Table tennis at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's team

The men's team table tennis event was part of the table tennis programme and took place at the Thammasat Gymnasium 5, in Bangkok.

Men's team at the 1998 Asian Games
Venue	Thammasat Gymnasium 5
Dates	8–12 December 1998
Nations	15
Medalists
China Kong Linghui, Liu Guoliang, Wang Liqin, Yan Sen, Zhang Yong    South Korea Kim Taek-soo, Lee Chul-seung, Oh Sang-eun, Park Sang-joon    Japan Seiko Iseki, Hiroshi Shibutani, Toshio Tasaki, Ryo Yuzawa    Chinese Taipei Chang Yen-shu, Chiang Peng-lung, Chuang Chih-yuan, Kuo Chih-hsiang, Wu Wen-chia
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Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	9	0	6	Quarterfinals
2	Vietnam	3	2	1	6	4	5
3	Macau	3	1	2	4	8	4
4	Nepal	3	0	3	2	9	3

Source: Results

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	9	0	6	Quarterfinals
2	Iran	3	2	1	6	3	5
3	Yemen	3	1	2	3	6	4
4	Maldives	3	0	3	0	9	3

Source: Results

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	6	0	4	Quarterfinals
2	Thailand	2	1	1	3	3	3
3	Qatar	2	0	2	0	6	2

Source: Results

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	3	3	0	9	1	6	Quarterfinals
2	North Korea	3	2	1	7	4	5
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	4	6	4
4	Laos	3	0	3	0	9	3

Source: Results

Knockout round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

A1

China

3

Thailand

0

A1

China

3

North Korea

2

B1

Japan

2

B1

Japan

3

A1

China

3

C1

Chinese Taipei

3

D1

South Korea

1

Iran

0

C1

Chinese Taipei

1

Vietnam

0

D1

South Korea

3

D1

South Korea

3

Quarterfinals

China

3–0

Thailand

Kong Linghui		2–0	Sanan Ariyachotima	21–8, 21–11
Liu Guoliang		2–0	Chaisit Chaitat	21–7, 21–5
Zhang Yong		2–0	Phakpoom Sanguansin	21–13, 21–12

North Korea

2–3

Japan

Kim Song-hui		2–1	Hiroshi Shibutani	21–17, 13–21, 21–14
Choi Gyong-sob		0–2	Toshio Tasaki	18–21, 20–22
Kim Jin-myong		1–2	Seiko Iseki	16–21, 21–18, 14–21
Kim Song-hui		2–0	Toshio Tasaki	21–13, 21–10
Choi Gyong-sob		0–2	Hiroshi Shibutani	12–21, 14–21

Chinese Taipei

3–0

Iran

Chang Yen-shu		2–0	Behnam Rahmatpanah	21–12, 21–15
Wu Wen-chia		2–1	Amin Eskandari	21–10, 18–21, 21–16
Chuang Chih-yuan		2–0	Mohammad Reza Akhlaghpasand	21–13, 21–8

Vietnam

0–3

South Korea

Lê Huy		0–2	Kim Taek-soo	16–21, 12–21
Vũ Mạnh Cường		0–2	Lee Chul-seung	14–21, 10–21
Đoàn Kiến Quốc		0–2	Oh Sang-eun	9–21, 11–21

Semifinals

China

3–2

Japan

Kong Linghui		2–0	Seiko Iseki	21–17, 21–14
Liu Guoliang		2–1	Hiroshi Shibutani	20–22, 21–12, 21–17
Wang Liqin		1–2	Toshio Tasaki	14–21, 21–15, 18–21
Kong Linghui		0–2	Hiroshi Shibutani	19–21, 14–21
Liu Guoliang		2–0	Seiko Iseki	21–13, 21–15

Chinese Taipei

1–3

South Korea

Kuo Chih-hsiang		1–2	Oh Sang-eun	14–21, 21–18, 16–21
Chang Yen-shu		2–0	Park Sang-joon	21–15, 21–13
Chuang Chih-yuan		0–2	Kim Taek-soo	13–21, 17–21
Kuo Chih-hsiang		1–2	Park Sang-joon	23–21, 15–21, 13–21

Final

China

3–1

South Korea

Liu Guoliang		2–0	Kim Taek-soo	21–13, 21–17
Kong Linghui		1–2	Oh Sang-eun	14–21, 23–21, 18–21
Zhang Yong		2–0	Park Sang-joon	21–16, 21–14
Liu Guoliang		2–0	Oh Sang-eun	21–12, 21–15