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

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Table tennis – women's team
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue Peking University Gymnasium
Date August 13 to August 17, 2008
Competitors 48 from 16 nations
Teams 16
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Table tennis at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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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.

Medalists

Gold Guo Yue, Wang Nan & Zhang Yining
 China
Silver Feng Tianwei, Li Jiawei & Wang Yuegu
 Singapore
Bronze Dang Ye-Seo, Kim Kyung-Ah & Park Mi-Young
23x15px South Korea

Competition schedule

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Start Time End Time Event Round
10:00 13:00 Women's Team (Group A and B) Group 1st Round (1–3, 2–4)
14:30 17:30 Women's Team (Group C and D) Group 1st Round (1–3, 2–4)
19:30 22:30 Women's Team (Group A and B) Group 2nd Round (1–4, 2–3)

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Start Time End Time Event Round
10:00 13:00 Women's Team (Group C and D) Group 2nd Round (1–4, 2–3)
14:30 17:30 Women's Team (Group A and B) Group 3rd Round (1–2, 3–4)
19:30 22:30 Women's Team (Group C and D) Group 3rd Round (1–2, 3–4)

Friday, August 15, 2008

Start Time End Time Event Round
9:00 12:00 Women's Team Bronze Playoff 1st Round
14:30 17:30 Women's Team Semifinal
19:30 22:30 Women's Team Semifinal

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Start Time End Time Event Round
10:00 13:00 Women's Team Bronze Playoff 2d Roun

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Start Time End Time Event Round
14:30 17:30 Women's Team Bronze Medal
19:30 22:30 Women's Team Gold Medal

Group Round

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L GW GL
 China (CHN) 6 3 3 0 9 0
 Austria (AUT) 5 3 2 1 6 3
 Croatia (CRO) 4 3 1 2 3 7
 Dominican Republic (DOM) 3 3 0 3 1 9
August 13, 2008
10:00
Report
 China 3–0  Croatia Peking University Gymnasium, Beijing
Referee(s): Marco Gomez (VEN), Leonor Demario (BRA)
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
Report
 Austria 3–0  Dominican Republic Peking University Gymnasium, Beijing
Referee(s): Luo Jing (CHN), Zhang Yingqiu (CHN)
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
Report
 China 3–0  Dominican Republic Peking University Gymnasium, Beijing
Referee(s): Marco Gomez (VEN), Leonor Demario (BRA)
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
Report
 Croatia 0–3  Austria Peking University Gymnasium, Beijing
Referee(s): Luo Jing (CHN), Zhang Yingqiu (CHN)
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
Report
 China 3–0  Austria Peking University Gymnasium, Beijing
Referee(s): Averil Roberts (NZL), Mick McShane (AUS)
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
Report
 Croatia 3–1  Dominican Republic Peking University Gymnasium, Beijing
Referee(s): Xu Ying (CHN), Zhao Ying (CHN)
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
 Singapore (SIN) 6 3 3 0 9 0
 United States (USA) 5 3 2 1 6 4
 Netherlands (NED) 4 3 1 2 4 6
 Nigeria (NGR) 3 3 0 3 0 9
August 13, 2008
10:00
Report
 Singapore 3–0  United States

August 13, 2008
10:00
Report
 Netherlands 3–0  Nigeria

August 13, 2008
19:30
Report
 Singapore 3–0  Nigeria

August 13, 2008
19:30
Report
 Netherlands 1–3  United States

August 14, 2008
14:30
Report
 Singapore 3–0  Netherlands

August 14, 2008
14:30
Report
 United States 3–0  Nigeria


Group C

Team Pts Pld W L GW GL
 Hong Kong (HKG) 6 3 3 0 9 0
 Romania (ROU) 5 3 2 1 6 5
 Poland (POL) 4 3 1 2 5 7
 Germany (GER) 3 3 0 3 1 9
August 13, 2008
14:30
Report
 Hong Kong 3–0  Poland

August 13, 2008
14:30
Report
 Germany 0–3  Romania

August 14, 2008
10:00
Report
 Hong Kong 3–0  Romania

August 14, 2008
10:00
Report
 Germany 1–3  Poland

August 14, 2008
19:30
Report
 Hong Kong 3–0  Germany

August 14, 2008
19:30
Report
 Poland 2–3  Romania


Group D

Team Pts Pld W L GW GL
South Korea South Korea (KOR) 6 3 3 0 9 0
 Japan (JPN) 5 3 2 1 6 5
 Spain (ESP) 4 3 1 2 5 6
 Australia (AUS) 3 3 0 3 0 9
August 13, 2008
14:30
Report
23x15px South Korea 3–0  Spain

August 13, 2008
14:30
Report
 Japan 3–0  Australia

August 14, 2008
10:00
Report
23x15px South Korea 3–0  Australia

August 14, 2008
10:00
Report
 Japan 3–2  Spain

August 14, 2008
19:30
Report
23x15px South Korea 3–0  Japan

August 14, 2008
19:30
Report
 Spain 3–0  Australia


Elimination Rounds

  Semi-finals Final
                                 
  1   China (CHN) 3 3 3  
3   Hong Kong (HKG) 0 0 0  
  1   China (CHN) 3 3 3
  2   Singapore (SIN) 1 1 0
2   Singapore (SIN) 3 2 3 0 3
  4  South Korea South Korea (KOR) 0 3 0 3 1  

Semifinals

August 15, 2008
14:30
Report
23x15px South Korea 2–3  Singapore

August 15, 2008
19:30
Report
 China 3–0  Hong Kong


Gold medal match

August 17, 2008
19:30
Report
 China 3–0  Singapore


Bronze medal Playoff

  Bronze Play-off Round 1     Bronze Play-off Round 2     Bronze Medal Final
                                                   
      4  South Korea South Korea (KOR) 3 3 3  
  7   United States (USA) 1 3 3 3     7   United States (USA) 1 2 2    
  12   Romania (ROU) 3 0 1 0         4  South Korea South Korea (KOR) 3 3 3
      5   Japan (JPN) 1 1 0
      3   Hong Kong (HKG) 3 2 2 3 0    
  9   Austria (AUT) 1 1 1     5   Japan (JPN) 0 3 3 1 3  
  5   Japan (JPN) 3 3 3  

Round 1

August 15, 2008
09:00
Report
 Japan 3–0  Austria

August 15, 2008
09:00
Report
 Romania 1–3  United States


Round 2

August 16, 2008
10:00
Report
 Hong Kong 2–3  Japan

August 16, 2008
10:00
Report
 United States 0–3 23x15px South Korea


Bronze medal match

August 17, 2008
14:30
Report
 Japan 0–3 23x15px South Korea


Final ranking

Rank Team Athletes
1st  China (CHN) Zhang Yining, Wang Nan, Guo Yue
2nd  Singapore (SIN) Wang Yuegu, Feng Tianwei, Li Jiawei
3rd South Korea South Korea (KOR) Kim Kyung-Ah, Dang Ye-Seo, Park Mi-Young
4  Japan (JPN) Sayaka Hirano, Ai Fukuhara, Haruna Fukuoka
=5  Hong Kong (HKG) Lin Ling, Tie Ya Na, Lau Sui-fei
 United States (USA) Gao Jun, Wang Chen, Crystal Huang
=7  Austria (AUT) Liu Jia, Li Qiangbing, Veronika Heine
 Romania (ROU) Daniela Dodean, Elizabeta Samara, Iulia Necula
=9
 Australia (AUS) Lay Jian Fang, Miao Miao, Stephanie Sang Xu
 Croatia (CRO) Tamara Boroš, Andrea Bakula, Sandra Paović
 Dominican Republic (DOM) Wu Xue, Lian Qian, Johenny Valdez
 Spain (ESP) Galia Dvorak, Shen Yanfei, Zhu Fang
 Germany (GER) Wu Jiaduo, Elke Schall, Zhenqi Barthel
 Netherlands (NED) Li Jiao, Li Jie, Elena Timina
 Nigeria (NGR) Bose Kaffo, Cecilia Otu Offiong, Olufunke Oshonaike
 Poland (POL) Li Qian, Natalia Partyka, Xu Jie

References