Timo Boll vs Jan-Ove Waldner| 2000 World Table Tennis Championships | FULL MATCH

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Enjoy the full match from the men's teams quarter-finals of the 2000 World Table Tennis Championships, as a young Timo Boll takes on the veteran Jan-Ove Waldner!
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[@Youda00008]

Waldner is the king of winning a point with the least amount of physical effort possible.

[@Mischgi]

true... he seems kinda undynamic, sluggish and unmotivated xD

[@dickn.ormous1064]

That's a misconception.Waldner was old and tried to save energy for next matches.His game could be pretty physical.He's the closest equivalent to Federer,a mix of touch and power.

[@minhdt78]

he controlled his blocking at a level that no one else can ever reach.

[@seanfagan6727]

@@Mischgi it's called being efficient. Try it next time you're about to win a Olympic gold medal in table tennis, just like Waldner 😉

[@jaywilley955]

Jean Hornstrentch!!!

[@PQV-8898]

No shouting. No screaming after every point. How enjoyable.

[@philippelepage3816]

It could be boring as well. A little shouting does help sometime.

[@PQV-8898]

@@philippelepage3816 Agree and I love when players show emotion. Grunting is fine. But the vast majority of today's players scream so loud after each point won and that's when it becomes annoying. It's like they just won a $10 million lottery.

[@seanfagan6727]

Zzzz

[@clairtonsilvaquiroz3457]

Foi empressao minha ou o Valdiner colocou a bola na boca

[@PQV-8898]

@@clairtonsilvaquiroz3457 cbc 7.6 NM

[@BrickHario]

12:45 Waldner eating the ball 😂😂😂

[@alexineserundo7463]

lmao I also thought he ate it djsjjs

[@charliebaines5365]

What actually happens here I’m confused 😂😂 does he just breathe warm air on the ball to warm it up?

[@stephanmunz2692]

It was a new ball and they left a mark on the rubber. JO simply cleaned the ball (38mm, not 40 and no plastic ).

[@rich.wishes]

Where will it go?😳

[@charliebaines5365]

@@stephanmunz2692 ahh I see

[@PloddelPobbel]

Timo: Here, i got a new ball for us, :) Jan-Ove: NomNomNom 12:45

[@andymcneil7085]

Fabulous match. Come on the old school, still got life in us yet.

[@PraisePrayPeace]

Classic Match between the all time greats. Very much to learn

[@ledorzejean-etienne3747]

Set in 21 pts, celluloid balls, players varying spin effect.... The good old days

[@Pir072]

You forgot the sound of the glue on the rubber 😁

[@ledorzejean-etienne3747]

@@Pir072 click, click With trichlo in the glue ah ah

[@rjari8578]

Good old days when the players were less physical and had to relay on the ball to play fast

[@ledorzejean-etienne3747]

@@rjari8578 it seems there are new players like the French brothers Lebrun that are bringing back the 90s touch with more spin, transitions between slow/fast pace, near/far from the table... Something different from the top focus feast we saw the last 20 years. I hope some day defensive players with curls may also have a chance... I never understood why all spin rubbers were always validated but as soon as a new curl or antispin is effective, it s banned

[@Samson.Grauhaar]

Thanks for this ! Pure and Rare Tabletennis, without Comment

[@chotirawee]

Notice how's the video quality is great here 20 years ago

[@needmorebrain]

If you want to see astonishing video quality from 25 years ago I recommend the upload "Tyson vs Holyfield II". The video quality is top notch.

[@-Neyzen-]

Timo kazansın istedim ama o yaşta bile dünyanın en iyisine iyi bir gözdağı vermiş, helal olsun Bravo timo 👑👑👑

[@Chris.Morales]

Waldner: So what should I do for the last set? Coach: 😀 idk you tell me.

[@koubasaki]

12:47 the look of disgust on timo's face after Jan put the ball in his mouth. 👍

[@blackmarlin3166]

People back then hates score board graphics

[@imperiumofvanity]

Ohhh el partido fomee. Es genial la evolución de Boll en los años...esa clse magistral de Waldner en los juegos olímpicos sobre Timo fue genial

[@quetzalcoatl5961]

WALDNER was 35 in this match.. Best player from Europe ever xD

[@SweWince]

From earth ever*

[@andik8570]

the World not only in europe.....

[@yeagerist977]

Waldner is only a legend. Ma long is the GOAT Ma long >>>>> Waldner

[@quetzalcoatl5961]

@@yeagerist977 Dude is Ma Long even from Europe? What are you on?

[@jonneville2287]

Waldner attacks Timo's backhand consistently - often a weak area for left handers. If you play intelligently, you don't have to work that hard. Find your opponents weaknesses, and attack to those areas. It's why Waldner had such a long career - good all round technique, and no serious injuries.

[@gevicemelvin6668]

But ma long work hard everytime and win easily

[@peptom7074]

@@gevicemelvin6668 For now but when he gets older, I don't think he can do as waldner have achieved at his age.

[@minhdt78]

@@peptom7074 let's wait till Ma Long is at over 40 years of age.

[@peptom7074]

@@minhdt78 It's a long way to go, no Chinese player plays at 40 years old in the National Team.

[@catanana]

​@@peptom7074 he just proved everybody wrong, the dictator dictates!

[@danieleneltubo]

Two of my favorite player ever: i love this video! Someone would suggest to record a version of this video commented directly by Timo e Waldy

[@tobiasgoldman]

Tight and even game, between one off the greats against a future great! I like the old 21 setters much more, also easier to follow whose serve it is that way.

[@cardexkezhang]

Same here. 21 setters allow players to make more strategic play, use different kinds of serves at different time point. 11 setters is just too short.

[@krawiec1735]

@@cardexkezhang It was changed for a reason, to make games more exciting for audience. It is quite important, and trchnically that's kinda the point.

[@cardexkezhang]

@@krawiec1735 to me it’s not

[@ledorzejean-etienne3747]

All the new rules created to attract new audiences have been a complete disaster in terms of fun and strategy for everyday players and I think this sport is nowadays way more obscure than it was in the mid 90s. Total disaster

[@AJ-kl7sw]

Waldner und Boll - Mega tolle Sportsmänner

[@meta-cortex]

I knew the name of Boll when I was in primary school...now I'm a Ph.D. candidate...no Chinese table tennis players can play for so long time

[@gab5012]

The Chinese play style requires more physical strength so it only makes sense

[@gab5012]

@henry t that also sounds quite true tbh

[@jimmykarlberg]

How about the name Waldner?

[@ahuuuuk]

chinese player tends to retire when they on 30s even they still can compete in competitive games.. i dont know why.. maybe because of their country rules? ma lin, wang hao, wang li qin retire when they still rank in top 30.. also when they retire, they make way for new generation of players like xu xin, ma long and fan zhendong..

[@pingpong9005]

@@gab5012 it requires more mental strength actually...

[@abdulrahmanabdullah8564]

The back-hand of Timo boll is crazy!!

[@videomailYT]

^^ for me it looks like Waldner didn't care if his opponent has 15 or 20 points XD he stays somehow relatively calm and catch up to his opponent points... XD

[@fas8019]

Pokerface

[@kevinrichardson7444]

If you haven't tried it already, try watching table tennis matches at a slower speed. It makes it so much more enjoyable seeing how the players position themselves and their paddles while competing. I personally watch at 0.25 playback speed.

[@alexchan887]

Two legend

[@lukytosuriyadi4604]

20 years ago...i am still in the middle of nowhere

[@TheCagedLion]

Aww baby Timo. Great game

[@Eric9545Chan]

Wonderful match

[@famadric]

jan ove tu seras toujours le meilleur pour moi

[@datsikareyes5863]

Jan-Ove Waldner is God of Table Tennis!

[@astana2853]

It was 22 years ago, timo was a young and strong player at that time.

[@user-vl8dx3jz3z]

Силен он до сих пор

[@purwantiallan5089]

2023 here. 23 years ago, this World Table Tennis Match from 2000 still is amazing to watch.

[@marcosguglielmetti]

9:53, me encanta la frialdad de Waldner en este punto, cómo toca sutilmente al revés antes de terminar definiendo

[@borisgraell]

hola, he visto tus videos, me podrias recomendar una alternativa al edgetape?

[@ivankorotkoff1833]

Всё-таки Валднер звезда. Стальные нервы, скандинавское хладнокровие, ну и конечно непревзойденное мастерство сделали свое дело. Хотя молодой Тимо Болл тоже не подарок. Большой респект ему.

[@nakleh]

Wow, that was legendary.

[@Lynx-yq3sb]

I find you everywhere what the hell! 🤣🤣

[@nakleh]

@@Lynx-yq3sb stop stalking me!! hahaha

[@Lynx-yq3sb]

@@nakleh What u mean 😂😂. I didnt think to find you in the comment section at all but here we are 🤣

[@michaeljablonski7837]

Great match of the "young boys"

[@damonyiu4699]

Timo looks so young lol

[@lewinhoffmann3266]

He was 19 back then

[@anwararifandy7227]

Young timo.. Best

[@philippcausd]

Better video quality like today

[@nicklasandersson690]

2000 Sweden with oldening Waldner and Persson on the werge to do the impossible👍 both did so much insane things but i think the teamwin in 2000 was their greatest effort.should have been impossible at this point.

[@martinroland]

Waldner is a national treasure!

[@mimiloth4913]

the only sport where the camera quality didn´t improve.

[@KA-eu9sy]

Ages. Waldner was 35. Boll was 19

[@nilsonsouta8388]

Dois feras show

[@hanzjefferson7979]

The Best.

[@ntvtv2798]

What blade and rubers Waldner used?

[@louiesantos5736]

An era where players retrieve their own ball 😅

[@Ligatmarping]

Timo did great for his age.

[@Lol-ej2uh]

Nah waldner did great for his age

[@mihai8555]

Notice how they did not do banana flick back then. Not even forehand flips. A lot of relatively high yossed short serves just got pushed long to fw or bk. How the game changed since then!!

[@erstonoutway7281]

Hiding the serve just removed many important informations to do a flick safely.

[@magaratwarrior6000]

Look at 8:09

[@clebercardoso1170]

Timo joga muito

[@washnery]

Mas Waldner jogava mais, não dava muita chance pro Timo.

[@thomasking49]

Why is the stadium empty?

[@user-ip6dh2us5g]

Класс жду не даждусь

[@noorvanm.p632]

Fantastique..

[@jakedrago7805]

A chess match at 90 mph between 2 grandmasters

[@verybigmadcow]

video from 20 years ago has better frame rate than today's video lol

[@thierrydekocker670]

Bravo Waldner

[@georgeosborn421]

Where i live we still haven’t started playing again due to Covid.

[@artan6042]

where is that ? in Austria we started playing in may again.

[@artan6042]

I m sorry dude. I know how it is without tt

[@jojojo2705]

King vs king

[@conradfisher2563]

I had no idea that, in addition to being an infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci was also an ITTF certified referee

[@marknikara3175]

12:44 I thought he ate the ball!

[@dubmob151]

That was quite the magic trick if he didn't 🙃

[@niklastorshagen6365]

Waldner beats all the top chinese players with ease, and that means the best players in the world. But he usually have a hard time against any other countries players. It's a little weird And as a footnote, China have more active table tennis players than Swedens entire population

[@danielrenowski9977]

Brawo dla dwojga zawodników naprawdę emocjonująca gra Szacunek dla Jana Waldnera i Timo Bolla któtego pozdrawiam...

[@martinquinn3382]

Waldner, sans son t-shirt, n'a certainement pas un corps d'hatlète :) Mais ce corps lui a suffi pour être un des plus grand champion de ce sport...

[@asignmagic]

Was this the game where Waldner told Timo Boll " I'm going to let you win, just serve and I will hit it any how" ?

[@dickn.ormous1064]

1998 European Championships

[@rockywong3084]

Waldner is handsome and Boll is very handsome ,they are very skilful too!

[@palili4542]

The competition at where ?

[@josephrobinson8894]

Timo’s facial expression when Waldner put the ball in his mouth to remove the powder was funny. But I don’t think Jan did at all. Lolol

[@luf4rall]

Now Timo is the old vet still holding his own against the new blood

[@FUNKINETIK]

But 20 ish years younger than Ni Xia Lian from Luxembourg who is still competing at top level.

[@michaeldang8189]

12:46 So Waldner just swallow the ball?

[@highpointsights]

LOST INTEREST NEVER KNEW THE SCORE!! TWO OF THE MOST INTERESTING PLAYERS EVER AND I ABANDON THE VIDEO!!!

[@easttomax3970]

Timo Bol 19yo so young

[@saishvi1]

Waldner the demiGod of TT. The best I feel.

[@saishvi1]

@Dhirar Faisal Fajri techniques change with time

[@jasonhaiflich8967]

I really like how Chinese players play more respectful and before serving will hold the ball in their palm for a brief moment to make sure the opponent really is ready rather than serving all of the sudden like you see in this video

[@williamzame3708]

That is not a matter of respect; it is a change in rules. Notice that both Bol and Waldner serve behind their off arm, hiding what they are doing with the paddle; that is not legal now.

[@zbigniewcieniewicz9478]

Lux

[@babychicks0748]

Wasssssssup!

[@giocoso4576]

Very damn cold

[@IpungRosyid]

Young boll was fast

[@ck-wg2hm]

spin, spin, spin, yeah ...

[@NICAsworld]

Different rhythm, but so interesting. It's funny how they were hiding the ball when serving.

[@spaceinvader384]

@4:10 then reprimanded @4:15 , am I right? Waldner is very talented and capable but I've never liked his attitude on court. Cocky and too much self centered. His trade mark, as you say, is hiding to serve. What a low a act by a professional. On the other end, Timo is so gentle and polite, even after so many years playing/winning at the top level. Wish there were more players like him in future. (I am Chinese but only believe in facts, never biased).

[@NICAsworld]

@@spaceinvader384 I grew up as a Timo fan. He was my first hero in TT when I was a child. A true gentleman, beyond being a great master of the game. I do not know too much of Waldner as a person to be honest, but as a player he is one of the best that ever played it. Coincidentally I chose the Donic Dotec Waldner Carbon as my blade, but because the blade is great, not because I am a Waldner fan.

[@NICAsworld]

@@spaceinvader384 But hiding the serve was allowed back then, everybody was doing it. I don't understand what he did wrong at that minute. Can't comprehend what the referee is saying.

[@spaceinvader384]

Tried head phone many times. The ref cautioned about "returning shots ON table but NOT UNDER the table". Followed those 3 scores from @3:51 to @4:37. Waldner's serve was OK (legit at the time). No penalty issued. Can't understand the caution, may be some rule before my TT era. Thanks for sharing. BTW, I am a penholder with a couple of Donic rubbers in my 10+ blades collection. Not bad combo but still experimenting. Happy TT and thanks for sharing.

[@NICAsworld]

@@spaceinvader384 Appreciate the sharing as well. I used to play with DHS Hurricane 8 on the FH and Joola Rhyzm-P on BH. Now I have Donic Bluefire JP 01 Turbo on FH and Yasaka Rakza PO on BH. I only have 2 Donic Dotec Carbon blades with this setup and a Yasaka Sweden Extra with DHS Hurricane 8 on FH and Yinhe Uranus Poly on BH. Had plenty premade bats before. But custom is the best. I miss playing... Still lockdown in UK. What blades do you have?

[@21centdregs]

i found jason bateman/liev schreiber time traveling to watch legendary table tennis matches at 23:03

[@TheBrechbuehler]

looks like the 80s - i'm getting old 😀!!

[@daniloamistoso9171]

Hello!

[@CTFlink]

This young guy has alot of talent. Maybe he could become a good table tennis player one day ;)

[@joachimfolsing7771]

He has over 20 European Gold medals, greatest German tabletennisplay ever.

[@sagarsawant3955]

Amazing too see soo many world champions in the comment who are criticising waldner!!

[@D3ft0ne]

How many were they serving each ? was it 6 and 6 ?

[@D3ft0ne]

Had to count its 5 haha

[@kevaljoshi4419]

Timo boll was the most good looking guy in table tennis 😅

[@elfinknight2519]

that year Timo Boll is very yong

[@user-zo2yd5dh2l]

it is 20 years ago

[@tonydavis5512]

Don't think Waldner shook the main Ump's hand after the game - pulled him up early for serving over the table?

[@richarddevenezia8186]

Are Waldner's serves legal today ? Many ball drops seem to fall behind his left arm .

[@tiagomendes847]

Not at all, in that time hidden the ball was legal but the rule changed in 2002 if I not mistaken.

[@ledorzejean-etienne3747]

It was legal back then. the ittf changed rules every sunday in the early 2000s, some rubbers were banned every year, it was a pain.

[@xenoplayzz]

This was the best match ever

[@franzsteiner91]

Natürlich ein tolles Match, aber die Anzeige, wie die Partie gerade steht, wird viel zu selten eingeblendet ...

[@grimmer2005]

I like how practically ALL the tabletennis players look on their paddle like theres something wrong with it when they didnt hit the ball right.

[@zullampard4080]

Kat malaysia ke ni?terbaik...

[@SomethingGoodChannel]

Timo Boll was young.

[@user-gf1zd7hm1e]

老瓦真的很鬼

[@leondarcy7367]

Big impact from JOW's well-hidden serve. Good thing that's prohibited now.

[@user-uf6sd5rk1r]

Тимо Бол и сейчас неплох.

[@vykintasmorkvenas6839]

Can anyone exolaun me why after each miss they look at the racket as if the rubber has suddenly changed and didn't work the way it should? Also, what's with what blowing into a grip - some ritual or it has any practical purpose?

[@fas8019]

sometimes sweat drips onto the racket and the ball slips, it's still like that today,,,

[@andik8570]

the Master/Maistro and his young protege upcomming of next Generation.....??? Walner is nearly double the age than Timo Boll...

[@keepang522]

Timo Boy so young so handsome 🤣

[@JohnMisdreavous]

How the fuck this video of 21 years ago has better image than the ones WTT posts today??

[@Bravilor]

Shooting video that looks perfect to the human eye was something that was possible a very long time ago.