North Korea will face South Korea in the first round of the men's Olympic tabletennis team event after the pair were drawn against each other on Wednesday.
Top seeds Chen Qi and Ma Lin of China beat Ko Lai-chak and Li Ching of Hong Kong 11-6 11-9 7-11 11-8 8-11 11-5 to take the men's doubles gold in tabletennis and keep China on track for another Olympic title sweep in Athens.