2000 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team explained

2000 men's team (Swaythling Cup)
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The 2000 World Table Tennis Championships – men's team (Swaythling Cup) was the 45th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

Sweden won the gold medal defeating China 3–2 in the final. Japan and Italy won bronze medals.[3] [4] [5]

Medalists


Fredrik Håkansson
Peter Karlsson
Jörgen Persson
Jan-Ove Waldner

Kong Linghui
Liu Guoliang
Liu Guozheng
Ma Lin
Wang Liqin

Umberto Giardina
Massimiliano Mondello
Valentino Piacentini
Yang Min

Seiko Iseki
Kōji Matsushita
Hiroshi Shibutani
Toshio Tasaki
Ryo Yuzawa

Final stage knockout phase

Quarter finals

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Sweden Germany 3–0
ChinaSouth Korea 3–0
Italy Netherlands 3–1
Japan Chinese Taipei 3–2

Semifinals

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Sweden Italy 3–1
China Japan 3–0

Final

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Waldner bt Liu Guoliang 19–21 21–7 23–21
Persson bt Kong Linghui 21–17 21–19
Karlsson lost to Liu Guozheng 6–21 16–21
Waldner lost to Kong Linghui 9–21 17–21
Persson bt Liu Guoliang 18–21 21–17 21–18

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Winners. All About Tennis.
  2. Book: Montague, Trevor. A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. 2004. The Bath Press. 0-316-72645-1.
  3. Web site: Table Tennis World Championship medal winners. Sports123. 2018-04-30. 2004-02-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20040225193907/http://sports123.com/tte/index.html. dead.
  4. Web site: Swaythling Cup results. tischtennis-infos.de. 2018-04-30. 2019-05-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20190505034830/http://www.tischtennis-infos.de/content/download/ittf-turniere/. dead.
  5. Web site: 2000 Swaythling Cup results. Table Tennis England. 2018-04-30. 2020-09-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20200920172314/https://tabletennisengland.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/TTN/1999-2000/April2000.pdf. dead.