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The draw was made for the 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships on 29 April in Moscow, Russia. See who played who here...
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The 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships took place in Moscow, Russia from 23-30 May 2010.
The draw was made on 29 April 2010 in Moscow in the plush surroundings of the Petrovsky Palace.
And China were the clear favourite to retain their men's and women's titles which they won in 2008 in the city of Guangzhou, China.
Women's Team Event Results here
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The playing system
Teams were ranked and seeded into 3 divisions of 24 teams each, based on their performance at the previous World Championship Team Event in 2008 and their current World Ranking.
After the ranking list had been determined, the top 24 teams were allocated to the Championship Division, whilst the teams ranked 25-48 were allocated to the second division and teams ranked 49-72 were allocated to the third division.
Only the 24 teams in the Championship Division competed for the World title.
Play then took place in two stages.
The first stage comprised of the 24 teams in each division being seeded and drawn into four groups of six teams. Each group of six teams played a complete round robin competition (five matches per team).
The second stage involved the top three teams from each group progressing into a knockout competition for their division, to play for places 1-12. The teams finishing fourth, fifth and sixth in their groups played in a knockout competition for their division for places 13-24.
The winners of each group (4 teams) moved directly into the Quarter Finals of the knockout competition.
Team matches were the best of five singles.
Singles matches were the best of five games.
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Medals
The overall winning team in the Championship Division were the World Champions and received gold medals.
The runner-up team received silver medals and the two losing semi-finalists received bronze medals.
In the second and third divisions, the winning teams were given medals or awards.
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Top Seedings - Men
The seedings for the top 24 men's teams, and the only teams eligible to compete for the title of World Champions, were...
| 1 CHINA |
| 2 KOREA REPUBLIC |
| 3 GERMANY |
| 4 HONG KONG |
| 5 JAPAN |
| 6 AUSTRIA |
| 7 RUSSIA |
| 8 SWEDEN |
| 9 CHINESE TAIPEI |
| 10 GREECE |
| 11 CROATIA |
| 12 PORTUGAL |
| 13 DENMARK |
| 14 SINGAPORE |
| 15 CZECH |
| 16 FRANCE |
| 17 POLAND |
| 18 ROMANIA |
| 19 SPAIN |
| 20 KOREA DPR |
| 21 BELARUS |
| 22 HUNGARY |
| 23 ITALY |
| 24 UKRAINE |
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Groups - Men
The draw for the men's team event of the 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships took place on 29 April in Moscow, Russia and the teams were drawn into the following groups...
| Championship Division - Men | |
| Group A | China, Russia, Greece, France, Poland, Italy |
| Group B | Korea Republic, Sweden, Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Romania, Ukraine |
| Group C | Germany, Japan, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Hungary |
| Group D | Hong Kong, Austria, Portugal, DPR Korea, Singapore, Belarus |
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| Division Two - Men | |
| Group E | Slovak Republic, England, Slovenia, Thailand, Iran, Luxembourg |
| Group F | Serbia, Nigeria, Turkey, Netherlands, U.S.A., Scotland |
| Group G | Brazil, Egypt, Norway, Vietnam, Bulgaria, Latvia |
| Group H | Belgium, India, Canada, Argentina, Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina |
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| Division Three - Men | |
| Group I | Indonesia, Algeria, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Ecuador, Moldova |
| Group J | Australia, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Lithuania |
| Group K | Congo Brazzaville, Mexico, Switzerland, Colombia, Malaysia, Uzbekistan |
| Group L | Estonia, Finland, Philippines, Kuwait, Cyprus, Qatar |
Top Seedings - Women
The seedings for the top 24 women's teams, and the only teams eligible to compete for the title of World Champions, were...
| 1 CHINA |
| 2 SINGAPORE |
| 3 KOREA REPUBLIC |
| 3 JAPAN |
| 5 HONG KONG |
| 6 ROMANIA |
| 7 AUSTRIA |
| 8 GERMANY |
| 9 POLAND |
| 10 NETHERLANDS |
| 11 HUNGARY |
| 12 CHINESE TAIPEI |
| 13 BELARUS |
| 14 FRANCE |
| 15 SPAIN |
| 16 ITALY |
| 17 CZECH |
| 18 CROATIA |
| 19 UKRAINE |
| 20 RUSSIA |
| 21 KOREA DPR |
| 22 SLOVAK REPUBLIC |
| 23 USA |
| 24 ENGLAND |
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Groups - Women
The draw for the women's team event of the 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships took place on 29 April in Moscow, Russia and the teams were drawn into the following groups...
| Championship Division - Women | |
| Group A | China, Austria, Poland, Italy, Croatia, England |
| Group B | Singapore, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Czech Republic, U.S.A. |
| Group C | Korea, Hong Kong, Hungary, France, Ukraine, DPR Korea |
| Group D | Japan, Romania, Chinese Taipei, Belarus, Russia, Slovak Republic |
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| Division Two - Women | |
| Group E | Turkey, Malaysia, India, Israel, Denmark, Portugal |
| Group F | Serbia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Egypt, Venezuela, Indonesia |
| Group G | Thailand, Sweden, Canada, Bulgaria, Colombia, Moldova |
| Group H | Australia, Greece, Slovenia, Brazil, New Zealand, Estonia |
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| Division Three - Women | |
| Group I | Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Macao, Montenegro, Latvia, Pakistan |
| Group J | Switzerland, Argentina, Congo Brazzaville, Armenia, Scotland, Iran |
| Group K | Mexico, Peru, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dominican R., Norway, Sri Lanka |
| Group L | Puerto Rico, Uzbekistan, Guernsey, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, South Africa |
Women's Team Event Results here
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