2006 World Team Table Tennis Championships
The 51st World Table Tennis Championship for teams took place from April 24 to May 1, 2006 in Bremen. Individual competitions were held as scheduled not. Bremen was awarded in May 2003 by the participants of the Annual General Meeting of the International Table Tennis Federation ( ITTF ) the contract after the association had withdrawn from Serbia and Montenegro 's application for Belgrade and the Hanseatic city after London, New York and Shanghai was the only candidate.
, Germany was after 1930, 1959, 1969 and 1989 for the fifth time host of the World Table Tennis Championship.
The championships were held in the town hall of Bremen. Approximately 60,000 spectators attended the event.
Game Mode
The 24 teams in the Division 1 (Championship Division ) occurred in four groups of six to the mode FFA. Starting from the team rankings in March 2006, the top four teams were placed in each group. The Fifth and Sixth were dissolved in the groups with the Third and Fourth, the Seventh and Eighth in the remaining groups with the two WR- First.
The group winners reach the quarter-finals. Second and third place winners determine the remaining four participants in the quarter-finals. Of interest are still the matches in the next eight places 13 to 20, because the first 18 teams to qualify for the next World Team Championships in 2008. In these battles the Fourth each group engage directly. Then there are the winners of the Games of the fifth-and sixth -placed, which are first drawn against each other.
Other teams play in the 2.Division (24 teams), 3.Division (24 teams) and 4.Division. In each of these divisions will be played according to the same scheme as in (24 teams). The top two teams are promoted to the next higher division.
For the next World Cup 2008 teams ranked from 1 to 18 and the two climbers from the 2.Division are eligible to play. There are also four nations according to the team rankings.
Cutting off the Germans
The German men's team won the bronze medal, the ladies disappointed with 11th place
Gentlemen
Richard Prause charge of the team as a coach.
In the games in Group C, the Germans won all the games: 3-1 against Norway, 3-2 against the Czech Republic, 3-0 against Poland, 3-1 against Austria and a 3-1 win against Serbia. With first place in the group you were qualified for the quarter-finals. Here Boll, Sweet and Steger set 3-0 against Russia.
In the semifinals, the later world champion China was the enemy, which they lost with 1:3. Timo Boll took the Germans through a victory against Ma Lin in the lead. Then Zoltan Fejer - Konnerth lost against Wang Hao and Wang Liqin against Christian Suss 0-3, although he led in all three sets. The following match against Timo Boll Wang Liqin walked over all sets. In the last sentence Boll led 5:3. Then, the Chinese took a timeout, then got seven points in succession and won the game.
Ladies
Coach of the German women was Jörg Bitzigeio.
In Group C, the team finished third. The defeated the Netherlands 3-2 Italy 3-1 and Australia 3-0. Defeats came against Austria and South Korea each with 1:3. As a result, the team had to once again compete against Austria and fight for the quarter-finals. This match was again lost with 1:3. With crucial for this defeat the red card that Nicole Struse in the match against Li Qiangbing. Was The referee evaluated Struses behavior - clenched fist toward the opponent - as a provocation, saying the defendant to a point.
In the following classification matches subject to the German women won against Croatia and the Czech Republic. This meant 11th place