2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships

The 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia from 28 February to 6 March 2016.

2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships
VenueMalawati Stadium
LocationShah Alam, Malaysia
Dates28 February–6 March
Nations94[1]
Champions
Men China
Women China
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Seeding edit

The top sixteen teams of the first division and the top two teams of the second division at the 2014 World Team Championships were guaranteed a place in the first division, along with the top six placed teams in the world rankings not already qualified.[2]

Qualification Men's team Women's team
Top sixteen in 2014
Top two of the 2nd Division in 2014   England
  Italy
  Brazil
  Sweden
ITTF World Team Ranking[3]   Hong Kong
  Belarus
  Denmark
  Czech Republic
  Romania
  Malaysia
  Russia
  Spain
  Thailand
  France
  United States
  Malaysia

Schedule edit

Five individual events were contested. Qualification rounds were held from 26–27 April.[4]

Rounds in Main Draw
Finals
Date 28
February
29
February
1
March
2
March
3
March
4
March
5
March
6
March
Men's team GS GS GS GS 1/8 final QF SF F
Women's team GS GS GS GS 1/8 final, QF QF, SF SF F

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)2002
2  Japan (JPN)0202
3  Chinese Taipei (TPE)0011
  England (ENG)0011
  North Korea (PRK)0011
  South Korea (KOR)0011
Totals (6 entries)2248

Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
details
  China
Fan Zhendong
Fang Bo
Ma Long
Xu Xin
Zhang Jike
  Japan
Kenta Matsudaira
Jun Mizutani
Koki Niwa
Yuya Oshima
Maharu Yoshimura
  South Korea
Jang Woo-jin
Jeong Sang-eun
Joo Sae-hyuk
Jung Young-sik
Lee Sang-su
  England
Alan Cooke (coach)
Paul Drinkhall
Liam Pitchford
Sam Walker
Women's team
details
  China
Chen Meng
Ding Ning
Li Xiaoxia
Liu Shiwen
Zhu Yuling
  Japan
Ai Fukuhara
Yui Hamamoto
Kasumi Ishikawa
Mima Ito
Misako Wakamiya
  North Korea
Cha Hyo-sim
Kim Song-i
Ri Mi-gyong
Ri Myong-sun
  Chinese Taipei
Chen Szu-yu
Cheng Hsien-tzu
Cheng I-ching
Lin Chia-hui
Liu Hsing-yin

Results edit

Men's team edit

 
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  China3
 
 
 
  Sweden0
 
  Croatia0
 
 
 
  Sweden3
 
  China3
 
 
 
  South Korea0
 
  North Korea0
 
 
 
  Portugal3
 
  Portugal1
 
 
  South Korea3
 
 
 
 
 
  China3
 
 
  Japan0
 
 
 
 
 
  Japan3
 
 
 
  Hong Kong1
 
  Austria1
 
 
 
  Hong Kong3
 
  Japan3
 
 
 
  England1
 
  Poland2
 
 
 
  England3
 
  England3
 
 
  France2
 
 
 
 

Women's team edit

 
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  China3
 
 
 
  Netherlands0
 
  Austria2
 
 
 
  Netherlands3
 
  China3
 
 
 
  Chinese Taipei0
 
  Chinese Taipei3
 
 
 
  Ukraine2
 
  Chinese Taipei3
 
 
  Hong Kong2
 
 
 
 
 
  China3
 
 
  Japan0
 
 
 
 
 
  Singapore2
 
 
 
  North Korea3
 
  Romania0
 
 
 
  North Korea3
 
  North Korea1
 
 
 
  Japan3
 
  South Korea0
 
 
 
  Germany3
 
  Germany0
 
 
  Japan3
 
 
 
 

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "The Perfect 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships kicks off in Kuala Lumpur". ITTF. 28 February 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2016.
  2. ^ "2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships Playing System" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-13. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  3. ^ "ITTF World Team Ranking" (PDF). ittf.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
  4. ^ Schedule Archived 2015-04-10 at the Wayback Machine

External links edit