Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's team

Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Singles		men		women
Teams		men		women

The men's team table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme and took place between August 13 and 18, at the Peking University Gymnasium. Teams consisted of three members. The sixteen teams were divided into four groups of four teams each, playing a round-robin within their pool. The top team in each pool advanced to the semifinals, with the second-place team from each group going to the bronze medal playoffs. The two semifinal winners met in the gold medal match, while the two semifinal losers each played against one of the winners from the bronze medal playoffs, with the winners of those games meeting in the bronze medal match.

Each match consisted of up to five games, with the first team to win three being declared the winner. The first two games in each match were singles, the third was doubles, and the final two were singles again. Each team member competed in two of the five games, according to a set rotation.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Competition schedule 2.1 Wednesday, August 13, 2008 2.2 Thursday, August 14, 2008 2.3 Friday, August 15, 2008 2.4 Saturday, August 16, 2008 2.5 Sunday, August 17, 2008 2.6 Monday, August 18, 2008 3 Group Round 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 3.3 Group C 3.4 Group D 4 Elimination Rounds 5 Bronze medal Playoff 6 Final ranking 7 External links 8 References

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
China (CHN) Ma Lin Wang Hao Wang Liqin	Germany (GER) Timo Boll Dimitrij Ovtcharov Christian Süß	South Korea (KOR) Oh Sang-Eun Ryu Seung-Min Yoon Jae-Young

Competition schedule

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Start Time	End Time	Event	Round
10:00	13:00	Men's Team (Group C and D)	Group 1st Round (1–3, 2–4)
14:30	17:30	Men's Team (Group A and B)	Group 1st Round (1–3, 2–4)
19:30	22:30	Men's Team (Group C and D)	Group 2nd Round (1–4, 2–3)

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Start Time	End Time	Event	Round
10:00	13:00	Men's Team (Group A and B)	Group 2nd Round (1–4, 2–3)
14:30	17:30	Men's Team (Group C and D)	Group 3rd Round (1–2, 3–4)
19:30	22:30	Men's Team (Group A and B)	Group 3rd Round (1–2, 3–4)

Friday, August 15, 2008

Start Time	End Time	Event	Round
9:00	12:00	Men's Team	Bronze Playoff 1st Round

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Start Time	End Time	Event	Round
14:30	17:30	Men's Team	Semifinal
19:30	22:30	Men's Team	Semifinal

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Start Time	End Time	Event	Round
10:00	13:00	Men's Team	Bronze Playoff 2nd Round

Monday, August 18, 2008

Start Time	End Time	Event	Round
14:30	17:30	Men's Team	Bronze Medal
19:30	22:30	Men's Team	Gold Medal

Group Round

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
China	6	3	3	0	9	0
Austria	5	3	2	1	6	3
Greece	4	3	1	2	3	6
Australia	3	3	0	3	0	9

August 13

China	3–0	Greece
Austria	3–0	Australia

August 14

China	3–0	Australia
Austria	3–0	Greece
China	3–0	Austria
Greece	3–0	Australia

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
Germany	6	3	3	0	9	1
Croatia	5	3	2	1	6	4
Singapore	4	3	1	2	5	6
Canada	3	3	0	3	0	9

August 13

Germany	3–0	Croatia
Singapore	3–0	Canada

August 14

Germany	3–0	Canada
Singapore	1–3	Croatia
Germany	3–1	Singapore
Croatia	3–0	Canada

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
South Korea	6	3	3	0	9	2
Chinese Taipei	5	3	2	1	7	6
Sweden	4	3	1	2	5	6
Brazil	3	3	0	3	2	9

August 13

Korea Republic	3–0	Sweden
Chinese Taipei	3–1	Brazil
Korea Republic	3–1	Brazil
Chinese Taipei	3–2	Sweden

August 14

Korea Republic	3–1	Chinese Taipei
Sweden	3–0	Brazil

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GW	GL
Japan	6	3	3	0	9	0
Hong Kong, China	5	3	2	1	6	4
Nigeria	4	3	1	2	3	8
Russia	3	3	0	3	3	9

August 13

Hong Kong, China	3–1	Russia
Japan	3–0	Nigeria
Hong Kong, China	3–0	Nigeria
Japan	3–0	Russia

August 14

Hong Kong, China	0–3	Japan
Russia	2–3	Nigeria

Elimination Rounds

	Semi-finals									Final
	1	China (CHN)	3	3	3
	2	South Korea (KOR)	2	1	0
										1	China (CHN)	3	3	3
										4	Germany (GER)	0	1	1
	4	Germany (GER)	3	3	1	2	3
	5	Japan (JPN)	2	1	3	3	2

Bronze medal Playoff

	Bronze Play-off Round 1									Bronze Play-off Round 2									Bronze Medal Final
										2	South Korea (KOR)	3	2	3	3
	3	Hong Kong (HKG)	3	3	3					3	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	3	2	2
	6	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	0	2	0														2	South Korea (KOR)	3	1	3	3
																			8	Austria (AUT)	1	3	0	0
										5	Japan (JPN)	3	0	2	1
	8	Austria (AUT)	3	3	2	3				8	Austria (AUT)	0	3	3	3
	10	Croatia (CRO)	0	0	3	1

Final ranking

Rank	Team
1	China (CHN)
2	Germany (GER)
3	South Korea (KOR)
4	Austria (AUT)
=5	Hong Kong (HKG)
	Japan (JPN)
=7	Croatia (CRO)
	Chinese Taipei (TPE)
=9
	Australia (AUS)
	Brazil (BRA)
	Canada (CAN)
	Greece (GRE)
	Nigeria (NGR)
	Russia (RUS)
	Singapore (SIN)
	Sweden (SWE)

External links

• Competition format
• Official Results

References

• NYT Olympic Report