2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships

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.

2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships
VenueYoyogi National Gymnasium
Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
LocationTokyo, Japan
Dates28 April–5 May
Champions
Men China
Women China
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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

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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.

Qualification Men's team Women's team
Top eighteen in 2012
Top two of the 2nd Division in 2012   Ukraine
  Romania
  Australia
  Luxembourg
ITTF World Team Ranking[4]   Croatia
  Brazil
  Denmark
  Spain
  Ukraine
  United States
  Slovakia
  Serbia
  France

Medal summary

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Events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
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  China
Fan Zhendong
Ma Long
Wang Hao
Xu Xin
Zhang Jike
  Germany
Timo Boll
Patrick Franziska
Steffen Mengel
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
  Chinese Taipei
Chen Chien-an
Chiang Hung-chieh
Chuang Chih-yuan
Huang Sheng-sheng
Wu Chih-chi
  Japan
Seiya Kishikawa
Kenta Matsudaira
Jun Mizutani
Koki Niwa
Masato Shiono
Women's team
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  China
Chen Meng
Ding Ning
Li Xiaoxia
Liu Shiwen
Zhu Yuling
  Japan
Sayaka Hirano
Yuka Ishigaki
Kasumi Ishikawa
Sakura Mori
Saki Tashiro
  Hong Kong
Doo Hoi Kem
Jiang Huajun
Lee Ho Ching
Ng Wing Nam
Tie Ya Na
  Singapore
Feng Tianwei
Li Siyun Isabelle
Yee Herng Hwee
Yu Mengyu

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China2002
2  Japan0112
3  Germany0101
4  Chinese Taipei0011
  Hong Kong0011
  Singapore0011
Totals (6 entries)2248

Results

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Men's team

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  China 3
  Greece 1   Austria 0
  Austria 3   China 3
  Chinese Taipei 3   Chinese Taipei 0
  Croatia 1   Chinese Taipei 3
  South Korea 2
  China 3
  Germany 1
  Japan 3
  Poland 1   Portugal 0
  Portugal 3   Japan 1
  Singapore 3   Germany 3
  Sweden 1   Singapore 0
  Germany 3

Women's team

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Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
  China 3
  Ukraine 0   North Korea 0
  North Korea 3   China 3
  South Korea 2   Singapore 0
  Romania 3   Romania 1
  Singapore 3
  China 3
  Japan 0
  Hong Kong 3
  Belarus 0   Germany 0
  Germany 3   Hong Kong 1
  Chinese Taipei 0   Japan 3
  Netherlands 3   Netherlands 2
  Japan 3

References

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  1. ^ "ITTF calendar". ittf.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  2. ^ Matt Cutler (May 11, 2011). "Tokyo awarded 2014 Team Table Tennis Worlds". SportBusiness.
  3. ^ "ITTF Annual General Meeting and Board of Directors' Meeting" (PDF). ITTF. 2013. pp. 107–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 12, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
  4. ^ "ITTF World Team Ranking". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-11.
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