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 | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Yoyogi National Gymnasium Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Dates | 28 April–5 May |
| Champions | |
| Men |  China |
| Women | China |
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
editThe 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
editEvents
editMedal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Singapore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
Results
editMen's team
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ^ "ITTF calendar". ittf.com. Archived from the original on June 16, 2011. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
- ^ Matt Cutler (May 11, 2011). "Tokyo awarded 2014 Team Table Tennis Worlds". SportBusiness.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "ITTF World Team Ranking". ittf.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-11.