World Cup 2002 (table tennis)

2001 ← World Cup → 2003
	Men	Women
date	October 31 - November 2	08/30 - 09/01
place	Jinan	Singapore
Edition	23	6th
winner	Timo Boll Kong Linghui Zoran Primorac	Zhang Yining Li Nan Tie Yana

The table tennis World Cup 2002 took place for the men in its 23rd edition from October 31 to November 2 in Jinan, China, and for the women in its 6th edition from August 30 to September 1 in Singapore . Gold went to the Germans Timo Boll 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.

Attendees

Item	Men	WRL item	TN	Women	WRL item	TN
1	Timo Boll	5	1	Zhang Yining	2	2
2	Kong Linghui	6th	8th	Li Nan	5	1
3	Zoran Primorac	15th	9	Tie Yana	18th	1
4th	Werner Schlager	4th	4th	Lin Ling	4th	1
5	Chiang Peng-Lung	11	4th	Tamara Boroš	3	3
	Ma Lin	2	4th	Kim Hyon-hui	11	1
	Oh Sang-eun	13	1	Niu Jianfeng	6th	1
	Wang Liqin	1	4th	Mihaela Șteff	10	2
9	Chuang Chih-Yuan	16	1	Gao Jun	33	3
	Kim Taek-soo	10	10	Li Jiawei	9	2
	Kalinikos Kreanga	12	5	Miao Miao	59	1
	Jean-Michel Saive	8th	13	Krisztina Tóth	22nd	4th
13	Hugo Hoyama	96	8th	Jing Jun Hong	15th	3
	Russell Lavale	224	1	Ni Xialian	15th	6th
	Segun Toriola	80	3	Berta Rodríguez	230	2
	Wenguan Huang	39	8th	Jie Schöpp	23	4th

Men

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Zoran Primorac	4: 3	Segun Toriola
Werner Schlager	4-0	Segun Toriola
Werner Schlager	4: 1	Kalinikos Kreanga
Kalinikos Kreanga	4: 2	Segun Toriola
Werner Schlager	2: 4	Zoran Primorac
Kalinikos Kreanga	4: 3	Zoran Primorac

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Werner Schlager	3	10: 5	5
2	Zoran Primorac	3	11: 9	5
3	Kalinikos Kreanga	3	9: 9	5
4th	Segun Toriola	3	5:12	3

Group 2

	Result
Chiang Peng-Lung	4: 1	Wenguan Huang
Timo Boll	4: 1	Wenguan Huang
Timo Boll	4: 1	Jean-Michel Saive
Jean-Michel Saive	4: 2	Wenguan Huang
Timo Boll	4: 3	Chiang Peng-Lung
Jean-Michel Saive	1: 4	Chiang Peng-Lung

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Timo Boll	3	12: 5	6th
2	Chiang Peng-Lung	3	11: 6	5
3	Jean-Michel Saive	3	6:10	4th
4th	Wenguan Huang	3	4:12	3

Group 3

	Result
Kim Taek-soo	4-0	Hugo Hoyama
Ma Lin	4: 1	Hugo Hoyama
Ma Lin	4: 1	Kong Linghui
Kong Linghui	4: 1	Hugo Hoyama
Ma Lin	4-0	Kim Taek-soo
Kong Linghui	4: 3	Kim Taek-soo

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Ma Lin	3	12: 2	6th
2	Kong Linghui	3	9: 8	5
3	Kim Taek-soo	3	7: 8	4th
4th	Hugo Hoyama	3	2:12	3

Group 4

	Result
Oh Sang-eun	4: 1	Russell Lavale
Wang Liqin	4-0	Russell Lavale
Wang Liqin	4: 1	Chuang Chih-Yuan
Chuang Chih-Yuan	4: 1	Russell Lavale
Wang Liqin	1: 4	Oh Sang-eun
Chuang Chih-Yuan	4: 3	Oh Sang-eun

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Oh Sang-eun	3	11: 6	5
2	Wang Liqin	3	9: 5	5
3	Chuang Chih-Yuan	3	9: 8	5
4th	Russell Lavale	3	2:12	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Oh Sang-eun	2
	Kong Linghui	4th
					Kong Linghui	4th
					Werner Schlager	2
	Chiang Peng-Lung	3
	Werner Schlager	4th
									Kong Linghui	1
									Timo Boll	4th
	Timo Boll	4th
	Wang Liqin	0
					Timo Boll	4th			3rd place match
					Zoran Primorac	3
	Zoran Primorac	4th							Werner Schlager	0
	Ma Lin	2							Zoran Primorac	4th

Women

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Zhang Yining	4-0	Tie Yana
Li Jiawei	4: 2	Jie Schöpp
Zhang Yining	4: 1	Li Jiawei
Tie Yana	3: 4	Jie Schöpp
Zhang Yining	4: 2	Jie Schöpp
Li Jiawei	2: 4	Tie Yana

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Zhang Yining	3	12: 3	6th
2	Tie Yana	3	7:10	4th
3	Li Jiawei	3	7:10	4th
4th	Jie Schöpp	3	8:11	4th

Group 2

	Result
Tamara Boroš	4-0	Jing Junhong
Li Nan	4: 1	Gao Jun
Tamara Boroš	4: 2	Li Nan
Jing Junhong	2: 4	Gao Jun
Tamara Boroš	3: 4	Gao Jun
Li Nan	4-0	Jing Junhong

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Li Nan	3	10: 5	5
2	Tamara Boroš	3	11: 6	5
3	Gao Jun	3	9: 9	5
4th	Jing Junhong	3	2:12	3

Group 3

	Result
Niu Jianfeng	4: 1	Krisztina Tóth
Mihaela Șteff	4-0	Berta Rodríguez
Niu Jianfeng	4: 2	Mihaela Șteff
Krisztina Tóth	4: 1	Berta Rodríguez
Niu Jianfeng	4-0	Berta Rodríguez
Mihaela Șteff	4: 1	Krisztina Tóth

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Niu Jianfeng	3	12: 3	6th
2	Mihaela Șteff	3	10: 5	5
3	Krisztina Tóth	3	6: 9	4th
4th	Berta Rodríguez	3	1:12	3

Group 4

	Result
Lin Ling	4: 3	Ni Xialian
Kim Hyon-hui	4: 2	Miao Miao
Lin Ling	4: 3	Kim Hyon-hui
Ni Xialian	3: 4	Miao Miao
Lin Ling	4: 1	Miao Miao
Kim Hyon-hui	4: 2	Ni Xialian

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Lin Ling	3	12: 7	6th
2	Kim Hyon-hui	3	11: 8	5
3	Miao Miao	3	7:11	4th
4th	Ni Xialian	3	8:12	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Zhang Yining	4th
	Mihaela Șteff	2
					Zhang Yining	4th
					Lin Ling	0
	Tamara Boroš	0
	Lin Ling	4th
									Zhang Yining	4th
									Li Nan	0
	Tie Yana	4th
	Niu Jianfeng	3
					Tie Yana	1			3rd place match
					Li Nan	4th
	Kim Hyon-hui	3							Tie Yana	4th
	Li Nan	4th							Lin Ling	2

Others

With 6 World Cup appearances, Ni Xialian improved her record for women from the previous year.

Web links

• 2002 Men's World Cup on ittf.com (accessed November 5, 2015)
• 2002 Women's World Cup on ittf.com (accessed November 5, 2015)
• World Cup results 1980-2003 on ittf.com (pdf) (accessed November 5, 2015)