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Team, Men

Date	13 – 18 August 2008
Status	Olympic
Location	Beijing Daxue Tiyuguan, Beijing
Participants	48 from 16 countries
Format	Each team consisted of three players. In each team match, at most 5 matches were played, two singles, one double, and (if necessary) two more singles. Winners of each pool in round one advanced to the single elimination tournament, runners-up in each pool played off for a place in the bronze medal match.

The first Olympic men’s team event was won by China, to nobody’s amazement. In the final, China faced the Germans, but won all three matches to win 3-0. Korea won the bronze medal, defeating Austria in the bronze medal match, 3-1. Germany was led by Timo Boll, one of the few top European players in the 2000s. In the semi-final, they narrowly defeated Japan, 3-2, and Japan did not make it thru the repêchage round to contest the bronze medal.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	People's Republic of China	CHN	Gold
	Wang Hao • Ma Lin • Wang Liqin
2	Germany	GER	Silver
	Timo Boll • Dimitrij Ovtcharov • Christian Süß
3	Republic of Korea	KOR	Bronze
	Oh Sang-Eun • Yu Seung-Min • Yun Jae-Yeong
4	Austria	AUT
	Chen Weixing • Robert Gardos • Werner Schlager
=5	Hong Kong, China	HKG
	Cheung Yuk • Ko Lai Chak • Li Ching
=5	Japan	JPN
	Yo Kan • Seiya Kishikawa • Jun Mizutani
=7	Croatia	CRO
	Andrej Gaćina • Zoran Primorac • Ruiwu Tan
=7	Chinese Taipei	TPE
	Chang Yen-Shu • Chiang Peng-Lung • Chuang Chih-Yuan
=9	Australia	AUS
	Kyle Davis • William Henzell • Dave Zalcberg
=9	Brazil	BRA
	Hugo Hoyama • Thiago Monteiro • Gustavo Tsuboi
=9	Canada	CAN
	Pradeeban Peter-Paul • Qiang Shen • Wilson Zhang
=9	Greece	GRE
	Panagiotis Gkionis • Kallinikos Kreangka • Daniel Tsiokas
=9	Nigeria	NGR
	Monday Merotohun • Kazeem Nosiru • Segun Toriola
=9	Russian Federation	RUS
	Fyodor Kuzmin • Dmitry Mazunov • Aleksey Smirnov
=9	Singapore	SGP
	Cai Xiao Li • Gao Ning • Yang Zi
=9	Sweden	SWE
	Pär Gerell • Jens Lundqvist • Jörgen Persson

Round One (13 – 14 August 2008)

Group A (13 – 14 August 2008)

Winner of the pool advanced to the semi-finals, second-placed team advanced to repêchage round one.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	MW	ML	Games For	GA	Points
1	People's Republic of China	CHN	3	0	9	0	27	5	6

2	Austria	AUT	2	1	6	3	20	11	5

3	Greece	GRE	1	2	3	6	12	18	4

4	Australia	AUS	0	3	0	9	2	27	3

Match #1	CHN	3 – 0	GRE
Match #2	AUT	3 – 0	AUS
Match #3	CHN	3 – 0	AUS
Match #4	AUT	3 – 0	GRE
Match #5	CHN	3 – 0	AUT
Match #6	GRE	3 – 0	AUS

Group B (13 – 14 August 2008)

Winner of the pool advanced to the semi-finals, second-placed team advanced to repêchage round one.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	MW	ML	Games For	GA	Points
1	Germany	GER	3	0	9	1	27	14	6

2	Croatia	CRO	2	1	6	4	24	15	5

3	Singapore	SGP	1	2	5	6	19	23	4

4	Canada	CAN	0	3	0	9	9	27	3

Match #1	GER	3 – 0	CRO
Match #2	SGP	3 – 0	CAN
Match #3	GER	3 – 0	CAN
Match #4	CRO	3 – 1	SGP
Match #5	GER	3 – 1	SGP
Match #6	CRO	3 – 0	CAN

Group C (13 – 14 August 2008)

Winner of the pool advanced to the semi-finals, second-placed team advanced to repêchage round one.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	MW	ML	Games For	GA	Points
1	Republic of Korea	KOR	3	0	9	2	28	15	6

2	Chinese Taipei	TPE	2	1	7	6	28	23	5

3	Sweden	SWE	1	2	5	6	21	21	4

4	Brazil	BRA	0	3	2	9	10	28	3

Match #1	KOR	3 – 0	SWE
Match #2	TPE	3 – 1	BRA
Match #3	KOR	3 – 1	BRA
Match #4	TPE	3 – 2	SWE
Match #5	KOR	3 – 1	TPE
Match #6	SWE	3 – 0	BRA

Group D (13 – 14 August 2008)

Winner of the pool advanced to the semi-finals, second-placed team advanced to repêchage round one.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	MW	ML	Games For	GA	Points
1	Japan	JPN	3	0	9	0	27	8	6

2	Hong Kong, China	HKG	2	1	6	4	23	21	5

3	Nigeria	NGR	1	2	3	8	17	29	4

4	Russian Federation	RUS	0	3	3	9	20	29	3

Match #1	HKG	3 – 1	RUS
Match #2	JPN	3 – 0	NGR
Match #3	HKG	3 – 0	NGR
Match #4	JPN	3 – 0	RUS
Match #5	JPN	3 – 0	HKG
Match #6	NGR	3 – 2	RUS

Semi-finals (16 August 2008)

Winner advanced to the final, loser advanced to repêchage round two.

Match #1	CHN	3 – 0	KOR
Match #2	GER	3 – 2	JPN

Repêchage Round One (15 August 2008)

Winner advanced to repêchage round two.

Match #1	HKG	3 – 0	TPE
Match #2	AUT	3 – 1	CRO

Repêchage Round Two (17 August 2008)

Winner advanced to bronze medal match.

Match #1	KOR	3 – 1	HKG
Match #2	AUT	3 – 1	JPN

Final Round (18 August 2008)

Match 1-2	CHN	3 – 0	GER
Match 3-4	KOR	3 – 1	AUT