Doubles, Men

Date	16 – 23 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	State Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	72 from 29 countries
Format	Round-robin qualifying pools, followed by single-elimination tournament. Top 8 seeded directly into single-elimination.

Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang had won the 1996 gold medal and the 1997 and 1999 World Championships. In 1999, they defeated their countrymen, Wang Liqin and Yan Sen, in the final of the Worlds. The Sydney doubles final came down to the same two teams, who were seeded #1 and #2, but this time Wang and Yan had the better of it, winning in four games, although all were closely fought. Wang and Yan would also win the World Championships in 2001 and 2003.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC
1	People's Republic of China 2	CHN		Gold
	Wang Liqin • Yan Sen
2	People's Republic of China 1	CHN		Silver
	Kong Linghui • Liu Guoliang
3	France 1	FRA		Bronze
	Jean-Philippe Gatien • Patrick Chila
4	Republic of Korea 2	KOR
	Lee Cheol-Seung • Yu Seung-Min
=5	Chinese Taipei	TPE
	Chang Yen-Shu • Chiang Peng-Lung
=5	France 2	FRA
	Christophe Legoût • Damien Éloi
=5	Austria	AUT
	Karl Jindrak • Werner Schlager
=5	Republic of Korea 1	KOR
	Kim Taek-Su • Oh Sang-Eun
=9	Hong Kong, China	HKG
	Cheung Yuk • Leung Chu Yan
=9	Netherlands	NED
	Danny Heister • Trinko Keen
=9	Sweden 1	SWE
	Fredrik Håkansson • Peter Karlsson
=9	Sweden 2	SWE
	Jan-Ove Waldner • Jörgen Persson
=9	Poland	POL
	Lucjan Błaszczyk • Tomasz Krzeszewski
=9	Denmark	DEN
	Finn Tugwell • Michael Maze
=9	Japan 2	JPN
	Seiko Iseki • Toshio Tasaki
=9	Yugoslavia	SCG
	Ilija Lupulesku • Slobodan Grujić
=17	Brazil	BRA
	Carlos Kawai • Hugo Hoyama
=17	Belgium	BEL
	Jean-Michel Saive • Philippe Saive
=17	Canada	CAN
	Johnny Huang • Kurt Liu
=17	Greece	GRE
	Daniel Tsiokas • Kallinikos Kreangka
=17	Japan 1	JPN
	Hiroshi Shibutani • Koji Matsushita
=17	Nigeria	NGR
	Kazeem Nosiru • Segun Toriola
=17	Germany	GER
	Jörg Roßkopf • Timo Boll
=17	Belarus	BLR
	Uladzimir Samsonau • Yauhen Shchatinin
=25	Australia 2	AUS
	Brett Clarke • Jeff Plumb
=25	India	IND
	Chetan Baboor • Raman Subramanyan
=25	Chile	CHI
	Augusto Morales • Jorge Gambra
=25	Argentina	ARG
	Song Liu • Pablo Tabachnik
=25	Czech Republic	CZE
	Josef Plachý • Petr Korbel
=25	Australia 1	AUS
	Mark Smythe • Simon Gerada
=25	United States 2	USA
	David Zhuang • Todd Sweeris
=25	United States 1	USA
	Yinghua Cheng • Khoa Dinh Nguyen
=33	Egypt	EGY
	Ashraf Helmy • El-Sayed Lashin
=33	Algeria	ALG
	David Kaci • Farid Oulami
=33	Cuba	CUB
	Francisco Arado • Rubén Arado
=33	Indonesia	INA
	Anton Suseno • Ismu Harinto

Qualification Round (16 September 2000)

Winner of each match advanced to round-robin pools.

Match #1	Hugo Hoyama / Carlos Kawai	BRA	2 – 0 21-11, 21-16	David Kaci / Farid Oulami	ALG
Match #2	Brett Clarke / Jeff Plumb	AUS	2 – 0 21-12, 22-20	Francisco Arado / Rubén Arado	CUB
Match #3	Jorge Gambra / Augusto Morales	CHI	2 – 1 21-8, 15-21, 21-14	Ismu Harinto / Anton Suseno	INA
Match #4	Todd Sweeris / David Zhuang	USA	2 – 1 21-10, 17-21, 21-18	Ashraf Helmy / El-Sayed Lashin	EGY

Preliminary Round (16 – 18 September 2000)

Group A (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	France 2	FRA	2	0	4	1	96	80	Q
	Damien Éloi • Christophe Legoût
2	Canada	CAN	1	1	3	3	115	102
	Johnny Huang • Kurt Liu
3	Argentina	ARG	0	2	1	4	73	102
	Song Liu • Pablo Tabachnik

Match #1	Damien Éloi / Christophe Legoût	FRA	2 – 0 21-15, 21-10	Song Liu / Pablo Tabachnik	ARG
Match #2	Johnny Huang / Kurt Liu	CAN	2 – 1 21-12, 18-21, 21-15	Song Liu / Pablo Tabachnik	ARG
Match #3	Damien Éloi / Christophe Legoût	FRA	2 – 1 11-21, 22-20, 21-14	Johnny Huang / Kurt Liu	CAN

Group B (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Netherlands	NED	2	0	4	1	96	86	Q
	Danny Heister • Trinko Keen
2	Nigeria	NGR	1	1	3	3	119	117
	Kazeem Nosiru • Segun Toriola
3	India	IND	0	2	1	4	94	106
	Chetan Baboor • Raman Subramanyan

Match #1	Danny Heister / Trinko Keen	NED	2 – 1 12-21, 21-19, 21-15	Kazeem Nosiru / Segun Toriola	NGR
Match #2	Kazeem Nosiru / Segun Toriola	NGR	2 – 1 26-24, 17-21, 21-18	Chetan Baboor / Raman Subramanyan	IND
Match #3	Danny Heister / Trinko Keen	NED	2 – 0 21-17, 21-14	Chetan Baboor / Raman Subramanyan	IND

Group C (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Hong Kong, China	HKG	2	0	4	1	98	79	Q
	Cheung Yuk • Leung Chu Yan
2	Greece	GRE	1	1	3	2	91	82
	Kallinikos Kreangka • Daniel Tsiokas
3	Australia 1	AUS	0	2	0	4	56	84
	Simon Gerada • Mark Smythe

Match #1	Cheung Yuk / Leung Chu Yan	HKG	2 – 0 21-13, 21-17	Simon Gerada / Mark Smythe	AUS
Match #2	Kallinikos Kreangka / Daniel Tsiokas	GRE	2 – 0 21-7, 21-19	Simon Gerada / Mark Smythe	AUS
Match #3	Cheung Yuk / Leung Chu Yan	HKG	2 – 1 21-14, 14-21, 21-14	Kallinikos Kreangka / Daniel Tsiokas	GRE

Group D (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Denmark	DEN	2	0	4	0	84	42	Q
	Michael Maze • Finn Tugwell
2	Japan 1	JPN	1	1	2	2	65	63
	Koji Matsushita • Hiroshi Shibutani
3	United States 1	USA	0	2	0	4	40	84
	Yinghua Cheng • Khoa Dinh Nguyen

Match #1	Hiroshi Shibutani / Koji Matsushita	JPN	2 – 0 21-8, 21-13	Khoa Dinh Nguyen / Yinghua Cheng	USA
Match #2	Finn Tugwell / Michael Maze	DEN	2 – 0 21-12, 21-7	Khoa Dinh Nguyen / Yinghua Cheng	USA
Match #3	Finn Tugwell / Michael Maze	DEN	2 – 0 21-13, 21-10	Hiroshi Shibutani / Koji Matsushita	JPN

Group E (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Japan 2	JPN	2	0	4	0	84	39	Q
	Seiko Iseki • Toshio Tasaki
2	Belgium	BEL	1	1	2	2	63	74
	Jean-Michel Saive • Philippe Saive
3	Chile	CHI	0	2	0	4	50	84
	Jorge Gambra • Augusto Morales

Match #1	Seiko Iseki / Toshio Tasaki	JPN	2 – 0 21-10, 21-8	Jorge Gambra / Augusto Morales	CHI
Match #2	Jean-Michel Saive / Philippe Saive	BEL	2 – 0 21-18, 21-14	Jorge Gambra / Augusto Morales	CHI
Match #3	Seiko Iseki / Toshio Tasaki	JPN	2 – 0 21-10, 21-11	Jean-Michel Saive / Philippe Saive	BEL

Group F (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Sweden 1	SWE	2	0	4	1	102	81	Q
	Fredrik Håkansson • Peter Karlsson
2	Belarus	BLR	1	1	2	2	83	78
	Uladzimir Samsonau • Yauhen Shchatinin
3	United States 2	USA	0	2	1	4	72	98
	Todd Sweeris • David Zhuang

Match #1	Fredrik Håkansson / Peter Karlsson	SWE	2 – 1 14-21, 21-10, 21-9	Todd Sweeris / David Zhuang	USA
Match #2	Uladzimir Samsonau / Yauhen Shchatinin	BLR	2 – 0 21-14, 21-18	Todd Sweeris / David Zhuang	USA
Match #3	Fredrik Håkansson / Peter Karlsson	SWE	2 – 0 25-23, 21-18	Uladzimir Samsonau / Yauhen Shchatinin	BLR

Group G (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Poland	POL	2	0	4	0	84	57	Q
	Lucjan Błaszczyk • Tomasz Krzeszewski
2	Brazil	BRA	1	1	2	2	70	76
	Hugo Hoyama • Carlos Kawai
3	Czech Republic	CZE	0	2	0	4	63	84
	Petr Korbel • Josef Plachý

Match #1	Lucjan Błaszczyk / Tomasz Krzeszewski	POL	2 – 0 21-11, 21-18	Petr Korbel / Josef Plachý	CZE
Match #2	Hugo Hoyama / Carlos Kawai	BRA	2 – 0 21-17, 21-17	Petr Korbel / Josef Plachý	CZE
Match #3	Lucjan Błaszczyk / Tomasz Krzeszewski	POL	2 – 0 21-13, 21-15	Hugo Hoyama / Carlos Kawai	BRA

Group H (16 – 18 September 2000)

Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitor(s)	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games For	GA	Points For	PA
1	Yugoslavia	SCG	2	0	4	0	84	51	Q
	Slobodan Grujić • Ilija Lupulesku
2	Germany	GER	1	1	2	0	78	62
	Timo Boll • Jörg Roßkopf
3	Australia 2	AUS	0	2	0	4	35	84
	Brett Clarke • Jeff Plumb

Match #1	Timo Boll / Jörg Roßkopf	GER	2 – 0 21-10, 21-10	Brett Clarke / Jeff Plumb	AUS
Match #2	Slobodan Grujić / Ilija Lupulesku	SCG	2 – 0 21-8, 21-7	Brett Clarke / Jeff Plumb	AUS
Match #3	Slobodan Grujić / Ilija Lupulesku	SCG	2 – 0 21-18, 21-18	Timo Boll / Jörg Roßkopf	GER

Round One (20 September 2000)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Kong Linghui / Liu Guoliang	CHN	3 – 2 21-16, 12-21, 19-21, 21-18, 21-18	Lucjan Błaszczyk / Tomasz Krzeszewski	POL
Match #2	Kim Taek-Su / Oh Sang-Eun	KOR	3 – 0 21-18, 21-18, 21-13	Slobodan Grujić / Ilija Lupulesku	SCG
Match #3	Karl Jindrak / Werner Schlager	AUT	3 – 0 22-20, 21-14, 21-17	Danny Heister / Trinko Keen	NED
Match #4	Patrick Chila / Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA	3 – 1 21-17, 10-21, 21-11, 21-18	Fredrik Håkansson / Peter Karlsson	SWE
Match #5	Chang Yen-Shu / Chiang Peng-Lung	TPE	3 – 0 21-19, 21-15, 22-20	Michael Maze / Finn Tugwell	DEN
Match #6	Lee Cheol-Seung / Yu Seung-Min	KOR	3 – 2 16-21, 21-16, 19-21, 21-9, 21-15	Cheung Yuk / Leung Chu Yan	HKG
Match #7	Damien Éloi / Christophe Legoût	FRA	3 – 0 21-18, 23-21, 21-18	Jörgen Persson / Jan-Ove Waldner	SWE
Match #8	Wang Liqin / Yan Sen	CHN	3 – 0 21-18, 21-16, 21-16	Seiko Iseki / Toshio Tasaki	JPN

Quarter-Finals (21 September 2000)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Kong Linghui / Liu Guoliang	CHN	3 – 1 21-18, 21-9, 10-21, 21-10	Kim Taek-Su / Oh Sang-Eun	KOR
Match #2	Patrick Chila / Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA	3 – 2 15-21, 19-21, 21-19, 21-17, 22-20	Karl Jindrak / Werner Schlager	AUT
Match #3	Lee Cheol-Seung / Yu Seung-Min	KOR	3 – 2 13-21, 21-15, 10-21, 23-21, 21-18	Chang Yen-Shu / Chiang Peng-Lung	TPE
Match #4	Wang Liqin / Yan Sen	CHN	3 – 0 21-6, 21-13, 21-19	Damien Éloi / Christophe Legoût	FRA

Semi-Finals (22 September 2000)

Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match #1	Kong Linghui / Liu Guoliang	CHN	3 – 1 21-12, 22-24, 21-10, 21-10	Patrick Chila / Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA
Match #2	Wang Liqin / Yan Sen	CHN	3 – 1 21-12, 21-19, 17-21, 21-18	Lee Cheol-Seung / Yu Seung-Min	KOR

Final Round (23 September 2000)

Match 1/2	Wang Liqin / Yan Sen	CHN	3 – 1 22-20, 17-21, 21-19, 21-18	Kong Linghui / Liu Guoliang	CHN
Match 3/4	Patrick Chila / Jean-Philippe Gatien	FRA	3 – 1 22-20, 21-23, 21-19, 21-10	Lee Cheol-Seung / Yu Seung-Min	KOR