2000 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

2000 Men's Team (Swaythling Cup)

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The 2000 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's Team (Swaythling Cup) was the 45th edition of the men's team championship.

Sweden won the gold medal defeating China 3-2 in the final. Japan and Italy won bronze medals.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	Sweden Fredrik Håkansson Peter Karlsson Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner	China Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang Liu Guozheng Ma Lin Wang Liqin	Italy Umberto Giardina Massimiliano Mondello Valentino Piacentini Yang Min
			Japan Seiko Iseki Kōji Matsushita Hiroshi Shibutani Toshio Tasaki Ryo Yuzawa

Final Stage knockout phase

Quarter Finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
Sweden	Germany	3-0
China	South Korea	3-0
Italy	Netherlands	3-1
Japan	Chinese Taipei	3-2

Semi Finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
Sweden	Italy	3-1
China	Japan	3-0

Final

Sweden 3		China 2	Score
Waldner	bt	Liu Guoliang	19-21 21-7 23-21
Persson	bt	Kong Linghui	21-17 21-19
Karlsson	lost to	Liu Guozheng	6-21 16-21
Waldner	lost to	Kong Linghui	9-21 17-21
Persson	bt	Liu Guoliang	18-21 21-17 21-18

See also

List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists