2004 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 2004 World Table Tennis Championships – men's team (Swaythling Cup) was the 47th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

2004 men's team (Swaythling Cup)
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China won the gold medal defeating Germany 3–0 in the final. South Korea won the bronze medal.[3] [4] The International Table Tennis Association introduced a new format for the second stage of the tournament.

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
  China
Wang Liqin
Ma Lin
Wang Hao
Kong Linghui
Liu Guozheng
  Germany
Timo Boll
Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth
Jörg Roßkopf
Torben Wosik
Christian Süß
  South Korea
Joo Se-Hyuk
Kim Jung Hoon
Kim Taek-Soo
Oh Sang-Eun
Ryu Seung-Min

First stage

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Group A

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Pos Team
1   China
2   South Korea
3   Austria
4   Italy
5   France
6   Japan

Group B

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Pos Team
1   Germany
2   Sweden
3   Hong Kong
4   Chinese Taipei
5   Belgium
6   Russia

Final stage

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Final

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7 March 2004
16:00
Report
(PDF)
China   3–0   Germany Qatar International Exhibition Center, Doha
Score by game:
Wang Hao 3–0 Timo Boll
Ma Lin 3–1 Christian Süß
Wang Liqin 3–1 Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth

Final 4 bracket

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First RoundFinal EliminatorFinal
A1  China3A1  China3
B1  Germany0B1  Germany0
B1  Germany3
A2  South Korea1
A2  South Korea3
B2  Sweden1

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-30.