World Cup 2000 (table tennis)

1999 ← World Cup → 2001
	Men	Women
date	October 12-15	28/01 - 30/01
place	Hangzhou	Phnom Penh
Edition	21st	4th
winner	Ma Lin Kim Taek-soo Wang Liqin	Li Ju Wang Nan Sun Jin

The 2000 Table Tennis World Cup took place for the men in its 21st edition from October 12th to 15th in Hangzhou, China and for the women - after an interruption in 1999 - in its 4th edition from January 28th to 30th in Cambodian Phnom Penh . Gold went to Ma Lin and Li Ju 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 phase with two winning sets, afterwards (except in the game for third place in the men) with three winning sets.

According to the decision of the ITTF Congress during the 2000 World Cup , the previous counting method for men - one set goes up to 21 - is being changed on a trial basis: The decision sets will be played until 11.

Attendees

space	Men	TN	Women	TN
1	Ma Lin	2	Li Ju	3
2	Kim Taek-soo	9	Wang Nan	3
3	Wang Liqin	2	Sun Jin	1
4th	Jean-Michel Saive	11	Chen Jing	2
5	Jörgen Persson	9	Suk Eun-mi	1
	Peter Karlsson	5	Tamara Boroš	1
	Chiang Peng-Lung	2	Ryu Ji-hae	3
	Zoran Primorac	8th	Ni Xialian	4th
9	Kong Linghui	7th	Gao Jun	1
	Vladimir Samsonov	5	Geng Lijuan	4th
	Werner Schlager	2	Jian Fang Lay	1
	Jan-Ove Waldner	16	Jing Tian grains	2
13	Simon Gerada	1	Choun Tha	1
	Hugo Hoyama	7th	Keo Vanny	1
	El-Sayed Lashin	1	Olufunke Oshonaike	1
	Khoa Dinh Nguyen	1	Sofija Tepes	1

Men

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Zoran Primorac	2: 1	Chiang Peng-Lung
Zoran Primorac	2-0	Kong Linghui
Zoran Primorac	2-0	Hugo Hoyama
Chiang Peng-Lung	2-0	Kong Linghui
Chiang Peng-Lung	2-0	Hugo Hoyama
Kong Linghui	2-0	Hugo Hoyama

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Zoran Primorac	3	6: 1	6th
2	Chiang Peng-Lung	3	5: 2	5
3	Kong Linghui	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Hugo Hoyama	3	0: 6	3

Group 2

	Result
Wang Liqin	2-0	Jean-Michel Saive
Wang Liqin	2-0	Werner Schlager
Wang Liqin	2-0	Khoa Dinh Nguyen
Jean-Michel Saive	2-0	Werner Schlager
Jean-Michel Saive	2-0	Khoa Dinh Nguyen
Werner Schlager	2-0	Khoa Dinh Nguyen

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Wang Liqin	3	6-0	6th
2	Jean-Michel Saive	3	4: 2	5
3	Werner Schlager	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Khoa Dinh Nguyen	3	0: 6	3

Group 3

	Result
Kim Taek-soo	2: 1	Jörgen Persson
Kim Taek-soo	2: 1	Uladsimir Samsonau
Kim Taek-soo	2-0	El-Sayed Lashin
Jörgen Persson	2: 1	Uladsimir Samsonau
Jörgen Persson	2-0	El-Sayed Lashin
Uladsimir Samsonau	2-0	El-Sayed Lashin

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Kim Taek-soo	3	6: 2	6th
2	Jörgen Persson	3	5: 3	5
3	Uladsimir Samsonau	3	4: 4	4th
4th	El-Sayed Lashin	3	0: 6	3

Group 4

	Result
Ma Lin	2-0	Peter Karlsson
Ma Lin	2-0	Jan-Ove Waldner
Ma Lin	2-0	Simon Gerada
Peter Karlsson	2: 1	Jan-Ove Waldner
Peter Karlsson	2-0	Simon Gerada
Jan-Ove Waldner	2-0	Simon Gerada

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Ma Lin	3	6-0	6th
2	Peter Karlsson	3	4: 3	5
3	Jan-Ove Waldner	3	3: 4	4th
4th	Simon Gerada	3	0: 6	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Jean-Michel Saive	3
	Zoran Primorac	1
					Jean-Michel Saive	0
					Kim Taek-soo	3
	Peter Karlsson	1
	Kim Taek-soo	3
									Kim Taek-soo	0
									Ma Lin	3
	Ma Lin	3
	Jörgen Persson	1
					Ma Lin	3			3rd place match
					Wang Liqin	0
	Chiang Peng-Lung	1							Jean-Michel Saive	1
	Wang Liqin	3							Wang Liqin	2

Women

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Wang Nan	2-0	Ni Xialian
Wang Nan	2-0	Gao Jun
Wang Nan	2-0	Choun Tha
Ni Xialian	2: 1	Gao Jun
Ni Xialian	2-0	Choun Tha
Gao Jun	2-0	Choun Tha

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Wang Nan	3	6-0	6th
2	Ni Xialian	3	4: 3	5
3	Gao Jun	3	3: 4	4th
4th	Choun Tha	3	0: 6	3

Group 2

	Result
Li Ju	2-0	Ryu Ji-hae
Li Ju	2-0	Geng Lijuan
Li Ju	2-0	Keo Vanny
Ryu Ji-hae	2: -	Geng Lijuan
Ryu Ji-hae	2-0	Keo Vanny
Geng Lijuan	2-0	Keo Vanny

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Li Ju	3	6-0	6th
2	Ryu Ji-hae	3	4: 2	5
3	Geng Lijuan	2	2: 4	3
4th	Keo Vanny	3	0: 6	3

Group 3

	Result
Chen Jing	2-0	Tamara Boroš
Chen Jing	2-0	Jian Fang Lay
Chen Jing	2-0	Olufunke Oshonaike
Tamara Boroš	2-0	Jian Fang Lay
Tamara Boroš	2-0	Olufunke Oshonaike
Jian Fang Lay	2-0	Olufunke Oshonaike

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Chen Jing	3	6-0	6th
2	Tamara Boroš	3	4: 2	5
3	Jian Fang Lay	3	2: 4	4th
4th	Olufunke Oshonaike	3	0: 6	3

Group 4

	Result
Sun Jin	2-0	Suk Eun-mi
Sun Jin	2: 1	Jing Tian grains
Sun Jin	2-0	Sofija Tepes
Suk Eun-mi	2-0	Jing Tian grains
Suk Eun-mi	2-0	Sofija Tepes
Jing Tian grains	2-0	Sofija Tepes

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Sun Jin	3	6: 1	6th
2	Suk Eun-mi	3	4: 2	5
3	Jing Tian grains	3	3: 4	4th
4th	Sofija Tepes	3	0: 6	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Wang Nan	3
	Tamara Boroš	2
					Wang Nan	3
					Sun Jin	1
	Ryu Ji-hae	0
	Sun Jin	3
									Wang Nan	1
									Li Ju	3
	Chen Jing	3
	Ni Xialian	1
					Chen Jing	0			3rd place match
					Li Ju	3
	Suk Eun-mi	1							Sun Jin	3
	Li Ju	3							Chen Jing	1

Others

With 16 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 29, 2015)