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

Table tennis – women's team at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	ExCeL London
Date	3 August to 7 August 2012
Competitors	49 from 16 nations
Teams	16
Medalists
Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Guo Yue   China   Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa   Japan   Li Jiawei Feng Tianwei Wang Yuegu   Singapore

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

The women'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 Tuesday 7 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	10:00	First round
4 August	14:30	Quarterfinals
5 August	19:00	Semifinals
6 August	10:00
7 August	11:00	Bronze medal match
	15:30	Gold medal match

Seeds

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

Rank	Team	Athletes (world ranking on 4 July)[4]
1	China (CHN)	Ding Ning (1)	Li Xiaoxia (3)	Guo Yue (8)
2	Japan (JPN)	Kasumi Ishikawa (6)	Ai Fukuhara (7)	Sayaka Hirano (18)
3	Singapore (SIN)	Feng Tianwei (8)	Wang Yuegu (11)	Li Jiawei (15)
4	South Korea (KOR)	Kim Kyung-Ah (5)	Seok Ha-Jung (19)	Park Mi-Young (33) Dang Ye-Seo (23) (Dang replaced Park before quarterfinals)
5	Hong Kong (HKG)	Tie Ya Na (10)	Jiang Huajun (20)	Lee Ho Ching (85)
6	Germany (GER)	Wu Jiaduo (16)	Irene Ivancan (37)	Kristin Silbereisen (47)
7	Netherlands (NED)	Li Jiao (20)	Li Jie (28)	Elena Timina (135)
8	North Korea (PRK)	Ri Myong-Sun (34)	Kim Jong (53)	Ri Mi-Gyong (63)
9	Austria (AUT)	Liu Jia (45)	Li Qiangbing (64)	Amelie Solja (90)
10	Spain (ESP)	Shen Yanfei (17)	Sara Ramírez (83)	Galia Dvorak (114)
11	Poland (POL)	Li Qian (30)	Natalia Partyka (68)	Katarzyna Grzybowska (117)
12	United States (USA)	Ariel Hsing (115)	Lily Zhang (139)	Erica Wu (448)
13	Great Britain (GBR)	Joanna Parker (119)	Na Liu (153)	Kelly Sibley (177)
14	Australia (AUS)	Lay Jian Fang (130)	Miao Miao (199)	Vivian Tan (243)
15	Brazil (BRA)	Caroline Kumahara (192)	Lígia Silva (228)	Gui Lin (255)
16	Egypt (EGY)	Dina Meshref (160)	Nadeen El-Dawlatly (279)	Raghd Magdy (430)

Bracket

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

First round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Gold Medal Match
1	China (CHN)	3
10	Spain (ESP)	0			1	China (CHN)	3
16	Egypt (EGY)	0			7	Netherlands (NED)	0
7	Netherlands (NED)	3								1	China (CHN)	3
5	Hong Kong (HKG)	3								4	South Korea (KOR)	0
9	Austria (AUT)	1			5	Hong Kong (HKG)	0
15	Brazil (BRA)	0			4	South Korea (KOR)	3
4	South Korea (KOR)	3													1	China (CHN)	3
3	Singapore (SIN)	3													2	Japan (JPN)	0
11	Poland (POL)	1			3	Singapore (SIN)	3
13	Great Britain (GBR)	0			8	North Korea (PRK)	0
8	North Korea (PRK)	3								3	Singapore (SIN)	0
6	Germany (GER)	3								2	Japan (JPN)	3
14	Australia (AUS)	0			6	Germany (GER)	0							Bronze Medal Match
12	United States (USA)	0			2	Japan (JPN)	3								4	South Korea (KOR)	0
2	Japan (JPN)	3													3	Singapore (SIN)	3

Results

First round

3 August 2012 10:00 Report

China

3–0

Spain

	Individual matches
Li Xiaoxia		3–0	Shen Yanfei	11–4, 11–7, 14–12
Guo Yue		3–1	Sara Ramírez	11–9, 8–11, 11–5, 11–8
Ding Ning / Li Xiaoxia		3–0	Galia Dvorak / Sara Ramírez	11–7, 11–5, 11–8

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3 August 2012 10:00 Report

Brazil

0–3

South Korea

	Individual matches
Caroline Kumahara		0–3	Kim Kyung-Ah	2–11, 3–11, 6–11
Gui Lin		0–3	Seok Ha-Jung	8–11, 5–11, 8–11
Lígia Silva / Gui Lin		0–3	Park Mi-Young / Kim Kyung-Ah	5–11, 5–11, 6–11

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3 August 2012 10:00 Report

Singapore

3–1

Poland

	Individual matches
Feng Tianwei		2–3	Li Qian	8–11, 15–13, 11–9, 9–11, 8–11
Wang Yuegu		3–0	Natalia Partyka	11–6, 11–9, 11–6
Li Jiawei / Wang Yuegu		3–0	Katarzyna Grzybowska / Natalia Partyka	11–7, 11–6, 11–9
Feng Tianwei		3–0	Katarzyna Grzybowska	11–8, 11–6, 11–6

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3 August 2012 10:00 Report

United States

0–3

Japan

	Individual matches
Ariel Hsing		0–3	Ai Fukuhara	4–11, 7–11, 7–11
Lily Zhang		0–3	Sayaka Hirano	9–11, 5–11, 3–11
Lily Zhang / Erica Wu		0–3	Kasumi Ishikawa / Ai Fukuhara	7–11, 7–11, 3–11

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3 August 2012 14:30 Report

Egypt

0–3

Netherlands

	Individual matches
Nadeen El-Dawlatly		0–3	Li Jiao	6–11, 4–11, 4–11
Dina Meshref		0–3	Li Jie	5–11, 5–11, 2–11
Raghad Magdy / Dina Meshref		0–3	Elena Timina / Li Jie	4–11, 7–11, 2–11

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3 August 2012 14:30 Report

Hong Kong

3–1

Austria

	Individual matches
Tie Ya Na		3–2	Liu Jia	7–11, 11–7, 4–11, 11–6, 15–13
Jiang Huajun		0–3	Amelie Solja	4–11, 8–11, 11–13
Lee Ho Ching / Tie Ya Na		3–0	Li Qiangbing / Amelie Solja	11–9, 14–12, 11–2
Jiang Huajun		3–0	Li Qiangbing	11–6, 11–8, 11–6

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3 August 2012 14:30 Report

Great Britain

0–3

North Korea

	Individual matches
Joanna Parker		1–3	Ri Myong-Sun	8–11, 11–8, 8–11, 4–11
Na Liu		0–3	Kim Jong	8–11, 9–11, 7–11
Kelly Sibley / Joanna Parker		0–3	Ri Mi-Gyong / Kim Jong	2–11, 7–11, 3–11

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3 August 2012 14:30 Report

Germany

3–0

Australia

	Individual matches
Irene Ivancan		3–1	Miao Miao	7–11, 15–13, 11–5, 11–8
Wu Jiaduo		3–0	Lay Jian Fang	11–7, 11–7, 11–7
Kristin Silbereisen / Wu Jiaduo		3–1	Vivian Tan / Miao Miao	11–6, 9–11, 12–10, 12–10

Quarterfinals

4 August 2012 14:30 Report

China

3–0

Netherlands

	Individual matches
Guo Yue		3–0	Li Jiao	11–9, 11–7, 14–12
Ding Ning		3–1	Li Jie	11–8, 11–8, 9–11, 11–7
Li Xiaoxia / Guo Yue		3–0	Elena Timina / Li Jie	11–4, 11–8, 11–9

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4 August 2012 14:30 Report

Germany

0–3

Japan

	Individual matches
Wu Jiaduo		2–3	Kasumi Ishikawa	8–11, 11–8, 7–11, 11–6, 11–13
Irene Ivancan		1–3	Ai Fukuhara	11–8, 8–11, 8–11, 7–11
Kristin Silbereisen / Wu Jiaduo		0–3	Sayaka Hirano / Ai Fukuhara	8–11, 5–11, 7–11

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4 August 2012 19:00 Report

Hong Kong

0–3

South Korea

	Individual matches
Tie Ya Na		0–3	Dang Ye-Seo	12–14, 9–11, 4–11
Jiang Huajun		2–3	Kim Kyung-Ah	4–11, 11–4, 3–11, 12–10, 10–12
Lee Ho Ching / Tie Ya Na		2–3	Seok Ha-Jung / Dang Ye-Seo	9–11, 6–11, 14–12, 11–9, 9–11

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4 August 2012 19:00 Report

Singapore

3–0

North Korea

	Individual matches
Wang Yuegu		3–1	Ri Myong-Sun	11–7, 11–9, 5–11, 11–5
Feng Tianwei		3–1	Kim Jong	9–11, 11–4, 11–9, 11–4
Li Jiawei / Wang Yuegu		3–1	Ri Mi-Gyong / Kim Jong	4–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–8

Semifinals

5 August 2012 19:00 Report

Singapore

0–3

Japan

	Individual matches
Feng Tianwei		1–3	Ai Fukuhara	9–11, 6–11, 11–5, 9–11
Wang Yuegu		0–3	Kasumi Ishikawa	5–11, 6–11, 2–11
Li Jiawei / Wang Yuegu		0–3	Sayaka Hirano / Kasumi Ishikawa	3–11, 11–13, 4–11

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6 August 2012 10:00 Report

China

3–0

South Korea

	Individual matches
Li Xiaoxia		3–0	Seok Ha-Jung	11–6, 11–6, 12 −10
Ding Ning		3–0	Kim Kyung-Ah	11–8, 11–7, 11–7
Guo Yue / Li Xiaoxia		3–0	Dang Ye-Seo / Seok Ha-Jung	11–6, 11–5, 11–8

Bronze medal match

7 August 2012 11:00 Report

South Korea

0–3

Singapore

	Individual matches
Kim Kyung-Ah		1–3	Feng Tianwei	9–11, 8–11, 11–4, 11–13
Seok Ha-Jung		1–3	Li Jiawei	5–11, 8–11, 11–6, 8–11
Dang Ye-Seo / Seok Ha-Jung		1–3	Wang Yuegu / Li Jiawei	9–11, 6–11, 11–6, 5–11

Gold medal match

7 August 2012 15:30 Report

China

3–0

Japan

	Individual matches
Li Xiaoxia		3–1	Ai Fukuhara	11–6, 9–11, 11–2, 11–5
Ding Ning		3–0	Kasumi Ishikawa	11–4, 12–10, 11–4
Guo Yue / Li Xiaoxia		3–1	Sayaka Hirano / Kasumi Ishikawa	11–6, 11–3, 9–11, 11–5

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 Women'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