Table Tennis World Ranking In 1980

1979 YEAR 1981

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The Chinese international Guo Yuehua displayed a great consistency in the major tournaments, winning the World Cup and reaching the semi-final at the Asian Championships. These performances secured the #1 spot in the World Rankings for the Chinese star. The highest-ranked European in 1980 was the Czechoslovak international Josef Dvoraček.

TOP 30 PLAYERS IN THE WORLD RANKING

#

Player/Competition

EC

AC

WCU

E12

1

Guo Yuehua

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

2

Shi Zhihao

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

3

Josef Dvoraček

x

9th

x

x

x

x

x

x

4

John Hilton

x

5th

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

5

Stellan Bengtsson

x

6th

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

6

Jacques Secretin

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

7

Xie Saike

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

8

Li Zhenshi

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

9

Huang Liang

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

10

Desmond Douglas

1/4

x

x

4th

x

x

x

x

11

Gabor Gergely

1/4

x

10th

5th

x

x

x

x

x

x

12

Tibor Klampar

R16

x

5th

x

x

x

x

x

x

13

Patrick Birocheau

1/4

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

14

Engelbert Hüging

1/4

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

15

Milan Orlowski

R16

x

4th

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

16

Peter Stellwag

R16

x

x

6th

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

17

Tibor Kreisz

R16

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

18

Massimo Consantini

R16

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

19

Antun Stipančic

R16

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

20

Zoran Kalinic

R16

x

x

12th

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

21

Ulf Thorsell

R32

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

22

Jochen Leiß

R16

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

23

Istvan Jonyer

R32

x

x

11th

x

x

x

x

x

x

24

Eric Boggan

R32

x

8th

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

25

Wilfried Lieck

R32

x

x

7th

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

26

Ulf Carlsson

R32

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

27

Lu Yaohua

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

28

Paul Day

R32

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

29

Andrzej Grubba

R32

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

30

Wang Huiyuan

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x