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

Men's Team Class 3 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Peking University Gymnasium
Dates	13 – 16 September
Competitors	8
Medalists
Florian Merrien Jean-Philippe Robin  France Welder Knaf Luiz Algacir Silva  Brazil Feng Panfeng Zhao Ping  China
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Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
Singles
	Men	Women
	C1	C1–2
	C2	C3
	C3	C4
	C4–5	C5
	C6	C6–7
	C7	C8
	C8	C9
	C9-10	C10
Teams
	Men	Women
	C1–2	C1–3
	C3	C4–5
	C4–5	C6–10
	C6–8
	C9–10
v t

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.

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
	South Korea		1								Third place
											Great Britain		1
											China		3

Quarter-finals[]

13 September 2008 16:30

Slovenia

0–3

France

Report	Individual matches
		0–3	Jean-Philippe Robin	4–11, 8–11, 9–11
		2–3	Florian Merrien	3–11, 11–7, 11–8, 8–11, 10–12
/		1–3	Florian Merrien /	4–11, 5–11, 11–7, 6–11

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13 September 2008 16:30

Great Britain

3–0

Libya

Report	Individual matches
Neil Robinson		3–0		11–6, 11–8, 11–2
James Rawson		3–0		11–0, 11–0, 11–1
/ James Rawson		3–0	/	11–2, 11–1, 11–4

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13 September 2008 16:30

Brazil

3–0

Austria

Report	Individual matches
Luiz Algacir Silva		3–1	Egon Kramminger	9–11, 11–6, 11–5, 11–2
Welder Knaf		3–0	Manfred Dollmann	11–5, 11–3, 11–7
Luiz Algacir Silva / Welder Knaf		3–2	Manfred Dollmann /	11–6, 9–11, 11–4, 14–16, 11–4

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13 September 2008 16:30

China

3–1

South Korea

Report	Individual matches
Feng Panfeng		3–0		11–2, 11–9, 11–7
Zhao Ping		0–3	Kim Young-gun	9–11, 4–11, 8–11
Feng Panfeng / Zhao Ping		3–2	/ Kim Young Gun	11–7, 12–10, 8–11, 10–12, 11–4
Feng Panfeng		3–1	Kim Young-gun	11–9, 11–9, 8–11, 12–10

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Semi-finals[]

14 September 2008 16:30

Great Britain

0–3

France

Report	Individual matches
Neil Robinson		1–3	Florian Merrien	9–11, 3–11, 11–9, 10–12
James Rawson		2–3	Jean-Philippe Robin	11–7, 9–11, 7–11, 11–8, 10–12
Neil Robinson / James Rawson		1–3	Jean-Philippe Robin / Florian Merrien	7–11, 13–11, 10–12, 10–12

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14 September 2008 16:30

China

2–3

Brazil

Report	Individual matches
Feng Panfeng		1–3	Welder Knaf	11–13, 7–11, 11–4, 12–14
Zhao Ping		3–1	Luiz Algacir Silva	8–11, 11–7, 11–7, 11–2
Feng Panfeng / Zhao Ping		2–3	Welder Knaf / Luiz Algacir Silva	13–15, 11–5, 11–4, 7–11, 6–11
Feng Panfeng		3–1	Luiz Algacir Silva	11–9, 11–3, 9–11, 11–2
Zhao Ping		1–3	Welder Knaf	9–11, 11–8, 10–12, 9–11

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Finals[]

Gold medal match

15 September 2008 10:00

Brazil

1–3

France

Report	Individual matches
Luiz Algacir Silva		2–3	Jean-Philippe Robin	13–11, 4–11, 9–11, 11–4, 4–11
Welder Knaf		3–2	Florian Merrien	7–11, 14–12, 11–5, 9–11, 11–8
Luiz Algacir Silva / Welder Knaf		1–3	Jean-Philippe Robin / Florian Merrien	5–11, 5–11, 11–3, 4–11
Luiz Algacir Silva		0–3	Florian Merrien	5–11, 8–11, 3–11

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Bronze medal match

15 September 2008 10:00

China

3–1

Great Britain

Report	Individual matches
Feng Panfeng		3–2	Neil Robinson	14–16, 11–13, 11–7, 11–9, 11–5
Zhao Ping		2–3	James Rawson	7–11, 11–8, 5–11, 11–3, 4–11
Feng Panfeng / Zhao Ping		3–2	Neil Robinson / James Rawson	11–4, 7–11, 10–12, 11–9, 11–6
Feng Panfeng		3–0	James Rawson	11–8, 11–3, 11–9

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Team Lists[]

France Florian Merrien Jean-Philippe Robin	Slovenia	Libya	Great Britain Neil Robinson James Rawson
Austria Manfred Dollmann Egon Kramminger	Brazil Welder Knaf Luiz Algacir Silva	China Feng Panfeng Zhao Ping	South Korea Kim Young Gun

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