The 2005 World Table Tennis Championships was held in the

Shanghai Grand Stage Shanghai Indoor Stadium, () also known as the Shanghai Grand Stage, is a multi-purpose gymnasium in Shanghai. Hailed as a great feat of engineering at the time of its construction, the building is now considered dated and out-classed by newly ...

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

, China from April 29 to May 6, 2005.

Medal summary

Medal table

Events

Finals

Men's singles

Wang Liqin Wang Liqin (; born June 18, 1978, Shanghai) is a retired Mainland Chinese table tennis player. As of January 2014, he is ranked 12th in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). He began playing at the age of 6 and was picked for the Ch ...

def. Ma Lin 4–2: 11–9, 3–11, 8–11, 11–9,11–9, 11–7

Women's singles

Zhang Yining Zhang Yining (; born 5 October 1981) is a Chinese table tennis player who retired in 2009. She is considered one of the greatest female players in the sport's history. In terms of achievements, she is one of the most successful female table tenn ...

def.

Guo Yan Guo Yan (, born June 24, 1982 in Beijing, China) is a Chinese table tennis player. Two-time winner of World Cup in 2006 and 2010. In February 2011, she ranked 2nd in the ITTF world ranking. Career records Singles (as of February 3, 2011) *Worl ...

, 4–2: 5–11, 11–7, 11–7, 4–11,11–8, 13–11

Men's doubles

Kong Linghui / Wang Hao def.

Timo Boll Timo Boll (, ; born 8 March 1981) is a German professional table tennis player, who currently plays for Borussia Düsseldorf. He is ranked second in the German Table Tennis National League, and fifteen in the ITTF world rankings as of October 20 ...

Christian Süß Christian Süß (born 28 July 1985 in Ahlen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German table tennis player. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Süß won the silver medal as part of the German men's team, together with Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtc ...

, 4–1: 11–9, 11–3, 11–9, 7–11, 11–6

Women's doubles

Wang Nan /

def. Guo Yue /

Niu Jianfeng Niu Jianfeng (; born on April 3, 1981, in Baoding, Hebei) is a Chinese table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, ...

, 4–1: 11–4, 11–5, 10–12, 11–9,11–5

Mixed doubles

/ Guo Yue def.

Liu Guozheng Liu Guozheng (Simplified Chinese: 刘国正, March 7, 1980 in Hubei) is a retired Chinese table tennis player, From 2000 to 2005 he won several medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the Asian Table Tennis Championships and in the World ...

/ Bai Yang, 4–3: 11–4, 6–11, 6–11, 11–7, 11–9, 7–11, 11–6

External links

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) websiteOfficial Database
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