Gateball was contested as an invitational sport at the 2001 World Games between 18 and 19 August 2001, at the track and field venue in Akita Prefectural Central Park.

Participating nations

Preliminary league The preliminary league was played in a round-robin format.

Team Wins Losses Points Ranking 5 0 56 1st 4 1 39 2nd 2 3 -1 3rd 2 3 -23 4th 1 4 -32 5th 1 4 -39 6th

Knockout stage

Medalists GateballYasumasa MoriwakiSatoshi FujiwaraAkihiro OnishiWataru FujiwaraHirofumi FujiwaraKiyohiro KatsuokaWang Ching TaiHsu Chiu ChuanChang Kuo PaoLee Pen FongLee Pen KanLin Ting ChangCheng Wei PinLai Kuo Ying HuaZheng FarongChen HonggangLi JiaohuaiLi JingjianGong LupingZhang WeiZhou Zheng

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