# 2008 World Team Table Tennis Championships

The 2008 Evergrande Real Estate World Team Table Tennis Championships was held in the Guangzhou Gymnasium of Guangzhou, China from February 24 to March 2, 2008. This decision was announced in May 2005. It is the 49th edition to be contested.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Singapore (SIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |

### Events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team (Swaythling Cup) | China Wang Hao Ma Lin Wang Liqin Chen Qi Ma Long | South Korea Joo Se-Hyuk Kim Jung-Hoon Ryu Seung-Min Lee Jung-Woo Lee Jin-Kwon | Hong Kong Cheung Yuk Ko Lai Chak Leung Chu Yan Li Ching Tang Peng |
| Men's team (Swaythling Cup) | China Wang Hao Ma Lin Wang Liqin Chen Qi Ma Long | South Korea Joo Se-Hyuk Kim Jung-Hoon Ryu Seung-Min Lee Jung-Woo Lee Jin-Kwon | Japan Yo Kan Seiya Kishikawa Hidetoshi Oya Jun Mizutani Kaii Yoshida |
| Women's team (Corbillon Cup) | China Guo Yan Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia Wang Nan Zhang Yining | Singapore Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu Sun Beibei Yu Mengyu | Hong Kong Jiang Huajun Lau Sui-fei Lin Ling Zhang Rui Tie Ya Na |
| Women's team (Corbillon Cup) | China Guo Yan Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia Wang Nan Zhang Yining | Singapore Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Wang Yuegu Sun Beibei Yu Mengyu | Japan Hiroko Fujii Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Haruna Fukuoka Kasumi Ishikawa |

## Results
### Men's team
#### Final

| 2 March 2008 19:30 | Report | South Korea | 0–3 | China | Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou |
| Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou |||
| 2 March 2008 19:30 | Report | Ryu Seung-Min | 1–3 | Ma Lin | Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou |
| Lee Jung-Woo | Lee Jung-Woo | Lee Jung-Woo | 1–3 | Wang Hao |
| Joo Se-Hyuk | Joo Se-Hyuk | Joo Se-Hyuk | 0–3 | Wang Liqin |

#### Place 1–12 bracket

| Ninth place | Ninth place | Ninth place | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Third Place | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | | | | | | | | China | China | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 3 | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 3 | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 0 | China | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Singapore | Singapore | 2 | | | | China | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | Singapore | Singapore | 3 | Singapore | Singapore | 2 | | | | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 | | | | |
| | | | Singapore | Singapore | 3 | | | | Romania | Romania | 1 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 | | | | |
| | | | Russia | Russia | 1 | | | | Romania | Romania | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | Russia | Russia | 1 | Romania | Romania | 3 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Romania | Romania | 3 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 3 | | China | China | | | 3 |
| | | | | | | Russia | Russia | 1 | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Singapore | Singapore | 1 | | | | Russia | Russia | 1 | | | | | China | China | | | South Korea | South Korea | 0 |
| Singapore | Singapore | 1 | | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 0 |
| Austria | Austria | 3 | | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Austria | Austria | 3 | | | | Denmark | Denmark | 1 | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Denmark | Denmark | 1 | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 0 | Japan | Japan | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 3 | | | | Japan | Japan | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | Denmark | Denmark | 2 | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 3 | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 3 | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Denmark | Denmark | 2 | | | | Germany | Germany | 1 | South Korea | South Korea | 3 | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| Eleventh place | Eleventh place | Eleventh place | Austria | Austria | 3 | | | | Germany | Germany | 1 | | | | | | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | X |
| Eleventh place | Eleventh place | Eleventh place | Austria | Austria | 3 | Germany | Germany | 3 | South Korea | South Korea | 3 | | | | | | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | X |
| Russia | Russia | 0 | | | | Germany | Germany | 3 | South Korea | South Korea | 3 | | | | | | Japan | Japan | X |
| Russia | Russia | 0 | | | | Austria | 2 | | | | | | | | | | Japan | Japan | X |
| Denmark | Denmark | 3 | | | | Austria | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5th–8th classification | 5th–8th classification | 5th–8th classification | Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Romania | Romania | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Romania | Romania | 0 | | | Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Czech Republic | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 3 | | | Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Germany | Germany | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Germany | Germany | 1 | | | Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Romania | Romania | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Germany | Germany | 3 |

### Women's team
#### Final

| 1 March 2008 19:30 | Report | Singapore | 1–3 | China | Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou |
| Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou |||
| 1 March 2008 19:30 | Report | Li Jiawei | 3–0 | Guo Yue | Guangzhou Gymnasium, Guangzhou |
| Feng Tianwei | Feng Tianwei | Feng Tianwei | 1–3 | Zhang Yining |
| Wang Yuegu | Wang Yuegu | Wang Yuegu | 0–3 | Wang Nan |
| Li Jiawei | Li Jiawei | Li Jiawei | 1–3 | Zhang Yining |

#### Place 1–12 bracket

| Ninth place | Ninth place | Ninth place | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | Consolation semifinals | First round | First round | First round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | | | | China | China | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Romania | Romania | 3 | Romania | Romania | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Romania | Romania | 3 | Romania | Romania | 0 | China | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Germany | Germany | 2 | | | | China | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | Germany | Germany | 3 | Germany | Germany | 2 | | | | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 | | | | |
| | | | Germany | Germany | 3 | | | | Austria | Austria | 2 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 0 | | | | |
| | | | United States | United States | 0 | | | | Austria | Austria | 2 | | | | | |
| | | | United States | United States | 0 | United States | United States | 2 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | United States | United States | 2 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 3 | | China | China | | | 3 |
| | | | | | | Austria | Austria | 3 | | | | | | | | | 3 |
| Germany | Germany | 3 | | | | Austria | Austria | 3 | | | | | China | China | | | Singapore | Singapore | 1 |
| Germany | Germany | 3 | | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | | | | Singapore | Singapore | 1 |
| Croatia | Croatia | 1 | | | | | | | Japan | Japan | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Croatia | Croatia | 1 | | | | Croatia | Croatia | 2 | Hungary | Hungary | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Croatia | Croatia | 2 | Hungary | Hungary | 0 | Japan | Japan | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Hungary | Hungary | 3 | | | | Japan | Japan | 0 | | | | | |
| | | | Croatia | Croatia | 3 | Hungary | Hungary | 3 | | | | Singapore | Singapore | 3 | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | Croatia | Croatia | 3 | | | | Netherlands | Netherlands | 0 | Singapore | Singapore | 3 | | | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| Eleventh place | Eleventh place | Eleventh place | South Korea | South Korea | 0 | | | | Netherlands | Netherlands | 0 | | | | | | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | X |
| Eleventh place | Eleventh place | Eleventh place | South Korea | South Korea | 0 | South Korea | South Korea | 2 | Singapore | Singapore | 3 | | | | | | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | X |
| United States | United States | 0 | | | | South Korea | South Korea | 2 | Singapore | Singapore | 3 | | | | | | Japan | Japan | X |
| United States | United States | 0 | | | | Netherlands | 3 | | | | | | | | | | Japan | Japan | X |
| South Korea | South Korea | 3 | | | | Netherlands | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | 5th–8th classification | 5th–8th classification | 5th–8th classification | Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Romania | Romania | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Austria | Austria | 3 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Austria | Austria | 3 | | | Austria | Austria | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Austria | | | Hungary | Hungary | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Hungary | Hungary | 3 | | | Hungary | Hungary | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Netherlands | Netherlands | 1 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Netherlands | Netherlands | 1 | | | Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Romania | Romania | 2 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Netherlands | Netherlands | 3 |