Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's team

Table tennis – men's team at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Men's team victory ceremony
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	3 August to 8 August
Competitors	48 from 16 nations
Teams	16
Medalists
Wang Hao Zhang Jike Ma Long   China   Oh Sang-Eun Joo Se-Hyuk Ryu Seung-Min   South Korea   Timo Boll Dimitrij Ovtcharov Bastian Steger   Germany

Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Singles		men		women
Teams		men		women

The men's team table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The event took place from Friday 3 August to Wednesday 8 August 2012 at ExCeL London.^[1] The tournament was a single elimination tournament with a third place playoff played between the two losing semi-finalists.

Qualification

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1).

Dates[2]	Start time	Round
3 August	19:00	First round
4 August	10:00
5 August	10:00	Quarterfinals
6 August	14:30	Semifinals
8 August	11:00	Bronze medal match
	15:30	Gold medal match

Seeds

Team ranking was based on the individual Ranking List of July 2012, taking into consideration those players qualified from each team.^[1][3]

Rank	Team	Athletes (world ranking on 4 July)[4]
1	China (CHN)	Zhang Jike (1)	Ma Long (2)	Wang Hao (4)
2	South Korea (KOR)	Joo Se-Hyuk (10)	Oh Sang-Eun (11)	Ryu Seung-Min (17)
3	Japan (JPN)	Jun Mizutani (5)	Koki Niwa (16)	Seiya Kishikawa (21)
4	Germany (GER)	Timo Boll (7)	Dimitrij Ovtcharov (12)	Bastian Steger (24)
5	Singapore (SIN)	Gao Ning (15)	Zhan Jian (25)	Yang Zi (54)
6	Hong Kong (HKG)	Jiang Tianyi (20)	Tang Peng (32)	Leung Chu Yan (35)
7	Austria (AUT)	Robert Gardos (29)	Chen Weixing (32)	Werner Schlager (47)
8	Portugal (POR)	Marcos Freitas (31)	Tiago Apolónia (34)	João Monteiro (39)
9	Russia (RUS)	Alexander Shibaev (29)	Kirill Skachkov (41)	Alexey Smirnov (46)
10	Sweden (SWE)	Jens Lundqvist (51)	Pär Gerell (80)	Jörgen Persson (90)
11	North Korea (PRK)	Jang Song-Man (59)	Kim Hyok-Bong (77)	Kim Song-Nam (181)
12	Brazil (BRA)	Gustavo Tsuboi (104)	Thiago Monteiro (126)	Hugo Hoyama (217)
13	Great Britain (GBR)	Paul Drinkhall (107)	Andrew Baggaley (133)	Liam Pitchford (143)
14	Egypt (EGY)	El-sayed Lashin (123)	Ahmed Saleh (157)	Omar Assar (209)
15	Canada (CAN)	Eugene Wang (113)	Pierre-Luc Hinse (305)	Andre Ho (393)
16	Australia (AUS)	William Henzell (130)	Justin Han (386)	Robert Frank (434)

Bracket

The draw for team events took place on 25 July 2012.^[5]

First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold Medal Match
1	China (CHN)	3
9	Russia (RUS)	1			1	China (CHN)	3
16	Australia (AUS)	0			5	Singapore (SIN)	0
5	Singapore (SIN)	3								1	China (CHN)	3
7	Austria (AUT)	3								4	Germany (GER)	1
14	Egypt (EGY)	0			7	Austria (AUT)	0
10	Sweden (SWE)	1			4	Germany (GER)	3
4	Germany (GER)	3													1	China (CHN)	3
3	Japan (JPN)	3													2	South Korea (KOR)	0
15	Canada (CAN)	0			3	Japan (JPN)	2
12	Brazil (BRA)	0			6	Hong Kong (HKG)	3
6	Hong Kong (HKG)	3								6	Hong Kong (HKG)	0
8	Portugal (POR)	3								2	South Korea (KOR)	3
13	Great Britain (GBR)	0			8	Portugal (POR)	2							Bronze Medal Match
11	North Korea (PRK)	1			2	South Korea (KOR)	3								4	Germany (GER)	3
2	South Korea (KOR)	3													6	Hong Kong (HKG)	1

Results

First round

3 August 2012 19:00 Report

Austria

3–0

Egypt

	Individual matches
Chen Weixing		3–1	El-sayed Lashin	7–11, 11–8, 11–9, 11–5
Werner Schlager		3–0	Ahmed Saleh	11–6, 11–3, 11–8
Robert Gardos / Chen Weixing		3–0	Omar Assar / El-sayed Lashin	11–8, 11–5, 14–12

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3 August 2012 19:00 Report

Sweden

1–3

Germany

	Individual matches
Jörgen Persson		3–1	Timo Boll	11–6, 11–7, 14–16, 11–8
Pär Gerell		2–3	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	14–16, 11–9, 11–6, 4–11, 8–11
Jens Lundqvist / Pär Gerell		0–3	Bastian Steger / Timo Boll	9–11, 8–11, 9–11
Jörgen Persson		0–3	Bastian Steger	12–14, 7–11, 10–12

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3 August 2012 19:00 Report

Brazil

0–3

Hong Kong

	Individual matches
Hugo Hoyama		1–3	Jiang Tianyi	5–11, 11–8, 6–11, 2–11
Thiago Monteiro		0–3	Tang Peng	8–11, 2–11, 9–11
Gustavo Tsuboi / Thiago Monteiro		1–3	Leung Chu Yan / Jiang Tianyi	12–10, 3–11, 5–11, 6–11

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3 August 2012 19:00 Report

Portugal

3–0

Great Britain

	Individual matches
Marcos Freitas		3–1	Paul Drinkhall	13–15, 11–6, 11–7, 11–8
João Monteiro		3–1	Liam Pitchford	9–11, 11–5, 11–7, 11–8
Tiago Apolónia / João Monteiro		3–0	Andrew Baggaley / Liam Pitchford	11–5, 11–7, 11–9

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4 August 2012 10:00 Report

China

3–1

Russia

	Individual matches
Zhang Jike		3–0	Kirill Skachkov	11–5, 12–10, 11–7
Ma Long		3–0	Alexander Shibaev	11–9, 11–5, 11–4
Wang Hao / Ma Long		2–3	Alexey Smirnov / Kirill Skachkov	8–11, 11–7, 11–6, 9–11, 6–11
Zhang Jike		3–0	Alexey Smirnov	11–8, 11–8, 11–6

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4 August 2012 10:00 Report

Australia

0–3

Singapore

	Individual matches
Justin Han		0–3	Gao Ning	5–11, 8–11, 5–11
William Henzell		0–3	Zhan Jian	8–11, 3–11, 9–11
Robert Frank / Justin Han		1–3	Yang Zi / Zhan Jian	4–11, 4–11, 11–8, 5–11

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4 August 2012 10:00 Report

Japan

3–0

Canada

	Individual matches
Jun Mizutani		3–0	Andre Ho	11–6, 11–3, 11–5
Koki Niwa		3–0	Zhen Wang	11–6, 12–10, 11–9
Seiya Kishikawa / Jun Mizutani		3–0	Pierre-Luc Hinse / Andre Ho	11–7, 11–4, 11–6

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4 August 2012 10:00 Report

North Korea

1–3

South Korea

	Individual matches
Kim Hyok-Bong		3–0	Oh Sang-Eun	11–6, 11–8, 12–10
Jang Song-Man		0–3	Joo Se-Hyuk	10–12, 3–11, 9–11
Kim Song-Nam / Jang Song-Man		1–3	Ryu Seung-Min / Oh Sang-Eun	8–11, 11–8, 12–14, 9–11
Kim Hyok-Bong		2–3	Ryu Seung-Min	11–5, 9–11, 11–9, 5–11, 3–11

Quarterfinals

5 August 2012 10:00 Report

China

3–0

Singapore

	Individual matches
Ma Long		3–0	Gao Ning	11–4, 11–5, 11–6
Wang Hao		3–0	Zhan Jian	11–8, 11–3, 11–4
Zhang Jike / Wang Hao		3–0	Yang Zi / Zhan Jian	11–8, 11–9, 11–3

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5 August 2012 10:00 Report

Japan

2–3

Hong Kong

	Individual matches
Jun Mizutani		3–1	Jiang Tianyi	11–8, 11–9, 9–11, 11–9
Seiya Kishikawa		1–3	Tang Peng	7–11, 11–7, 9–11, 7–11
Koki Niwa / Seiya Kishikawa		1–3	Leung Chu Yan / Jiang Tianyi	11–8, 12–14, 8–11, 11–13
Jun Mizutani		3–1	Leung Chu Yan	5–11, 11–5, 13–11, 11–8
Koki Niwa		1–3	Tang Peng	11–7, 7–11, 7–11, 3–11

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5 August 2012 14:30 Report

Austria

0–3

Germany

	Individual matches
Robert Gardos		0–3	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	9–11, 8–11, 5–11
Werner Schlager		0–3	Timo Boll	7–11, 7–11, 4–11
Chen Weixing / Robert Gardos		1–3	Bastian Steger / Timo Boll	6–11, 11–13, 11–8, 4–11

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5 August 2012 14:30 Report

Portugal

2–3

South Korea

	Individual matches
Tiago Apolonia		0–3	Oh Sang-Eun	11–13, 7–11, 9–11
Marcos Freitas		3–1	Joo Se-Hyuk	16–14, 11–6, 6–11, 11–9
João Monteiro / Tiago Apolonia		3–2	Ryu Seung-Min / Oh Sang-Eun	6–11, 10–12, 11–1, 11–8, 11–7
João Monteiro		1–3	Joo Se-Hyuk	11–8, 6–11, 4–11, 10–12
Marcos Freitas		1–3	Ryu Seung-Min	5–11, 6–11, 11–9, 3–11

Semifinals

6 August 2012 14:30 Report

China

3–1

Germany

	Individual matches
Ma Long		3–1	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	12–10, 5–11, 11–9, 11–1
Zhang Jike		1–3	Timo Boll	11–8, 8 –11, 9–11, 8–11
Wang Hao / Zhang Jike		3–1	Bastian Steger / Timo Boll	10–12, 11–8, 11–5, 11–5
Ma Long		3–0	Bastian Steger	11–3, 11–5, 11–7

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6 August 2012 19:00 Report

Hong Kong

0–3

South Korea

	Individual matches
Tang Peng		2–3	Ryu Seung-Min	11–7, 4–11, 6–11, 11–8, 9–11
Jiang Tianyi		0–3	Joo Se-Hyuk	3–11, 6–11, 8–11
Leung Chu Yan / Jiang Tianyi		2–3	Oh Sang-Eun / Ryu Seung-Min	11–5, 6–11, 2–11, 13–11, 9–11

Bronze medal match

8 August 2012 11:00 Report

Germany

3–1

Hong Kong

	Individual matches
Timo Boll		3–0	Leung Chu Yan	11–6, 11–3, 11–7
Dimitrij Ovtcharov		3–1	Tang Peng	13–11, 11–13, 11–9, 11–9
Bastian Steger / Dimitrij Ovtcharov		0–3	Jiang Tianyi / Leung Chu Yan	10–12, 8–11, 4–11
Timo Boll		3–1	Jiang Tianyi	9–11, 11–5, 11–9, 11–9

Gold medal match

8 August 2012 15:30 Report

China

3–0

South Korea

	Individual matches
Ma Long		3–1	Ryu Seung-Min	11–6, 11–6‚ 6–11, 11–4
Zhang Jike		3–1	Joo Se-Hyuk	11–9, 5–11, 11–6, 11–8
Wang Hao / Zhang Jike		3–0	Oh Sang-Eun / Ryu Seung-Min	11–4, 11–8, 11–6

References

1. "London 2012 Explanatory Guide: Table Tennis" (PDF). London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd. July 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012. line feed character in |publisher= at position 64 (help)
2. "Table tennis competition schedule" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
3. "2012 Olympic Games Men's Team Seeding List" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
4. "ITTF World Ranking". ITTF. 4 July 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
5. "Competition Format and Specific Regulations" (PDF). ITTF. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

External links

• International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)
• Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games