The World TT Championships 2011. The world's best come together in Rotterdam, Netherlands during May 2011...
The World Table Tennis Championships first took place in 1926 in London, England.
However, since 2000, the World Table Tennis Championship has been split into two separate competitions.
Team events are now held in even numbered years, whilst individual events (singles and doubles) are held in odd numbered years.
So let's look at what events are included ...
The World Championships 2011 events are ...
Individual Events ...
Individual events are played on a knockout basis and all matches are the best of 7 games.
There are 128 places in the first round proper of the men's singles, women's singles and mixed doubles events, but not more than 64 places in the first round proper of men's and women's doubles events.
In doubles events, both players must be from the same Association.
Each Association is entitled to 5 entries in each singles event, with 1 additional entry in the appropriate event for each place held by its player in the first 10 places of the first issue of the ITTF world ranking list in the year of the Championships, with up to 7 players in each individual event.
The host Association may enter up to 7 pairs in the mixed doubles and 7 players in each other individual event.
Different players may be entered in each doubles event. However, the number of players entered in doubles must not exceed the number of players entered in the corresponding singles.
In mixed doubles the number of pairs entered must not exceed the number of players nominated in the men's or women's singles, whichever is the lower.
Players of the same Association shall be separated in preliminary rounds, groups and in the first round of the draw, but not in further rounds.
The last individual World Table Tennis Championships were held in Yokohama, Japan in May 2009 and the winners were ...
Men's Doubles Event Results
First Round (Last 64)
Tuesday 10 May 2011
| WINNER | RESULT | LOSER |
|---|---|---|
| MA Long China / XU Xin China |
4-1 | JAKAB Janos HUN / KOSIBA Daniel HUN |
| LEGOUT Christophe FRA / ROBINOT Quentin FRA |
4-1 | JANG Song Man PRK / KIM Hyok Bong PRK |
| KO Lai Chak HKG / LEUNG Chu Yan HKG |
4-0 | PRIMORAC Zoran HRV / TOSIC Roko HRV |
| BLASZCZYK Lucjan POL / WANG Zeng Yi POL |
4-1 | CAMPOS Jorge CUB / PEREIRA Andy CUB |
| BAUM Patrick GER / STEGER Bastian GER |
4-2 | CANTERO Jesus ESP / HE Zhi Wen ESP |
| KOU Lei UKR / PRYSHCHEPA Yevhen UKR |
4-0 | CHAITAT Chaisit THA / WONGSIRI Nikom THA |
| JEVTOVIC Marko SRB / KARAKASEVIC Aleksandar SRB |
4-1 | KONECNY Tomas CZE / SIRUCEK Pavel CZE |
| MATSUDAIRA Kenta JPN / NIWA Koki JPN |
4-0 | LASHIN El-Sayed EGY / SALEH Ahmed Ali EGY |
| CHEUNG Yuk HKG / LI Ching HKG |
4-0 | DOAN Kien Quoc VIE / TRAN Tuan Quynh VIE |
| KUZMIN Fedor RUS / RUBTSOV Igor RUS |
4-1 | DIDUKH Oleksandr UKR / ZHMUDENKO Yaroslav UKR |
| CHAN Kazuhiro JPN / MATSUDAIRA Kenji JPN |
4-2 | IONESCU Ovidiu ROU / SZOCS Hunor ROU |
| GROTH Jonathan DEN / STERNBERG Kasper DEN |
4-0 | ROPOSA Bojan SVN / TOKIC Bojan SVN |
| CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE / WU Chih-Chi TPE |
w/o | FLORAS Robert POL / KOSOWSKI Jakub POL |
| JUNG Young Sik KOR / KIM Min Seok KOR |
4-1 | BARDON Michal SVK / PISTEJ Lubomir SVK |
| KARLSSON Mattias SWE / SVENSSON Robert SWE |
4-0 | FEGERL Stefan AUT / FENG Xiaoquan AUT |
| KISHIKAWA Seiya JPN / MIZUTANI Jun JPN |
4-0 | MONTEIRO Thiago BRA / TSUBOI Gustavo BRA |
| CHEN Qi China / MA Lin China |
4-0 | GIONIS Panagiotis GRE / PAPAGEORGIOU Konstantinos GRE |
| FEJER-KONNERTH Zoltan GER / FILUS Ruwen GER |
4-3 | CRISAN Adrian ROU / FILIMON Andrei ROU |
| SKACHKOV Kirill RUS / SMIRNOV Alexey RUS |
4-2 | CHEN Chien-An TPE / HUANG Sheng-Sheng TPE |
| GAO Ning SIN / YANG Zi SIN |
4-2 | BUROV Viacheslav RUS / SHIBAEV Alexander RUS |
| CARNEROS Alfredo ESP / MACHADO Carlos ESP |
4-2 | OVTCHAROV Dimitrij GER / SUSS Christian GER |
| PLATONOV Pavel BLR / SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR |
4-3 | FREITAS Marcos POR / SILVA Andre POR |
| GARDOS Robert AUT / HABESOHN Daniel AUT |
1-0 Injured |
CHTCHETININE Evgueni BLR / NEKHVEDOVICH Vitaly BLR |
| JIANG Tianyi HKG / TANG Peng HKG |
4-1 | ROGIERS Benjamin BEL / VOSTES Yannick BEL |
| LEE Jung Woo KOR / OH Sang Eun KOR |
4-1 | CREPULJA Bojan SRB / PETE Zolt SRB |
| APOLONIA Tiago POR / MONTEIRO Joao POR |
4-1 | GACINA Andrej HRV / KOLAREK Tomislav HRV |
| KIM Nam Chol PRK / RI Chol Guk PRK |
4-1 | ACHANTA Sharath Kamal IND / SAHA Subhajit IND |
| RYU Seung Min KOR / SEO Hyun Deok KOR |
4-1 | BENTSEN Allan DEN / HINDERSSON Mikkel DEN |
| GERELL Par SWE / LUNDQVIST Jens SWE |
4-2 | ALTO Gaston ARG / LIU Song ARG |
| LEBESSON Emmanuel FRA / MATTENET Adrien FRA |
4-0 | HOYAMA Hugo BRA / MATSUMOTO Cazuo BRA |
| BOBOCICA Mihai ITA / STOYANOV Niagol ITA |
4-3 | KORBEL Petr CZE / PROKOPCOV Dmitrij CZE |
| WANG Hao China / ZHANG Jike China |
4-1 | ANTHONY Amalraj IND / ROY Soumyadeep IND |
Second Round (Last 32)
Tuesday 10 May 2011
| WINNER | RESULT | LOSER |
|---|---|---|
| MA Long China / XU Xin China |
4-0 | LEGOUT Christophe FRA / ROBINOT Quentin FRA |
| KO Lai Chak HKG / LEUNG Chu Yan HKG |
4-1 | BLASZCZYK Lucjan POL / WANG Zeng Yi POL |
| BAUM Patrick GER / STEGER Bastian GER |
4-3 | KOU Lei UKR / PRYSHCHEPA Yevhen UKR |
| MATSUDAIRA Kenta JPN / NIWA Koki JPN |
4-2 | JEVTOVIC Marko SRB / KARAKASEVIC Aleksandar SRB |
| CHEUNG Yuk HKG / LI Ching HKG |
4-1 | KUZMIN Fedor RUS / RUBTSOV Igor RUS |
| CHAN Kazuhiro JPN / MATSUDAIRA Kenji JPN |
4-0 | GROTH Jonathan DEN / STERNBERG Kasper DEN |
| JUNG Young Sik KOR / KIM Min Seok KOR |
4-0 | CHUANG Chih-Yuan TPE / WU Chih-Chi TPE |
| KISHIKAWA Seiya JPN / MIZUTANI Jun JPN |
4-0 | KARLSSON Mattias SWE / SVENSSON Robert SWE |
| CHEN Qi China / MA Lin China |
4-0 | FEJER-KONNERTH Zoltan GER / FILUS Ruwen GER |
| GAO Ning SIN / YANG Zi SIN |
4-3 | SKACHKOV Kirill RUS / SMIRNOV Alexey RUS |
| PLATONOV Pavel BLR / SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR |
4-1 | CARNEROS Alfredo ESP / MACHADO Carlos ESP |
| GARDOS Robert AUT / HABESOHN Daniel AUT |
4-3 | JIANG Tianyi HKG / TANG Peng HKG |
| LEE Jung Woo KOR / OH Sang Eun KOR |
4-0 | APOLONIA Tiago POR / MONTEIRO Joao POR |
| RYU Seung Min KOR / SEO Hyun Deok KOR |
4-2 | KIM Nam Chol PRK / RI Chol Guk PRK |
| GERELL Par SWE / LUNDQVIST Jens SWE |
4-1 | LEBESSON Emmanuel FRA / MATTENET Adrien FRA |
| WANG Hao China / ZHANG Jike China |
4-0 | BOBOCICA Mihai ITA / STOYANOV Niagol ITA |
Third Round (Last 16)
Wednesday 11 May 2011
| WINNER | RESULT | LOSER |
|---|---|---|
| MA Long China / XU Xin China |
4-1 | KO Lai Chak HKG / LEUNG Chu Yan HKG |
| BAUM Patrick GER / STEGER Bastian GER |
4-0 | MATSUDAIRA Kenta JPN / NIWA Koki JPN |
| CHAN Kazuhiro JPN / MATSUDAIRA Kenji JPN |
4-3 | CHEUNG Yuk HKG / LI Ching HKG |
| JUNG Young Sik KOR / KIM Min Seok KOR |
4-0 | KISHIKAWA Seiya JPN / MIZUTANI Jun JPN |
| CHEN Qi China / MA Lin China |
4-1 | GAO Ning SIN / YANG Zi SIN |
| PLATONOV Pavel BLR / SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR |
4-0 | GARDOS Robert AUT / HABESOHN Daniel AUT |
| LEE Jung Woo KOR / OH Sang Eun KOR |
4-2 | RYU Seung Min KOR / SEO Hyun Deok KOR |
| WANG Hao China / ZHANG Jike China |
4-1 | GERELL Par SWE / LUNDQVIST Jens SWE |
Quarter Finals
Thursday 12 May 2011
| WINNER | RESULT | LOSER |
|---|---|---|
| MA Long China / XU Xin China |
4-0 | BAUM Patrick GER / STEGER Bastian GER |
| JUNG Young Sik KOR / KIM Min Seok KOR |
4-1 | CHAN Kazuhiro JPN / MATSUDAIRA Kenji JPN |
| CHEN Qi China / MA Lin China |
4-2 | PLATONOV Pavel BLR / SAMSONOV Vladimir BLR |
| WANG Hao China / ZHANG Jike China |
4-0 | LEE Jung Woo KOR / OH Sang Eun KOR |
Semi Finals
Saturday 14 May 2011
| WINNER | RESULT | LOSER |
|---|---|---|
| MA Long China / XU Xin China |
4-2 | JUNG Young Sik KOR / KIM Min Seok KOR |
| 11-2, 11-4, 6-11, 12-10 11-13, 11-7 |
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| CHEN Qi China / MA Lin China |
4-2 | WANG Hao China / ZHANG Jike China |
| 8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-6 9-11, 11-8 |
Final
Saturday 14 May 2011
| WINNER | RESULT | LOSER |
|---|---|---|
| MA Long China / XU Xin China |
4-1 | CHEN Qi China / MA Lin China |
| 11-3, 11-8, 4-11, 11-4 11-7 |

World Champions 2011 - Ma Long and Xu Xin
World Championships 2011
Men's Doubles Event
(The Iran Cup)
WINNERS = MA Long / XU Xin (China)
RUNNERS-UP = CHEN Qi / MA Lin (China)
2009 World Championships - Yokohama, Japan
2010 World Team Championships - Moscow, Russia
2011 World Championships - Rotterdam, Netherlands
2012 World Team Championships - Dortmund, Germany
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