2004 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
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The 2004 World Table Tennis Championships – men's team (Swaythling Cup) was the 47th edition of the men's team championship.[1][2]
| 2004 men's team (Swaythling Cup) | |
|---|---|
China won the gold medal defeating Germany 3–0 in the final. South Korea won the bronze medal.[3][4] The International Table Tennis Association introduced a new format for the second stage of the tournament.
Medalists
First stage
Group A
| Pos | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 |  China |
| 2 |  South Korea |
| 3 |  Austria |
| 4 |  Italy |
| 5 |  France |
| 6 |  Japan |
Group B
| Pos | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany |
| 2 |  Sweden |
| 3 |  Hong Kong |
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei |
| 5 |  Belgium |
| 6 |  Russia |
Final stage
Final
| 7 March 2004 16:00 |
Report (PDF) |
China |
3–0 | Germany |
Qatar International Exhibition Center, Doha |
| Score by game: | |||||
| Wang Hao | 3–0 | Timo Boll | |||
| Ma Lin | 3–1 | Christian Süß | |||
| Wang Liqin | 3–1 | Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth | |||
Final 4 bracket
| First Round | Final Eliminator | Final | |||||||||||
| A1 | China | 3 | A1 | China | 3 | ||||||||
| B1 | Germany | 0 | B1 | Germany | 0 | ||||||||
| B1 | Germany | 3 | |||||||||||
| A2 | South Korea | 1 | |||||||||||
| A2 | South Korea | 3 | |||||||||||
| B2 | Sweden | 1 | |||||||||||