China claim 15th men’s team world title

2006

 


BREMEN (Germany), May 1: China won the men's world team table tennis championship  with a dominant 3-0 victory over South Korea in the final.

It was the 15th world title for the holders who have not been beaten in team championships since losing to Sweden in 2000.

Led by current individual world champion Wang Liqin, China swept aside all before them and only lost one individual match throughout the whole competition, in the semifinal against Germany, to record a 24-1 win-loss ratio in individual matches.

It completed a clean sweep after the Chinese women triumphed on Sunday in their final against Hong Kong.

Wang was actually the only Chinese player to drop a game in the men's final, coming back from 2-1 down to beat Ryu Seung-min 11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7.

Wang Hao beat Oh Sang-eun and Ma Lin triumphed over Lee Jung-woo, each without losing a game.

Results Men's final

China bt South Korea 3-0

Wang Hao (CHN) bt Oh Sang-eun (KOR) 3-0 (11-6, 11-8, 11-4)                                             

Wang Liqin (CHN) bt Ryu Seung-min (KOR) 3-2 (11-8, 9-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-7)

Ma Lin (CHN) bt Lee Jung-woo (KOR) 3-0 (11-9, 11-7, 11-7).

List of nominated  players from CHINA

Name            Team
1  CHEN QI  Men's 
2  HAO Shuai  Men's  
3  KONG Linghui  Men's  
4  MA Lin  Men's  
5  MA Long  Men's 
6  WANG Hao  Men's 
7  WANG Jianjun  Men's 
8  WANG Liqin  Men's
9  CAO Zhen  Women's  
10  CHEN Qing  Women's  
11  FAN Ying  Women's  
12  GUO Yan  Women's 
13  GUO Yue  Women's 
14  Li Xiao Xia  Women's 
15  WANG Nan  Women's 
16  ZHANG Yining  Women's