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Vladimir Samsonov wins table tennis World Cup

Belarusian table tennis player Vladimir Samsonov won the Liebherr Men's World Cup

MINSK, 19 October (BelTA) – Belarusian table tennis player Vladimir Samsonov won the Liebherr Men's World Cup in Moscow on 18 October.

Samsonov (No6 in World rating) progressed into the final after beating Ma Long (No2) – 4:3 (7:11, 11:5, 8:11, 11:4, 14:12, 8:11, 11:8).

In the final game he outscored Chen Qi from China - 4:1 (11:4, 5:11, 11:7, 11:5, 13:11). It was the third time that Samsonov won the World Cup. He also did it in 1999 and 2001.

Vladimir Samsonov also won the European championships in 1996, 1998, 2003, and 2005, the European Top-12 Championships in 1998, 2001, 2007, and the European Champions League in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2007 as Royal Villette Charleroi’s player. Since 2009, he plays in Fakel-Gazprom, Orenburg, Russia. 

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