World Cup 2008 (table tennis)

2007 ← World Cup → 2009
	Men	Women
date	September 26-28	September 06-08
place	Liege	Kuala Lumpur
Edition	29	12
winner	Wang Hao Timo Boll Ma Long	Li Xiaoxia Tie Yana Feng Tianwei

The table tennis World Cup 2008 took place for the men in his 29 host from 26 to 28 September at the Belgian Liege and for the women in his 12th host from 6 to 8 September at the Malaysian Kuala Lumpur instead. Gold went to Wang Hao and Li Xiaoxia 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	Wang Hao	1	6th	Li Xiaoxia	5	2
2	Timo Boll	6th	7th	Tie Yana	10	7th
3	Ma Long	3	1	Feng Tianwei	9	1
4th	Kalinikos Kreanga	17th	10	Wang Yuegu	7th	2
5	Joo Se-hyuk	9	4th	Gao Jun	25th	8th
	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	14th	1	Guo Yue	2	3
	Ryu Seung-min	8th	5	Jiang Huajun	8th	2
	Werner Schlager	16	9	Kim Kyung-ah	11	5
9	Chuang Chih-Yuan	10	7th	Daniela Dodean	47	2
	Li Ching	11	1	Li Jia Wei	6th	8th
	Michael Maze	23	2	Li Jiao	15th	2
	Segun Toriola	113	5	Wu Xue	49	3
13	Trent Carter	635	1	Beh Lee Wei	192	1
	Gao Ning	12	2	Miao Miao	145	4th
	Peter-Paul Pradeeban	277	3	Georgina Póta	44	1
	Jean-Michel Saive	26th	17th	Yang Fen	234	2

Men

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Wang Hao	4: 2	Werner Schlager
Chuang Chih-Yuan	4: 2	Peter-Paul Pradeeban
Wang Hao	4-0	Chuang Chih-Yuan
Werner Schlager	4-0	Peter-Paul Pradeeban
Wang Hao	4-0	Peter-Paul Pradeeban
Chuang Chih-Yuan	2: 4	Werner Schlager

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Wang Hao	3	12: 2	6th
2	Werner Schlager	3	10: 6	5
3	Chuang Chih-Yuan	3	6:10	4th
4th	Peter-Paul Pradeeban	3	2:12	3

Group 2

	Result
Ma Long	4-0	Michael Maze
Joo Se-hyuk	4-0	Trent Carter
Ma Long	4: 3	Joo Se-hyuk
Michael Maze	4-0	Trent Carter
Ma Long	4-0	Trent Carter
Joo Se-hyuk	4-0	Michael Maze

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Ma Long	3	12: 3	6th
2	Joo Se-hyuk	3	11: 4	5
3	Michael Maze	3	4: 8	4th
4th	Trent Carter	3	0:12	3

Group 3

	Result
Timo Boll	2: 4	Kalinikos Kreanga
Gao Ning	3: 4	Segun Toriola
Timo Boll	4: 1	Gao Ning
Kalinikos Kreanga	4: 3	Segun Toriola
Timo Boll	4-0	Segun Toriola
Gao Ning	0: 4	Kalinikos Kreanga

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Kalinikos Kreanga	3	12: 5	6th
2	Timo Boll	3	10: 5	5
3	Segun Toriola	3	7:11	4th
4th	Gao Ning	3	4:12	3

Group 4

	Result
Ryu Seung-min	4-0	Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Li Ching	4-0	Jean-Michel Saive
Ryu Seung-min	4: 3	Li Ching
Dimitrij Ovtcharov	4: 3	Jean-Michel Saive
Ryu Seung-min	4-0	Jean-Michel Saive
Li Ching	3: 4	Dimitrij Ovtcharov

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Ryu Seung-min	3	12: 3	6th
2	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	3	8:10	5
3	Li Ching	3	10: 8	4th
4th	Jean-Michel Saive	3	3:12	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Wang Hao	4th
	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	1
					Wang Hao	4th
					Kalinikos Kreanga	2
	Joo Se-hyuk	2
	Kalinikos Kreanga	4th
									Wang Hao	4th
									Timo Boll	1
	Ryu Seung-min	0
	Timo Boll	4th
					Timo Boll	4th			3rd place match
					Ma Long	3
	Werner Schlager	1							Kalinikos Kreanga	1
	Ma Long	4th							Ma Long	4th

Women

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Guo Yue	4: 1	Wu Xue
Jiang Huajun	4: 1	Yang Fen
Guo Yue	4: 3	Jiang Huajun
Wu Xue	4: 2	Yang Fen
Guo Yue	4-0	Yang Fen
Jiang Huajun	4: 2	Wu Xue

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Guo Yue	3	12: 4	6th
2	Jiang Huajun	3	11: 7	5
3	Wu Xue	3	7:10	4th
4th	Yang Fen	3	3:12	3

Group 2

	Result
Li Xiaoxia	4-0	Li Jiao
Feng Tianwei	4-0	Miao Miao
Li Xiaoxia	4: 1	Feng Tianwei
Li Jiao	4: 2	Miao Miao
Li Xiaoxia	4-0	Miao Miao
Feng Tianwei	4: 1	Li Jiao

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Li Xiaoxia	3	12: 1	6th
2	Feng Tianwei	3	9: 5	5
3	Li Jiao	3	5:10	4th
4th	Miao Miao	3	2:12	3

Group 3

	Result
Li Jia Wei	0: 4	Gao Jun
Tie Yana	4: 1	Georgina Póta
Li Jia Wei	1: 4	Tie Yana
Gao Jun	4: 1	Georgina Póta
Li Jia Wei	4: 2	Georgina Póta
Tie Yana	4-0	Gao Jun

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Tie Yana	3	12: 2	6th
2	Gao Jun	3	8: 5	5
3	Li Jia Wei	3	5:10	4th
4th	Georgina Póta	3	4:12	3

Group 4

	Result
Wang Yuegu	4: 1	Daniela Dodean
Kim Kyung-ah	4: 1	Beh Lee Wei
Wang Yuegu	4: 3	Kim Kyung-ah
Daniela Dodean	4-0	Beh Lee Wei
Wang Yuegu	4: 1	Beh Lee Wei
Kim Kyung-ah	4: 1	Daniela Dodean

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Wang Yuegu	3	12: 5	6th
2	Kim Kyung-ah	3	11: 6	5
3	Daniela Dodean	3	6: 8	4th
4th	Beh Lee Wei	3	2:12	3

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Guo Yue	1
	Feng Tianwei	4th
					Feng Tianwei	0
					Tie Yana	4th
	Kim Kyung-ah	3
	Tie Yana	4th
									Tie Yana	0
									Li Xiaoxia	4th
	Wang Yuegu	4th
	Gao Jun	2
					Wang Yuegu	0			3rd place match
					Li Xiaoxia	4th
	Jiang Huajun	1							Feng Tianwei	4th
	Li Xiaoxia	4th							Wang Yuegu	0

Others

With 8 World Cup appearances, Gao Jun and Li Jia Wei set a new record for women.

Web links

• Men's World Cup 2008 on ittf.com (accessed September 14, 2015)
• 2008 Women's World Cup on ittf.com (accessed September 14, 2015)