World Cup 1999 (table tennis)
1998 ← World Cup → 2000 | |
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Men | |
date | 28.10. – 31.10. |
place | Xiolan |
Edition | 20th |
winner |
Wladimir Samsonow Werner Schlager Zoran Primorac |
The table tennis World Cup 1999 took place in its 20th anniversary from 28 to 31 October at the Chinese Xiolan instead. Last time there was only one competition for men, after women’s competitions had already taken place in the three years before. Gold went to Vladimir Samsonov from Belarus .
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 in the group phase with two winning sets, then (except in the third place match) with three winning sets.
Attendees
space | Surname | TN |
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1 | Vladimir Samsonov | 4th |
2 | Werner Schlager | 1 |
3 | Zoran Primorac | 7th |
4th | Jörgen Persson | 8th |
5 | Kōji Matsushita | 2 |
Jan-Ove Waldner | 15th | |
Jean-Michel Saive | 10 | |
Liu Guoliang | 5 | |
9 | Wenguan Huang | 7th |
Kim Taek-soo | 8th | |
Kong Linghui | 6th | |
Wang Liqin | 1 | |
13 | Peter Jackson | 7th |
Liu Song | 2 | |
Qianli Qian | 1 | |
Segun Toriola | 2 |
Group stage
Group 1
Result | ||
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Werner Schlager | 2: 1 | Vladimir Samsonov |
Werner Schlager | 2-0 | Kong Linghui |
Werner Schlager | 2-0 | Liu Song |
Vladimir Samsonov | 2: 1 | Kong Linghui |
Vladimir Samsonov | 2-0 | Liu Song |
Kong Linghui | 2-0 | Liu Song |
space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
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1 | Werner Schlager | 3 | 6: 1 | 6th |
2 | Vladimir Samsonov | 3 | 5: 3 | 5 |
3 | Kong Linghui | 3 | 3: 4 | 4th |
4th | Liu Song | 3 | 0: 6 | 3 |
Group 2
Result | ||
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Jean-Michel Saive | 2: 1 | Liu Guoliang |
Jean-Michel Saive | 2: 1 | Kim Taek-soo |
Jean-Michel Saive | 2-0 | Peter Jackson |
Liu Guoliang | 2: 1 | Kim Taek-soo |
Liu Guoliang | 2-0 | Peter Jackson |
Kim Taek-soo | 2-0 | Peter Jackson |
space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
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1 | Jean-Michel Saive | 3 | 6: 2 | 6th |
2 | Liu Guoliang | 3 | 5: 3 | 5 |
3 | Kim Taek-soo | 3 | 4: 4 | 4th |
4th | Peter Jackson | 3 | 0: 6 | 3 |
Group 3
Result | ||
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Jörgen Persson | 2-0 | Zoran Primorac |
Jörgen Persson | 2: 1 | Wenguan Huang |
Jörgen Persson | 2-0 | Segun Toriola |
Zoran Primorac | 2: 1 | Wenguan Huang |
Zoran Primorac | 2-0 | Segun Toriola |
Wenguan Huang | 2: 1 | Segun Toriola |
space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
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1 | Jörgen Persson | 3 | 6: 1 | 6th |
2 | Zoran Primorac | 3 | 4: 3 | 5 |
3 | Wenguan Huang | 3 | 4: 5 | 4th |
4th | Segun Toriola | 3 | 1: 6 | 3 |
Group 4
Result | ||
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Kōji Matsushita | 2: 1 | Jan-Ove Waldner |
Kōji Matsushita | 2: 1 | Wang Liqin |
Kōji Matsushita | 2: 1 | Qianli Qian |
Jan-Ove Waldner | 2: 1 | Wang Liqin |
Jan-Ove Waldner | 2-0 | Qianli Qian |
Wang Liqin | 2-0 | Qianli Qian |
space | player | Games | sentences | Points |
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1 | Kōji Matsushita | 3 | 6: 3 | 6th |
2 | Jan-Ove Waldner | 3 | 5: 3 | 5 |
3 | Wang Liqin | 3 | 4: 4 | 4th |
4th | Qianli Qian | 3 | 1: 6 | 3 |
Main round
Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | ||||||||
Werner Schlager | 3 | |||||||||
Jan-Ove Waldner | 1 | |||||||||
Werner Schlager | 3 | |||||||||
Jörgen Persson | 0 | |||||||||
Liu Guoliang | 2 | |||||||||
Jörgen Persson | 3 | |||||||||
Werner Schlager | 0 | |||||||||
Vladimir Samsonov | 3 | |||||||||
Jean-Michel Saive | 0 | |||||||||
Zoran Primorac | 3 | |||||||||
Zoran Primorac | 1 | 3rd place match | ||||||||
Vladimir Samsonov | 3 | |||||||||
Vladimir Samsonov | 3 | Jörgen Persson | 0 | |||||||
Kōji Matsushita | 0 | Zoran Primorac | 2 | |||||||
Others
The 1999 World Cup was the last so far (as of 2019) in which no Chinese or Asian player could win a medal.
The Belarusian Federation was the eighth overall to win a World Cup gold medal with Vladimir Samsonov's victory, a number that has not increased since then.
With 15 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)