2023 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's doubles explained

Event:Men's doubles
Championship:2023 World Table Tennis Championships
Dates:20–27 May
Venue:Durban International Convention Centre[1]
Location:Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Win Label:Final score
Gold:Wang Chuqin
Fan Zhendong
Gold Nation:CHN
Silver:Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon
Silver Nation:KOR
Bronze:Cho Dae-seong
Lee Sang-su
Bronze Nation:KOR
Bronze2:Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Patrick Franziska
Bronze2 Nation:GER
Prev:2021

See main article: 2023 World Table Tennis Championships.

The men's doubles competition of the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 20 to 27 May 2023.[2] The event was played as a straight knockout. All doubles matches were best of 5 games.

Seeds

Doubles events had 16 seeded pairs. Seeding was based on the ITTF world ranking published on 16 May 2023.[3] [4]

  1. Wang Chuqin / Fan Zhendong (champions)
  2. Lim Jong-hoon / Jang Woo-jin (final)
  3. Shunsuke Togami / Yukiya Uda (third round)
  4. Mattias Falck / Kristian Karlsson (quarterfinals)
  5. Benedikt Duda / Dang Qiu (first round)
  6. Lin Gaoyuan / Lin Shidong (quarterfinals)
  7. Cho Dae-seong / Lee Sang-su (semifinals)
  8. Horacio Cifuentes / Gastón Alto (first round)
  9. Daniel Habesohn / Robert Gardos (third round)
  10. Cedric Nuytinck / Jakub Dyjas (second round)
  11. Ho Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting (second round)
  12. Félix Lebrun / Alexis Lebrun (third round)
  13. Nándor Ecseki / Ádám Szudi (quarterfinals)
  14. Paul Drinkhall / Liam Pitchford (quarterfinals)
  15. Darko Jorgić / Tomáš Polanský (third round)
  16. Álvaro Robles / Ovidiu Ionescu (third round)

Draw

The draw took place on 18 May.[5] Players of the same association were separated only in the first round of the draw.[3]

Key

Top half

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 4

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 World Table Tennis Championships. Durban ICC. 19 May 2023.
  2. Web site: Provisional Schedule. worldtabletennis.com. 18 May 2023.
  3. Web site: Competition Details. ittf.com. 19 May 2023.
  4. Web site: ITTF World Championships Finals 2023 - The Media Guide Is Available. ittf.com. 17 May 2023. 19 May 2023.
  5. Web site: ITTF World Championships Finals 2023 Draw Results Revealed. ittf.com. 18 May 2023. 19 May 2023.