2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team explained

Event:	Men's team
Championship:	2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Dates:	30 September – 9 October
Venue:	High Technology Zone Sports Center
Location:	Chengdu, China
Teams:	32
Gold:	Fan Zhendong Ma Long Liang Jingkun Wang Chuqin Lin Gaoyuan
Gold Nation:	CHN
Silver:	Dang Qiu Benedikt Duda Ricardo Walther Fanbo Meng Kay Stumper
Silver Nation:	GER
Bronze:	Tomokazu Harimoto Shunsuke Togami Mizuki Oikawa Jo Yokotani
Bronze Nation:	JPN
Bronze2:	Jang Woo-jin An Jae-hyun Cho Seung-min Cho Dae-seong Hwang Min-ha
Bronze2 Nation:	KOR
Prev:	2018
Next:	2024

See main article: 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships. The men's team tournament of the 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held from 30 September to 9 October 2022.^[1]

China won the final against Germany.^[2]

Format

The 32 teams were drawn into seven groups. After a round robin in each group, the top two teams in groups and two highest-ranked third-placed teams played in the knockout stage. A team match consisted of five singles matches, where each singles match was decided in best-of-5 games.^[3]

Draw

The draw took place on 28 September.^[4] The top seven teams in the world ranking were seeded as top of each group.^{[5] [6]}

Group 1–4 (five teams) Seeds (1) (2) (3) (4) Pot 2 (12) (13) (14) (15) Pot 3 (17) (18) (20) (21) Pot 6 (29) (31) (32) (34) Pot 7 (39) (58) (60) (71)

Group 5–7 (four teams) Seeds (5) (6) (7)   Pot 1 (8) (9) (10)   Pot 4 (22) (23) (24)   Pot 5 (25) (27) (28)

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+8).

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Group 7

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Knockout stage

Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

External links

• ITTF website
• WotldTableTennis website

Notes and References

1. Web site: ITTF Announces New Dates for Chengdu 2022 World Championships. ITTF. 25 February 2022.
2. Web site: China Crowned Champions, Curtain Closes at 2022 ITTF World Team Championships Finals. ITTF. 9 October 2022.
3. Web site: One Week to Go! Everything You Need to Know Before the 2022 ITTF World Team Championships. ITTF. 23 September 2022.
4. Web site: First Stage Draw Completed in Chengdu!. ITTF. 28 September 2022.
5. Web site: Competition Details. ittf.com. 20 September 2022. 26 September 2022.
6. Web site: Men's Team Ranking September 2022. ittf.com. 1 October 2022.