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2018 World Championships
Men's Team Event
The 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships, Halmstad, Sweden.
Get the men's team event results here...
By Martin Hughes
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The 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships took place in Halmstad, Sweden from 29 April to 6 May 2018.
You can read all the details about it here, whilst on this page you'll find all the results from the Men's Championship Division.
by courtesy
of the ITTF
The men competed for the Swaythling Cup - which was donated in 1926 by Lady Baroness Swaythling, mother of Ivor Montagu the first Chairman of the ITTF.
The draw took place on Tuesday 27 February 2018.
Men's Team Event Results...
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- Teams and Players
- Group A
- Group B
- Group C
- Group D
- Round 2
- Quarter Finals
- Semi Finals
- Final
- Final Positions
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Here are the players who took part...
Teams and Players
| Seed | Team | Players FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | BOLL, Timo FILUS, Ruwen FRANZISKA, Patrick OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij STEGER, Bastian |
| 2 | China | FAN, Zhendong LIN, Gaoyuan MA, Long WANG, Chuqin XU, Xin |
| 3 | Japan | HARIMOTO, Tomokazu MATSUDAIRA, Kenta MIZUTANI, Jun NIWA, Koki OSHIMA, Yuya |
| 4 | France | AKKUZU, Can GAUZY, Simon LEBESSON, Emmanuel ROBINOT, Quentin SALIFOU, Abdel-Kader |
| 5 | South Korea | JANG, Woojin JEOUNG, Youngsik KIM, Donghyun LEE, Sangsu LIM, Jonghoon |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | CHEN, Chien-An CHUANG, Chih-Yuan LEE, Chia-Sheng LIAO, Cheng-Ting LIN, Yun-Ju |
| 7 | Hong Kong China | HO, Kwan Kit JIANG, Tianyi LAM, Siu Hang NG, Pak Nam WONG, Chun Ting |
| 8 | Portugal | APOLONIA, Tiago CARVALHO, Diogo FREITAS, Marcos GERALDO, Joao MONTEIRO, Joao |
| 9 | Sweden | KALLBERG, Anton KARLSSON, Kristian KARLSSON, Mattias MOREGARD, Truls PERSSON, Jon |
| 10 | Brazil | CALDERANO, Hugo ISHIY, Vitor JOUTI, Eric TSUBOI, Gustavo |
| 11 | Austria | CHEN, Alexander FEGERL, Stefan GARDOS, Robert HABESOHN, Daniel LEVENKO, Andreas |
| 12 | England | DRINKHALL, Paul JARVIS, Tom MCBEATH, David PITCHFORD, Liam WALKER, Samuel |
| 13 | India | ACHANTA, Sharath Kamal ANTHONY, Amalraj DESAI, Harmeet GNANASEKARAN, Sathiyan SHETTY, Sanil |
| 14 | Belgium | ALLEGRO, Martin DEVOS, Robin LAMBIET, Florent NUYTINCK, Cedric SAIVE, Jean-Michel |
| 15 | Russia | GADIEV, Vildan ISMAILOV, Sadi IVONIN, Denis SIDORENKO, Vladimir SKACHKOV, Kirill |
| 16 | Egypt | ASSAR, Khalid ASSAR, Omar EL-BEIALI, Mohamed LASHIN, El-Sayed SALEH, Ahmed |
| 17 | Romania | CRISAN, Adrian IONESCU, Ovidiu PLETEA, Cristian SIPOS, Rares SZOCS, Hunor |
| 18 | Czech Republic | JANCARIK, Lubomir KONECNY, Tomas POLANSKY, Tomas SIRUCEK, Pavel TREGLER, Tomas |
| 19 | Belarus | KHANIN, Aliaksandr PLATONOV, Pavel SAMSONOV, Vladimir SHAMRUK, Gleb |
| 20 | Croatia | BAN, Ivor GACINA, Andrej KOJIC, Frane PUCAR, Tomislav ZOVKO, Vjekoslav |
| 21 | Singapore | BEH, Kun Ting GAO, Ning PANG, Xue Jie POH, Shao Feng Ethan TAN, Lucas |
| 22 | Poland | BADOWSKI, Marek DYJAS, Jakub FERTIKOWSKI, Pawel KOTOWSKI, Tomasz ZATOWKA, Patryk |
| 23 | Slovenia | JORGIC, Darko KOZUL, Deni TOKIC, Bojan ZIBRAT, Jan |
| 24 | North Korea | CHOE, Il KANG, Wi Hun PAK, Sin Hyok |
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Here are the results for the...
Men's Team event
Championship Division
Group Stages
Sunday/Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday
29 April to 2 May 2018
Group A - Germany, Hong Kong China, Sweden, Egypt, Romania, Slovenia
| Winner | Result | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3-2 | Egypt |
| Hong Kong China | 3-0 | Slovenia |
| Sweden | 3-0 | Romania |
| Germany | 3-0 | Romania |
| Sweden | 3-2 | Hong Kong China |
| Slovenia | 3-1 | Egypt |
| Germany | 3-0 | Sweden |
| Hong Kong China | 3-0 | Egypt |
| Romania | 3-1 | Slovenia |
| Germany | 3-1 | Hong Kong China |
| Sweden | 3-2 | Slovenia |
| Romania | 3-0 | Egypt |
| Germany | 3-2 | Slovenia |
| Hong Kong China | 3-2 | Romania |
| Sweden | 3-0 | Egypt |
- Group A Winners = Germany (proceed to quarter-finals)
- Group A 2nd = Sweden (proceed to round 2)
- Group A 3rd = Hong Kong China (proceed to round 2)
- Group A 4th = Romania
- Group A 5th = Slovenia
- Group A 6th = Egypt
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Group B - China, Portugal, Brazil, Russia, Czech Republic, North Korea
| Winner | Result | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| China | 3-0 | Russia |
| Portugal | 3-0 | North Korea |
| Brazil | 3-1 | Czech Republic |
| China | 3-0 | Czech Republic |
| Brazil | 3-0 | Portugal |
| Russia | 3-2 | North Korea |
| China | 3-0 | Brazil |
| Portugal | 3-0 | Russia |
| Czech Republic | 3-0 | North Korea |
| China | 3-0 | Portugal |
| Brazil | 3-0 | North Korea |
| Czech Republic | 3-1 | Russia |
| China | 3-0 | North Korea |
| Portugal | 3-1 | Czech Republic |
| Brazil | 3-0 | Russia |
- Group B Winners = China (proceed to quarter-finals)
- Group B 2nd = Brazil (proceed to round 2)
- Group B 3rd = Portugal (proceed to round 2)
- Group B 4th = Czech Republic
- Group B 5th = Russia
- Group B 6th = North Korea
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Group C - Japan, Chinese Taipei, England, Belgium, Belarus, Singapore
| Winner | Result | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | 3-0 | Belgium |
| Chinese Taipei | 3-0 | Singapore |
| England | 3-0 | Belarus |
| Japan | 3-0 | Belarus |
| England | 3-1 | Chinese Taipei |
| Belgium | 3-2 | Singapore |
| England | 3-1 | Japan |
| Chinese Taipei | 3-0 | Belgium |
| Belarus | 3-0 | Singapore |
| Japan | 3-0 | Chinese Taipei |
| England | 3-0 | Singapore |
| Belgium | 3-2 | Belarus |
| Japan | 3-0 | Singapore |
| Chinese Taipei | 3-2 | Belarus |
| England | 3-1 | Belgium |
- Group C Winners = England (proceed to quarter-finals)
- Group C 2nd = Japan (proceed to round 2)
- Group C 3rd = Chinese Taipei (proceed to round 2)
- Group C 4th = Belgium
- Group C 5th = Belarus
- Group C 6th = Singapore
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Group D - France, South Korea, Austria, India, Croatia, Poland
| Winner | Result | Loser |
|---|---|---|
| France | 3-2 | India |
| South Korea | 3-0 | Poland |
| Croatia | 3-0 | Austria |
| France | 3-0 | Croatia |
| South Korea | 3-0 | Austria |
| India | 3-2 | Poland |
| Austria | 3-0 | France |
| South Korea | 3-0 | India |
| Croatia | 3-0 | Poland |
| South Korea | 3-0 | France |
| Austria | 3-0 | Poland |
| India | 3-2 | Croatia |
| France | 3-0 | Poland |
| Croatia | 3-1 | South Korea |
| Austria | 3-2 | India |
- Group D Winners = South Korea (proceed to quarter-finals)
- Group D 2nd = Austria (proceed to round 2)
- Group D 3rd = Croatia (proceed to round 2)
- Group D 4th = France
- Group D 5th = India
- Group D 6th = Poland
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Knockout Stages - Round 2
Thursday 3 May 2018
| Brazil | Croatia | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSUBOI, Gustavo | GACINA, Andrej | 6-11 | 7-11 | 14-12 | 9-11 | 0-1 | |
| CALDERANO, Hugo | PUCAR, Tomislav | 11-9 | 8-11 | 11-9 | 11-6 | 1-0 | |
| JOUTI, Eric | KOJIC, Frane | 8-11 | 11-8 | 4-11 | 11-6 | 7-11 | 0-1 |
| CALDERANO, Hugo | GACINA, Andrej | 6-11 | 11-5 | 11-8 | 7-11 | 11-3 | 1-0 |
| TSUBOI, Gustavo | PUCAR, Tomislav | 9-11 | 8-11 | 12-10 | 11-7 | 11-9 | 1-0 |
| Japan | Hong Kong China | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARIMOTO, Tomokazu | WONG, Chun Ting | 11-8 | 11-8 | 11-9 | 1-0 | ||
| MIZUTANI, Jun | HO, Kwan Kit | 10-12 | 14-12 | 11-9 | 11-4 | 1-0 | |
| NIWA, Koki | LAM, Siu Hang | 11-3 | 11-7 | 13-11 | 1-0 |
| Sweden | Chinese Taipei | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KARLSSON, Mattias | CHUANG, Chih-Yuan | 15-13 | 11-7 | 11-9 | 1-0 | ||
| KARLSSON, Kristian | CHEN, Chien-An | 11-8 | 14-12 | 11-9 | 1-0 | ||
| PERSSON, Jon | LIN, Yun-Ju | 11-6 | 9-11 | 11-9 | 8-11 | 4-11 | 0-1 |
| KARLSSON, Kristian | CHUANG, Chih-Yuan | 11-7 | 10-12 | 5-11 | 11-13 | 0-1 | |
| KARLSSON, Mattias | CHEN, Chien-An | 11-8 | 13-11 | 10-12 | 11-8 | 1-0 |
Sweden celebrate victory over Chinese Taipei
| Austria | Portugal | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GARDOS, Robert | APOLONIA, Tiago | 8-11 | 13-11 | 9-11 | 10-12 | 0-1 | |
| FEGERL, Stefan | FREITAS, Marcos | 8-11 | 11-7 | 6-11 | 7-11 | 0-1 | |
| HABESOHN, Daniel | MONTEIRO, Joao | 12-10 | 11-9 | 11-5 | 1-0 | ||
| FEGERL, Stefan | APOLONIA, Tiago | 11-9 | 11-3 | 11-9 | 1-0 | ||
| GARDOS, Robert | FREITAS, Marcos | 11-5 | 11-5 | 4-11 | 11-9 | 1-0 |
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Knockout Stages - Quarter Finals
Friday 4 May 2018
| Germany | Brazil | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STEGER, Bastian | CALDERANO, Hugo | 4-11 | 11-6 | 8-11 | 6-11 | 0-1 | |
| FILUS, Ruwen | JOUTI, Eric | 11-6 | 11-8 | 11-8 | 1-0 | ||
| OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij | TSUBOI, Gustavo | 11-9 | 9-11 | 11-7 | 11-3 | 1-0 | |
| FILUS, Ruwen | CALDERANO, Hugo | 7-11 | 11-5 | 8-11 | 11-9 | 11-9 | 1-0 |
| South Korea | Japan | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEOUNG, Youngsik | HARIMOTO, Tomokazu | 17-15 | 6-11 | 9-11 | 11-3 | 11-9 | 1-0 |
| LEE, Sangsu | MIZUTANI, Jun | 9-11 | 13-11 | 3-11 | 14-12 | 7-11 | 0-1 |
| JANG, Woojin | MATSUDAIRA, Kenta | 11-9 | 9-11 | 11-9 | 11-7 | 1-0 | |
| JEOUNG, Youngsik | MIZUTANI, Jun | 11-5 | 11-8 | 11-7 | 1-0 |
| Sweden | England | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KARLSSON, Kristian | DRINKHALL, Paul | 11-9 | 11-8 | 11-8 | 1-0 | ||
| KARLSSON, Mattias | PITCHFORD, Liam | 12-14 | 11-6 | 5-11 | 11-7 | 11-9 | 1-0 |
| PERSSON, Jon | WALKER, Samuel | 11-8 | 11-3 | 14-12 | 1-0 |
| China | Austria | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA, Long | GARDOS, Robert | 11-13 | 11-5 | 9-11 | 11-7 | 11-3 | 1-0 |
| XU, Xin | FEGERL, Stefan | 11-6 | 11-5 | 11-4 | 1-0 | ||
| FAN, Zhendong | HABESOHN, Daniel | 11-9 | 11-8 | 11-4 | 1-0 |
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Knockout Stages - Semi Finals
Saturday 5 May 2018
| Germany | South Korea | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRANZISKA, Patrick | LEE, Sangsu | 11-5 | 5-11 | 8-11 | 5-11 | 0-1 | |
| BOLL, Timo | JEOUNG, Youngsik | 12-10 | 10-12 | 11-4 | 11-5 | 1-0 | |
| OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij | JANG, Woojin | 6-11 | 5-11 | 6-11 | 0-1 | ||
| BOLL, Timo | LEE, Sangsu | 9-11 | 11-8 | 3-11 | 13-11 | 12-10 | 1-0 |
| FRANZISKA, Patrick | JEOUNG, Youngsik | 11-6 | 11-8 | 4-11 | 11-9 | 1-0 |
Patrick Franziska celebrates the winning point against South Korea
| China | Sweden | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA, Long | KARLSSON, Mattias | 11-6 | 11-5 | 13-11 | 1-0 | ||
| FAN, Zhendong | KARLSSON, Kristian | 13-11 | 8-11 | 11-3 | 11-2 | 1-0 | |
| XU, Xin | PERSSON, Jon | 11-6 | 13-11 | 11-5 | 1-0 |
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Final
Sunday 6 May 2018
| China | Germany | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA, Long | BOLL, Timo | 11-4 | 11-8 | 11-3 | 1-0 | ||
| FAN, Zhendong | FILUS, Ruwen | 11-4 | 11-5 | 11-4 | 1-0 | ||
| XU, Xin | FRANZISKA, Patrick | 9-11 | 12-10 | 11-7 | 11-5 | 1-0 |
China - World Team Champions 2018
World Championships 2018
Men's Team Event
(The Swaythling Cup)
Winners / Gold Medallists = China
(MA Long, FAN Zhendong, XU Xin, LIN Gaoyuan, WANG Chuqin)
Runners-up / Silver Medallists = Germany
(Timo BOLL, Ruwen FILUS, Patrick FRANZISKA, Dimitrij OVTCHAROV, Bastian STEGER)
Bronze Medallists = Sweden
(Kristian KARLSSON, Mattias KARLSSON, Jon PERSSON, Anton KALLBERG, Truls MOREGARD)
Bronze Medallists = South Korea
(LEE Sangsu, JEOUNG Youngsik, JANG Woojin, KIM Donghyun, LIM Jonghoon)
China - World Team Champions 2018
Germany - Silver Medallists
Sweden - Bronze Medallists
South Korea - Bronze Medallists
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| Final Positions | |
| 1 | China |
| 2 | Germany |
| 3= | Sweden |
| 3= | South Korea |
| 5= | Brazil |
| 5= | Japan |
| 5= | England |
| 5= | Austria |
| 9= | Croatia |
| 9= | Hong Kong China |
| 9= | Chinese Taipei |
| 9= | Portugal |
| 13= | India |
| 13= | Czech Republic |
| 15= | Romania |
| 15= | Russia |
| 17= | Slovenia |
| 17= | France |
| 17= | North Korea |
| 17= | Belgium |
| 21= | Poland |
| 21= | Singapore |
| 21= | Belarus |
| 21= | Egypt |
| 25 | Hungary |
| 26 | Iran |
| 27= | Ukraine |
| 27= | Slovakia |
| 29= | Denmark |
| 29= | Netherlands |
| 29= | Italy |
| 29= | Nigeria |
| 33= | Greece |
| 33= | USA |
| 33= | Argentina |
| 33= | Spain |
| 37= | Serbia |
| 37= | Turkey |
| 39= | Luxembourg |
| 39= | Paraguay |
| 41= | Bulgaria |
| 41= | Chile |
| 41= | Kazakhstan |
| 41= | Thailand |
| 45= | Australia |
| 45= | Ecuador |
| 45= | Puerto Rico |
| 45= | Canada |
| 49 | Lithuania |
| 50 | Vietnam |
| 51= | Malaysia |
| 51= | Israel |
| 53= | Mexico |
| 53= | Switzerland |
| 53= | Finland |
| 53= | Indonesia |
| 57= | Cuba |
| 57= | Saudi Arabia |
| 59= | Uzbekistan |
| 59= | Congo Brazzaville |
| 61= | Tunisia |
| 61= | Togo |
| 63= | Algeria |
| 63= | Sri Lanka |
| 65= | Dominican Republic |
| 65= | Macau |
| 65= | Jordan |
| 65= | South Africa |
| 69= | New Zealand |
| 69= | Guatemala |
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