
Taiwan beats China in table tennis at 2025 Summer World University Games
Great news for Taiwan from the ongoing 2025 Summer World University Games in Germany. On Sunday, for men’s table tennis gold medal team match, Taiwan emerged as the winner against China’s team, which is the top-ranking national team for table tennis at the Summer Universiade. Although the team managed to defeat a respectable opponent, Taiwan’s second-highest ranking Kao Cheng-jui speared self-critical for having lost the two matches he played.
Taiwan was up against China for men’s table tennis gold medal team match at the 2025 Summer World University Games. Taiwan’s Feng Yi-hsin won against China’s newcomer Chen Junsong in the first match in a tight race.
Kao Cheng-jui, Taiwan’s second highest-ranking male table tennis player is up. But against China’s Sun Zheng, whom he’s previously lost to, Kao did not manage to win this second match, bringing the score to one-all.
Luckily in the third match, Taiwan’s Huang Yan-cheng brought the team to advantage again, winning against China’s Zeng Beixun. In the fourth match, however, Kao lost again, this time to Chen. In the fifth and final match, Feng Yi-hsin brought victory to Taiwan after winning against Sun Zheng, who played the second match against Kao.
Feng Yi-hsin
Table tennis player
We are very happy, of course. Our goal is champion and even though I’m 2-1 down, I still believe in myself.
Kao Cheng-jui
Table tennis player
I guess the credit goes to the other team members… because my performance today didn’t even deserve bronze.
While 22-year-old Feng beams with pride, Kao, the best-ranking on the team, was choking on his tears.
Kao Cheng-jui
Table tennis player
Before the game, I guess everyone expected us to do well. We all wanted the gold. But... it’s true that I did really poorly today, but… I’m still thankful that my team members cheered me on and helped me achieve getting this gold medal.
Although Kao lost both matches he played on in the men’s team gold medal team match, thanks to the other two players on the team, they still added gold medals to Taiwan’s team.
Winning three matches against China’s two, the team managed to bring an end to China’s gold medal streak for men’s table tennis team match over six editions of the summer Universiade. It’s also the first time for a team other than China to win gold for table tennis, other than Japan in 2017. It’s no wonder Taiwan’s winning team is so ecstatic.
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2025-07-21