# 2018 ITTF Team World Cup – Men's team

The men's team event of the 2018 ITTF Team World Cup took place at the Copper Box Arena in London from 22 to 25 February 2018.
All times are local (GMT).

## Medallists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team | China Fan Zhendong Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Xu Xin Yu Ziyang | Japan Tomokazu Harimoto Koki Niwa Yuya Oshima Jin Ueda | England Paul Drinkhall Tom Jarvis David McBeath Liam Pitchford Sam Walker |
| Men's team | China Fan Zhendong Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Xu Xin Yu Ziyang | Japan Tomokazu Harimoto Koki Niwa Yuya Oshima Jin Ueda | South Korea Jeong Sang-eun Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su Lim Jong-hoon |

## Tournament
### Seeding

Teams were seeded based on the ITTF World Ranking of the three highest-ranked players in each team, as at February 2018.
* China
* Japan
* Germany
* Hong Kong
* South Korea
* Brazil
* Sweden
* England
* France
* Egypt
* United States
* Australia

### Group stage

The group stage took place from 22 to 23 February.

#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MW | ML | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | France | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| 22 February 12:00 | Report | China | 3–0 | France | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 22 February 12:00 | Report | Ma Long / Xu Xin | 3–0 | Alexandre Cassin / Emmanuel Lebesson | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Fan Zhendong | Fan Zhendong | Fan Zhendong | 3–0 | Quentin Robinot |
| Ma Long | Ma Long | Ma Long | 3–0 | Emmanuel Lebesson |
| 22 February 19:00 | Report | China | 3–0 | Sweden | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 22 February 19:00 | Report | Ma Long / Xu Xin | 3–0 | Pär Gerell / Anton Källberg | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Fan Zhendong | Fan Zhendong | Fan Zhendong | 3–0 | Kristian Karlsson |
| Xu Xin | Xu Xin | Xu Xin | 3–1 | Anton Källberg |
| 23 February 12:00 | Report | Sweden | 2–3 | France | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 23 February 12:00 | Report | Pär Gerell / Anton Källberg | 1–3 | Alexandre Cassin / Emmanuel Lebesson | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Kristian Karlsson | Kristian Karlsson | Kristian Karlsson | 3–1 | Quentin Robinot |
| Anton Källberg | Anton Källberg | Anton Källberg | 1–3 | Alexandre Cassin |
| Pär Gerell | Pär Gerell | Pär Gerell | 3–1 | Quentin Robinot |
| Kristian Karlsson | Kristian Karlsson | Kristian Karlsson | 0–3 | Emmanuel Lebesson |

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MW | ML | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Egypt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| 22 February 12:00 | Report | Japan | 3–0 | Egypt | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 22 February 12:00 | Report | Koki Niwa / Yuya Oshima | 3–1 | Mohamed El-Beiali / Ahmed Saleh | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Tomokazu Harimoto | Tomokazu Harimoto | Tomokazu Harimoto | 3–2 | Omar Assar |
| Yuya Oshima | Yuya Oshima | Yuya Oshima | 3–0 | Mohamed El-Beiali |
| 22 February 19:00 | Report | Japan | 3–1 | England | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 22 February 19:00 | Report | Koki Niwa / Jin Ueda | 3–2 | Paul Drinkhall / Sam Walker | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Tomokazu Harimoto | Tomokazu Harimoto | Tomokazu Harimoto | 0–3 | Liam Pitchford |
| Jin Ueda | Jin Ueda | Jin Ueda | 3–1 | Paul Drinkhall |
| Koki Niwa | Koki Niwa | Koki Niwa | 3–0 | Liam Pitchford |
| 23 February 12:00 | Report | England | 3–1 | Egypt | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 23 February 12:00 | Report | Paul Drinkhall / Sam Walker | 3–1 | El-Sayed Lashin / Ahmed Saleh | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Liam Pitchford | Liam Pitchford | Liam Pitchford | 3–1 | Mohamed El-Beiali |
| Paul Drinkhall | Paul Drinkhall | Paul Drinkhall | 2–3 | Ahmed Saleh |
| Sam Walker | Sam Walker | Sam Walker | 3–0 | Mohamed El-Beiali |

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MW | ML | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |
| 22 February 12:00 | Report | Germany | 3–0 | Australia | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 22 February 12:00 | Report | Ruwen Filus / Patrick Franziska | 3–0 | David Powell / Kane Townsend | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 3–1 | Hu Heming |
| Patrick Franziska | Patrick Franziska | Patrick Franziska | 3–0 | Kane Townsend |
| 22 February 19:00 | Report | Germany | 2–3 | South Korea | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 22 February 19:00 | Report | Benedikt Duda / Patrick Franziska | 1–3 | Jeong Sang-eun / Jung Young-sik | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 3–0 | Lee Sang-su |
| Patrick Franziska | Patrick Franziska | Patrick Franziska | 1–3 | Jeong Sang-eun |
| Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 3–1 | Jung Young-sik |
| Benedikt Duda | Benedikt Duda | Benedikt Duda | 1–3 | Lee Sang-su |
| 23 February 12:00 | Report | South Korea | 3–0 | Australia | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 23 February 12:00 | Report | Jung Young-sik / Lim Jong-hoon | 3–0 | David Powell / Kane Townsend | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Lee Sang-su | Lee Sang-su | Lee Sang-su | 3–1 | Hu Heming |
| Jung Young-sik | Jung Young-sik | Jung Young-sik | 3–0 | David Powell |

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MW | ML | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | United States | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |
| 22 February 12:00 | Report | Hong Kong | 3–1 | United States | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 22 February 12:00 | Report | Ho Kwan Kit / Ng Pak Nam | 3–0 | Adar Alguetti / Feng Yijun | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Wong Chun Ting | Wong Chun Ting | Wong Chun Ting | 0–3 | Kanak Jha |
| Ho Kwan Kit | Ho Kwan Kit | Ho Kwan Kit | 3–0 | Feng Yijun |
| Wong Chun Ting | Wong Chun Ting | Wong Chun Ting | 3–0 | Adar Alguetti |
| 22 February 19:00 | Report | Hong Kong | 2–3 | Brazil | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 22 February 19:00 | Report | Ho Kwan Kit / Lam Siu Hang | 3–0 | Eric Jouti / Gustavo Tsuboi | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Wong Chun Ting | Wong Chun Ting | Wong Chun Ting | 1–3 | Hugo Calderano |
| Ho Kwan Kit | Ho Kwan Kit | Ho Kwan Kit | 2–3 | Gustavo Tsuboi |
| Wong Chun Ting | Wong Chun Ting | Wong Chun Ting | 3–1 | Eric Jouti |
| Lam Siu Hang | Lam Siu Hang | Lam Siu Hang | 0–3 | Hugo Calderano |
| 23 February 12:00 | Report | Brazil | 3–0 | United States | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 23 February 12:00 | Report | Eric Jouti / Gustavo Tsuboi | 3–0 | Adar Alguetti / Feng Yijun | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Hugo Calderano | Hugo Calderano | Hugo Calderano | 3–0 | Kanak Jha |
| Gustavo Tsuboi | Gustavo Tsuboi | Gustavo Tsuboi | 3–0 | Feng Yijun |

### Knockout stage

The knockout stage took place from 23 to 25 February.
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| China | China | 3 | | | | | | |
| Germany | Germany | 0 | | | | | | |
| Germany | Germany | 0 | China | China | 3 | | | |
| | | | England | England | 0 | | | |
| England | England | 3 | England | England | 0 | | | |
| Brazil | Brazil | 1 | | | | | | |
| Brazil | Brazil | 1 | | | | China | China | 3 |
| | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 0 |
| South Korea | South Korea | 3 | | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 0 |
| France | France | 2 | | | | | | |
| France | France | 2 | South Korea | South Korea | 2 | | | |
| | | | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 2 | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | |
| Japan | Japan | 3 | | | | | | |

#### Quarterfinals

| 23 February 19:00 | Report | China | 3–0 | Germany | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 23 February 19:00 | Report | Fan Zhendong / Xu Xin | 3–0 | Benedikt Duda / Patrick Franziska | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Ma Long | Ma Long | Ma Long | 3–0 | Ruwen Filus |
| Xu Xin | Xu Xin | Xu Xin | 3–0 | Benedikt Duda |
| 23 February 19:00 | Report | England | 3–1 | Brazil | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 23 February 19:00 | Report | Paul Drinkhall / Sam Walker | 3–2 | Eric Jouti / Gustavo Tsuboi | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Liam Pitchford | Liam Pitchford | Liam Pitchford | 3–0 | Hugo Calderano |
| Paul Drinkhall | Paul Drinkhall | Paul Drinkhall | 2–3 | Gustavo Tsuboi |
| Liam Pitchford | Liam Pitchford | Liam Pitchford | 3–1 | Eric Jouti |
| 23 February 19:00 | Report | South Korea | 3–2 | France | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 23 February 19:00 | Report | Jeong Sang-eun / Jung Young-sik | 3–1 | Alexandre Cassin / Emmanuel Lebesson | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Lee Sang-su | Lee Sang-su | Lee Sang-su | 0–3 | Quentin Robinot |
| Jung Young-sik | Jung Young-sik | Jung Young-sik | 3–2 | Alexandre Cassin |
| Lee Sang-su | Lee Sang-su | Lee Sang-su | 2–3 | Emmanuel Lebesson |
| Jeong Sang-eun | Jeong Sang-eun | Jeong Sang-eun | 3–0 | Quentin Robinot |
| 23 February 19:00 | Report | Hong Kong | 2–3 | Japan | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 23 February 19:00 | Report | Lam Siu Hang / Ng Pak Nam | 2–3 | Koki Niwa / Jin Ueda | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Wong Chun Ting | Wong Chun Ting | Wong Chun Ting | 3–0 | Tomokazu Harimoto |
| Ng Pak Nam | Ng Pak Nam | Ng Pak Nam | 0–3 | Jin Ueda |
| Wong Chun Ting | Wong Chun Ting | Wong Chun Ting | 3–1 | Koki Niwa |
| Lam Siu Hang | Lam Siu Hang | Lam Siu Hang | 1–3 | Tomokazu Harimoto |

#### Semifinals

| 24 February 12:00 | Report | China | 3–0 | England | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 24 February 12:00 | Report | Ma Long / Xu Xin | 3–0 | Paul Drinkhall / Sam Walker | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Fan Zhendong | Fan Zhendong | Fan Zhendong | 3–1 | Liam Pitchford |
| Ma Long | Ma Long | Ma Long | 3–0 | Sam Walker |
| 24 February 17:00 | Report | South Korea | 2–3 | Japan | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 24 February 17:00 | Report | Lee Sang-su / Jung Young-sik | 2–3 | Jin Ueda / Koki Niwa | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Jeong Sang-eun | Jeong Sang-eun | Jeong Sang-eun | 1–3 | Tomokazu Harimoto |
| Jung Young-sik | Jung Young-sik | Jung Young-sik | 3–1 | Koki Niwa |
| Lee Sang-su | Lee Sang-su | Lee Sang-su | 3–2 | Tomokazu Harimoto |
| Jeong Sang-eun | Jeong Sang-eun | Jeong Sang-eun | 2–3 | Jin Ueda |

#### Final

| 25 February 15:00 | Report | China | 3–0 | Japan | Copper Box Arena, London |
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| 25 February 15:00 | Report | Ma Long / Xu Xin | 3–0 | Koki Niwa / Jin Ueda | Copper Box Arena, London |
| Fan Zhendong | Fan Zhendong | Fan Zhendong | 3–0 | Tomokazu Harimoto |
| Ma Long | Ma Long | Ma Long | 3–1 | Koki Niwa |