World Cup 2001 (table tennis)

2000 ← World Cup → 2002
	Men	Women
date	November 8th - November 11th	08/17 - 08/19
place	Courmayeur	Wuhu
Edition	22nd	5
winner	Uladsimir Samsonau Wang Liqin Jörg Roßkopf	Zhang Yining Kim Hyon-hui Mihaela Șteff

The table tennis World Cup 2001 took place for the men in his 22 host from 8 to 11 November at the Italian Courmayeur and the women in his fifth host from 17 to 19 August at the Chinese Wuhu instead. Gold went to Uladsimir Samsonau from Belarus and Zhang Yining 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 men played with four winning sets, the women in the group phase and the game for third place with two winning sets, otherwise with three winning sets.

Attendees

space	Men	TN	Women	TN
1	Vladimir Samsonov	6th	Zhang Yining	1
2	Wang Liqin	3	Kim Hyon-hui	1
3	Jörg Roßkopf	7th	Mihaela Șteff	1
4th	Chiang Peng-Lung	3	Ni Xialian	5
5	Kalinikos Kreanga	4th	Li Jiawei	1
	Werner Schlager	3	Tamara Boroš	2
	Ma Lin	3	Li Ju	4th
	Ma Wenge	6th	Gao Jun	2
9	Peter Karlsson	6th	Chen Jing	3
	Jean-Michel Saive	12	Liu Jia	1
	Jan-Ove Waldner	17th	Ryu Ji-hae	4th
	Yang Min	1	Krisztina Tóth	3
13	Ahmed Saleh	2	Shahira El-Alfy	1
	Peter Jackson	8th	Jing Jun Hong	2
	Augusto Morales	1	Berta Rodríguez	1
	Peter-Paul Pradeeban	1	Wang Nan	4th

Men

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Wang Liqin	4: 1	Ma Wenge
Wang Liqin	4: 1	Jean-Michel Saive
Wang Liqin	4: 1	Peter-Paul Pradeeban
Ma Wenge	4: 3	Jean-Michel Saive
Ma Wenge	4-0	Peter-Paul Pradeeban
Jean-Michel Saive	4-0	Peter-Paul Pradeeban

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Wang Liqin	3	12: 3	6th
2	Ma Wenge	3	9: 7	5
3	Jean-Michel Saive	3	8: 8	4th
4th	Peter-Paul Pradeeban	3	1:12	3

Group 2

	Result
Uladsimir Samsonau	4: 1	Jörg Roßkopf
Uladsimir Samsonau	4: 1	Yang Min
Uladsimir Samsonau	4-0	Augusto Morales
Jörg Roßkopf	4: 2	Yang Min
Jörg Roßkopf	4: 1	Augusto Morales
Yang Min	4: 2	Augusto Morales

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Uladsimir Samsonau	3	12: 2	6th
2	Jörg Roßkopf	3	9: 7	5
3	Yang Min	3	7:10	4th
4th	Augusto Morales	3	3:12	3

Group 3

	Result
Chiang Peng-Lung	3: 4	Werner Schlager
Chiang Peng-Lung	4: 2	Peter Karlsson
Chiang Peng-Lung	4-0	Ahmed Saleh
Werner Schlager	3: 4	Peter Karlsson
Werner Schlager	4: 1	Ahmed Saleh
Peter Karlsson	4: 1	Ahmed Saleh

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Chiang Peng-Lung	3	11: 6	5
2	Werner Schlager	3	11: 8	5
3	Peter Karlsson	3	10: 8	5
4th	Ahmed Saleh	3	2:12	3

Group 4

	Result
Ma Lin	4: 1	Kalinikos Kreanga
Ma Lin	4-0	Jan-Ove Waldner
Ma Lin	4-0	Peter Jackson
Kalinikos Kreanga	4: 2	Jan-Ove Waldner
Kalinikos Kreanga	4: 1	Peter Jackson
Jan-Ove Waldner	4-0	Peter Jackson

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Ma Lin	3	12: 1	6th
2	Kalinikos Kreanga	3	9: 7	5
3	Jan-Ove Waldner	3	6: 8	4th
4th	Peter Jackson	3	1:12	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Wang Liqin	4th
	Werner Schlager	3
					Wang Liqin	4th
					Jörg Roßkopf	1
	Jörg Roßkopf	4th
	Ma Lin	2
									Wang Liqin	0
									Uladsimir Samsonau	4th
	Chiang Peng-Lung	4th
	Ma Wenge	0
					Chiang Peng-Lung	0			3rd place match
					Uladsimir Samsonau	4th
	Kalinikos Kreanga	0							Jörg Roßkopf	4th
	Uladsimir Samsonau	4th							Chiang Peng-Lung	3

Women

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Gao Jun	2-0	Li Jiawei
Gao Jun	2: 1	Ryu Ji-hae
Gao Jun	2: -	Wang Nan
Li Jiawei	2: 1	Ryu Ji-hae
Li Jiawei	2-0	Wang Nan
Ryu Ji-hae	2: -	Wang Nan

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Gao Jun	3	6: 1	6th
2	Li Jiawei	3	4: 3	5
3	Ryu Ji-hae	3	4: 4	4th
4th	Wang Nan	1	0: 6	1

Group 2

	Result
Kim Hyon-hui	2-0	Li Ju
Kim Hyon-hui	2: 1	Chen Jing
Kim Hyon-hui	2-0	Shahira El-Alfy
Li Ju	2: 1	Chen Jing
Li Ju	2-0	Shahira El-Alfy
Chen Jing	2-0	Shahira El-Alfy

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Kim Hyon-hui	3	6: 1	6th
2	Li Ju	3	4: 3	5
3	Chen Jing	3	4: 4	4th
4th	Shahira El-Alfy	3	0: 6	3

Group 3

	Result
Mihaela Șteff	2-0	Tamara Boroš
Mihaela Șteff	2: 1	Krisztina Tóth
Mihaela Șteff	2: 1	Jing Jun Hong
Tamara Boroš	2-0	Krisztina Tóth
Tamara Boroš	2-0	Jing Jun Hong
Krisztina Tóth	2-0	Jing Jun Hong

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Mihaela Șteff	3	6: 2	6th
2	Tamara Boroš	3	4: 2	5
3	Krisztina Tóth	3	3: 4	4th
4th	Jing Jun Hong	3	1: 6	3

Group 4

	Result
Zhang Yining	2-0	Ni Xialian
Zhang Yining	2-0	Liu Jia
Zhang Yining	2-0	Berta Rodríguez
Ni Xialian	2: 1	Liu Jia
Ni Xialian	2-0	Berta Rodríguez
Liu Jia	2-0	Berta Rodríguez

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Zhang Yining	3	6-0	6th
2	Ni Xialian	3	4: 3	5
3	Liu Jia	3	3: 4	4th
4th	Berta Rodríguez	3	0: 6	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Zhang Yining	3
	Li Jiawei	0
					Zhang Yining	3
					Mihaela Șteff	0
	Li Ju	1
	Mihaela Șteff	3
									Zhang Yining	3
									Kim Hyon-hui	0
	Ni Xialian	3
	Gao Jun	0
					Ni Xialian	0			3rd place match
					Kim Hyon-hui	3
	Tamara Boroš	2							Mihaela Șteff	2
	Kim Hyon-hui	3							Ni Xialian	1

Others

Mihaela Șteff was the first European to win a World Cup medal. Only in 2012 could non-Asian players win a medal again.

With 17 World Cup appearances, Jan-Ove Waldner improved his men's record from the previous year.

With 5 World Cup appearances, Ni Xialian set a new record for women.

Web links

• World Cup results 1980-2003 on ittf.com (pdf) (accessed December 29, 2015)