2000 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 2000 World Table Tennis Championships – men's team (Swaythling Cup) was the 45th edition of the men's team championship.[1] [2]

2000 men's team (Swaythling Cup)
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Sweden won the gold medal defeating China 3–2 in the final. Japan and Italy won bronze medals.[3] [4] [5]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
  Sweden
Fredrik Håkansson
Peter Karlsson
Jörgen Persson
Jan-Ove Waldner
  China
Kong Linghui
Liu Guoliang
Liu Guozheng
Ma Lin
Wang Liqin
  Italy
Umberto Giardina
Massimiliano Mondello
Valentino Piacentini
Yang Min
  Japan
Seiko Iseki
Kōji Matsushita
Hiroshi Shibutani
Toshio Tasaki
Ryo Yuzawa

Final stage knockout phase

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Quarter finals

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Team One Team Two Score
Sweden Germany 3–0
China South Korea 3–0
Italy Netherlands 3–1
Japan Chinese Taipei 3–2

Semifinals

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Team One Team Two Score
Sweden Italy 3–1
China Japan 3–0

Final

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  Sweden 3   China 2 Score
Waldner bt Liu Guoliang 19–21 21–7 23–21
Persson bt Kong Linghui 21–17 21–19
Karlsson lost to Liu Guozheng 6–21 16–21
Waldner lost to Kong Linghui 9–21 17–21
Persson bt Liu Guoliang 18–21 21–17 21–18

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "List of Winners". All About Tennis.
  2. ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A–Z of Sport, pp. 699–700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123. Archived from the original on 2004-02-25. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  4. ^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 2019-05-05. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  5. ^ "2000 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2018-04-30.