Sporting Digest: Table Tennis

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Gothenburg, Swe) Men: Places 1-8: First round: China bt Japan 3-0; Sweden bt Belgium 3-0; Germany bt South Korea 3-2; North Korea bt France 3-2. Second round: China bt Germany 3-1; Sweden bt North Korea 3-1; South Korea bt Japan 3-0; Belgium bt France 3-0. Today: Final: China v Sweden. Places 3-4: Germany v North Korea. 5-6: South Korea v Belgium. 7-8: Japan v France. 9-16: England bt Italy 3-0. 41-48: Ukraine bt Ireland 3-0; Wales bt Mexico 3-1. Women: Quarter-finals: China bt Taiwan 3-0; Hong Kong bt Russia 3-1; North Korea bt Japan 3-1; South Korea bt Germany 3-1. Semi-finals: China bt Hong Kong 3-0; North Korea bt South Korea 3-1. Places 3-4: South Korea bt Hong Kong 3-0. 5-8: Russia bt Taiwan 3-0; Germany bt Japan 3-0. 5-6: Russia bt Germany 3-2. 7-8: Japan bt Taiwan 3-0. 9-16: Sweden bt England 3-1. 13-16: England bt France 3-1. 13-14: England bt United States 3-0. 45-48: Wales bt Mexico 3-0. 45-46: Norway bt Wales 3-0. 53-56: Scotland bt Iceland 3-0. 53-54: Scotland bt Chile 3-1. 57-60: Peru bt Ireland 3-0. 59-60: New Zealand bt Ireland 3-2.