	Jean-Michel Saive	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Wenguan Huang	2	0: 6	2

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Jan-Ove Waldner	1
	Kim Taek-soo	3
					Kim Taek-soo	3
					Liu Guoliang	0
	Ma Lin	2
	Liu Guoliang	3
									Kim Taek-soo	2
									Jörg Roßkopf	3
	Zoran Primorac	3
	Uladsimir Samsonau	1
					Zoran Primorac	0			3rd place match
					Jörg Roßkopf	3
	Jörg Roßkopf	3							Liu Guoliang	1
	Kong Linghui	2							Zoran Primorac	3

Women

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Li Chunli	2: 1	Li Ju
Li Chunli	2-0	Krisztina Tóth
Li Chunli	1: 2	Geng Lijuan
Li Ju	2-0	Krisztina Tóth
Li Ju	2-0	Geng Lijuan
Krisztina Tóth	2-0	Geng Lijuan

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Li Chunli	3	5: 3	5
2	Li Ju	3	5: 2	5
3	Krisztina Tóth	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Geng Lijuan	3	2: 5	4th

Group 2

	Result
Jing Tian grains	2: 1	Wang Nan
Jing Tian grains	2: 1	Jie Schöpp
Jing Tian grains	2-0	Tsui Hsiu-Li
Wang Nan	2-0	Jie Schöpp
Wang Nan	2: 1	Tsui Hsiu-Li
Jie Schöpp	2-0	Tsui Hsiu-Li

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Jing Tian grains	3	6: 2	6th
2	Wang Nan	3	5: 3	5
3	Jie Schöpp	3	3: 4	4th
4th	Tsui Hsiu-Li	3	1: 6	3

Group 3

	Result
Yang Ying	1: 2	Ryu Ji-hae
Yang Ying	2-0	Csilla Bátorfi
Yang Ying	2-0	Xu Jing
Ryu Ji-hae	1: 2	Csilla Bátorfi
Ryu Ji-hae	2-0	Xu Jing
Csilla Bátorfi	2-0	Xu Jing

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Yang Ying	3	5: 2	5
2	Ryu Ji-hae	3	5: 3	5
3	Csilla Bátorfi	3	4: 3	5
4th	Xu Jing	3	0: 6	3

Group 4

	Result
Ni Xialian	2: 1	Tong Fei-Ming
Ni Xialian	2: 1	Park Hae-jung
Ni Xialian	1: 2	Nicole Struse
Tong Fei-Ming	2-0	Park Hae-jung
Tong Fei-Ming	2-0	Nicole Struse
Park Hae-jung	2-0	Nicole Struse

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Ni Xialian	3	5: 4	5
2	Tong Fei-Ming	3	5: 2	5
3	Park Hae-jung	3	3: 4	4th
4th	Nicole Struse	3	2: 5	4th

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Li Chunli	2
	Tong Fei-Ming	3
					Tong Fei-Ming	0
					Wang Nan	3
	Wang Nan	3
	Yang Ying	0
									Wang Nan	3
									Li Ju	0
	Ni Xialian	1
	Ryu Ji-hae	3
					Ryu Ji-hae	1			3rd place match
					Li Ju	3
	Li Ju	3							Tong Fei-Ming	3
	Jing Tian grains	0							Ryu Ji-hae	0

Others

With 14 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 27, 2015)