1981 World Table Tennis Championships
The 36th World Table Tennis Championship took place from 14 to 26 April 1981 in Novi Sad ( Yugoslavia) instead. Venue was the Vojvodina Sports Center.
Survey
The Chinese male and female players retaliated impressive for 1979. 7 All titles went to China. The Hungarian men's team could not repeat their success and lost the final clear. The German men's team reached the 15th place one of his worst finishes, the ladies reached a surprisingly good fifth place.
The big favorite and most versatile player Guo Yuehua was this time its role and won in the final against his uncompromising hard beating compatriot Cai Zhenhua. Stellan Bengtsson - World Champion 1971 - and Dragutin Šurbek - European Champion of 1968 - had to settle for the third place and the bronze medal.
Game system of team competitions
The teams were divided into three performance categories. In category 1, there are two each of eight groups in which the teams in the play mode all against all. The First and Second of these groups then play for places 1-4, the Third and Fourth for the places 5-8, etc. Similarly, there are in category 2, two groups of eight, the remaining teams will be distributed in a Category 3 to four groups.
Cutting off the Germans
Men's team competition
In Group 1 -A the category the German men managed just one win against Indonesia (5-0 ). The remaining six games lost: China ( 0:5 ), Japan ( 2:5 ), France ( 0:5 ), England ( 3:5 ) and South Korea ( 4:5 after 4-0 lead ). This gave the group 7th place therefore in the classification matches it was about the 13 places to 16th by victories over Australia ( 5-1 ) and the USSR ( 5:3 ) they finished at the end of 13th place
Mr. Trainer was Istvan Korpa.
Women's team competition
The German women's team competed in Category 1 in Group 1 -A. They won against Japan ( 3-2 ), Hong Kong (3:2 ), Finland ( 3-0) and South Korea ( 3-2 ). Defeats came against China ( 0-3 ), Hungary (1:3) and Czechoslovakia (0:3). Thus, they were ranked number four and played in the classification matches to the ranks 5 through 8 Here they won against Sweden 3-2 in the match for 5th place against Romania 3-0. So the ladies were fifth.
Women's coach was Klaus Schmittinger.
Men's Singles
Peter Stellwag came through victories over Jorgen Gierloff (Norway) and Pal Guttormsen (Norway ) in the Round of 32, where he lost to the Chinese Lu Yaohua. Just far came Wilfried Lieck, he switched off by Christian Martin (France) and Alan Griffiths ( Wales). After he failed to Sweden's Mikael Appelgren. Ralf Wosik difference in the first round against Hong Sun Chol (North Korea). Jürgen Rebel first had to compete in the qualifying round. Here he sat down opposite Francis Sule (Nigeria ), Jaap van Spanje (Netherlands) and Joseph Bogdan (Israel ) by. In the main round, he failed to Zoran Kalinic (Yugoslavia). Hans -Joachim Nolten already retired from the qualifying round. The victories over Ricardo T. Inokuchi (Brazil ) and Mark Kilby (Guernsey) was followed by a defeat by Douggie Johnson ( England).
Women's Singles
All four German women were able to start immediately in the main round. Only Monika Stork was eliminated in the second round. Your victory over Leow Hock Moi (Singapore ) was followed by a 1-3 defeat against the Hungarian Zsuzsa Oláh. Ursula Kamizuru ( Hirschmüller ) shifted from Jolanta Szatko (Poland) and Kim Hee Yes ( Argentina). Then against the Chinese Lijuan Geng was the last stop. Kirsten Kruger also different to a Chinese woman, namely Cao Yanhua, from. She had previously defeated Jolanta Daniliavichute (USSR) and Carine Risch ( Luxembourg ). Anke Olschewski prevailed against Yoshiko Shimauchi (Japan) and Iris Garmi (Israel ), but not against Bettine Vriesekoop (Netherlands).
Olga Nemes came even to Romania. She lost in the Round of 64 against the former European champion Valentina Popova.
Men's doubles
Stellwag / Rebel had to compete in the qualifying round. This she survived by victories over Martti Autio / Mika Pyykko (Finland), Han Gootzen / Jaap van Spanje (Netherlands) and Atanda Musa / Titus Omotara ( Nigeria). In the main round they won against Ivan Stoyanov / Stefan Stefanov (Bulgaria) and Wosik / Nolten ( Germany ). There was a loss to the eventual champion Li Chinese Zhenshi / Cai Zhenhua. Wosik / Nolten defeated before their departure to Stellwag / Rebel Kim Siang Png / Boon Chin Yap from Singapore. The German - Yugoslav double Lieck / Kalinic had also to prove themselves in the qualifying round. This was done by victories over Taher Mohamed El-Mahjub/Adel Zahia (Libya ) ( without a fight ), Jose Luis Vivanco / Kurt Wicker ( Mexico) and Mike Bush / Masahiro Maehara (USA / Japan). In the main round they won against Seiji Ono / Hiroyuki Abe (Japan) and then lost against the English Desmond Douglas / Paul Day.
Women Doubles
As the only pure German double entered Kamizuru / Krüger. They reached the third round against Daniela Guergelcheva / Gulver Sherifova (Bulgaria) and Annie Larsen / Charlotte Polk (Denmark). Here they were subject to the Japanese women Kayoko Kawahigashi / Rie Wada. The German - Hungarian dual Stork / Kisházi won against Kim Jong Bok / Lih Jong ( North Korea) and lost against the Chinese Deying Zhang / Cao Yanhua. Olschewski / Sonja Grefberg (GER / Finland) failed already in the qualifying round, when they had to bow to the Swedish Annelie Hernvall / Eva Stromvall after defeating Elizabeth Deistler / Brigitte Gropper ( Austria ).
Olga Nemes / Éva Ferenczi reached thanks to a victory over Gordana Perkučin / Branka Batinić (Yugoslavia) the second round, where she lost to Lee Soo Yes / Yes Kim Kyung (South Korea).
Mixed
All four German Mixed couples dropped out in the first round. Only Wosik / Kamizuru did not compete in the qualifying round. They lost to Desmond Douglas / Linda Jarvis (England). Nolten / Kruger prevailed in the qualifying round against Kit Meng Chan / Cho Fan Lo ( Macau), Kim Chang Am / Kim Bok Yong (North Korea ) and Michael Daugård / Annie Larsen ( Denmark ), but not in the main round against Ulf Thorsell / Marie Lindblad (Sweden). Lieck / Stork came against Han Gootzen / Birgitte Kooter (Netherlands) and Valeri Shevtchenko / Narine Antonyan (USSR) in the main round, where Ro Yoon Kwan / Hwang Sook Nam (South Korea) were too strong. Rebel / Olschewski switched Rosario Troilo / Rosaria Mauriello (Italy ), Yves Maas / Malou Toussaint ( Luxembourg ) and Zsolt Kriston / Edit Urbán from (Hungary ), before they were eliminated in the main round against Pak Jong nam / Kim Gyong Sun (North Korea).
German referee
The DTTB Referee Committee nominated the referee Willi Dietrich ( Wetzlar ), Walter EGELHOF ( Weiterstadt ) and Hans Hausner (casting ).
ITTF Congress
During the meetings of the ITTF on 18 and 24 April 79 member associations were represented. It among others, the following resolutions were passed:
- The Romanian emigrated to Germany Georg Böhm should not start at the European Championships in 1982.
- The hosting of the World Cup 1985 will be awarded to Gothenburg.
- The application to prescribe different colors of pads for the table tennis bats on both sides, the majority voted to (84 pro, 66 contra, 8 abstentions). However, since a three-quarters majority was required, the rule change was rejected. China in particular objected to different colored coverings.
Find out more
- In the women's tournament, the high Cao Yanhua favorite finished only second place. Insiders believe that their defeat in the final against Ling Tong was arranged by team order by the Chinese leadership.
- The Korean Soo Yes Lee receives from the SCI Richard Bergmann Fair Play Award.
- The Chinese Tong Ling receives the Victor Barna Price from SCI.
Philately
On April 14, 1981, a special stamp was issued ( Michel catalog No. 1882). A compulsory surcharge brand was brought ( Michel catalog No. ZZ 73) to issue early as 20 December 1980. These two first-day stamp, a special ( for the duration of the World Cup ) and a special came "Greetings from the City of Vilmosa Harangozo ". Other special it was to mark the opening (April 14 ), the ITTF Congress (April 18 ), the endgame of the teams (20 April ) and the playoffs in each individual (April 26 ). There were two postcards and six postcards with table tennis motifs.
China celebrated its success with a set of 7 stamps on June 30, 1981 ( Michel catalog No. 1703-1709 ) and two first-day covers with special cancellation. In Beijing, a special red was used on 30 June 1981.