2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships

2012 edition of the World Team Table Tennis Championships 2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships Westfalenhallen Dortmund, Germany 25 March–1 April 2010 2014 2012 The 2012 Liebherr World Team Table Tennis Championships were held at the Westfalenhallen in Dortmund, Germany from March 25 to April 1, 2012.Competition schedule https://web.archive.org/web/20120323211328/http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/wttc_2012/timescheduleWTTC2012.pdf 2012-03-23 It was the 51st edition to be contested.http://ittf.com/_front_page/ittf2.asp?category=calendar ITTF Calendar ittf.com 14 May 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110616210319/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf2.asp?category=calendar 16 June 2011 dead 120 men's teams and 92 women's teams were allocated to different divisions according to the final ranking of the previous World Team Table Tennis Championships and the ITTF World Team Rankings.http://portal.ittf.com/ittf_team_events/ittf_teams_web.asp?TEAM_NO=&Tour_ID=2097&Gender=M Men's Teams List ittf.com 27 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120326165432/http://portal.ittf.com/ittf_team_events/ittf_teams_web.asp?TEAM_NO=&Tour_ID=2097&Gender=M 2012-03-26 dead http://portal.ittf.com/ittf_team_events/ittf_teams_web.asp?TEAM_NO=&Tour_ID=2097&Gender=W Women's Teams List ittf.com 27 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120326165750/http://portal.ittf.com/ittf_team_events/ittf_teams_web.asp?TEAM_NO=&Tour_ID=2097&Gender=W 2012-03-26 dead The winner of the first division, called the Championship Division, was crowned as the new champion. To be eligible to have a team entered for the team events in 2012 Summer Olympics, the ITTF member association must have participated in the tournament.http://ittf.com/World_Events/2012OG/Qual_system_OG2012_EN.pdf Qualification System – Games of the XXX Olympiad ITTF 14 May 2011 The ranking of the 2012 Championships was taken into account for the Olympic qualification after the final world Olympic qualification tournament, which was held from May 10 to May 13. Seeding The Championship Division comprised 24 teams. The top 18 teams of the Championship Division at the 2010 World Team Championships were guaranteed a spot in the championship division.http://www.ittf.com/world_events/wttc_2012/Playing_system_WTTC2012.pdf 2012 World Team Playing System ITTF 26 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120416235733/http://www.ittf.com/world_events/wttc_2012/Playing_system_WTTC2012.pdf 16 April 2012 The top two teams of the Second Division in 2010 automatically advanced to the Championship Division in 2012. The other four spots were announced according to the ITTF World Team Rankings published in February, 2012. QualificationMen's teamWomen's teamTop eighteen in 2010http://www.ittf.com/ittf_team_events/Positions_WTTC_2010.html Final positions of the 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships ittf.com 26 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120316034005/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_team_events/Positions_WTTC_2010.html 16 March 2012 Top two of the 2nd Division in 2010 ITTF World Team Rankings (ranking in February)http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/ittf_team_ranking.html ITTF World Team Ranking ittf.com 26 March 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120411021909/http://www.ittf.com/ittf_ranking/ittf_team_ranking.html 11 April 2012 (12) (16) (20) (21) (14) (19) (20) (21) Medal summary Events Men's team 2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's teamMa LongZhang JikeWang HaoXu XinMa LinTimo BollDimitrij OvtcharovPatrick BaumBastian StegerChristian SüßJoo Se-HyukRyu Seung-MinOh Sang-EunKim Min-SeokJung Young-SikJun MizutaniSeiya KishikawaKoki NiwaKenji MatsudairaMaharu YoshimuraWomen's team 2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's teamDing NingLiu ShiwenGuo YanLi XiaoxiaGuo YueFeng TianweiWang YueguLi JiaweiSun BeibeiYu MengyuTie Ya NaJiang HuajunLee Ho ChingNg Wing NamYu Kwok SeeKim Kyung-AhDang Ye-SeoSeok Ha-JungYang Ha-EunPark Mi-Young Medal table flagcountry 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 Results Men's team 2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team Women's team 2012 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team References External links http://www.tt-wm2012.de/ ITTF.com Category:World Table Tennis Championships World Team Table Tennis Championships World Team Table Tennis Championships World Team Table Tennis Championships Category:Table tennis competitions in Germany Category:Sports competitions in Dortmund Category:2010s in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:21st century in Dortmund Category:March 2012 sports events in Europe Category:April 2012 sports events in Europe