2000 World Team Table Tennis Championships

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2000 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Location Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dates19–26 February
Champions
MenFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
WomenFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  1997
2001  

The 2000 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Kuala Lumpur from February 19 to February 26, 2000. [1] [2] The Team Championships were originally part of the 1999 World Championships program scheduled to be held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia but were postponed after the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War in March 1999. [3]

Contents

Results

Team

EventGoldSilverBronze
Swaythling Cup
Men's Team
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Fredrik Håkansson
Peter Karlsson
Jörgen Persson
Jan-Ove Waldner
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Kong Linghui
Liu Guoliang
Liu Guozheng
Ma Lin
Wang Liqin
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Umberto Giardina
Massimiliano Mondello
Valentino Piacentini
Yang Min
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Seiko Iseki
Kōji Matsushita
Hiroshi Shibutani
Toshio Tasaki
Ryo Yuzawa
Corbillon Cup
Women's Team
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Li Ju
Sun Jin
Wang Hui
Wang Nan
Zhang Yining
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Chen Jing
Lu Yun-feng
Pan Li-chun
Tsui Hsiu-li
Xu Jing
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Kim Moo-Kyo
Lee Eun-Sil
Park Hae-Jung
Ryu Ji-Hae
Seok Eun-Mi
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Otilia Badescu
Ana Gogorita
Antonela Manac
Mihaela Steff

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References

  1. "World Championships Results". ITTF Museum. Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
  2. "ITTF Statistics". ittf.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "ITTF postpones World Championships". AP. 25 March 1999. Archived from the original on June 16, 2013.