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World Championships 2023
Men's Doubles Results
The 2023 World Table Tennis Championships take place in Durban, South Africa from 20-28 May 2023
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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.
The 2023 World Table Tennis Championship is being held in Durban, South Africa at the Durban International Convention Centre, 45 Bram Fischer Rd, Durban, 4001, from Saturday 20 May to Sunday 28 May 2023.
This is the first World Table Tennis Championships to be held in Africa for 84 years. The last time was in Cairo, Egypt, in 1939.
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So let's look at what events are included...
Events included
The World Championships 2023 events are...
2023 World Championship venue - International Convention Centre
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Format of events
The first round of Men's Singles and Women's Singles will have 128 places and the first round of Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles will have 64 places.
Singles events will have 32 seeded players and doubles events will have 16 seeded pairs.
All singles matches will be best of 7 games and doubles matches will be best of 5 games.
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Numbers
Each Association can enter a maximum of 3 men and 3 women in each singles events - with the exception of those Associations with a player in the top 100 of the World Ranking (who will be allocated one extra place) and a player in the top 20 of the World Ranking (who will be allocated one further extra place). This is known as the 3+1+1 rule.
Each Association can enter a maximum of 4 players for men's doubles, 4 players for women's doubles and four players for Mixed Doubles (two men and two women) with a maximum of two combined pairs with another Association per doubles event.
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2021 winners
The previous individual World Table Tennis Championships were held in Houston, USA from 23-29 November 2021 and the winners were...
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Let's now take a look at the...
List of Entries
64 pairs entered the Men's Doubles as follows...
| Player 1 | Association | + | Player 2 | Association | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAN Zhendong | CHN | + | WANG Chuqin | CHN |
| 2 | Shunsuke TOGAMI | JPN | + | Yukiya UDA | JPN |
| 3 | LIM Jonghoon | KOR | + | JANG Woojin | KOR |
| 4 | Mattias FALCK | SWE | + | Kristian KARLSSON | SWE |
| 5 | LIN Yun-Ju | TPE | + | CHUANG Chih-Yuan | TPE |
| 6 | CHO Daeseong | KOR | + | LEE Sang Su | KOR |
| 7 | LIN Gaoyuan | CHN | + | LIN Shidong | CHN |
| 8 | Horacio CIFUENTES | ARG | + | Gaston ALTO | ARG |
| 9 | Daniel HABESOHN | AUT | + | Robert GARDOS | AUT |
| 10 | Cedric NUYTINCK | BEL | + | Jakub DYJAS | POL |
| 11 | HO Kwan Kit | HKG | + | WONG Chun Ting | HKG |
| 12 | Felix LEBRUN | FRA | + | Alexis LEBRUN | FRA |
| 13 | Nandor ECSEKI | HUN | + | Adam SZUDI | HUN |
| 14 | Liam PITCHFORD | ENG | + | Paul DRINKHALL | ENG |
| 15 | Tomokazu HARIMOTO | JPN | + | Hiroto SHINOZUKA | JPN |
| 16 | Darko JORGIC | SLO | + | Tomas POLANSKY | CZE |
| 17 | Alvaro ROBLES | ESP | + | Ovidiu IONESCU | ROU |
| 18 | Nicholas LUM | AUS | + | Finn LUU | AUS |
| 19 | Martin ALLEGRO | BEL | + | Florent LAMBIET | BEL |
| 20 | Mohamed EL-BEIALI | EGY | + | Mohamed SHOUMAN | EGY |
| 21 | Jon PERSSON | SWE | + | Anton KALLBERG | SWE |
| 22 | Gustavo GOMEZ | CHI | + | Nicolas BURGOS | CHI |
| 23 | Nima ALAMIAN | IRI | + | Noshad ALAMIYAN | IRI |
| 24 | Jakub ZELINKA | SVK | + | Lubomir PISTEJ | SVK |
| 25 | Ahmed SALEH | EGY | + | Khalid ASSAR | EGY |
| 26 | Maciej KUBIK | POL | + | Samuel KULCZYCKI | POL |
| 27 | Mihai BOBOCICA | ITA | + | Niagol STOYANOV | ITA |
| 28 | PANG Yew En Koen | SGP | + | QUEK Izaac | SGP |
| 29 | Benedikt DUDA | GER | + | Patrick FRANZISKA | GER |
| 30 | Darius MOVILEANU | ROU | + | Eduard IONESCU | ROU |
| 31 | Manush Utpalbhai SHAH | IND | + | Harmeet DESAI | IND |
| 32 | Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN | IND | + | Sharath Kamal ACHANTA | IND |
| 33 | Dang QIU | GER | + | Timo BOLL | GER |
| 34 | Brian AFANADOR | PUR | + | Daniel GONZALEZ | PUR |
| 35 | Eric JOUTI | BRA | + | Vitor ISHIY | BRA |
| 36 | Abdulaziz BU SHULAYBI | KSA | + | Ali ALKHADRAWI | KSA |
| 37 | Olajide OMOTAYO | NGR | + | Taiwo MATI | NGR |
| 38 | Jiri MARTINKO | CZE | + | Pavel SIRUCEK | CZE |
| 39 | BEH Kun Ting | SGP | + | CHEW Zhe Yu Clarence | SGP |
| 40 | Tom JARVIS | ENG | + | Samuel WALKER | ENG |
| 41 | Emiliano RIOFRIO | ECU | + | Alberto MINO | ECU |
| 42 | LAM Siu Hang | HKG | + | NG Pak Nam | HKG |
| 43 | Bence MAJOROS | HUN | + | Anders LIND | DEN |
| 44 | Heimanarii LAFORTUNE | PYF | + | Bydhir CARNET | PYF |
| 45 | Jishan LIANG | USA | + | Marcos MADRID | MEX |
| 46 | Denis ZHOLUDEV | KAZ | + | Sagantay KURMAMBAYEV | KAZ |
| 47 | Alan KURMANGALIYEV | KAZ | + | Kirill GERASSIMENKO | KAZ |
| 48 | Alexander CHEN | AUT | + | David SERDAROGLU | AUT |
| 49 | Carlos FERNANDEZ | PER | + | Rodrigo HIDALGO | PER |
| 50 | Theo COGILL | RSA | + | Chetan NATHOO | RSA |
| 51 | Marcelo AGUIRRE | PAR | + | Alejandro TORANZOS | PAR |
| 52 | KAO Cheng-Jui | TPE | + | HUANG Yan-Cheng | TPE |
| 53 | Geoffrey LOI | PNG | + | Gasika SEPA | PNG |
| 54 | Ocean BELROSE | PYF | + | Teikimeiteaki KAU-TAI | PYF |
| 55 | Carlos Josue Alberto RIOS ROMERO | VEN | + | Cesar Augusto CASTILLO AROCHA | VEN |
| 56 | Yonghun LEE | AUS | + | Xavier DIXON | AUS |
| 57 | Amir Hossein HODAEI | IRI | + | Amin AHMADIAN | IRI |
| 58 | Emmanuel LEBESSON | FRA | + | Can AKKUZU | FRA |
| 59 | Tiago APOLONIA | POR | + | Joao GERALDO | POR |
| 60 | Quadri ARUNA | NGR | + | Bode ABIODUN | NGR |
| 61 | Mohammed ABDULWAHHAB | QAT | + | Ahmad Khalil AL-MOHANNADI | QAT |
| 62 | Matteo MARTIN | CAN | + | Edward LY | CAN |
| 63 | Hamidou SOW | SEN | + | Ibrahima DIAW | SEN |
| 64 | Dean LEVY | RSA | + | Liam BEUKES | RSA |
However, there were some late changes to the entries.
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Let's now take a look at the...
Seedings
The seedings were based on the current ITTF Doubles Rankings.
The seeding list for the Men's Doubles was announced by the International Table Tennis Federation as follows...
| Seed | Player1 | Assoc | + | Player2 | Assoc |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FAN Zhendong | CHN | + | WANG Chuqin | CHN |
| 2 | LIM Jonghoon | KOR | + | JANG Woojin | KOR |
| 3 | Shunsuke TOGAMI | JPN | + | Yukiya UDA | JPN |
| 4 | Mattias FALCK | SWE | + | Kristian KARLSSON | SWE |
| 5 | Dang QIU | GER | + | Benedikt DUDA | GER |
| 6 | LIN Gaoyuan | CHN | + | LIN Shidong | CHN |
| 7 | CHO Daeseong | KOR | + | LEE Sang Su | KOR |
| 8 | Horacio CIFUENTES | ARG | + | Gaston ALTO | ARG |
| 9 | Daniel HABESOHN | AUT | + | Robert GARDOS | AUT |
| 10 | Cedric NUYTINCK | BEL | + | Jakub DYJAS | POL |
| 11 | HO Kwan Kit | HKG | + | WONG Chun Ting | HKG |
| 12 | Felix LEBRUN | FRA | + | Alexis LEBRUN | FRA |
| 13 | Nandor ECSEKI | HUN | + | Adam SZUDI | HUN |
| 14 | Liam PITCHFORD | ENG | + | Paul DRINKHALL | ENG |
| 15 | Darko JORGIC | SLO | + | Tomas POLANSKY | CZE |
| 16 | Alvaro ROBLES | ESP | + | Ovidiu IONESCU | ROU |
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World TT Championships 2023
Men's Doubles Event Results
First Round (Last 64)
Saturday/Sunday
20/21 May 2023
| (Seed) Players | Result | (Seed) Players |
|---|---|---|
| (1) FAN Zhendong WANG Chuqin |
- | BYE |
| Kirill GERASSIMENKO Alan KURMANGALIYEV |
3-1 | Ali ALKHADRAWI Abdulaziz BU SHULAYBI |
| Eric GLOD Luka MLADENOVIC |
3-0 | Nicholas LUM Finn LUU |
| (12) Alexis LEBRUN Felix LEBRUN |
3-1 | KAO Cheng-Jui CHUANG Chih-Yuan |
| (15) Darko JORGIC Tomas POLANSKY |
3-0 | Gasika SEPA Geoffrey LOI |
| Mihai BOBOCICA Niagol STOYANOV |
3-1 | Olajide OMOTAYO Taiwo MATI |
| Jakub ZELINKA Lubomir PISTEJ |
3-0 | Alberto MINO Emiliano RIOFRIO |
| (6) LIN Shidong LIN Gaoyuan |
3-0 | Maharu YOSHIMURA Tomokazu HARIMOTO |
| (7) LEE Sang Su CHO Daeseong |
3-0 | Anton KALLBERG Jon PERSSON |
| BEH Kun Ting CHEW Zhe Yu Clarence |
3-1 | Ahmad Khalil AL-MOHANNADI Mohammed ABDULWAHHAB |
| Martin ALLEGRO Florent LAMBIET |
3-2 | LAM Siu Hang NG Pak Nam |
| (16) Ovidiu IONESCU Alvaro ROBLES |
3-0 | Ramon MAXWELL Tyrese KNIGHT |
| (10) Cedric NUYTINCK Jakub DYJAS |
3-0 | Khalid ASSAR Ahmed SALEH |
| Maciej KUBIK Samuel KULCZYCKI |
3-2 | Joao GERALDO Tiago APOLONIA |
| Darius MOVILEANU Eduard IONESCU |
3-0 | Dean LEVY Liam BEUKES |
| (4) Kristian KARLSSON Mattias FALCK |
- | BYE |
| (3) Yukiya UDA Shunsuke TOGAMI |
3-0 | Marcos MADRID Jishan LIANG |
| Harmeet DESAI Manush Utpalbhai SHAH |
3-0 | Denis ZHOLUDEV Sagantay KURMAMBAYEV |
| Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Patrick FRANZISKA |
3-0 | Amin AHMADIAN Amir Hossein HODAEI |
| (11) HO Kwan Kit WONG Chun Ting |
3-1 | Samuel WALKER Tom JARVIS |
| (14) Liam PITCHFORD Paul DRINKHALL |
3-0 | David SERDAROGLU Alexander CHEN |
| Nicolas BURGOS Gustavo GOMEZ |
3-2 | PANG Yew En Koen QUEK Izaac |
| Sharath Kamal ACHANTA Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN |
3-0 | Mohamed EL-BEIALI Mohamed SHOUMAN |
| Bence MAJOROS Anders LIND |
3-1 | (8) Gaston ALTO Horacio CIFUENTES |
| Nima ALAMIAN Noshad ALAMIYAN |
3-2 | (5) Benedikt DUDA Dang QIU |
| Daniel GONZALEZ Brian AFANADOR |
3-2 | Jiri MARTINKO Pavel SIRUCEK |
| Vitor ISHIY Eric JOUTI |
3-0 | Theo COGILL Chetan NATHOO |
| (13) Nandor ECSEKI Adam SZUDI |
3-2 | Quadri ARUNA Bode ABIODUN |
| (9) Daniel HABESOHN Robert GARDOS |
3-0 | Edward LY Matteo MARTIN |
| Xavier DIXON Yonghun LEE |
3-0 | Shemar BRITTON Christopher FRANKLIN |
| Emmanuel LEBESSON Can AKKUZU |
3-1 | YANG Tzu-Yi HUANG Yan-Cheng |
| (2) JANG Woojin LIM Jonghoon |
- | BYE |
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Second Round (Last 32)
Monday 22 May 2023
| (Seed) Players | Result | (Seed) Players |
|---|---|---|
| (1) FAN Zhendong WANG Chuqin |
3-0 | Kirill GERASSIMENKO Alan KURMANGALIYEV |
| (12) Alexis LEBRUN Felix LEBRUN |
3-0 | Eric GLOD Luka MLADENOVIC |
| (15) Darko JORGIC Tomas POLANSKY |
3-0 | Mihai BOBOCICA Niagol STOYANOV |
| (6) LIN Shidong LIN Gaoyuan |
3-0 | Jakub ZELINKA Lubomir PISTEJ |
| (7) LEE Sang Su CHO Daeseong |
3-0 | BEH Kun Ting CHEW Zhe Yu Clarence |
| (16) Ovidiu IONESCU Alvaro ROBLES |
3-1 | Martin ALLEGRO Florent LAMBIET |
| Maciej KUBIK Samuel KULCZYCKI |
3-2 | (10) Cedric NUYTINCK Jakub DYJAS |
| (4) Kristian KARLSSON Mattias FALCK |
3-1 | Darius MOVILEANU Eduard IONESCU |
| (3) Yukiya UDA Shunsuke TOGAMI |
3-0 | Harmeet DESAI Manush Utpalbhai SHAH |
| Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Patrick FRANZISKA |
3-2 | (11) HO Kwan Kit WONG Chun Ting |
| (14) Liam PITCHFORD Paul DRINKHALL |
3-2 | Nicolas BURGOS Gustavo GOMEZ |
| Sharath Kamal ACHANTA Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN |
3-0 | Bence MAJOROS Anders LIND |
| Daniel GONZALEZ Brian AFANADOR |
3-0 | Nima ALAMIAN Noshad ALAMIYAN |
| (13) Nandor ECSEKI Adam SZUDI |
3-0 | Vitor ISHIY Eric JOUTI |
| (9) Daniel HABESOHN Robert GARDOS |
3-0 | Xavier DIXON Yonghun LEE |
| (2) JANG Woojin LIM Jonghoon |
3-2 | Emmanuel LEBESSON Can AKKUZU |
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Third Round (Last 16)
Tuesday/Wednesday
23/24 May 2023
| (Seed) Players (Association) | Result | (Seed) Players (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) FAN Zhendong WANG Chuqin (China) |
3-2 | (12) Alexis LEBRUN Felix LEBRUN (France) |
| (6) LIN Shidong LIN Gaoyuan (China) |
3-0 | (15) Darko JORGIC (Slovenia) Tomas POLANSKY (Czech Republic) |
| (7) LEE Sang Su CHO Daeseong (South Korea) |
3-1 | (16) Ovidiu IONESCU (Romania) Alvaro ROBLES (Spain) |
| (4) Kristian KARLSSON Mattias FALCK (Sweden) |
3-0 | Maciej KUBIK Samuel KULCZYCKI (Poland) |
| Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Patrick FRANZISKA (Germany) |
3-2 | (3) Yukiya UDA Shunsuke TOGAMI (Japan) |
| (14) Liam PITCHFORD Paul DRINKHALL (England) |
3-1 | Sharath Kamal ACHANTA Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN (India) |
| (13) Nandor ECSEKI Adam SZUDI (Hungary) |
3-0 | Daniel GONZALEZ Brian AFANADOR (Puerto Rica) |
| (2) JANG Woojin LIM Jonghoon (South Korea) |
3-0 | (9) Daniel HABESOHN Robert GARDOS (Austria) |
Lee Sang Su and Cho Daeseong v Ovidiu Ionescu and Alvaro Robles
Liam Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall v Sharath Kamal Achanta and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
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Quarter Finals
Thursday 25 May 2023
| (Seed) Players (Association) Match Scores |
Result | (Seed) Players (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) FAN Zhendong WANG Chuqin (China) |
3-1 | (6) LIN Shidong LIN Gaoyuan (China) |
| 11-8, 8-11, 13-11, 11-9 | ||
| (7) LEE Sang Su CHO Daeseong (South Korea) |
3-1 | (4) Kristian KARLSSON Mattias FALCK (Sweden) |
| 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 11-9 | ||
| Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Patrick FRANZISKA (Germany) |
3-1 | (14) Liam PITCHFORD Paul DRINKHALL (England) |
| 7-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 | ||
| (2) JANG Woojin LIM Jonghoon (South Korea) |
3-0 | (13) Nandor ECSEKI Adam SZUDI (Hungary) |
| 11-4, 12-10, 11-7 |
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Semi Finals
Friday 26 May 2023
| (Seed) Players (Association) Match Scores |
Result | (Seed) Players (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) FAN Zhendong WANG Chuqin (China) |
3-1 | (7) LEE Sang Su CHO Daeseong (South Korea) |
| 7-11, 11-3, 11-5, 14-12 | ||
| (2) JANG Woojin LIM Jonghoon (South Korea) |
3-2 | Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Patrick FRANZISKA (Germany) |
| 11-7, 5-11, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5 |
Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin (China) v Lee Sang Su and Cho Daeseong (South Korea)
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Final
Saturday 27 May 2023
| (Seed) Player (Association) Match Score |
Result | (Seed) Player (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) FAN Zhendong WANG Chuqin (China) |
3-0 | (2) JANG Woojin LIM Jonghoon (South Korea) |
| 13-11, 11-6, 11-5 |
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World Championships 2023
Men's Doubles Event
(The Iran Cup)
GOLD MEDAL
FAN Zhendong and WANG Chuqin (China)
SILVER MEDAL
JANG Woojin and LIM Jonghoon (South Korea)
BRONZE MEDALS
LEE Sang Su and CHO Daeseong (South Korea)
Dimitrij OVTCHAROV and Patrick FRANZISKA (Germany)
Men's Doubles Final 2023
FAN Zhendong and WANG Chuqin celebrate with the China flag
WANG Chuqin and FAN Zhendong with the Mens Doubles trophy
Men's Doubles Medallists 2023
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You can get all the other results for the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships here...
2023 ITTF World Championship Results
Get all the results here...
- Men's Singles Event Results here
- Women's Singles Event Results here
- Men's Doubles Event Results (this page)
- Women's Doubles Event Results here
- Mixed Doubles Event Results here
Use the links below for results of previous World Championships.
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