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 It was the 51st edition to be contested. 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. 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. 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. 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 2010
Top two of the 2nd Division in 2010 ITTF World Team Rankings (ranking in February) (12) (16) (20) (21) (14) (19) (20) (21)
Medal summary
Events Men's team Ma 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 Ding 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
Results
Men's team
Women's team
References
External links
ITTF.com