World Cup 2003 (table tennis)

2002 ← World Cup → 2004
	Men	Women
date	09.10. – 12.10.	December 17-19
place	Jiangyin	Hong Kong
Edition	24	7th
winner	Ma Lin Kaliniko's Kreanga Wang Liqin	Wang Nan Niu Jianfeng Zhang Yining

The table tennis World Cup 2003 took place for the men in its 24th edition from October 9th to 12th in Jiangyin, China and for the women in its 7th edition from December 17th to 19th in Hong Kong . Gold went to Ma Lin 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 in knockout mode. The semi-final losers played a game for third place.

Attendees

Item	Men	WRL item	TN	Women	WRL item	TN
1	Ma Lin	3	5	Wang Nan	2	5
2	Kalinikos Kreanga	9	6th	Niu Jianfeng	4th	2
3	Wang Liqin	6th	5	Zhang Yining	1	3
4th	Jean-Michel Saive	13	14th	Mihaela Șteff	15th	3
5	Timo Boll	1	2	Gao Jun	23	4th
	Ryu Seung-min	14th	1	Kim Kyung-ah	11	1
	Alexei Smirnov	11	1	Lau Sui Fei	12	1
	Wang Hao	8th	1	Tie Yana	7th	2
9	Chiang Peng-Lung	10	5	Otilia Bădescu	29	2
	Chuang Chih-Yuan	5	2	Tamara Boroš	8th	4th
	Joo Se-hyuk	24	1	Li Jiawei	14th	3
	Werner Schlager	2	5	Aya Umemura	26th	1
13	Peter Jackson	244	9	Jian Fang Lay	99 (Aug.)	2
	Zoran Primorac	12	10	Olufunke Oshonaike	187	2
	Wenguan Huang	40	9	Fabiola Ramos	207	1
	Torben Wosik	4th	1	Chris Xu	147	1

Men

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Ma Lin	4-0	Jean-Michel Saive
Chuang Chih-Yuan	4-0	Peter Jackson
Ma Lin	4: 1	Chuang Chih-Yuan
Jean-Michel Saive	4-0	Peter Jackson
Ma Lin	4-0	Peter Jackson
Chuang Chih-Yuan	0: 4	Jean-Michel Saive

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Ma Lin	3	12: 1	6th
2	Jean-Michel Saive	3	8: 4	5
3	Chuang Chih-Yuan	3	5: 8	4th
4th	Peter Jackson	3	0:12	3

Group 2

	Result
Timo Boll	1: 4	Alexei Smirnov
Chiang Peng-Lung	3: 4	Wenguan Huang
Timo Boll	3: 4	Chiang Peng-Lung
Alexei Smirnov	4: 1	Wenguan Huang
Timo Boll	4: 1	Wenguan Huang
Chiang Peng-Lung	0: 4	Alexei Smirnov

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Alexei Smirnov	3	12: 2	6th
2	Timo Boll	3	8: 9	4th
3	Chiang Peng-Lung	3	7:11	4th
4th	Wenguan Huang	3	6:11	4th

Group 3

	Result
Wang Liqin	4: 2	Zoran Primorac
Kalinikos Kreanga	2: 4	Joo Se-hyuk
Wang Liqin	2: 4	Kalinikos Kreanga
Zoran Primorac	2: 4	Joo Se-hyuk
Wang Liqin	4: 1	Joo Se-hyuk
Kalinikos Kreanga	4: 2	Zoran Primorac

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Wang Liqin	3	10: 7	5
2	Kalinikos Kreanga	3	10: 8	5
3	Joo Se-hyuk	3	9: 8	5
4th	Zoran Primorac	3	2:12	3

Group 4

	Result
Werner Schlager	3: 4	Ryu Seung-min
Wang Hao	4-0	Torben Wosik
Werner Schlager	0: 4	Wang Hao
Ryu Seung-min	4-0	Torben Wosik
Werner Schlager	4: 3	Torben Wosik
Wang Hao	4: 3	Ryu Seung-min

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Wang Hao	3	12: 3	6th
2	Ryu Seung-min	3	11: 7	5
3	Werner Schlager	3	7:11	4th
4th	Torben Wosik	3	3:12	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Ma Lin	4th
	Timo Boll	2
					Ma Lin	4th
					Wang Liqin	1
	Ryu Seung-min	1
	Wang Liqin	4th
									Ma Lin	4th
									Kalinikos Kreanga	1
	Wang Hao	3
	Jean-Michel Saive	4th
					Jean-Michel Saive	0			3rd place match
					Kalinikos Kreanga	4th
	Kalinikos Kreanga	4th							Wang Liqin	4th
	Alexei Smirnov	0							Jean-Michel Saive	1

Women

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Zhang Yining	4-0	Otilia Bădescu
Lau Sui Fei	4-0	Fabiola Ramos
Zhang Yining	4: 1	Lau Sui Fei
Otilia Bădescu	4-0	Fabiola Ramos
Zhang Yining	4-0	Fabiola Ramos
Lau Sui Fei	4: 3	Otilia Bădescu

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Zhang Yining	3	12: 1	6th
2	Lau Sui Fei	3	9: 4	5
3	Otilia Bădescu	3	4: 8	4th
4th	Fabiola Ramos	3	0:12	3

Group 2

	Result
Wang Nan	2: 4	Gao Jun
Tamara Boroš	4-0	Chris Xu
Wang Nan	4-0	Tamara Boroš
Gao Jun	4-0	Chris Xu
Wang Nan	4: 2	Chris Xu
Tamara Boroš	0: 4	Gao Jun

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Gao Jun	3	12: 2	6th
2	Wang Nan	3	10: 4	5
3	Tamara Boroš	3	4: 8	4th
4th	Chris Xu	3	0:12	3

Group 3

	Result
Niu Jianfeng	4-0	Aya Umemura
Kim Kyung-ah	4-0	Olufunke Oshonaike
Niu Jianfeng	4-0	Kim Kyung-ah
Aya Umemura	4: 2	Olufunke Oshonaike
Niu Jianfeng	4: 1	Olufunke Oshonaike
Kim Kyung-ah	4: 1	Aya Umemura

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Niu Jianfeng	3	12: 1	6th
2	Kim Kyung-ah	3	8: 5	5
3	Aya Umemura	3	5:10	4th
4th	Olufunke Oshonaike	3	3:12	3

Group 4

	Result
Tie Yana	4: 2	Mihaela Șteff
Li Jiawei	4: 1	Jian Fang Lay
Tie Yana	4-0	Li Jiawei
Mihaela Șteff	4: 2	Jian Fang Lay
Tie Yana	4-0	Jian Fang Lay
Li Jiawei	0: 4	Mihaela Șteff

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Tie Yana	3	12: 2	6th
2	Mihaela Șteff	3	10: 6	5
3	Li Jiawei	3	4: 9	4th
4th	Jian Fang Lay	3	3:12	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Zhang Yining	4th
	Kim Kyung-ah	0
					Zhang Yining	0
					Wang Nan	4th
	Wang Nan	4th
	Tie Yana	1
									Wang Nan	4th
									Niu Jianfeng	1
	Niu Jianfeng	4th
	Lau Sui Fei	2
					Niu Jianfeng	4th			3rd place match
					Mihaela Șteff	1
	Mihaela Șteff	4th							Zhang Yining	4th
	Gao Jun	1							Mihaela Șteff	0

Web links

• 2003 Men's World Cup on ittf.com (accessed October 22, 2015)
• 2003 Women's World Cup on ittf.com (accessed October 22, 2015)
• World Cup results 1980-2003 on ittf.com (pdf) (accessed October 22, 2015)