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2006 Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships Results and Updates (Bremen, Germany)
2006 Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships
Quarter-Finals
Men's Team
The favourites Team China and Team Germany ousted their opponents 3-0 in their respective quarter-final matches. Ma Lin (CHN) was stretched to five sets by Patrick Chila (FRA). Team Hong Kong ousted Team Austria 3-1 with Li Ching the hero of Hong Kong with two points and former World Champion Werner Schlager contributing the only point for Austria. Another favourite Team South Korea demolished Team Czechoslovakia 3-0 with Petr Korbel the only player to take a set from the South Koreans.
Results :
1. China - France 3-0
Wang Liqin - Damien Eloi 12-10,9-11,11-4,11-8
Ma Lin - Patrick Chila 11-7,4-11,9-11,11-8,13-11
Chen Qi - Dany Lo 8-11,11-3,11-9,11-7
2. Germany - Russia 3-0
Christian Suss - Alexei Smirnov 9-11,11-9,11-9,11-9
Timo Boll - Fedor Kuzmin 11-7,10-12,11-5,11-6
Bastian Steger - Kirill Skachkova 11-6,13-11,12-14,10-12,11-3
3. Hong Kong - Austria 3-1
Li Ching - Chen Weixing 11-6,11-9,11-8
Leung Chu Yan - Werner Schlager 11-6,6-11,8-11,6-11
Ko Lai Chak - Robert Gardos 11-4,11-5,6-11,11-7
Li Ching 11-8,10-12,11-9,11-13,11-9
4. Korea - Czechoslovakia
Oh Sang Eun - Marek Klasek 11-5,11-3,14-12
Joo Se Hyuk - Petr Korbel 4-11,11-5,11-6,11-8
Ryu Seung Min - Richard Vyborny 11-6,11-7,11-7
Women's Team
All the top teams were through to the quarter-finals. Asian champions Team Hong Kong suffered a surprise defeat to France in the first stage of competition but regrouped and won the rest of their matches to make the quarters. Team Singapore fell 2-3 to Team North Korea in the round of 16. Team Japan's Ai Fukuhara won two points to take her team to the semis over Hungary. Haruna Fukuoka initially won the first point for Japan but was later disqualified because the rubber of her table tennis bat failed to meet the required standard. Tie Yana contributed two points to lead Team Hong Kong to victory over Austria.
Top seed Team China easily routed a relatively inexperienced Team North Korea 3-0 to enter the semi-finals. Most of the players in both Team Belarus and Team South Korea played the same defensive style and Belarus wore down North Korea 3-1. Viktoria Pavlovich was the star of Team Belarus, winning both of her matches in straight sets over Olympic bronze medalist Kim Kyung Ah and rookie Park Mi Young. Moon Hyun Jung, who upset Sydney Olympic champion Wang Nan at the 2005 Worlds, took the only point for South Korea.
Results :
1. China - North Korea 3-0
Zhang Yining - Ko Un Gyong 11-3,11-7,11-3
Guo Yue - Kim Mi Yong 11-2,11-9,11-5
Wang Nan - Kim Jong 11-8,11-3,11-3
2. Belarus - South Korea 3-1
Viktoria Pavlovich - Park Mi Young 11-3,11-5,11-6
Veronika Pavlovich - Kim Kyung Ah 11-7,7-11,11-9,4-11,11-9
Tatyana Kostromina - Moon Hyun Jung 11-9,9-11,7-11,7-11
Viktoria Pavlovich - Kim Kyung Ah 11-9,14-12,11-9
3. Japan - Hungary 3-1
Haruna Fukuoka - Georgina Pota 0-11,0-11,0-11 (Fukuoka disqualified)
Ai Fukuhara - Krisztina Toth 18-20,11-7,11-3,8-11,11-6
Saki Kanazawa - Petra Lovas 11-2,11-2,11-4
Ai Fukuhara - Georgina Pota 11-6,11-7,11-8
4. Hong Kong - Austria 3-1
Lin Ling - Liu Jia 9-11,11-5,10-12,11-4,6-11
Tie Yana - Li Qiangbing 7-11,11-8,11-3,11-4
Lau Sui Fei - Veronika Heine 9-11,15-13,12-10,11-3
Tie Yana - Liu Jia 11-7,11-4,11-8
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Re: 2006 Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships Results and Updates (Bremen, Germany)
Semi-Finals
Men's Team
Team China and Team Germany treated the fans in the packed stadium with some brilliant display of top-notch table tennis. Timo Boll (GER) played unbelievably well to stage a comeback from two sets down and defeat Ma Lin (CHN) 3-2 in the first match. World Champion Wang Liqin (CHN) trailed in each set but played the big points better to level the score with a 3-0 win against Christian Suss (GER). Olympic finalist Wang Hao (CHN) then put China ahead with a comfortable win. The match of the day was evidently between the top two ranked players in the world, Wang Liqin (CHN) and Timo Boll (GER). They fought tenaciously before Wang Liqin prevailed in five sets to send Team China through to the final. In the other semi-final, South Korea had an easier time winning 3-0 against Hong Kong.
Results :
1. China - Germany 3-1
Ma Lin - Timo Boll 11-6,11-7,3-11,6-11,5-11
Wang Liqin - Christian Suss 11-9,12-10,11-9
Wang Hao - Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth 11-5,11-2,11-8
Wang Liqin - Timo Boll 11-8,11-13,11-7,9-11,11-6
2. South Korea - Hong Kong 3-0
Oh Sang Eun - Cheung Yuk 11-9,11-9,13-11
Ryu Seung Min - Li Ching 11-9,10-12,11-9,13-11
Lee Jung Woo - Ko Lai Chak 6-11,11-8,11-9,11-5
Women's Team
Team China marched on with a comfortable 3-0 semi-final victory against Belarus.
Former Worlds finalist Lin Ling clinched the winning point for Hong Kong in a close 3-2 semi-final against Japan. However, the best player in Team Hong Kong was Tie Yana who delivered two big points against Japanese stars Ai Fukuhara and Saki Kanazawa.
Results :
1. China - Belarus 3-0
Guo Yue - Viktoria Pavlovich 11-6,9-11,11-6,11-6
Zhang Yining - Veronika Pavlovich 11-4,11-7,11-7
Wang Nan - Tatiana Kostromina 11-2,11-4,11-7
2. Hong Kong - Japan 3-2
Lin Ling - Ai Fukuhara 9-11,6-11,11-7,4-11
Tie Yana - Saki Kanazawa 7-11,11-13,13-11,11-6,11-6
Lau Sui Fei - Haruna Fukuoka 11-9,11-7,7-11,8-11,7-11
Tie Yana - Ai Fukuhara 11-6,5-11,11-7,11-3
Lin Ling - Saki Kanazawa 11-9,11-5,11-4
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Re: 2006 Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships Results and Updates (Bremen, Germany)
Finals
Men's Team
Team China dazzled the crowd with their exquisite skills and roared to a surprisingly easy 3-0 victory over Team South Korea. China's first singles Wang Hao, an Olympic finalist and men's doubles World Champion, started off strong for his team and controlled the entire match to defeat a lacklustre Worlds semi-finalist Oh Sang Eun in straight sets. In the second singles, World Champion Wang Liqin faced off against Olympic Champion Ryu Seung Min and the match lived up to its high expectations. Wang powered to a first set victory but Ryu played some delicate spins and solid returns to take the next two sets. Wang adapted to Ryu's shots in the next two sets and regained control of the match to win 3-2 from a set down. Ma Lin, former triple World Cup winner, used his experience to grab the big points in each set to defeat the young and lanky Lee Jung Woo and wrap up the title match for China.
Results :
China - South Korea 3-0
Wang Hao - Oh Sang Eun 11-6,11-8,11-4
Women's Team
Reigning Olympic champion Zhang Yining (CHN) was instrumental in Team China's 3-1 victory against Team Hong Kong in the final. Zhang crushed former Worlds finalist Lin Ling (HKG) 3-0 in the first singles, but World No. 2 Guo Yue (CHN) was a bundle of nerves against former World University Games champion Tie Yana (HKG) and she surprisingly lost 1-3. Sydney Olympic champion Wang Nan (CHN) gave China the lead in the third singles but not without a scare. Wang Nan trailed 0-2 in her match and had to struggle to win the third set before taking the next two sets 11-8,11-3. Zhang Yining had much less problems against Tie Yana, winning 3-0 to seal the victory for China.
Results :
China - Hong Kong 3-1
Zhang Yining - Lin Ling 11-4,11-9,11-6
Guo Yue - Tie Yana 8-11,11-9,9-11,20-22
Wang Nan - Lau Sui Fei 7-11,12-14,12-10,11-8,11-3
Zhang Yining - Tie Yana 11-8,11-3,11-9
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