24^th FASTEN Men’s World Cup

9 – 12 October, 2003 Jiangyin, China

Participating players

World Ranking 1^st August, 2003	Player	Capacity
1	Timo Boll, GER	Holder
8	Wang Hao, CHN 1	Asian Champion
4	Torben Wosik, GER	European Representative
88	Liu Song, ARG	Latin American Champion
40	Johnny Huang, CAN	North American Champion
244	Peter Jackson, NZL	Oceania Representative
2	Werner Schlager, AUT	Top 6 World Ranking – 1
3	Ma Lin, CHN 2	Top 6 World Ranking – 2
5	Chuan Chih-Yuan, TPE 1	Top 6 World Ranking – 3
9	Kalinikos Kreanga, GRE	Top 6 World Ranking – 4
10	Chiang Peng-Lung, TPE 2	Top 6 World Ranking – 5
11	Alexei Smirnov, RUS	Top 6 World Ranking – 6
6	Wang Liqin, CHN	Host Association/Wild Card - 1
12	Zoran Primorac, HRV	ITTF wild Card selection – 2
24	JOO See Hyuk, KOR	ITTF wild Card selection – 3
13	Jean Michel Saive, BEL	Reserved Player 1(*)

(*) to replace the withdraw of the African representative and according to the rules. Substitutions after the closing date will be in accordance with the World Ranking list providing the player is eligible.