23rd Asian TV Cup

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The 23rd Asian TV Cup will begin on 10 June 2011 and will finish on June 10, 2011 [1] The match-ups were drawn on 7 June. [2] Kong Jie defended the title for a third straight time, second behind Takemiya Masaki's record of four straight. [3] [4]

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Participants

Tournament

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Kong Jie BYE
 
8 June
 
 
 
Kong Jie1
 
7 June
 
Yamada Kimio0
 
Flag of Japan.svg Yamada Kimio 1
 
10 June
 
Flag of South Korea.svg Park Junghwan 0
 
Kong Jie1
 
7 June
 
Paek Hongsuk0
 
Flag of Japan.svg Yoda Norimoto 0
 
9 June
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Lei 1
 
Wang Lei0
 
8 June
 
Paek Hongsuk1
 
Flag of South Korea.svg Paek Hongsuk 1
 
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhong Wenjing 0
 

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References

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