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Doubles, Men

Date	16 – 23 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	State Sports Centre, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	72 from 29 countries
Format	Round-robin qualifying pools, followed by single-elimination tournament. Top 8 seeded directly into single-elimination.

Kong Linghui and Liu Guoliang had won the 1996 gold medal and the 1997 and 1999 World Championships. In 1999, they defeated their countrymen, Wang Liqin and Yan Sen, in the final of the Worlds. The Sydney doubles final came down to the same two teams, who were seeded #1 and #2, but this time Wang and Yan had the better of it, winning in four games, although all were closely fought. Wang and Yan would also win the World Championships in 2001 and 2003.

Pos	Competitors	NOC
1	People's Republic of China 2	CHN	Gold
	Wang Liqin • Yan Sen
2	People's Republic of China 1	CHN	Silver
	Kong Linghui • Liu Guoliang
3	France 1	FRA	Bronze
	Jean-Philippe Gatien • Patrick Chila
4	Republic of Korea 2	KOR
	Lee Cheol-Seung • Yu Seung-Min
=5	Chinese Taipei	TPE
	Chang Yen-Shu • Chiang Peng-Lung
=5	France 2	FRA
	Christophe Legoût • Damien Éloi
=5	Austria	AUT
	Karl Jindrak • Werner Schlager
=5	Republic of Korea 1	KOR
	Kim Taek-Su • Oh Sang-Eun
=9	Hong Kong, China	HKG
	Cheung Yuk • Leung Chu Yan
=9	Netherlands	NED
	Danny Heister • Trinko Keen
=9	Sweden 1	SWE
	Fredrik Håkansson • Peter Karlsson
=9	Sweden 2	SWE
	Jan-Ove Waldner • Jörgen Persson
=9	Poland	POL
	Lucjan Błaszczyk • Tomasz Krzeszewski
=9	Denmark	DEN
	Finn Tugwell • Michael Maze
=9	Japan 2	JPN
	Seiko Iseki • Toshio Tasaki
=9	Yugoslavia	SCG
	Ilija Lupulesku • Slobodan Grujić
=17	Brazil	BRA
	Carlos Kawai • Hugo Hoyama
=17	Belgium	BEL
	Jean-Michel Saive • Philippe Saive
=17	Canada	CAN
	Johnny Huang • Kurt Liu
=17	Greece	GRE
	Daniel Tsiokas • Kallinikos Kreangka
=17	Japan 1	JPN
	Hiroshi Shibutani • Koji Matsushita
=17	Nigeria	NGR
	Kazeem Nosiru • Segun Toriola
=17	Germany	GER
	Jörg Roßkopf • Timo Boll
=17	Belarus	BLR
	Uladzimir Samsonau • Yauhen Shchatinin
=25	Australia 2	AUS
	Brett Clarke • Jeff Plumb
=25	India	IND
	Chetan Baboor • Raman Subramanyan
=25	Chile	CHI
	Augusto Morales • Jorge Gambra
=25	Argentina	ARG
	Song Liu • Pablo Tabachnik
=25	Czech Republic	CZE
	Josef Plachý • Petr Korbel
=25	Australia 1	AUS
	Mark Smythe • Simon Gerada
=25	United States 2	USA
	David Zhuang • Todd Sweeris
=25	United States 1	USA
	Yinghua Cheng • Khoa Dinh Nguyen
=33	Egypt	EGY
	Ashraf Helmy • El-Sayed Lashin
=33	Algeria	ALG
	David Kaci • Farid Oulami
=33	Cuba	CUB
	Francisco Arado • Rubén Arado
=33	Indonesia	INA
	Anton Suseno • Ismu Harinto

Qualifying Round

Date	16 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to round-robin pools.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Brazil	BRA	2 – 0	Algeria	ALG
Match #2	16 Sep	Australia 2	AUS	2 – 0	Cuba	CUB
Match #3	16 Sep	Chile	CHI	2 – 1	Indonesia	INA
Match #4	16 Sep	United States 2	USA	2 – 1	Egypt	EGY

Preliminary Round

Date	16 – 18 September 2000

Group A

Date	16 – 18 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	France 2	FRA	2	0	4-1	96-80	Q
	Damien Éloi • Christophe Legoût
2	Canada	CAN	1	1	3-3	115-102
	Johnny Huang • Kurt Liu
3	Argentina	ARG	0	2	1-4	73-102
	Song Liu • Pablo Tabachnik

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	France 2	FRA	2 – 0	Argentina	ARG
Match #2	16 Sep	Canada	CAN	2 – 1	Argentina	ARG
Match #3	18 Sep	France 2	FRA	2 – 1	Canada	CAN

Group B

Date	16 – 18 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Netherlands	NED	2	0	4-1	96-86	Q
	Danny Heister • Trinko Keen
2	Nigeria	NGR	1	1	3-3	119-117
	Kazeem Nosiru • Segun Toriola
3	India	IND	0	2	1-4	94-106
	Chetan Baboor • Raman Subramanyan

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Netherlands	NED	2 – 1	Nigeria	NGR
Match #2	16 Sep	Nigeria	NGR	2 – 1	India	IND
Match #3	18 Sep	Netherlands	NED	2 – 0	India	IND

Group C

Date	16 – 18 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Hong Kong, China	HKG	2	0	4-1	98-79	Q
	Cheung Yuk • Leung Chu Yan
2	Greece	GRE	1	1	3-2	91-82
	Kallinikos Kreangka • Daniel Tsiokas
3	Australia 1	AUS	0	2	0-4	56-84
	Simon Gerada • Mark Smythe

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Hong Kong, China	HKG	2 – 0	Australia 1	AUS
Match #2	16 Sep	Greece	GRE	2 – 0	Australia 1	AUS
Match #3	18 Sep	Hong Kong, China	HKG	2 – 1	Greece	GRE

Group D

Date	16 – 18 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Denmark	DEN	2	0	4-0	84-42	Q
	Michael Maze • Finn Tugwell
2	Japan 1	JPN	1	1	2-2	65-63
	Koji Matsushita • Hiroshi Shibutani
3	United States 1	USA	0	2	0-4	40-84
	Yinghua Cheng • Khoa Dinh Nguyen

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Japan 1	JPN	2 – 0	United States 1	USA
Match #2	16 Sep	Denmark	DEN	2 – 0	United States 1	USA
Match #3	18 Sep	Denmark	DEN	2 – 0	Japan 1	JPN

Group E

Date	16 – 18 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Japan 2	JPN	2	0	4-0	84-39	Q
	Seiko Iseki • Toshio Tasaki
2	Belgium	BEL	1	1	2-2	63-74
	Jean-Michel Saive • Philippe Saive
3	Chile	CHI	0	2	0-4	50-84
	Jorge Gambra • Augusto Morales

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Japan 2	JPN	2 – 0	Chile	CHI
Match #2	16 Sep	Belgium	BEL	2 – 0	Chile	CHI
Match #3	18 Sep	Japan 2	JPN	2 – 0	Belgium	BEL

Group F

Date	16 – 18 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Sweden 1	SWE	2	0	4-1	102-81	Q
	Fredrik Håkansson • Peter Karlsson
2	Belarus	BLR	1	1	2-2	83-78
	Uladzimir Samsonau • Yauhen Shchatinin
3	United States 2	USA	0	2	1-4	72-98
	Todd Sweeris • David Zhuang

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Sweden 1	SWE	2 – 1	United States 2	USA
Match #2	16 Sep	Belarus	BLR	2 – 0	United States 2	USA
Match #3	18 Sep	Sweden 1	SWE	2 – 0	Belarus	BLR

Group G

Date	16 – 18 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Poland	POL	2	0	4-0	84-57	Q
	Lucjan Błaszczyk • Tomasz Krzeszewski
2	Brazil	BRA	1	1	2-2	70-76
	Hugo Hoyama • Carlos Kawai
3	Czech Republic	CZE	0	2	0-4	63-84
	Petr Korbel • Josef Plachý

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Poland	POL	2 – 0	Czech Republic	CZE
Match #2	16 Sep	Brazil	BRA	2 – 0	Czech Republic	CZE
Match #3	18 Sep	Poland	POL	2 – 0	Brazil	BRA

Group H

Date	16 – 18 September 2000
Format	Winner in each group advanced to single-elimination tournament.

Pos	Competitors	NOC	Wins	Losses	Games	Points
1	Yugoslavia	SCG	2	0	4-0	84-51	Q
	Slobodan Grujić • Ilija Lupulesku
2	Germany	GER	1	1	2-0	78-62
	Timo Boll • Jörg Roßkopf
3	Australia 2	AUS	0	2	0-4	35-84
	Brett Clarke • Jeff Plumb

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	16 Sep	Germany	GER	2 – 0	Australia 2	AUS
Match #2	16 Sep	Yugoslavia	SCG	2 – 0	Australia 2	AUS
Match #3	18 Sep	Yugoslavia	SCG	2 – 0	Germany	GER

Round One

Date	20 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	20 Sep	People's Republic of China 1	CHN	3 – 2	Poland	POL
Match #2	20 Sep	Republic of Korea 1	KOR	3 – 0	Yugoslavia	SCG
Match #3	20 Sep	Austria	AUT	3 – 0	Netherlands	NED
Match #4	20 Sep	France 1	FRA	3 – 1	Sweden 1	SWE
Match #5	20 Sep	Chinese Taipei	TPE	3 – 0	Denmark	DEN
Match #6	20 Sep	Republic of Korea 2	KOR	3 – 2	Hong Kong, China	HKG
Match #7	20 Sep	France 2	FRA	3 – 0	Sweden 2	SWE
Match #8	20 Sep	People's Republic of China 2	CHN	3 – 0	Japan 2	JPN

Quarter-Finals

Date	21 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	21 Sep	People's Republic of China 1	CHN	3 – 1	Republic of Korea 1	KOR
Match #2	21 Sep	France 1	FRA	3 – 2	Austria	AUT
Match #3	21 Sep	Republic of Korea 2	KOR	3 – 2	Chinese Taipei	TPE
Match #4	21 Sep	People's Republic of China 2	CHN	3 – 0	France 2	FRA

Semi-Finals

Date	22 September 2000
Format	Winner of each match advanced to next round.

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match #1	22 Sep	People's Republic of China 1	CHN	3 – 1	France 1	FRA
Match #2	22 Sep	People's Republic of China 2	CHN	3 – 1	Republic of Korea 2	KOR

Final Round

Date	23 September 2000

Match	Date/Time	Competitors	NOC	Result	Competitors	NOC
Match 1/2	23 Sep	People's Republic of China 2	CHN	3 – 1	People's Republic of China 1	CHN
Match 3/4	23 Sep	France 1	FRA	3 – 1	Republic of Korea 2	KOR