2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team explained

Event:	Men's team
Competition:	2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Venue:	Malawati Stadium
Location:	Shah Alam, Malaysia
Dates:	28 February – 6 March
Gold:	Fan Zhendong Fang Bo Ma Long Xu Xin Zhang Jike
Silver:	Kenta Matsudaira Jun Mizutani Koki Niwa Yuya Oshima Maharu Yoshimura
Bronze:	Jang Woo-jin Jeong Sang-eun Joo Sae-hyuk Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su
Bronze2:	Alan Cooke Paul Drinkhall Liam Pitchford Sam Walker
Gold Nation:	CHN
Silver Nation:	JPN
Bronze Nation:	KOR
Bronze2 Nation:	ENG
Previous:	2014
Next:	2018

See main article: 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships. The men's team tournament of the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held from 28 February to 6 March 2016.^[1]

All times are local (UTC+8)

Championship division

The top three teams of each group advanced.^[2]

Preliminary round

Group A

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	15	0	10
	5	4	1	12	8	9
	5	3	2	9	7	8
	5	2	3	8	11	7
	5	1	4	6	13	6
	5	0	5	4	15	5

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Group B

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	15	3	10
	5	3	2	13	7	8
	5	3	2	10	8	8
	5	3	2	11	9	8
	5	1	4	5	13	6
	5	0	5	1	15	5

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Group C

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	15	2	10
	5	3	2	11	9	8
	5	3	2	11	7	8
	5	3	2	10	9	8
	5	1	4	3	12	6
	5	0	5	4	15	5

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Group D

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	15	5	10
	5	3	2	12	6	8
	5	3	2	11	9	8
	5	2	3	9	12	7
	5	1	4	7	14	6
	5	1	4	5	13	6

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Knockout stage

The group winners of Groupd C and D were drawn, as well as the second and third placed teams. Same for the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams.

Places 1–12

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Division 2

Preliminary round

Group E

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	15	4	10
	5	4	1	12	5	9
	5	3	2	13	8	8
	5	2	3	7	11	7
	5	1	4	6	13	6
	5	0	5	3	15	5

BRA	IRN	BEL	NED	THA	CAN
	3–2	3–0	3–1	3–1	3–0
—		2–3	3–0	3–2	3–0
—	—		3–0	3–0	3–0
—	—	—		3–0	3–2
—	—	—	—		3–1
—	—	—	—	—

Group F

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	15	1	10
	5	4	1	12	3	9
	5	2	3	8	10	7
	5	2	3	6	11	6
	5	1	4	5	13	6
	5	1	4	5	13	6

IND	SVK	NGA	VIE	SUI	TUR
	3–0	0–3	3–0	3–0	3–0
—		1–3	3–0	3–1	1–3
—	—		3–0	3–0	3–0
—	—	—		3–1	3–1
—	—	—	—		3–1
—	—	—	—	—

Group G

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	15	3	10
	5	4	1	12	6	9
	5	3	2	11	8	8
	5	2	3	10	9	7
	5	1	4	5	13	6
	5	0	5	1	15	5

HUN	EGY	SVN	ARG	MEX	NOR
	1–3	3–1	1–3	3–1	3–0
—		3–2	3–0	3–0	3–0
—	—		1–3	3–0	3–0
—	—	—		3–1	3–0
—	—	—	—		3–1
—	—	—	—	—

Group H

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	15	3	10
	5	4	1	14	7	9
	5	3	2	11	10	8
	5	2	3	11	10	7
	5	1	4	5	13	6
	5	0	5	2	15	5

ESP	SRB	BUL	AUS	LAT	PUR
	3–2	3–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
—		3–2	3–0	3–0	3–2
—	—		3–1	3–0	2–3
—	—	—		3–1	1–3
—	—	—	—		1–3
—	—	—	—	—

Knockout stage

The group winners, as well as the second and third placed teams were drawn. Same for the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams.

Places 25–36

Division 3

Preliminary round

Group I

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	15	2	10
	5	4	1	13	5	9
	5	3	2	11	10	8
	5	2	3	9	11	7
	5	1	4	6	14	6
	5	0	5	3	15	5

LTU	KAZ	FIN	MGL	VEN	NZL
	3–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	3–0
—		3–1	3–0	3–1	3–0
—	—		3–1	3–2	3–1
—	—	—		0–3	2–3
—	—	—	—		3–2
—	—	—	—	—

Group J

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	15	1	10
	5	4	1	12	6	9
	5	3	2	11	7	8
	5	2	3	8	9	7
	5	1	4	4	12	6
	5	0	5	0	15	5

USA	SCO	ALG	LUX	GUA	CYP
	3–2	3–0	0–3	3–1	3–0
—		3–1	0–3	3–0	3–0
—	—		1–3	3–0	3–0
—	—	—		3–0	3–0
—	—	—	—		3–0
—	—	—	—	—

Group K

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	15	3	10
	5	4	1	13	5	9
	5	3	2	13	10	7
	5	2	3	8	11	7
	5	1	4	6	13	6
	5	0	5	2	15	5

CHI	KSA	PHI	PAR	UZB	YEM
	1–3	3–0	3–0	3–2	3–0
—		3–0	3–0	3–2	3–0
—	—		3–2	2–3	3–0
—	—	—		1–3	3–1
—	—	—	—		3–1
—	—	—	—	—

Group L

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	5	5	0	15	0	10
	5	3	2	11	10	8
	5	3	2	10	9	8
	5	3	2	10	8	8
	5	1	4	5	14	6
	5	0	5	5	15	5

CGO	INA	LIB	EST	IRL	SRI
	0–3	3–0	3–1	1–3	3–2
—		3–0	3–0	3–0	3–0
—	—		0–3	0–3	3–2
—	—	—		3–2	3–0
—	—	—	—		3–1
—	—	—	—	—

Knockout stage

The group winners, the second and third placed teams were drawn. Same for the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams.

Places 61–72

69th place bracket

Places 49–60

57th place bracket

Division 4

Preliminary round

Group M

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	9	2	6
	3	2	1	6	5	4
	3	1	2	5	7	4
	3	0	3	3	9	3

PAK	TKM	PAN	MDV
	3–1	3–0	3–1
—		1–3	3–1
—	—		3–1
—	—	—

Group N

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	9	3	6
	3	2	1	7	6	5
	3	1	2	5	6	4
	3	0	3	3	9	3

MRI	TOG	KOS	UAE
	0–3	3–1	2–3
—		3–1	3–1
—	—		2–3
—	—	—

Group O

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	9	1	6
	3	2	1	7	5	5
	3	1	2	3	7	4
	3	0	3	3	9	3

TUN	MAC	MLT	LBA
	1–3	3–0	3–2
—		3–0	3–0
—	—		3–1
—	—	—

Group P

width=200	Team	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	L	width=20	GW	width=20	GL	width=20	Pts
	4	4	0	12	0	8
	4	3	1	9	5	7
	4	2	2	8	6	6
	3	0	3	0	9	3
	3	0	3	0	9	3

JAM	GHA	LAO	MAR	DRC
	3–0	3–0	0–3	3–0
—		0–3	0–3
—	—		3–2	3–0
—	—	—		3–0
—	—	—	—

Knockout stage

Places 73–80

77th place bracket

Places 81–88

85th place bracket

External links

Official website

Notes and References

https://web.archive.org/web/20160306191914/http://www.ittf.com//World_Events/wttc_2016/2016_WTTC_Ch_Division_Schedule_FINAL.pdf Competition schedule
http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/wttc_2016/2016_WTTC_Playing_System.pdf Playing system