World Cup 2004 (table tennis)

2003 ← World Cup → 2005
	Men	Women
date	October 27–31
place	Huangzhou
Edition	25th	8th
winner	Ma Lin Kaliniko's kreanga Wang Hao	Zhang Yining Wang Nan Tie Yana

The table tennis World Cup 2004 took place for the men in his 25 host, and for the women in his eighth host from 27 to 31 October in the Chinese Hangzhou instead. Gold went to Ma Lin 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 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	4th	6th	Zhang Yining	1	4th
2	Kalinikos Kreanga	10	7th	Wang Nan	2	6th
3	Wang Hao	3	2	Tie Yana	9	3
4th	Joo Se-hyuk	16	2	Li Jiawei	7th	4th
5	Timo Boll	9	3	Tamara Boroš	8th	5
	Chiang Peng-Lung	13	6th	Kim Kyung-ah	6th	2
	Werner Schlager	8th	6th	Lau Sui Fei	13	2
	Jan-Ove Waldner	15th	18th	Wiktoryja Paulovich	26th	1
9	Chuang Chih-Yuan	5	3	Gao Jun	14th	5
	Ryu Seung-min	2	2	Liu Jia	11	2
	Vladimir Samsonov	6th	7th	Niu Jianfeng	3	3
	Wang Liqin	1	6th	Mihaela Șteff	18th	4th
13	Russel Lavale	256	2	Otilia Bădescu	40	3
	Thiago Monteiro	117	1	Miao Miao	75	2
	Segun Toriola	96	4th	Spark Oshonaike	189	3
	Wenguan Huang	41	10	Wu Xue	156	1

Men

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Segun Toriola	-: 4	Timo Boll
Wang Liqin	2: 4	Chiang Peng-Lung
Wang Liqin	4: 3	Timo Boll
Chiang Peng-Lung	4: -	Segun Toriola
Wang Liqin	4: -	Segun Toriola
Timo Boll	4: 3	Chiang Peng-Lung

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Chiang Peng-Lung	3	11: 6	5
2	Timo Boll	3	11: 7	5
3	Wang Liqin	3	10: 7	5
4th	Segun Toriola	0	0:12	0

Group 2

	Result
Russel Lavale	0: 4	Chuang Chih-Yuan
Ma Lin	4-0	Joo Se-hyuk
Ma Lin	4: 1	Chuang Chih-Yuan
Joo Se-hyuk	4: 2	Russel Lavale
Ma Lin	4-0	Russel Lavale
Chuang Chih-Yuan	3: 4	Joo Se-hyuk

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Ma Lin	3	12: 1	6th
2	Joo Se-hyuk	3	8: 9	5
3	Chuang Chih-Yuan	3	8: 8	4th
4th	Russel Lavale	3	2:12	3

Group 3

	Result
Wenguan Huang	1: 4	Uladsimir Samsonau
Wang Hao	4: 2	Kalinikos Kreanga
Wang Hao	4: 3	Uladsimir Samsonau
Kalinikos Kreanga	4: 1	Wenguan Huang
Wang Hao	4-0	Wenguan Huang
Uladsimir Samsonau	1: 4	Kalinikos Kreanga

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Wang Hao	3	12: 5	6th
2	Kalinikos Kreanga	3	10: 6	5
3	Uladsimir Samsonau	3	8: 9	4th
4th	Wenguan Huang	3	2:12	3

Group 4

	Result
Thiago Monteiro	1: 4	Werner Schlager
Ryu Seung-min	4: 3	Jan-Ove Waldner
Ryu Seung-min	2: 4	Werner Schlager
Jan-Ove Waldner	4: 2	Thiago Monteiro
Ryu Seung-min	3: 4	Thiago Monteiro
Werner Schlager	4: 1	Jan-Ove Waldner

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Werner Schlager	3	12: 3	6th
2	Jan-Ove Waldner	3	8:10	4th
3	Ryu Seung-min	3	6:11	4th
4th	Thiago Monteiro	3	9:11	4th

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Chiang Peng-Lung	0
	Joo Se-hyuk	4th
					Joo Se-hyuk	2
					Kalinikos Kreanga	4th
	Kalinikos Kreanga	4th
	Werner Schlager	1
									Kalinikos Kreanga	2
									Ma Lin	4th
	Wang Hao	4th
	Jan-Ove Waldner	0
					Wang Hao	0			3rd place match
					Ma Lin	4th
	Timo Boll	1							Joo Se-hyuk	3
	Ma Lin	4th							Wang Hao	4th

Women

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Zhang Yining	4-0	Mihaela Șteff
Miao Miao	0: 4	Li Jiawei
Zhang Yining	4: 1	Li Jiawei
Mihaela Șteff	4: 2	Miao Miao
Zhang Yining	4-0	Miao Miao
Li Jiawei	4: 3	Mihaela Șteff

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Zhang Yining	3	12: 1	6th
2	Li Jiawei	3	9: 7	5
3	Mihaela Șteff	3	7:10	4th
4th	Miao Miao	3	2:12	3

Group 2

	Result
Wang Nan	3: 4	Gao Jun
Wu Xue	0: 4	Tie Yana
Wang Nan	4: 2	Tie Yana
Gao Jun	4: 1	Wu Xue
Wang Nan	4: 2	Wu Xue
Tie Yana	4: 2	Gao Jun

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Wang Nan	3	11: 8	5
2	Tie Yana	3	10: 6	5
3	Gao Jun	3	10: 8	5
4th	Wu Xue	3	3:12	3

Group 3

	Result
Niu Jianfeng	3: 4	Lau Sui Fei
Otilia Bădescu	1: 4	Tamara Boroš
Niu Jianfeng	1: 4	Tamara Boroš
Lau Sui Fei	3: 4	Otilia Bădescu
Niu Jianfeng	4: 1	Otilia Bădescu
Tamara Boroš	3: 4	Lau Sui Fei

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Lau Sui Fei	3	11:10	5
2	Tamara Boroš	3	11: 5	5
3	Niu Jianfeng	3	7: 9	4th
4th	Otilia Bădescu	3	6:11	4th

Group 4

	Result
Kim Kyung-ah	1: 4	Wiktoryja Paulovich
Spark Oshonaike	0: 4	Liu Jia
Kim Kyung-ah	4-0	Liu Jia
Wiktoryja Paulovich	4-0	Spark Oshonaike
Kim Kyung-ah	4-0	Spark Oshonaike
Liu Jia	4: 3	Wiktoryja Paulovich

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Wiktoryja Paulovich	3	11: 5	5
2	Kim Kyung-ah	3	9: 4	5
3	Liu Jia	3	8: 7	5
4th	Spark Oshonaike	3	0:12	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Zhang Yining	4th
	Kim Kyung-ah	0
					Zhang Yining	4th
					Tie Yana	0
	Tie Yana	4th
	Lau Sui Fei	2
									Zhang Yining	4th
									Wang Nan	2
	Wiktoryja Paulovich	2
	Li Jiawei	4th
					Li Jiawei	2			3rd place match
					Wang Nan	4th
	Tamara Boroš	2							Tie Yana	4th
	Wang Nan	4th							Li Jiawei	1

Others

With 18 World Cup participations Jan-Ove Waldner improved his participation record for men.