Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's team – Class 3

The Men's Team Class 3 table tennis competition at the 2008 Summer Paralympics was held between 13 September and 16 September at the Peking University Gymnasium.[1] Classes 6–10 were for athletes with a physical impairment who competed from a standing position; the lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment had on an athlete’s ability to compete.

Men's Team Class 3
at the XIII Paralympic Games
VenuePeking University Gymnasium
Dates13 – 16 September
Competitors8
Medalists
Yann Guilhem
Florian Merrien
Jean-Philippe Robin
 France
Welder Knaf
Luiz Algacir Silva
 Brazil
Feng Panfeng
Gao Yanming
Zhao Ping
 China

The competition was a straight knock-out format. Each tie was decided by the best of a potential five matches, two singles, a doubles (not necessarily the same players) and two reverse singles.

The event was won by the team representing  France. [2]

Competition bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
 France 3  
 Slovenia 0      France 3  
 Libya 0      Great Britain 0  
 Great Britain 3        France 3
 Austria 0        Brazil 1
 Brazil 3      Brazil 3
 China 3      China 2     Third place
 South Korea 1  
 Great Britain 1
 China 3

Quarter-finals

13 September 2008
16:30
Report
Slovenia  0–3  France

13 September 2008
16:30
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Great Britain  3–0  Libya

13 September 2008
16:30
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Brazil  3–0  Austria

13 September 2008
16:30
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China  3–1  South Korea

Semi-finals

14 September 2008
16:30
Report
Great Britain  0–3  France

14 September 2008
16:30
Report
China  2–3  Brazil

Finals

Gold medal match
15 September 2008
10:00
Report
Brazil  1–3  France

Bronze medal match
15 September 2008
10:00
Report
China  3–1  Great Britain

Team Lists

 France
Yann Guilhem
Florian Merrien
Jean-Philippe Robin
 Slovenia
Ivan Lisac
Bojan Lukezic
 Libya
Ali Mabrouk Ahmed
Khaled Ahmed Abuajela
 Great Britain
Neil Robinson
James Rawson
Arnie Chan
 Austria
Gunter Unger
Manfred Dollmann
Egon Kramminger
 Brazil
Welder Knaf
Luiz Algacir Silva
 China
Feng Panfeng
Gao Yanming
Zhao Ping
 South Korea
Kim Jeong Seok
Kim Young Gun

References

  1. "Schedules and Results - Table Tennis". The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
  2. "Men's Team Class 3". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
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