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World Championships 2017
Mens Singles Results
The World Championships 2017.
The world's best came together in Dusseldorf, Germany...
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The World Table Tennis Championships first took place in 1926 in London, England.
However, since 2000, the World Table Tennis Championship has been split into two separate competitions.
Team events are now held in even numbered years, whilst individual events (singles and doubles) are held in odd numbered years.
The 2017 World Table Tennis Championship were held in Dusseldorf, Germany from Monday 29 May to Monday 5 June 2017 at the Messe Dusseldorf, Messeplatz (Entrance north), 40474 Dusseldorf.
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So let's look at what events were included...
Events included
The World Championships 2017 events were...
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Format of events
The first round proper of Men's Singles and Women's Singles had 128 places and the first round proper of Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles will had 64 places.
Singles events had 64 seeded players, 32 direct entries and 32 qualifiers. Doubles events had 32 seeded pairs, 16 direct entries and 16 qualifiers.
Qualification for singles initially comprise groups followed by one or two knockout rounds. Qualification for doubles was by knockout.
All singles matches were the best of 7 games.
Doubles matches were the best of 5 games in the qualification matches and best of 7 games in the main draw.
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Numbers
Each association could enter 3 men and 3 women players in each singles events - plus one additional player ranked in the top 100 and one additional player ranked in the top 20 of the ITTF world ranking list issued in January of the year of the Championships - up to a maximum of 5 men and 5 women.
The maximum entry for each association was 2 men's doubles, 2 women's doubles and 2 mixed doubles - but all players could be different.
The host Association could enter up to 6 men and 6 women in each singles event, 3 men's doubles, 3 women's doubles and 3 mixed doubles regardless of ranking.
In doubles events, both players could be from different Associations.
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2015 winners
The previous individual World Table Tennis Championships were held in Suzhou, China in May 2015 and the winners were...
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Let's now take a look at the...
Seedings
A total of 306 men entered the 2017 World Championships and seeding was based on the World Ranking lists issued on Wednesday 3rd May 2017.
The seeding list for the Men's Singles was announced by the International Table Tennis Federation on 3 May 2017 as follows...
| Seed | World Ranking | FAMILY NAME, Given Name | Association |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | MA, Long | China |
| 2 | 2 | FAN, Zhendong | China |
| 3 | 3 | XU, Xin | China |
| 4 | 4 | ZHANG, Jike | China |
| 5 | 5 | OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij | Germany |
| 6 | 6 | MIZUTANI, Jun | Japan |
| 7 | 7 | WONG, Chun Ting | Hong Kong China |
| 8 | 8 | BOLL, Timo | Germany |
| 9 | 10 | CHUANG, Chih-Yuan | Chinese Taipei |
| 10 | 11 | NIWA, Koki | Japan |
| 11 | 12 | JEOUNG, Youngsik | South Korea |
| 12 | 13 | SAMSONOV, Vladimir | Belarus |
| 13 | 15 | GAUZY, Simon | France |
| 14 | 16 | FREITAS, Marcos | Portugal |
| 15 | 18 | MATSUDAIRA, Kenta | Japan |
| 16 | 19 | APOLONIA, Tiago | Portugal |
| 17 | 20 | LEE, Sangsu | South Korea |
| 18 | 21 | FEGERL, Stefan | Austria |
| 19 | 23 | KARLSSON, Kristian | Sweden |
| 20 | 24 | KOU, Lei | Ukraine |
| 21 | 25 | STEGER, Bastian | Brazil |
| 22 | 26 | CALDERANO, Hugo | Germany |
| 23 | 27 | KARLSSON, Mattias | Sweden |
| 24 | 28 | MURAMATSU, Yuto | Japan |
| 25 | 31 | CHEN, Chien-An | Hong Kong China |
| 26 | 32 | FILUS, Ruwen | Chinese Taipei |
| 27 | 34 | SHIBAEV, Alexander | Germany |
| 28 | 35 | LEBESSON, Emmanuel | Russia |
| 29 | 36 | GIONIS, Panagiotis | France |
| 30 | 37 | ARUNA, Quadri | Greece |
| 31 | 38 | GACINA, Andrej | Nigeria |
| 32 | 39 | JANG, Woojin | Croatia |
| 33 | 40 | LIN, Gaoyuan | South Korea |
| 34 | 42 | GROTH, Jonathan | China |
| 35 | 43 | GAO, Ning | Denmark |
| 36 | 44 | GERELL, Par | Singapore |
| 37 | 46 | DRINKHALL, Paul | Sweden |
| 38 | 47 | FRANZISKA, Patrick | England |
| 39 | 49 | MONTEIRO, Joao | Germany |
| 40 | 50 | WALTHER, Ricardo | Portugal |
| 41 | 51 | PITCHFORD, Liam | England |
| 42 | 53 | GARDOS, Robert | Austria |
| 43 | 54 | ACHANTA, Sharath Kamal | India |
| 44 | 56 | TOKIC, Bojan | Slovenia |
| 45 | 55 | JEONG, Sangeun | South Korea |
| 46 | 57 | DYJAS, Jakub | Poland |
| 47 | 59 | JIANG, Tianyi | Hong Kong China |
| 48 | 60 | HO, Kwan Kit | Hong Kong China |
| 49 | 61 | WANG, Zengyi | Poland |
| 50 | 62 | ASSAR, Omar | Egypt |
| 51 | 65 | WANG, Yang | Slovak Republic |
| 52 | 67 | CRISAN, Adrian | Romania |
| 53 | 69 | HARIMOTO, Tomokazu | Japan |
| 54 | 70 | KONECNY, Tomas | Czech Republic |
| 55 | 71 | CHEN, Weixing | Austria |
| 56 | 74 | IONESCU, Ovidiu | Romania |
| 57 | 76 | ALAMIYAN, Noshad | Iran |
| 58 | 78 | GERALDO, Joao | Portugal |
| 59 | 79 | VLASOV, Grigory | Russia |
| 60 | 80 | PUCAR, Tomislav | Croatia |
| 61 | 82 | SZOCS, Hunor | Romania |
| 62 | 83 | GHOSH, Soumyajit | India |
| 63 | 85 | OLAH, Benedek | Finland |
| 64 | 86 | CHO, Seungmin | South Korea |
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World Championships 2017
Men's Singles Event Results
First Round (Last 128)
Wednesday 31 May 2017
| (Seed) FAMILY NAME, Given Name (Association) | Result | (Seed) FAMILY NAME, Given Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) MA, Long (China) | 4-0 | BOBOCICA, Mihai (Italy) |
| KALLBERG, Anton (Sweden) | 4-2 | (62) GHOSH, Soumyajit (India) |
| (56) IONESCU, Ovidiu (Romania) | 4-0 | MENGE, Gencay (Turkey) |
| (28) LEBESSON, Emmanuel (France) | 4-3 | MACHADO, Carlos (Spain) |
| (24) MURAMATSU, Yuto (Japan) | 4-0 | STOYANOV, Niagol (Italy) |
| (39) MONTEIRO, Joao (Portugal) | 4-2 | GORAK, Daniel (Poland) |
| (47) JIANG, Tianyi (Hong Kong China) | 4-1 | POH, Shao Feng Ethan (Singapore) |
| (9) CHUANG, Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei) | 4-1 | SIRUCEK, Pavel (Czech Republic) |
| (14) FREITAS, Marcos (Portugal) | 4-1 | PAPAGEORGIOU, Konstantinos (Greece) |
| ALAMIAN, Nima (Iran) | 4-3 | (41) PITCHFORD, Liam (England) |
| FLORE, Tristan (France) | 4-3 | (60) PUCAR, Tomislav (Croatia) |
| (25) CHEN, Chien-An (Chinese Taipei) | 4-3 | TROMER, Laurens (Netherlands) |
| (32) JANG, Woojin (South Korea) | 4-0 | AFANADOR, Brian (Puerto Rica) |
| (38) FRANZISKA, Patrick (Germany) | 4-0 | SEREDA, Peter (Slovak Republic) |
| (46) DYJAS, Jakub (Poland) | 4-3 | WALKER, Samuel (England) |
| (8) BOLL, Timo (Germany) | 4-0 | RUMGAY, Gavin (Scotland) |
| (6) MIZUTANI, Jun (Japan) | 4-0 | LAM, Siu Hang (Hong Kong China) |
| (53) HARIMOTO, Tomokazu (Japan) | 4-0 | NUYTINCK, Cedric (Belgium) |
| (48) HO, Kwan Kit (Hong Kong China) | 4-0 | MINO, Alberto (Ecuador) |
| LIAO, Cheng-Ting (Chinese Taipei) | 4-1 | (19) KARLSSON, Kristian (Sweden) |
| (21) STEGER, Bastian (Germany) | 4-3 | LIN, Yun-Ju (Chinese Taipei) |
| LAKATOS, Tamas (Hungary) | 4-2 | (59) VLASOV, Grigory (Russia) |
| (63) OLAH, Benedek (Finland) | 4-1 | KARAKASEVIC, Aleksandar (Serbia) |
| PISTEJ, Lubomir (Slovak Republic) | 4-1 | (11) JEOUNG, Youngsik (South Korea) |
| HABESOHN, Daniel (Austria) | 4-3 | (15) MATSUDAIRA, Kenta (Japan) |
| (33) LIN, Gaoyuan (China) | 4-0 | KHANIN, Aliaksandr (Belarus) |
| (43) ACHANTA, Sharath Kamal (India) | 4-1 | CANTERO, Jesus (Spain) |
| (20) KOU, Lei (Ukraine) | 4-2 | RINIOTIS, Anastasios (Greece) |
| (22) CALDERANO, Hugo (Brazil) | 4-1 | DESAI, Harmeet (India) |
| (57) ALAMIYAN, Noshad (Iran) | 4-0 | LAMBIET, Florent (Belgium) |
| (49) WANG, Zengyi (Poland) | 4-0 | KENJAEV, Zokhid (Uzbekistan) |
| (3) XU, Xin (China) | 4-2 | POLANSKY, Tomas (Czech Republic) |
| (4) ZHANG, Jike (China) | 4-0 | NAGY, Krisztian (Hungary) |
| (42) GARDOS, Robert (Austria) | 4-2 | CHEW, Zhe Yu Clarence (Singapore) |
| (64) CHO, Seungmin (South Korea) | 4-3 | MLADENOVIC, Luka (Luxembourg) |
| (17) LEE, Sangsu (South Korea) | 4-3 | JORGIC, Darko (Slovenia) |
| (29) GIONIS, Panagiotis (Greece) | 4-2 | CHOE, Il (North Korea) |
| (51) WANG, Yang (Slovak Republic) | 4-3 | GERASSIMENKO, Kirill (Kazakhstan) |
| PAK, Sin Hyok (North Korea) | 4-1 | (54) KONECNY, Tomas (Czech Republic) |
| (12) SAMSONOV, Vladimir (Belarus) | 4-0 | YANG, Xinyu (Azerbaijan) |
| (13) GAUZY, Simon (France) | 4-0 | GLOD, Eric (Luxembourg) |
| (45) JEONG, Sangeun (South Korea) | 4-2 | TSUBOI, Gustavo (Brazil) |
| (44) TOKIC, Bojan (Slovak Republic) | 4-2 | MADRID, Marcos (Mexico) |
| (18) FEGERL, Stefan (Austria) | 4-1 | LASHIN, El-Sayed (Egypt) |
| (23) KARLSSON, Mattias (Sweden) | 4-0 | TORIOLA, Segun (Nigeria) |
| JHA, Kanak (USA) | 4-3 | (52) CRISAN, Adrian (Romania) |
| (50) ASSAR, Omar (Egypt) | 4-3 | RECH DALDOSSO, Marco (Italy) |
| (7) WONG, Chun Ting (Hong Kong China) | 4-3 | LIVENTSOV, Alexey (Russia) |
| (5) OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij (Germany) | 4-2 | JANCARIK, Lubomir (Czech Republic) |
| (37) DRINKHALL, Paul (England) | 4-2 | MATSUMOTO, Cazuo (Brazil) |
| (61) SZOCS, Hunor (Romania) | 4-1 | GNANASEKARAN, Sathiyan (India) |
| (31) GACINA, Andrej (Croatia) | 4-0 | ROBINOT, Alexandre (France) |
| (30) ARUNA, Quadri (Nigeria) | 4-0 | GOMEZ, Gustavo (Chile) |
| (34) GROTH, Jonathan (Denmark) | 4-1 | SALEH, Ahmed (Egypt ) |
| (35) GAO, Ning (Singapore) | 4-0 | BEN ARI, Omri (Israel) |
| (10) NIWA, Koki (Japan) | 4-0 | LEVENKO, Andreas (Austria) |
| NG, Pak Nam (Hong Kong China) | 4-3 | (16) APOLONIA, Tiago (Portugal) |
| (55) CHEN, Weixing (Austria) | 4-1 | TANVIRIYAVECHAKUL, Padasak (Thailand) |
| (58) GERALDO, Joao (Portugal) | 4-3 | ROBLES, Alvaro (Spain) |
| (26) FILUS, Ruwen (Germany) | 4-2 | CARVALHO, Diogo (Portugal) |
| (27) SHIBAEV, Alexander (Russia) | 4-2 | EL-BEIALI, Mohamed (Egypt) |
| (40) WALTHER, Ricardo (Germany) | 4-1 | KOJIC, Frane (Croatia) |
| (36) GERELL, Par (Sweden) | 4-0 | DEVOS, Robin (Belgium) |
| (2) FAN, Zhendong (China) | 4-0 | ROBINOT, Quentin (France) |
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Second Round (Last 64)
Thursday 1 June 2017
| (Seed) FAMILY NAME, Given Name (Association) | Result | (Seed) FAMILY NAME, Given Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) MA, Long (China) | 4-2 | KALLBERG, Anton (Sweden) |
| (56) IONESCU, Ovidiu (Romania) | 4-0 | (28) LEBESSON, Emmanuel (France) |
| (24) MURAMATSU, Yuto (Japan) | 4-3 | (39) MONTEIRO, Joao (Portugal) |
| (9) CHUANG, Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei) | 4-1 | (47) JIANG, Tianyi (Hong Kong China) |
| (14) FREITAS, Marcos (Portugal) | 4-0 | ALAMIAN, Nima (Iran) |
| FLORE, Tristan (France) | 4-3 | (25) CHEN, Chien-An (Chinese Taipei) |
| (32) JANG, Woojin (South Korea) | 4-0 | (38) FRANZISKA, Patrick (Germany) |
| (8) BOLL, Timo (Germany) | 4-0 | (46) DYJAS, Jakub (Poland) |
| (53) HARIMOTO, Tomokazu (Japan) | 4-1 | (6) MIZUTANI, Jun (Japan) |
| LIAO, Cheng-Ting (Chinese Taipei) | 4-2 | (48) HO, Kwan Kit (Hong Kong China) |
| LAKATOS, Tamas (Hungary) | 4-2 | (21) STEGER, Bastian (Germany) |
| PISTEJ, Lubomir (Slovak Republic) | 4-1 | (63) OLAH, Benedek (Finland) |
| (33) LIN, Gaoyuan (China) | 4-1 | HABESOHN, Daniel (Austria) |
| (43) ACHANTA, Sharath Kamal (India) | 4-0 | (20) KOU, Lei (Ukraine) |
| (22) CALDERANO, Hugo (Brazil) | 4-0 | (57) ALAMIYAN, Noshad (Iran) |
| (3) XU, Xin (China) | 4-0 | (49) WANG, Zengyi (Poland) |
| (4) ZHANG, Jike (China) | 4-2 | (42) GARDOS, Robert (Austria) |
| (17) LEE, Sangsu (South Korea) | 4-1 | (64) CHO, Seungmin (South Korea) |
| (29) GIONIS, Panagiotis (Greece) | 4-3 | (51) WANG, Yang (Slovak Republic) |
| (12) SAMSONOV, Vladimir (Belarus) | 4-1 | PAK, Sin Hyok (North Korea) |
| (45) JEONG, Sangeun (South Korea) | 4-2 | (13) GAUZY, Simon (France) |
| (18) FEGERL, Stefan (Austria) | 4-3 | (44) TOKIC, Bojan (Slovak Republic) |
| (23) KARLSSON, Mattias (Sweden) | 4-2 | JHA, Kanak (USA) |
| (7) WONG, Chun Ting (Hong Kong China) | 4-2 | (50) ASSAR, Omar (Egypt) |
| (5) OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij (Germany) | 4-1 | (37) DRINKHALL, Paul (England) |
| (61) SZOCS, Hunor (Romania) | 4-3 | (31) GACINA, Andrej (Croatia) |
| (34) GROTH, Jonathan (Denmark) | 4-0 | (30) ARUNA, Quadri (Nigeria) |
| (10) NIWA, Koki (Japan) | 4-3 | (35) GAO, Ning (Singapore) |
| NG, Pak Nam (Hong Kong China) | 4-3 | (55) CHEN, Weixing (Austria) |
| (26) FILUS, Ruwen (Germany) | 4-1 | (58) GERALDO, Joao (Portugal) |
| (27) SHIBAEV, Alexander (Russia) | 4-2 | (40) WALTHER, Ricardo (Germany) |
| (2) FAN, Zhendong (China) | 4-0 | (36) GERELL, Par (Sweden) |
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Round Three (Last 32)
Friday 2 June 2017
| (Seed) FAMILY NAME, Given Name (Association) | Result | (Seed) FAMILY NAME, Given Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) MA, Long (China) | 4-1 | (56) IONESCU, Ovidiu (Romania) |
| (9) CHUANG, Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei) | 4-0 | (24) MURAMATSU, Yuto (Japan) |
| (14) FREITAS, Marcos (Portugal) | 4-3 | FLORE, Tristan (France) |
| (8) BOLL, Timo (Germany) | 4-1 | (32) JANG, Woojin (South Korea) |
| (53) HARIMOTO, Tomokazu (Japan) | 4-0 | LIAO, Cheng-Ting (Chinese Taipei) |
| PISTEJ, Lubomir (Slovak Republic) | 4-0 | LAKATOS, Tamas (Hungary) |
| (33) LIN, Gaoyuan (China) | 4-2 | (43) ACHANTA, Sharath Kamal (India) |
| (3) XU, Xin (China) | 4-1 | (22) CALDERANO, Hugo (Brazil) |
| (17) LEE, Sangsu (South Korea) | 4-1 | (4) ZHANG, Jike (China) |
| (12) SAMSONOV, Vladimir (Belarus) | 4-0 | (29) GIONIS, Panagiotis (Greece) |
| (45) JEONG, Sangeun (South Korea) | 4-2 | (18) FEGERL, Stefan (Austria) |
| (7) WONG, Chun Ting (Hong Kong China) | 4-3 | (23) KARLSSON, Mattias (Sweden) |
| (5) OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij (Germany) | 4-3 | (61) SZOCS, Hunor (Romania) |
| (10) NIWA, Koki (Japan) | 4-2 | (34) GROTH, Jonathan (Denmark) |
| (26) FILUS, Ruwen (Germany) | 4-1 | NG, Pak Nam (Hong Kong China) |
| (2) FAN, Zhendong (China) | 4-1 | (27) SHIBAEV, Alexander (Russia) |
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Round Four (Last 16)
Saturday 3 June and Sunday 4 June 2017
| (Seed) FAMILY NAME, Given Name (Association) Match Scores |
Result | (Seed) FAMILY NAME, Given Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) MA, Long (China) 11-8, 13-11, 11-1, 11-6 |
4-0 | (9) CHUANG, Chih-Yuan (Chinese Taipei) |
| (8) BOLL, Timo (Germany) 5-11, 11-7, 15-13, 11-9, 11-6 |
4-1 | (14) FREITAS, Marcos (Portugal) |
| (53) HARIMOTO, Tomokazu (Japan) 12-10, 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-9 |
4-1 | PISTEJ, Lubomir (Slovak Republic) |
| (3) XU, Xin (China) 10-12, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 7-11, 11-6, 12-10 |
4-3 | (33) LIN, Gaoyuan (China) |
| (17) LEE, Sangsu (South Korea) 11-9, 11-1, 11-3, 11-9 |
4-0 | (12) SAMSONOV, Vladimir (Belarus) |
| (7) WONG, Chun Ting (Hong Kong China) 11-7, 13-11, 11-8, 6-11, 11-7 |
4-1 | (45) JEONG, Sangeun (South Korea) |
| (10) NIWA, Koki (Japan) 11-13, 11-9, 11-13, 12-10, 11-5, 9-11, 11-9 |
4-3 | (5) OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij (Germany) |
| (2) FAN, Zhendong (China) 13-11, 11-13, 11-7, 11-3, 9-11, 11-3 |
4-2 | (26) FILUS, Ruwen (Germany) |
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Quarter Finals
Sunday 4 June 2017
| (Seed) FAMILY NAME, Given Name (Association) Match Scores |
Result | (Seed) FAMILY NAME, Given Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) MA, Long (China) | 4-2 | (8) BOLL, Timo (Germany) |
| 11-5, 8-11, 11-4, 5-11, 11-4, 11-9 | ||
| (3) XU, Xin (China) | 4-1 | (53) HARIMOTO, Tomokazu (Japan) |
| 11-9, 6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 | ||
| (17) LEE, Sangsu (South Korea) | 4-1 | (7) WONG, Chun Ting (Hong Kong China) |
| 11-7, 10-12, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5 | ||
| (2) FAN, Zhendong (China) | 4-1 | (10) NIWA, Koki (Japan) |
| 11-9, 11-7, 11-9, 8-11, 11-6 |
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Semi Finals
Monday 5 June 2017
| (Seed) FAMILY NAME, Given Name (Association) Match Scores |
Result | (Seed) FAMILY NAME, Given Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) MA, Long (China) | 4-0 | (3) XU, Xin (China) |
| 11-6, 11-9, 11-9, 11-3 | ||
| (2) FAN, Zhendong (China) | 4-0 | (17) LEE, Sangsu (South Korea) |
| 11-6, 11-9, 11-6, 11-1 |
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Final
Monday 5 June 2017
| (Seed) FAMILY NAME, Given Name (Association) Match Score |
Result | (Seed) FAMILY NAME, Given Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) MA, Long (China) | 4-3 | (2) FAN, Zhendong (China) |
| 7-11, 11-6, 11-3, 11-8, 5-11, 7-11, 12-10 |
World Championships 2017
Men's Singles Event
(St Bride Vase)
WINNER
Ma Long (China)
RUNNER-UP
Fan Zhendong (China)
BRONZE MEDALLISTS
Lee Sangsu (South Korea) and Xu Xin (China)
Ma Long - Men's Singles World Champion 2017
Fan Zhendong - Men's Singles Silver Medallist 2017
Lee Sangsu and Xu Xin, Men's Singles Bronze Medallist
2017 World Championships - Men's Singles Medallists
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