Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's team – Class 3
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The Men's Team Class 3 table tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held between 13 September and 16 September at the Peking University Gymnasium.[1] Classes 6–10 were for athletes with a physical impairment who competed from a standing position; the lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment had on an athlete's ability to compete.
| Men's Team Class 3 at the XIII Paralympic Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Peking University Gymnasium | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 13 – 16 September 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The competition was a straight knock-out format. Each tie was decided by the best of a potential five matches, two singles, a doubles (not necessarily the same players) and two reverse singles.
Competition bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
 France
| 3 | |||||||||||||
 Slovenia
| 0 | France
| 3 | |||||||||||
 Libya
| 0 |  Great Britain
| 0 | |||||||||||
| Great Britain
| 3 | France
| 3 | |||||||||||
 Austria
| 0 |  Brazil
| 1 | |||||||||||
| Brazil
| 3 | Brazil
| 3 | |||||||||||
 China
| 3 | China
| 2 | |||||||||||
 South Korea
| 1 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Great Britain
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| China
| 3 | |||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
| 13 September 2008 16:30 |
Slovenia |
0–3 | France |
| Report | Individual matches | |||
| Ivan Lisac | 0–3 | Jean-Philippe Robin | 4–11, 8–11, 9–11 | |
| Bojan Lukezic | 2–3 | Florian Merrien | 3–11, 11–7, 11–8, 8–11, 10–12 | |
| Ivan Lisac / Bojan Lukezic | 1–3 | Florian Merrien / Yann Guilhem | 4–11, 5–11, 11–7, 6–11 | |
| 13 September 2008 16:30 |
Great Britain |
3–0 | Libya |
| Report | Individual matches | |||
| Neil Robinson | 3–0 | Khaled Ahmed Abuajela | 11–6, 11–8, 11–2 | |
| James Rawson | 3–0 | Ali Mabrouk Ahmed | 11–0, 11–0, 11–1 | |
| Arnie Chan / James Rawson | 3–0 | Khaled Ahmed Abuajela / Ali Mabrouk Ahmed | 11–2, 11–1, 11–4 | |
| 13 September 2008 16:30 |
Brazil |
3–0 | Austria |
| Report | Individual matches | |||
| Luiz Algacir Silva | 3–1 | Egon Kramminger | 9–11, 11–6, 11–5, 11–2 | |
| Welder Knaf | 3–0 | Manfred Dollmann | 11–5, 11–3, 11–7 | |
| Luiz Algacir Silva / Welder Knaf | 3–2 | Manfred Dollmann / Gunter Unger | 11–6, 9–11, 11–4, 14–16, 11–4 | |
| 13 September 2008 16:30 |
China |
3–1 | South Korea |
| Report | Individual matches | |||
| Feng Panfeng | 3–0 | Kim Jeong-seok | 11–2, 11–9, 11–7 | |
| Zhao Ping | 0–3 | Kim Young-gun | 9–11, 4–11, 8–11 | |
| Feng Panfeng / Zhao Ping | 3–2 | Kim Jeong Seok / Kim Young Gun | 11–7, 12–10, 8–11, 10–12, 11–4 | |
| Feng Panfeng | 3–1 | Kim Young-gun | 11–9, 11–9, 8–11, 12–10 | |
Semi-finals
| 14 September 2008 16:30 |
Great Britain |
0–3 | France |
| Report | Individual matches | |||
| Neil Robinson | 1–3 | Florian Merrien | 9–11, 3–11, 11–9, 10–12 | |
| James Rawson | 2–3 | Jean-Philippe Robin | 11–7, 9–11, 7–11, 11–8, 10–12 | |
| Neil Robinson / James Rawson | 1–3 | Jean-Philippe Robin / Florian Merrien | 7–11, 13–11, 10–12, 10–12 | |
| 14 September 2008 16:30 |
China |
2–3 | Brazil |
| Report | Individual matches | |||
| Feng Panfeng | 1–3 | Welder Knaf | 11–13, 7–11, 11–4, 12–14 | |
| Zhao Ping | 3–1 | Luiz Algacir Silva | 8–11, 11–7, 11–7, 11–2 | |
| Feng Panfeng / Zhao Ping | 2–3 | Welder Knaf / Luiz Algacir Silva | 13–15, 11–5, 11–4, 7–11, 6–11 | |
| Feng Panfeng | 3–1 | Luiz Algacir Silva | 11–9, 11–3, 9–11, 11–2 | |
| Zhao Ping | 1–3 | Welder Knaf | 9–11, 11–8, 10–12, 9–11 | |
Finals
- Gold medal match
| 15 September 2008 10:00 |
Brazil |
1–3 | France |
| Report | Individual matches | |||
| Luiz Algacir Silva | 2–3 | Jean-Philippe Robin | 13–11, 4–11, 9–11, 11–4, 4–11 | |
| Welder Knaf | 3–2 | Florian Merrien | 7–11, 14–12, 11–5, 9–11, 11–8 | |
| Luiz Algacir Silva / Welder Knaf | 1–3 | Jean-Philippe Robin / Florian Merrien | 5–11, 5–11, 11–3, 4–11 | |
| Luiz Algacir Silva | 0–3 | Florian Merrien | 5–11, 8–11, 3–11 | |
- Bronze medal match
| 15 September 2008 10:00 |
China |
3–1 | Great Britain |
| Report | Individual matches | |||
| Feng Panfeng | 3–2 | Neil Robinson | 14–16, 11–13, 11–7, 11–9, 11–5 | |
| Zhao Ping | 2–3 | James Rawson | 7–11, 11–8, 5–11, 11–3, 4–11 | |
| Feng Panfeng / Zhao Ping | 3–2 | Neil Robinson / James Rawson | 11–4, 7–11, 10–12, 11–9, 11–6 | |
| Feng Panfeng | 3–0 | James Rawson | 11–8, 11–3, 11–9 | |
Team Lists
| France Yann Guilhem Florian Merrien Jean-Philippe Robin |
Slovenia Ivan Lisac Bojan Lukezic |
Libya Ali Mabrouk Ahmed Khaled Ahmed Abuajela |
Great Britain Neil Robinson James Rawson Arnie Chan |
| Austria Gunter Unger Manfred Dollmann Egon Kramminger |
Brazil Welder Knaf Luiz Algacir Silva |
China Feng Panfeng Gao Yanming Zhao Ping |
South Korea Kim Jeong Seok Kim Young Gun |