Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics – Men's individual – Class 9

Table tennis Men's C9 at the XIV Paralympic Games
Venue	ExCeL Exhibition Centre
Dates	30 August – 2 September 2012
Competitors	12 from 10 nations
Medalists
Ma Lin   China   Stanislaw Fraczyk   Austria   Gerben Last   Netherlands

Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Singles
Men			Women
	C1			C1–2
	C2			C3
	C3			C4
	C4			C5
	C5			C6
	C6			C7
	C7			C8
	C8			C9
	C9			C10
	C10			C11
	C11
Teams
Men			Women
	C1–2			C1–3
	C3			C4–5
	C4–5			C6–10
	C6–8
	C9–10

The Men's individual table tennis - Class 9 tournament at the 2012 Summer Paralympics^[1] in London took place from 30 August to 2 September 2012 at ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Classes 6–10 are for athletes with a physical impairment who competed from a standing position; the lower the number, the greater the impact the impairment was on an athlete’s ability to compete.

In the preliminary stage, athletes competed in four groups of three. Winners of each group qualified for the semi-finals, together with four seeded players given byes for the preliminary round.

Results

All times are local (BST/UTC+1)

Finals

	Quarter-finals: 1 Sep 10:20									Semifinals: 1 Sep 19:45									Gold medal match: 2 Sep 12:30
	1	Ma Lin (CHN)	11	11	14
		Frederic Bellais (FRA)	4	6	12
										1	Ma Lin (CHN)	11	11	11
											Cedrik Cabestany (FRA)	4	5	5
		Cedrik Cabestany (FRA)	11	13	5	11
	4	Yuriy Shchepanskyy (UKR)	4	11	11	9
																			1	Ma Lin (CHN)	8	11	11	13
																			2	Stanislaw Fraczyk (AUT)	11	7	4	11
	3	Gerben Last (NED)	9	11	11	11
		Thomas Bouvais (FRA)	11	8	9	9
										3	Gerben Last (NED)	11	12	8	9	10
										2	Stanislaw Fraczyk (AUT)	3	10	11	11	12			Bronze medal match
		Andreas Aulie (NOR)	7	6	11	4
	2	Stanislaw Fraczyk (AUT)	11	11	8	11														Cedrik Cabestany (FRA)	11	3	9	9
																			3	Gerben Last (NED)	8	11	11	11

Preliminary Round

Group A

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Thomas Bouvais (FRA)	2	0	+2	+17
Vadym Kubov (UKR)	1	1	+1	-8
Zhi Liang Koh (MAS)	0	2	-3	-9

30 August, 10:20  Vadym Kubov (UKR) 14 2 11 14  Zhi Liang Koh (MAS) 12 11 6 12

30 August, 20:40  Zhi Liang Koh (MAS) 11 6 7 12 7  Thomas Bouvais (FRA) 9 11 11 10 11

31 August, 16:40  Vadym Kubov (UKR) 11 4 13 8 7  Thomas Bouvais (FRA) 7 11 11 11 11

Group B

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Cedrik Cabestany (FRA)	2	0	+3	+6
Tahl Leibovitz (USA)	1	1	0	+2
Linus Karlsson (SWE)	0	2	-3	-8

30 August, 10:20  Cedrik Cabestany (FRA) 11 10 11 11 12  Linus Karlsson (SWE) 13 12 9 9 10

30 August, 20:40  Linus Karlsson (SWE) 12 7 9 12  Tahl Leibovitz (USA) 10 11 11 14

31 August, 16:40  Cedrik Cabestany (FRA) 11 3 11 11  Tahl Leibovitz (USA) 8 11 8 5

Group C

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Andreas Aulie (NOR)	1	1	+1	-6
Iurii Nozdrunov (RUS)	1	1	0	+7
Tonnie Heijnen (NED)	1	1	-1	-1

30 August, 10:20  Iurii Nozdrunov (RUS) 11 9 11 15  Tonnie Heijnen (NED) 8 11 5 13

31 August, 09:00  Tonnie Heijnen (NED) 9 7 12 11 11  Andreas Aulie (NOR) 11 11 10 7 3

31 August, 16:40  Iurii Nozdrunov (RUS) 10 11 7 10  Andreas Aulie (NOR) 12 5 11 12

Group D

Athlete	Won	Lost	Games diff	Points diff
Frederic Bellais (FRA)	2	0	+3	+20
Esa Miettinen (FIN)	1	1	+1	+3
Tunde Adisa (NGR)	0	2	-4	-23

30 August, 10:20  Esa Miettinen (FIN) 11 6 11 11  Tunde Adisa (NGR) 8 11 4 5

31 August, 09:00  Tunde Adisa (NGR) 4 11 9 5  Frederic Bellais (FRA) 11 8 11 11

31 August, 16:40  Esa Miettinen (FIN) 7 4 11 11 6  Frederic Bellais (FRA) 11 11 7 7 11

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