The match vs. Wang Liqin really was the deciding one of that well-deserved championship. Not only did Schlager play exceptionally well, but he also showed great mental fortitude, as he was trailing behind during most of the match.
I have watched all the Worlds since 1987, and 2003 is the most exciting championship viewing overall. Schlager was like Bob Beamon before he nearly jumped beyond the sandpit; so full of beans he could hardly contain himself! And, my, did he make the most of his mental state; he performed beyond himself to win this. Successive wins against Wang and Kong, no one has done such as that and also gone on to win the Worlds. Time and again throughout that semi, Schlager hit an outstanding forehand flick off the serve…. but Kong did not learn the lesson, and, on the match point that Kong earned in the 7th end, he gave Schlager a serve that allowed him to use it again to save the match. Each time I have watched this tension-filled match, that final forehand flick is like the ticking time bomb waiting to explode!! The final was “easier” only in the sense that Schlager was one of a handful of players who were supremely confident at reading & playing chop - even the best chopper in the world. 2 of the other such world players were Wang and Kong, so Joo Se Hyuk was up against it, no matter who he met in the final. His was a superlative achievement just to reach it.
I was there during all the week. I Will Always remember the tension i felt from everybody there at 9-9 in the 7nd game against Kong Lingui. Everyone of us (french people) want Werner Schlager victory
Schlager’s off the bounce counter kill at deuce in the final may be one of th most clutch shots I’ve ever seen. Risked it all and it paid off. Edit: thanks poster for the great content!
Incredible achievement from schlager, this was a great tournament, a real spectacle. And with the entertainer joo se hyuk in the other half of the draw. I dont feel the same when i watch table tennis today
Thanks for condensing the 4 matches. After the match points in the 6th game of the quarter final, it seemed like destiny. A great tournament victory for Schlager. Hope I'm wrong, but at the moment I don't see any european (including Moregard, Qiu Dang and Jorgic) capable of repeating this.
thanks for watch!!, is really Werner Schlager is the last player non chinese won world champion , timo boll won but is diferent tournament ( world cup)
If you are a big fan of table tennis I recommend that you buy something to eat and drink while you relive the best points and moments of one of the best world championships in the history of table tennis in the new era. In this video you will see the matches 00:00 Werner Schlager vs Kim Taek Soo (R16) 06:21 Werner Schlager vs. Wang Liqin (quarter finals) 13:40 Werner Schlager vs. Kong Linghui (semi-final) 30:31 Werner Schlager vs. Joo Se Hyuk (final)
back these days table tennis was all about biiig forehands :D the final really was the easiest game of the last 4, it was just perfect for the final show of schlager, that win was safe and he knew it :D
Of course, after taking out 2 of the great references in this time, Wang Liking and the Olympic champion Kong Linghui, they were filled with a lot of confidence.
He used much more top spin than today's players. Nowadays when you look at the Chinese and you'll wonder how fast they play. But they play mostly straight and blocks. Schlager's top spins were hard to return.
Ball was smaller. No point playing much spin nowadays. Killed the beauty of the game somewhat for me. What's worse: The wanted to make the game easier and easier to understand that way, but won't achieve it as it's still to much spin for spectators to understand. They need to make it visible instead to be more attractive and thus attract more spectators. Instead they killed the sport for many players that way diminishing playerbase even more.
@@TT-Freak Yes, the small ball wasn't bouncing the same angle with a good top spin. It could almost glide the table thus make the return very hard. You can't do this with the big ball now.
@@jdixon25 You are the one who hasn't done his homework I'm afraid. There is a reason why it's called 40+ and back then 40. Regulations were different back then and even if it was called 40 the balls were allowed to have 39.7 and that's what they were on overage. While today regulations demand the ball to be at least 40.2 . That's half a millimeter and makes a huge difference. Apart from that it's so obvious visibly different as well , one can see that the ball curves much more, the bounce is different than today. Though you go ahead and explain to people like Schlager, Boll and Waldner the difference:)
He quit way too early. It was a pity. Say what you want , but for me there's beauty in his efficient game of serve and attack. He didn't have this textbook technique, which made him stand out, at least for me.
At this point in time (2003) they were already playing with 40mm (celluloid) since decision at the world championships 2000. First usage of 40mm celluloid was at the world championships 2001 Osaka/Japan.
Countries like Sweden, Germany, Croatia, and Serbia had at least 1/2 the population of China they would destroy the rest of the field. Many Chinese take up or get introduced to table tennis from a young age, then you combine that with the population and you can see their dominance in the game. I give credit to Sweden though, they have better style and flare IMO, they dont look like robots.
@@MrYoumitube Highly populated countries mostly ranked at the bottom of Olympic table. Resources can't match the population, not everyone play sports, those who do may not like TT or have the talent. (Population only relevant for economics, all people work or consume) Age is a factor, but all pro started young, East Asian or European. Timo starts at 4, Waldner 5. Europe fell behind becoz it didn't keep the flow going. Whereas Chinese constantly improve their game. Robot or not, they shape the way of playing today. Most stylistic player is Xu Xin. Not Swede. No excuses, Europe need to buck up.
The thing about English is that as long as the sentence is "functional" (as in intelligible) it doesn't really matter how it's structured. We can infer the meaning just by reading the words as they are.
Das wollte ich vor ein paar Jahren auch wissen und hab bissl recherchiert. Werner soll nun ein paar Verfahren am Hals haben, die gegen ihn im Zusammenhang mit seiner längst konkurs gegangenen Akademie wegen dem Steuernhinterziehungsverdacht eingeleitet wurden. Der war Megatalent aber eben kein talentierter Geschäftsmann.
I don't think he was called for that service. Maybe now he could be but not back then. That service, his backhand and mental strength won that tournament for him. His opponents had to be very passive against that serve, or made many mistakes..
Under nearly every table tennis match I watch people are argueing about serves. Nearly every achievement is tainted, nearly every player accused of cheating. What have they done with these rules...
It is kind of obnoxius but more tolerable than players screaming Cho-le! Cho everytime they score a point, without considering that they are winning 2- 0 on the first set. I hate Harimoto and Im not a Schlager fan.
@@justchessminiatures1167exactly. This whole screaming thing escalated in recent years. Schlager occasionally screaming high-pitch on the other hand was rather funny LOL
...Самый переоцененный чемпион за всю историю настольного тениса. Ни стойки, ни техники, ни выхода к мячу, работа ног - пляска рожающей бегемотихи, но - по очкам выигрывал, не придирешься, всё по-честному. Я отнюдь не в восторге от китайского тотального доминирования в сегодняшнем ТТ, но хорошо, что они подняли уровень игры настолько, что в топе просто не стало места для игроков уровня продвинутой клоунады, как у Шлаггера.
@@anonymouscrew6647 Скажет так: у него было поразительное чувство мяча и стола и просто нечеловечекая интуиция. В принципе, феномены с подобными качествами были еще раньше: шведы Вальднер и Перссон. Перссон выглядел еше ничего в техническом контексте, но на Вальднера всегда было противно смотреть с его тошнотаорной раслабухой у стола. Но в результате - самый результативный чемпион за всю историю ТТ, емнип. Сейчас у таких игроков нет шансов против китайских "теннисны биороботов".
@@ingullar Ну почему нет. Морегард отнюдь не производит впечатление биоробота)) Да и братья Лебрун на подходе. Особенно старший, вполне себе *разгильдяй*. Знаете, вот хочется что бы за столом на равных сражались и *пьяные бегемотихи* и *роботы*. Так интереснее. Можно восхищаться битвой Ван Чуцина и Лю Гаоляня, но вот, скажем так, истинного наслаждения нет. Шаблон доведенный до абсолюта, до безукоризненности. Когда меня, великого чемпиона нашего двора и окрестностей, привели в теннисную школу, я обыгрывал там почти всех погодков. Но как только тренер заставил меня сменить хват, и класть этот чертов указательный палец на саму ракетку, а не на ручку как я делал раньше, у меня пропал мой фирменный удар слева, и мир лишился потенциального чемпиона)) А через полвека я узнал что один из японских чемпионов мира, этот палец клал по радиусу. То есть его кончик касался центра ракетки. В инете есть видео его игры.
Пройти трёх лучших китайцев и в конце уделать лучшего защитника ...в пляске бегемотихи!?. Вы зашорены стереотипами и отказываетесь поверить в факты. Шлагер первый, который играл убойными топсами с такой техникой бекхенда. И сейчас этот бекхент применятся уже как наследие например тем же Кольдерано. Да и форхенда топс удар только в последние годы стал приоритетным в сравнении с классическим времён Вальднера
In table tennis you can't earn much from the tournaments alone. Several thousands or ten thousands of Euros but not more. The players make their living mostly on advertising.
The match vs. Wang Liqin really was the deciding one of that well-deserved championship. Not only did Schlager play exceptionally well, but he also showed great mental fortitude, as he was trailing behind during most of the match.
that's how it is ! mentally he was very strong in this tournament, too smart to play the matches
I have watched all the Worlds since 1987, and 2003 is the most exciting championship viewing overall. Schlager was like Bob Beamon before he nearly jumped beyond the sandpit; so full of beans he could hardly contain himself! And, my, did he make the most of his mental state; he performed beyond himself to win this.
Successive wins against Wang and Kong, no one has done such as that and also gone on to win the Worlds. Time and again throughout that semi, Schlager hit an outstanding forehand flick off the serve…. but Kong did not learn the lesson, and, on the match point that Kong earned in the 7th end, he gave Schlager a serve that allowed him to use it again to save the match. Each time I have watched this tension-filled match, that final forehand flick is like the ticking time bomb waiting to explode!!
The final was “easier” only in the sense that Schlager was one of a handful of players who were supremely confident at reading & playing chop - even the best chopper in the world. 2 of the other such world players were Wang and Kong, so Joo Se Hyuk was up against it, no matter who he met in the final. His was a superlative achievement just to reach it.
I was there during all the week. I Will Always remember the tension i felt from everybody there at 9-9 in the 7nd game against Kong Lingui. Everyone of us (french people) want Werner Schlager victory
really amazing performance of Werner , very intelligent and focus !!
I was watching the Match on TV. As an Austrian, i was so happy that the French supported Schlager so much! Thank you!...👍
Schlager’s off the bounce counter kill at deuce in the final may be one of th most clutch shots I’ve ever seen. Risked it all and it paid off. Edit: thanks poster for the great content!
в каждой игре по лезвию. адреналину на всю жизнь)))) легенда!
С невозмутимым лицом... но весь в игре!
Incredible achievement from schlager, this was a great tournament, a real spectacle. And with the entertainer joo se hyuk in the other half of the draw. I dont feel the same when i watch table tennis today
Thanks for condensing the 4 matches. After the match points in the 6th game of the quarter final, it seemed like destiny. A great tournament victory for Schlager. Hope I'm wrong, but at the moment I don't see any european (including Moregard, Qiu Dang and Jorgic) capable of repeating this.
thanks for watch!!, is really Werner Schlager is the last player non chinese won world champion , timo boll won but is diferent tournament ( world cup)
Really great moments in the table tennis !!
yeah !!!
Это была эпическая победа!!!
И самый красивый финальный матч!!!
really epic match!!!!
Legendär👍👏
really!!!!
wow the crowd was big back then. wish it was like this now.
It's real, the atmosphere was incredible, and Werner Schlager was making history!!
An incredible legend and one of my favorite players of all time.
yeahhh!!! amazing player and amazing tournament
The title indicates that, in the world of TT, the Chinese are the reference and the ones to beat!!!!
Der gute alte Bryce... hört sich immer noch toll an
What a fighting effort! Never has an Austrian had such a support by a French crowd.
and support from the whole world hehehehehe
The best! ❤️
really amazing player!!! one big legend!
If you are a big fan of table tennis I recommend that you buy something to eat and drink while you relive the best points and moments of one of the best world championships in the history of table tennis in the new era.
In this video you will see the matches
00:00 Werner Schlager vs Kim Taek Soo (R16)
06:21 Werner Schlager vs. Wang Liqin (quarter finals)
13:40 Werner Schlager vs. Kong Linghui (semi-final)
30:31 Werner Schlager vs. Joo Se Hyuk (final)
20 years
Very Long Time . -_-
yeah is true!! jeje
back these days table tennis was all about biiig forehands :D the final really was the easiest game of the last 4, it was just perfect for the final show of schlager, that win was safe and he knew it :D
Of course, after taking out 2 of the great references in this time, Wang Liking and the Olympic champion Kong Linghui, they were filled with a lot of confidence.
He used much more top spin than today's players. Nowadays when you look at the Chinese and you'll wonder how fast they play. But they play mostly straight and blocks. Schlager's top spins were hard to return.
That's right, he was able to sustain the attacks very well, in addition to being a very intelligent and mentally strong player
Ball was smaller. No point playing much spin nowadays. Killed the beauty of the game somewhat for me. What's worse: The wanted to make the game easier and easier to understand that way, but won't achieve it as it's still to much spin for spectators to understand. They need to make it visible instead to be more attractive and thus attract more spectators. Instead they killed the sport for many players that way diminishing playerbase even more.
@@TT-Freak Yes, the small ball wasn't bouncing the same angle with a good top spin. It could almost glide the table thus make the return very hard. You can't do this with the big ball now.
@@TT-FreakNO. The 40mm ball was used for this tournament, the same sized ball used today.
@@jdixon25 You are the one who hasn't done his homework I'm afraid. There is a reason why it's called 40+ and back then 40. Regulations were different back then and even if it was called 40 the balls were allowed to have 39.7 and that's what they were on overage. While today regulations demand the ball to be at least 40.2 . That's half a millimeter and makes a huge difference. Apart from that it's so obvious visibly different as well , one can see that the ball curves much more, the bounce is different than today. Though you go ahead and explain to people like Schlager, Boll and Waldner the difference:)
best style in TT ever - Werner! How can you beat two of the best chinese in history WLQ and KL in one tourney right after one another?
He quit way too early. It was a pity. Say what you want , but for me there's beauty in his efficient game of serve and attack. He didn't have this textbook technique, which made him stand out, at least for me.
He was over 40 when he retired.
@@dickn.ormous1064 Exactly:)
@@dickn.ormous1064 All the older guys like Timo Boll have problems with injuries etc. because it takes a toll on the body
wow wow wow
really amazing player and amazing tournament!
Joo Sae Hyuk great
unbelieve great!!!
2024, Truls Moregard
I had the VCD of WS vs KLH before haha
wtf are u saying
@@MrSlipknot212he had the vcd of Schlage vs Kong linghui (before)
@@forg7240 thank you
How's the quality? 60 fps
Schlager wirft den Ball beim Aufschlag zu sehr im Bogen nach hinten.
schlager´s serve ist very dificult to respond
Bring back the smaller balls!!!
At this point in time (2003) they were already playing with 40mm (celluloid) since decision at the world championships 2000. First usage of 40mm celluloid was at the world championships 2001 Osaka/Japan.
Chinese simply just go too far ahead from rest of the world in TT
When is European TT going to rise up again?
Now, with Sweden
Countries like Sweden, Germany, Croatia, and Serbia had at least 1/2 the population of China they would destroy the rest of the field. Many Chinese take up or get introduced to table tennis from a young age, then you combine that with the population and you can see their dominance in the game. I give credit to Sweden though, they have better style and flare IMO, they dont look like robots.
@@MrYoumitube Highly populated countries mostly ranked at the bottom of Olympic table. Resources can't match the population, not everyone play sports, those who do may not like TT or have the talent. (Population only relevant for economics, all people work or consume) Age is a factor, but all pro started young, East Asian or European. Timo starts at 4, Waldner 5.
Europe fell behind becoz it didn't keep the flow going. Whereas Chinese constantly improve their game. Robot or not, they shape the way of playing today. Most stylistic player is Xu Xin. Not Swede.
No excuses, Europe need to buck up.
Now i know that its not all asian who are great champions in TT.
real!
And Timo Boll at World Cup ? 😅
is real , but is diferent tournament
world cup , is less player
The title should be "The last world champion NOT chinese"
the last non chinese world champion.
The thing about English is that as long as the sentence is "functional" (as in intelligible) it doesn't really matter how it's structured. We can infer the meaning just by reading the words as they are.
@@druidzown not quite. In this case the phrasing is a tad bit confusing.
Timo Boll the last one in 2017
i rhing is difereten tournament, is world cup is less players in this tournament no offical world champion.
These is the year chinese were cook by chopers
real, for two great players! Werner and Joo se hyuk wreaked havoc in this tournament
Wie steht es heute um Werner schlager? Was macht er?
Das wollte ich vor ein paar Jahren auch wissen und hab bissl recherchiert. Werner soll nun ein paar Verfahren am Hals haben, die gegen ihn im Zusammenhang mit seiner längst konkurs gegangenen Akademie wegen dem Steuernhinterziehungsverdacht eingeleitet wurden. Der war Megatalent aber eben kein talentierter Geschäftsmann.
@@dmitrikonnov922 kannst du nicht wissen; es können auch Geschäftspartner gewesen sein, die ihn reingeritten haben.
@@tillnetthofel8595 Das ist ganz gut möglich, ich möchte Werner gar nichts unterstellen. Er ist doch auch mein Lieblingsspieler seit je her.
Даже с корявой техникой можно стать чемпионом мира.
The forehand serve of Schlager has the ball thrown towards himself at a great distance from time to time. Has any umpire ever called an illegal serve?
I don't think he was called for that service. Maybe now he could be but not back then. That service, his backhand and mental strength won that tournament for him. His opponents had to be very passive against that serve, or made many mistakes..
Under nearly every table tennis match I watch people are argueing about serves. Nearly every achievement is tainted, nearly every player accused of cheating. What have they done with these rules...
sinophobia
Sinophobic Schlager slays Asians en masse on route to world championships title!
Cry va baby wokist spotted
A very great player, but his attitude… he was always acting as a spoiled kid
It is kind of obnoxius but more tolerable than players screaming Cho-le! Cho everytime they score a point, without considering that they are winning 2- 0 on the first set. I hate Harimoto and Im not a Schlager fan.
@@justchessminiatures1167exactly. This whole screaming thing escalated in recent years. Schlager occasionally screaming high-pitch on the other hand was rather funny LOL
...Самый переоцененный чемпион за всю историю настольного тениса. Ни стойки, ни техники, ни выхода к мячу, работа ног - пляска рожающей бегемотихи, но - по очкам выигрывал, не придирешься, всё по-честному. Я отнюдь не в восторге от китайского тотального доминирования в сегодняшнем ТТ, но хорошо, что они подняли уровень игры настолько, что в топе просто не стало места для игроков уровня продвинутой клоунады, как у Шлаггера.
Такая стойка, выход в мяч и работа ног позволила ему стать чемпионом :)
@@anonymouscrew6647 Скажет так: у него было поразительное чувство мяча и стола и просто нечеловечекая интуиция. В принципе, феномены с подобными качествами были еще раньше: шведы Вальднер и Перссон. Перссон выглядел еше ничего в техническом контексте, но на Вальднера всегда было противно смотреть с его тошнотаорной раслабухой у стола. Но в результате - самый результативный чемпион за всю историю ТТ, емнип. Сейчас у таких игроков нет шансов против китайских "теннисны биороботов".
@@ingullar против лома только лом...нападающий тенис крушит и китайцев , привыкших только давить...
@@ingullar Ну почему нет. Морегард отнюдь не производит впечатление биоробота)) Да и братья Лебрун на подходе. Особенно старший, вполне себе *разгильдяй*.
Знаете, вот хочется что бы за столом на равных сражались и *пьяные бегемотихи* и *роботы*. Так интереснее. Можно восхищаться битвой Ван Чуцина и Лю Гаоляня, но вот, скажем так, истинного наслаждения нет. Шаблон доведенный до абсолюта, до безукоризненности.
Когда меня, великого чемпиона нашего двора и окрестностей, привели в теннисную школу, я обыгрывал там почти всех погодков. Но как только тренер заставил меня сменить хват, и класть этот чертов указательный палец на саму ракетку, а не на ручку как я делал раньше, у меня пропал мой фирменный удар слева, и мир лишился потенциального чемпиона))
А через полвека я узнал что один из японских чемпионов мира, этот палец клал по радиусу. То есть его кончик касался центра ракетки. В инете есть видео его игры.
Пройти трёх лучших китайцев и в конце уделать лучшего защитника ...в пляске бегемотихи!?. Вы зашорены стереотипами и отказываетесь поверить в факты. Шлагер первый, который играл убойными топсами с такой техникой бекхенда. И сейчас этот бекхент применятся уже как наследие например тем же Кольдерано. Да и форхенда топс удар только в последние годы стал приоритетным в сравнении с классическим времён Вальднера
How much money did he get here for winning the title? Any ideas?
In table tennis you can't earn much from the tournaments alone. Several thousands or ten thousands of Euros but not more. The players make their living mostly on advertising.