| 2008 World Team Table Tennis Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Guangzhou Gymnasium |
| Location | Guangzhou, China |
| Dates | 24 February–2 March |
| Champions | |
| Men |  China |
| Women | China |
The 2008 Evergrande Real Estate World Team Table Tennis Championships was held in the Guangzhou Gymnasium of Guangzhou, China from February 24 to March 2, 2008. This decision was announced in May 2005. It is the 49th edition to be contested.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
 Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team (Swaythling Cup) | China Wang Hao Ma Lin Wang Liqin Chen Qi Ma Long | South Korea Joo Se-Hyuk Kim Jung-Hoon Ryu Seung-Min Lee Jung-Woo Lee Jin-Kwon | Hong Kong Cheung Yuk Ko Lai Chak Leung Chu Yan Li Ching Tang Peng |
| Japan Yo Kan Seiya Kishikawa Hidetoshi Oya Jun Mizutani Kaii Yoshida | |||
| Women's team (Corbillon Cup) | China Guo Yan Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia Wang Nan Zhang Yining | Singapore Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu Sun Beibei Yu Mengyu | Hong Kong Jiang Huajun Lau Sui-fei Lin Ling Zhang Rui Tie Ya Na |
| Japan Hiroko Fujii Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Haruna Fukuoka Kasumi Ishikawa |
| 2 March 2008 19:30 | Report | South Korea | 0–3 | China | Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou |
| Score by game: | |||||
| Ryu Seung-Min | 1–3 | Ma Lin | |||
| Lee Jung-Woo | 1–3 | Wang Hao | |||
| Joo Se-Hyuk | 0–3 | Wang Liqin | |||
| Ninth place | Consolation semifinals | First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Third Place | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Czech Republic | 3 | Czech Republic | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | 3 | Hong Kong | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Romania | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Russia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romania | 3 | Hong Kong | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | 1 | South Korea | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Austria | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Denmark | 1 |  Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 2 | South Korea | 3 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Germany | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eleventh place | Austria | 3 | Hong Kong | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 3 | South Korea | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 0 | Japan | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5th–8th classification | Fifth place | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romania | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czech Republic | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seventh place | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Romania | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 March 2008 19:30 | Report | Singapore | 1–3 | China | Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou |
| Score by game: | |||||
| Li Jiawei | 3–0 | Guo Yue | |||
| Feng Tianwei | 1–3 | Zhang Yining | |||
| Wang Yuegu | 0–3 | Wang Nan | |||
| Li Jiawei | 1–3 | Zhang Yining | |||
| First Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||
| China | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Romania | 3 | Romania | 0 | ||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | China | 3 | ||||||||||
 United States | 2 | Hong Kong | 0 | ||||||||||
| Austria | 3 | Austria | 2 | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 3 | ||||||||||||
| China | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Singapore | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | ||||||||||||
 Croatia | 2 |  Hungary | 0 | ||||||||||
| Hungary | 3 | Japan | 0 | ||||||||||
| South Korea | 2 | Singapore | 3 | Third Place | |||||||||
 Netherlands | 3 | Netherlands | 0 | Hong Kong | X | ||||||||
| Singapore | 3 | Japan | X | ||||||||||
| Position 9–12 | Position 5–8 | ||||||||||||
| Germany | 3 | Germany | 3 | Romania | 1 | Austria | 0 | ||||||
| United States | 0 | Croatia | 1 | Austria | 3 | Hungary | 3 | ||||||
| Croatia | 3 | United States | 0 | Hungary | 3 | Romania | 2 | ||||||
| South Korea | 0 | South Korea | 3 | Netherlands | 1 | Netherlands | 3 | ||||||
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