2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships Explained

Competition:2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Venue:Yoyogi National Gymnasium
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Location:Tokyo, Japan
Dates:28 April–5 May
Previous:2012
Next:2016

The 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo from 28 April to 5 May 2014.[1] The Championships was staged in Japan for the seventh time and was the 52nd edition of the team competition.

The decision was announced by ITTF in May 2011, after several sporting events including the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships were shifted from Japan due to the Tōhoku earthquake and the following Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.[2]

Seeding

The first division (Championship Division) comprised 24 teams.[3] The top eighteen teams of the first division and the top two teams of the second division at the 2012 World Team Championships were guaranteed a place in the competition. The other four spots were based on the latest ITTF Computer World Team Ranking before the Championships.

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Top eighteen in 2012






























Top two of the 2nd Division in 2012

ITTF World Team Ranking[4]






Medal summary

Events

Men's team

Fan Zhendong
Ma Long
Wang Hao
Xu Xin
Zhang Jike

Timo Boll
Patrick Franziska
Steffen Mengel
Dimitrij Ovtcharov

Chen Chien-an
Chiang Hung-chieh
Chuang Chih-yuan
Huang Sheng-sheng
Wu Chih-chi

Seiya Kishikawa
Kenta Matsudaira
Jun Mizutani
Koki Niwa
Masato Shiono
Women's team

Chen Meng
Ding Ning
Li Xiaoxia
Liu Shiwen
Zhu Yuling

Sayaka Hirano
Yuka Ishigaki
Kasumi Ishikawa
Sakura Mori
Saki Tashiro

Doo Hoi Kem
Jiang Huajun
Lee Ho Ching
Ng Wing Nam
Tie Ya Na

Feng Tianwei
Li Siyun Isabelle
Yee Herng Hwee
Yu Mengyu

Medal table

Results

Men's team

See main article: 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team.

Women's team

See main article: 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ITTF calendar . ittf.com . February 13, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616210319/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf2.asp?category=calendar . June 16, 2011 .
  2. News: Tokyo awarded 2014 Team Table Tennis Worlds . Matt Cutler . SportBusiness . May 11, 2011.
  3. Web site: ITTF Annual General Meeting and Board of Directors' Meeting . ITTF . PDF . 107–109 . 2013 . June 7, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140312000909/http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/wttc_2013/AGM/2013_Documents_English.pdf . March 12, 2014 .
  4. Web site: ITTF World Team Ranking . ittf.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120411021909/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/ittf_team_ranking.html . 2012-04-11 .