2001 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team
# 2001 World Table Tennis Championships – Men's team

The 2001 World Table Tennis Championships – men's team (Swaythling Cup) was the 46th edition of the men's team championship.

China won the gold medal defeating Belgium 3–0 in the final. Sweden and South Korea won bronze medals.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| | China Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang Liu Guozheng Ma Lin Wang Liqin | Belgium Martin Bratanov Marc Closset Andras Podpinka Jean-Michel Saive Philippe Saive | South Korea Joo Se-Hyuk Kim Taek-Soo Lee Chul-Seung Oh Sang-Eun Ryu Seung-Min |
| | China Kong Linghui Liu Guoliang Liu Guozheng Ma Lin Wang Liqin | Belgium Martin Bratanov Marc Closset Andras Podpinka Jean-Michel Saive Philippe Saive | Sweden Fredrik Håkansson Peter Karlsson Magnus Molin Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner |

## Final stage knockout phase

### Round of 16

| Team One | Team Two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| China | Netherlands | 3–1 |
| South Korea | Czech Republic | 3–2 |
| Belgium | Yugoslavia | 3–0 |
| Italy | Japan | 3–0 |
| Germany | Poland | 3-2 |
| Sweden | Greece | 3-1 |
| Austria | Chinese Taipei | 3–2 |
| France | Belarus | 3–2 |

### Quarter finals

| Team One | Team Two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Sweden | Austria | 3–0 |
| China | Germany | 3–1 |
| Belgium | Italy | 3–0 |
| South Korea | France | 3–2 |

### Semifinals

| Team One | Team Two | Score |
| - | - | - |
| Belgium | Sweden | 3–1 |
| China | South Korea | 3–2 |

### Final

| China 3 | | Belgium 0 | Score |
| - | - | - | - |
| Ma Lin | bt | Jean-Michel Saive | 18–21 21–7 21–15 |
| Liu Guozheng | bt | Philippe Saive | 21–18 21–17 |
| Kong Linghui | bt | Martin Bratanov | 21–18 21–19 |
