2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships

The 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo from 28 April to 5 May 2014.[1] The Championships was staged in Japan for the seventh time and was the 52nd edition of the team competition.

The decision was announced by ITTF in May 2011, after several sporting events including the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships were shifted from Japan due to the Tōhoku earthquake and the following Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.[2]

Seeding

The first division (Championship Division) comprised 24 teams.[3] The top eighteen teams of the first division and the top two teams of the second division at the 2012 World Team Championships were guaranteed a place in the competition. The other four spots were based on the latest ITTF Computer World Team Ranking before the Championships.

Qualification Men's team Women's team
Top eighteen in 2012

 China
 Germany
 Japan
 South Korea
 Austria
 Sweden
 Chinese Taipei
 Singapore
 Hong Kong

 Belarus
 Portugal
 Poland
 North Korea
 Russia
 Greece
 Serbia
 Hungary
 France

 China
 Singapore
 Hong Kong
 South Korea
 Japan
 Netherlands
 Germany
 Poland
 North Korea

 Austria
 Hungary
 Romania
 Belarus
 Chinese Taipei
 Russia
 Croatia
 Czech Republic

Top two of the 2nd Division in 2012  Ukraine
 Romania
 Australia
 Luxembourg
ITTF World Team Ranking[4]  Croatia
 Brazil
 Denmark
 Spain
 Ukraine
 United States
 Slovakia
 Serbia
 France

Medal summary

Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
 China
Fan Zhendong
Ma Long
Wang Hao
Xu Xin
Zhang Jike
 Germany
Timo Boll
Patrick Franziska
Steffen Mengel
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
 Chinese Taipei
Chen Chien-an
Chiang Hung-chieh
Chuang Chih-yuan
Huang Sheng-sheng
Wu Chih-chi
 Japan
Seiya Kishikawa
Kenta Matsudaira
Jun Mizutani
Koki Niwa
Masato Shiono
Women's team
 China
Chen Meng
Ding Ning
Li Xiaoxia
Liu Shiwen
Zhu Yuling
 Japan
Sayaka Hirano
Yuka Ishigaki
Kasumi Ishikawa
Sakura Mori
Saki Tashiro
 Hong Kong
Doo Hoi Kem
Jiang Huajun
Lee Ho Ching
Ng Wing Nam
Tie Ya Na
 Singapore
Feng Tianwei
Li Siyun Isabelle
Yee Herng Hwee
Yu Mengyu

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 China2002
2 Japan0112
3 Germany0101
4 Chinese Taipei0011
 Hong Kong0011
 Singapore0011
Total 2 2 4 8

Results

Men's team

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
      
           China 3  
  Greece 1       Austria 0  
  Austria 3         China 3  
  Chinese Taipei 3         Chinese Taipei 0  
  Croatia 1       Chinese Taipei 3  
           South Korea 2  
             China 3
             Germany 1
           Japan 3  
  Poland 1       Portugal 0  
  Portugal 3         Japan 1  
  Singapore 3         Germany 3  
  Sweden 1       Singapore 0       
           Germany 3       
      

Women's team

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
      
           China 3  
  Ukraine 0       North Korea 0  
  North Korea 3         China 3  
  South Korea 2         Singapore 0  
  Romania 3       Romania 1  
           Singapore 3  
             China 3
             Japan 0
           Hong Kong 3  
  Belarus 0       Germany 0  
  Germany 3         Hong Kong 1  
  Chinese Taipei 0         Japan 3  
  Netherlands 3       Netherlands 2       
           Japan 3       
      

References

  1. "ITTF calendar". ittf.com. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  2. Matt Cutler (May 11, 2011). "Tokyo awarded 2014 Team Table Tennis Worlds". SportBusiness.
  3. "ITTF Annual General Meeting and Board of Directors' Meeting" (PDF). ITTF. 2013. pp. 107–109. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  4. "ITTF World Team Ranking". ittf.com.

External links

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