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

Table tennis – women's team
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
VenuePeking University Gymnasium
DateAugust 13 to August 17, 2008
Competitors48 from 16 nations
Teams16
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Guo Yue
Wang Nan
Zhang Yining		  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Feng Tianwei
Li Jiawei
Wang Yuegu		  Singapore
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dang Ye-Seo
Kim Kyung-Ah
Park Mi-Young		  South Korea
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Table tennis at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Qualification
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Teamsmenwomen

The women's team table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme and took place between August 13 and 17 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.

Qualification

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8).

Dates Start time Round
August 13 10:00 Group A and B 1st group round (1–3, 2–4)
14:30 Group C and D 1st group round (1–3, 2–4)
19:30 Group A and B 2nd group round (1–4, 2–3)
August 14 10:00 Group C and D 2nd group round (1–4, 2–3)
14:30 Group A and B 3rd group round (1–2, 3–4)
19:30 Group C and D 3rd group round (1–2, 3–4)
August 15 9:00 Bronze playoff 1st round
14:30 Semifinals
19:30
August 16 10:00 Bronze playoff 2nd round
August 17 14:30 Bronze medal match
19:30 Gold medal match

Seeds

Team ranking list was produced on the basis of the ITTF July 2008 world ranking.[1] Only the players qualified from each team were taking into consideration to establish the ranking. Teams were drawn into four groups on August 7.[2] Injured or sick athletes could be replaced by alternates.[3] The alternates could only compete in the team event, the replaced athletes were not allowed to compete again at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Rank Group Team Athletes (world ranking in July 2008)[4][5] Alternate athletes
1 A  China (CHN) Zhang Yining (1) Guo Yue (2) Wang Nan (5) Li Xiaoxia (3)
2 B  Singapore (SIN) Li Jiawei (6) Wang Yuegu (7) Feng Tianwei (9) Sun Beibei (24)
3 C  Hong Kong (HKG) Tie Ya Na (10) Lin Ling (14) Lau Sui Fei (35) Yu Kwok See (123)
4 D  South Korea (KOR) Kim Kyung-ah (11) Park Mi-young (21) Dang Ye-seo (26) Moon Hyun-jung (64)
5 D  Japan (JPN) Ai Fukuhara (12) Sayaka Hirano (19) Haruna Fukuoka (27) Hiroko Fujii (53)
6 C  Germany (GER) Wu Jiaduo (23) Elke Schall (43) Zhenqi Barthel (78) Amelie Solja (300)
7 B  Netherlands (NED) Li Jiao (15) Li Jie (45) Elena Timina (115)
8 A  Austria (AUT) Liu Jia (17) Li Qiangbing (58) Veronika Heine (207)
9 B  United States (USA) Wang Chen (20) Gao Jun (25) Crystal Huang (245) Jacqueline Lee (291)
10 A  Croatia (CRO) Tamara Boroš (28) Sandra Paović (63) Andrea Bakula (131) Cornelia Vaida (100)
11 D  Spain (ESP) Shen Yanfei (33) Zhu Fang (76) Galia Dvorak (120)
12 C  Poland (POL) Li Qian (31) Xu Jie (90) Natalia Partyka (147)
13 C  Romania (ROU) Daniela Dodean (47) Elizabeta Samara (61) Iulia Necula (202)
14 D  Australia (AUS) Jian Fang Lay (143) Miao Miao (156) Stephanie Sang (191)
15 A  Dominican Republic (DOM) Wu Xue (49) Lian Qian (187) Johenny Valdez (704)
16 B  Nigeria (NGR) Olufunke Oshonaike (269) Bose Kaffo (312) Cecilia Offiong (371)

Group round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L GW GL Qualification
 China (CHN) 6 3 3 0 9 0 Qualified for the semifinals
 Austria (AUT) 5 3 2 1 6 3 Qualified for the bronze medal playoff
 Croatia (CRO) 4 3 1 2 3 7
 Dominican Republic (DOM) 3 3 0 3 1 9
August 13, 2008
10:00 		China 3–0  Croatia Duration: 58min
Individual matches
Zhang Yining 3–0 Tamara Boros 11–4, 11–2, 11–6
Wang Nan 3–1 Andrea Bakula 10–12, 11–5, 11–4, 11–9
Guo Yue / Zhang Yining 3–0 Sandra Paovic / Andrea Bakula 11–3, 11–3, 11–2
August 13, 2008
10:00 		Austria 3–0  Dominican Republic Duration: 1h 4m
Individual matches
Liu Jia 3–0 Wu Xue 14–12, 11–6, 11–9
Li Qiangbing 3–1 Lian Qian 11–9, 11–7, 9–11, 11–4
Veronika Heine / Li Qiangbing 3–0 Johenny Valdez / Lian Qian 11–8, 11–9, 11–4
August 13, 2008
19:30 		China 3–0  Dominican Republic Duration: 47min
Individual matches
Zhang Yining 3–0 Lian Qian 11–9, 11–3, 11–7
Guo Yue 3–0 Wu Xue 11–2, 11–8, 11–4
Wang Nan / Zhang Yining 3–0 Johenny Valdez / Lian Qian 11–4, 11–2, 11–2
August 13, 2008
19:30 		Croatia 0–3  Austria Duration: 1h 44min
Individual matches
Tamara Boros 2–3 Liu Jia 11–9, 8–11, 12–10, 6–11, 5–11
Andrea Bakula 1–3 Li Qiangbing 9–11, 11–5, 10–12, 6–11
Sandra Paovic / Andrea Bakula 2–3 Veronika Heine / Liu Jia 11–7, 8–11, 9–11, 11–9, 6–11
August 14, 2008
14:30 		China 3–0  Austria Duration: 56min
Individual matches
Guo Yue 3–1 Li Qiangbing 11–7, 11–7, 9–11, 11–4
Wang Nan 3–0 Veronika Heine 12–10, 11–6, 11–1
Zhang Yining / Guo Yue 3–0 Liu Jia / Veronika Heine 11–3, 11–3, 11–7
August 14, 2008
14:30 		Croatia 3–1  Dominican Republic Duration: 1h 3min
Individual matches
Sandra Paovic 3–0 Lian Qian 11–6, 11–4, 11–4
Andrea Bakula 0–3 Wu Xue 6–11, 6–11, 5–11
Tamara Boros / Andrea Bakula 3–0 Johenny Valdez / Lian Qian 11–4, 11–8, 11–2
Sandra Paovic 3–0 Johenny Valdez 11–6, 11–5, 11–4

Group B

Team Pts Pld W L GW GL Qualification
 Singapore (SIN) 6 3 3 0 9 0 Qualified for the semifinals
 United States (USA) 5 3 2 1 6 4 Qualified for the bronze medal playoff
 Netherlands (NED) 4 3 1 2 4 6
 Nigeria (NGR) 3 3 0 3 0 9
August 13, 2008
10:00 		Singapore 3–0  United States Duration: 1h 1min
Individual matches
Wang Yuegu 3–1 Gao Jun 11–6, 7–11, 11–8, 11–4
Feng Tianwei 3–1 Wang Chen 11–2, 8–11, 11–4, 15–13
Li Jiawei / Wang Yuegu 3–0 Crystal Huang / Gao Jun 11–5, 11–9, 11–7
August 13, 2008
10:00 		Netherlands 3–0  Nigeria Duration: 1h
Individual matches
Li Jiao 3–0 Bose Kaffo 11–7, 11–2, 11–7
Li Jie 3–1 Cecilia Offiong 10–12, 11–9, 11–2, 11–6
Elena Timina / Li Jie 3–1 Olufunke Oshonaike / Cecilia Offiong 11–4, 11–8, 10–12, 11–7
August 13, 2008
19:30 		Singapore 3–0  Nigeria Duration: 45min
Individual matches
Feng Tianwei 3–0 Bose Kaffo 11–3, 11–4, 11–2
Li Jiawei 3–0 Cecilia Offiong 11–7, 11–7, 11–6
Wang Yuegu / Li Jiawei 3–1 Olufunke Oshonaike / Cecilia Offiong 13–15, 11–5, 11–5, 11–5
August 13, 2008
19:30 		Netherlands 1–3  United States Duration: 1h 56min
Individual matches
Li Jiao 2–3 Wang Chen 11–6, 9–11, 11–4, 4–11, 3–11
Li Jie 0–3 Gao Jun 5–11, 4–11, 4–11
Elena Timina / Li Jie 3–1 Crystal Huang / Wang Chen 11–9, 9–11, 11–6, 11–9
Elena Timina 0–3 Gao Jun 7–11, 5–11, 7–11
August 14, 2008
14:30 		Singapore 3–0  Netherlands Duration: 1h 36min
Individual matches
Feng Tianwei 3–2 Li Jiao 11–9, 10–12, 10–12, 11–5, 11–8
Li Jiawei 3–0 Elena Timina 14–12, 11–2, 11–3
Wang Yuegu / Li Jiawei 3–2 Li Jie / Elena Timina 11–8, 5–11, 6–11, 11–6, 11–7
August 14, 2008
14:30 		United States 3–0  Nigeria Duration: 38min
Individual matches
Gao Jun 3–0 Bose Kaffo 11–1, 11–2, 11–6
Wang Chen 3–0 Cecilia Offiong 11–5, 11–3, 11–4
Crystal Huang / Gao Jun 3–0 Olufunke Oshonaike / Cecilia Offiong 11–5, 11–9, 11–8

Group C

Team Pts Pld W L GW GL Qualification
 Hong Kong (HKG) 6 3 3 0 9 0 Qualified for the semifinals
 Romania (ROU) 5 3 2 1 6 5 Qualified for the bronze medal playoff
 Poland (POL) 4 3 1 2 5 7
 Germany (GER) 3 3 0 3 1 9
August 13, 2008
14:30 		Hong Kong 3–0  Poland Duration: 1h 23min
Individual matches
Lin Ling 3–0 Li Qian 11–7, 11–9, 11–7
Tie Ya Na 3–2 Natalia Partyka 8–11, 11–9, 11–6, 5–11, 11–4
Lau Sui Fei / Lin Ling 3–0 Xu Jie / Natalia Partyka 11–6, 11–6, 12–10
August 13, 2008
14:30 		Germany 0–3  Romania Duration: 1h 15min
Individual matches
Wu Jiaduo 0–3 Daniela Dodean 9–11, 8–11, 7–11
Elke Schall 0–3 Elizabeta Samara 8–11, 6–11, 9–11
Zhenqi Barthel / Elke Schall 1–3 Iulia Necula / Elizabeta Samara 10–12, 11–9, 4–11, 10–12
August 14, 2008
10:00 		Hong Kong 3–0  Romania Duration: 1h 20min
Individual matches
Lin Ling 3–1 Daniela Dodean 11–7, 11–5, 10–12, 11–7
Tie Ya Na 3–0 Elizabeta Samara 11–6, 12–10, 11–4
Lau Sui Fei / Lin Ling 3–2 Iulia Necula / Elizabeta Samara 11–4, 10–12, 11–7, 1–11, 11–8
August 14, 2008
10:00 		Germany 1–3  Poland Duration: 1h 43min
Individual matches
Wu Jiaduo 3–1 Natalia Partyka 11–13, 12–10, 11–8, 11–4
Zhenqi Barthel 0–3 Li Qian 3–11, 4–11, 7–11
Elke Schall / Wu Jiaduo 2–3 Xu Jie / Natalia Partyka 3–11, 3–11, 11–7, 11–7, 4–11
Zhenqi Barthel 0–3 Xu Jie 3–11, 12–14, 7–11
August 14, 2008
19:30 		Hong Kong 3–0  Germany Duration: 1h 19min
Individual matches
Tie Ya Na 3–0 Zhenqi Barthel 11–2, 13–11, 14–12
Lin Ling 3–1 Elke Schall 11–5, 10–12, 18–16, 11–8
Lau Sui Fei / Lin Ling 3–0 Wu Jiaduo / Elke Schall 11–3, 16–14, 11–7
August 14, 2008
19:30 		Poland 2–3  Romania Duration: 2h 33min
Individual matches
Natalia Partyka 2–3 Daniela Dodean 11–9, 11–7, 7–11, 6–11, 6–11
Li Qian 0–3 Elizabeta Samara 10–12, 9–11, 9–11
Xu Jie / Natalia Partyka 3–1 Iulia Necula / Elizabeta Samara 11–7, 10–12, 11–6, 11–7
Li Qian 3–1 Iulia Necula 5–11, 11–6, 11–5, 11–4
Xu Jie 2–3 Daniela Dodean 7–11, 11–9, 7–11, 14–12, 9–11

Group D

Team Pts Pld W L GW GL Qualification
 South Korea (KOR) 6 3 3 0 9 0 Qualified for the semifinals
 Japan (JPN) 5 3 2 1 6 5 Qualified for the bronze medal playoff
 Spain (ESP) 4 3 1 2 5 6
 Australia (AUS) 3 3 0 3 0 9
August 13, 2008
14:30 		South Korea 3–0  Spain Duration: 1h 40min
Individual matches
Kim Kyung-ah 3–0 Galia Dvorak 12–10, 11–8, 12–10
Dang Ye-seo 3–0 Shen Yanfei 11–4, 11–9, 11–7
Park Mi-young / Kim Kyung-ah 3–2 Zhu Fang / Shen Yanfei 5–11, 9–11, 11–6, 11–8, 11–5
August 13, 2008
14:30 		Japan 3–0  Australia Duration: 1h 15min
Individual matches
Sayaka Hirano 3–0 Jian Fang Lay 11–7, 11–6, 11–5
Ai Fukuhara 3–2 Miao Miao 11–9, 9–11, 11–9, 6–11, 11–4
Haruna Fukuoka / Sayaka Hirano 3–1 Stephanie Sang / Miao Miao 11–5, 11–2, 3–11, 11–3
August 14, 2008
10:00 		South Korea 3–0  Australia Duration: 1h 16min
Individual matches
Park Mi-young 3–1 Miao Miao 11–6, 11–4, 15–17, 11–3
Dang Ye-seo 3–0 Stephanie Sang 11–5, 11–7, 14–12
Kim Kyung-ah / Park Mi-young 3–0 Jian Fang Lay / Miao Miao 11–6, 11–6, 11–9
August 14, 2008
10:00 		Japan 3–2  Spain Duration: 2h 46min
Individual matches
Ai Fukuhara 2–3 Shen Yanfei 7–11, 11–6, 3–11, 11–8, 3–11
Sayaka Hirano 3–1 Zhu Fang 11–8, 13–11, 8–11, 11–4
Haruna Fukuoka / Sayaka Hirano 3–0 Galia Dvorak / Zhu Fang 11–5, 11–1, 11–4
Haruna Fukuoka 2–3 Shen Yanfei 12–10, 11–7, 7–11, 9–11, 15–17
Ai Fukuhara 3–2 Galia Dvorak 11–6, 11–6, 6–11, 7–11, 11–7
August 14, 2008
19:30 		South Korea 3–0  Japan Duration: 1h 59min
Individual matches
Dang Ye-seo 3–0 Ai Fukuhara 11–8, 11–6, 11–5
Kim Kyung-ah 3–1 Sayaka Hirano 11–6, 17–15, 4–11, 11–8
Park Mi-young / Kim Kyung-ah 3–2 Haruna Fukuoka / Sayaka Hirano 11–6, 6–11, 6–11, 11–6, 11–9
August 14, 2008
19:30 		Spain 3–0  Australia Duration: 1h 3min
Individual matches
Shen Yanfei 3–0 Jian Fang Lay 11–8, 12–10, 11–4
Galia Dvorak 3–1 Miao Miao 11–4, 11–8, 5–11, 11–4
Zhu Fang / Galia Dvorak 3–0 Stephanie Sang / Miao Miao 13–11, 11–8, 11–7

Final stage

Bracket

Finals

Semi-finals Gold Medal Match
              
A1  China (CHN) 3 3 3
C1  Hong Kong (HKG) 0 0 0
A1  China (CHN) 3 3 3
B1  Singapore (SIN) 1 1 0
B1  Singapore (SIN) 3 2 3 0 3
D1  South Korea (KOR) 0 3 0 3 1

Bronze medal playoff

Bronze Play-off Round 1 Bronze Play-off Round 2 Bronze Medal Match
D1  South Korea (KOR) 3 3 3
B2  United States (USA) 1 3 3 3 B2  United States (USA) 1 2 2
C2  Romania (ROU) 3 0 1 0 D1  South Korea (KOR) 3 3 3
D2  Japan (JPN) 1 1 0
C1  Hong Kong (HKG) 3 2 2 3 0
A2  Austria (AUT) 1 1 1 D2  Japan (JPN) 0 3 3 1 3
D2  Japan (JPN) 3 3 3

Bronze playoff round 1

August 15, 2008
09:00 		Japan 3–0  Austria Duration: 1h 28min
Individual matches
Ai Fukuhara 3–1 Liu Jia 11–7, 8–11, 11–9, 11–7
Sayaka Hirano 3–1 Li Qiangbing 9–11, 11–7, 11–9, 11–6
Haruna Fukuoka / Sayaka Hirano 3–1 Veronika Heine / Li Qiangbing 11–6, 11–8, 9–11, 11–7
August 15, 2008
09:00 		Romania 1–3  United States Duration: 1h 47min
Individual matches
Elizabeta Samara 3–1 Wang Chen 11–9, 6–11, 11–7, 11–9
Daniela Dodean 0–3 Gao Jun 7–11, 6–11, 6–11
Iulia Necula / Elizabeta Samara 1–3 Crystal Huang / Gao Jun 8–11, 7–11, 18–16, 7–11
Iulia Necula 0–3 Wang Chen 5–11, 6–11, 2–11

Semifinals

August 15, 2008
14:30 		South Korea 2–3  Singapore Duration: 3h 13min
Individual matches
Dang Ye-seo 0–3 Feng Tianwei 5–11, 5–11, 2–11
Kim Kyung-ah 3–2 Li Jiawei 5–11, 11–8, 9–11, 11–6, 11–9
Park Mi-young / Kim Kyung-ah 0–3 Wang Yuegu / Li Jiawei 7–11, 6–11, 9–11
Dang Ye-seo 3–0 Wang Yuegu 11–8, 14–12, 11–9
Park Mi-young 1–3 Feng Tianwei 7–11, 10–12, 11–3, 9–11
August 15, 2008
19:30 		China 3–0  Hong Kong Duration: 52min
Individual matches
Zhang Yining 3–0 Tie Ya Na 11–7, 11–4, 11–3
Guo Yue 3–0 Lin Ling 11–7, 12–10, 11–4
Wang Nan / Zhang Yining 3–0 Lau Sui Fei / Lin Ling 11–4, 11–9, 11–4

Bronze playoff round 2

August 16, 2008
10:00 		Hong Kong 2–3  Japan Duration: 2h 37min
Individual matches
Tie Ya Na 3–0 Haruna Fukuoka 11–2, 12–10, 12–10
Lin Ling 2–3 Ai Fukuhara 11–9, 14–12, 5–11, 8–11, 8–11
Lau Sui Fei / Lin Ling 2–3 Sayaka Hirano / Ai Fukuhara 11–7, 11–9, 7–11, 8–11, 9–11
Lau Sui Fei 3–1 Haruna Fukuoka 11–8, 11–2, 7–11, 12–10
Tie Ya Na 0–3 Sayaka Hirano 10–12, 6–11, 8–11
August 16, 2008
10:00 		United States 0–3  South Korea Duration: 2h 15min
Individual matches
Wang Chen 1–3 Kim Kyung-ah 6–11, 11–9, 8–11, 13–15
Gao Jun 2–3 Dang Ye-seo 11–7, 10–12, 9–11, 11–8, 8–11
Crystal Huang / Gao Jun 2–3 Park Mi-young / Kim Kyung-ah 12–10, 5–11, 11–4, 7–11, 5–11

Bronze medal match

August 17, 2008
14:30 		Japan 0–3  South Korea Duration: 1h 46min
Individual matches
Sayaka Hirano 1–3 Kim Kyung-ah 9–11, 4–11, 11–7, 10–12
Ai Fukuhara 1–3 Dang Ye-seo 4–11, 11–13, 11–7, 3–11
Haruna Fukuoka / Sayaka Hirano 0–3 Park Mi-young / Kim Kyung-ah 6–11, 8–11, 11–13

Gold medal match

August 17, 2008
19:30 		 China 3–0  Singapore Duration: 1h 32min
Individual matches
Wang Nan 3–1 Feng Tianwei 9–11, 11–3, 11–8, 11–6
Zhang Yining 3–1 Li Jiawei 9–11, 11–3, 11–4, 11–7
Guo Yue / Zhang Yining 3–0 Wang Yuegu / Li Jiawei 11–8, 11–5, 11–6

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