2004 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team

The 2004 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team (Swaythling Cup) was the 47th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

2004 Men's Team (Swaythling Cup)
Main article: 2004 World Table Tennis Championships

China won the gold medal defeating Germany 3-0 in the final. South Korea won the bronze medal.[3] [4] The International Table Tennis Association introduced a new format for the second stage of the tournament.

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
 China
Wang Liqin
Ma Lin
Wang Hao
Kong Linghui
Liu Guozheng		  Germany
Timo Boll
Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth
Jörg Roßkopf
Torben Wosik
Christian Süß		  South Korea
Joo Se-Hyuk
Kim Jung Hoon
Kim Taek-Soo
Oh Sang-Eun
Ryu Seung-Min

First Stage

Group A
Pos Team
1 China
2 South Korea
3 Austria
4 Italy
5 France
6 Japan

Group B
Pos Team
1 Germany
2 Sweden
3 Hong Kong
4 Chinese Taipei
5 Belgium
6 Russia

Final Stage

Final
7 March 2004
16:00		 Report
(PDF)		 China 3–0  Germany Qatar International Exhibition Center, Doha
Score by game:
Wang Hao 3–0 Timo Boll
Ma Lin 3–1 Christian Süß
Wang Liqin 3–1 Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth

Final 4 bracket
  First Round Final Eliminator Final
                           
A1  China 3  
B1  Germany 0         A1  China 3
      B1  Germany 3   B1  Germany 0
  A2  South Korea 1  
A2  South Korea 3
B2  Sweden 1  

See also

References
  1. "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  4. "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de.
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