Overview of the events of 2018 in table tennis
This page lists notable table tennis events taking place in 2018.
World table tennis events
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- Senior
- Junior and cadet
- October 23 – 31: 2018 World Cadet Challenge in Tottori[5]
- Cadet boys' singles: ZENG Beixun
- Cadet girls' singles: KUAI Man
- Cadet boys' doubles: Japan (Sora Matsushima & Yuma Tanigaki)
- Cadet girls' doubles: Japan (Honami Nakamori & Hikari Okubo)
- Cadet mixed doubles: Iulian Chirita & Yukari Sugasawa
- December 2–9: 2018 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Bendigo[6]
- Junior boys' singles: XU Haidong
- Junior girls' singles: QIAN Tianyi
- Junior boys' doubles: China (XIANG Peng & XU Haidong)
- Junior girls' doubles: China (HUANG Fanzhen & SHI Xunyao)
- Junior mixed doubles: China (XU Yingbin & SHI Xunyao)
Continental table tennis championships
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- Senior
- Junior and cadet
- March 24–25: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Africa in Soliman[9]
- Four players to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Yu Khinhang, Amin Ahmadian, Tatiana Kukulkova, & Sabina Šurjan
- April 7–13: 2018 African Junior and Cadet Championships in Abidjan[10]
- Senior
- Junior and cadet
- April 14–15: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Latin America in Asunción[17]
- Four players that have qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Matteo Mutti, Yanapong Panagitgun, Jamila Laurenti, & Goi Rui Xuan
- June 1–2: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - North America in Markham[18]
- Four players that have qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Kim Song Gun, Cédric Meissner, Pyon Song Gyong, & Franziska Schreiner
- July 10–15: 2018 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships in Santo Domingo[19]
- Junior boys' singles: Kanak Jha
- Junior girls' singles: Adriana Diaz
- Junior boys' doubles: United States (Sharon Alguetti & Kanak Jha)
- Junior girls' doubles: United States (Rachel Sung & Rachel Yang)
- Junior mixed doubles: United States (Sharon Alguetti & Crystal Wang)
- Junior boys' Team: United States (Kanak Jha, Nikhil Kumar, Sharon Alguetti & Nikolas Tio)
- Junior girls' Team: United States (Amy Wang, Crystal Wang, Rachel Sung & Rachel Yang)
- Senior
- Junior and cadet
- May 7–8: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Asia in Bangkok[21]
- Four players qualified to compete at Buenos Aires 2018: Javen Choong, Manav Vikash Thakkar, Choi Hae-eun, & Andrea Pavlovic
- Senior
- February 3–4: 2018 Europe Top 16 Cup in Montreux[22]
- Men: Timo Boll defeated Dimitrij Ovtcharov, 4–0 (13–11, 11–6, 11–3, 11–6), to win his sixth Europe Top 16 Cup title.
- Women: Bernadette Szőcs defeated Li Jie, 4–1 (12–10, 8–11, 11–6, 11–5, 11–7), to win her first Europe Top 16 Cup title.
- September 18–23: 2018 European Table Tennis Championships in Alicante[23]
- U-21, Junior and cadet
- February 12–13: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Europe in Hodonín[24][25]
- Boys that qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Bastian Rembert and Cristian Pletea
- Girls that qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Andreea Dragoman and Lee Ka Yee
- March 8–11: 2018 European Under-21 Table Tennis Championships in Minsk[26]
- Men's singles: Tomas Polansky
- Women's singles: Mariia Tailakova
- Men's doubles: Turkey (Ibrahim Gündüz & Abdullah Yigenler)
- Women's doubles: Solomiya Brateyko & Natalia Bajor
- July 15–24: 2018 Table Tennis European Youth Championships in Cluj-Napoca[27]
- boys' singles: Ioannis Sgouropoulos
- girls' singles: Ning Jing
- boys' doubles: Russia (Lev Katsman & Maksim Grebnev)
- girls' doubles: Anastasia Kolish & Lucie Gauthier
- Senior
- Junior and cadet
- June 1–2: 2018 ITTF-Oceania Junior Championships in Rarotonga[30]
- Junior boys' singles: Benjamin Gould
- Junior girls' singles: VONG Hui-Ling
- Cadet boys' singles: Nathan Xu
- Cadet girls' singles: ZHOU Jiayi
- June 8–9: 2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Oceania in Rarotonga[31]
- Qualified to compete in Buenos Aires 2018 YOG: Pang Yew En Koen & Archana Girish Kamath
- World Tour Platinum events
- World Tour events
- Grand Finals
2018 ITTF Challenge Series
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- March 13 – 17: Polish Open in Spała[45]
- March 28 – April 1: Spanish Open in Guadalajara[46]
- Men's Singles: KIM Min-hyeok
- Women's Singles: Saki Shibata
- Men's Doubles: South Korea (AN Jae-hyun & CHO Seung-min)
- Women's Doubles: Japan (Honoka Hashimoto & Hitomi Satō)
- April 2 – 6: Slovenia Open in Otočec[47]
- Men's Singles: Mizuki Oikawa
- Women's Singles: Miyu Kato
- Men's Doubles: Poland (Marek Badowski & Patryk Zatowka)
- Women's Doubles: Hong Kong (NG Wing Nam & Minnie Wai-Yam SOO)
- April 10 – 14: Croatia Open in Zagreb[48]
- Men's Singles: Panagiotis Gionis
- Women's Singles: Saki Shibata
- Men's Doubles: Hungary (Adam Szudi & Nandor Ecseki)
- Women's Doubles: Japan (Honoka Hashimoto & Hitomi Satō)
- May 16 – 20: Thailand Open in Bangkok[49]
- June 13 – 17: DPR Korea Open in Pyongyang[50]
- Men's Singles: PAK Sin-hyok
- Women's Singles: Kim Song-i
- Men's Doubles: China (JI Jiale & LIU Yebo)
- Women's Doubles: North Korea (CHA Hyo-sim & KIM Nam-hae)
- August 8 – 12: Nigeria Open in Lagos[51]
- Men's Singles: Quadri Aruna
- Women's Singles: Guo Yan
- Men's Doubles: France (Alexandre Robinot & Joe Seyfried)
- Women's Doubles: China (QI Fenjie & SUN Chen)
- October 23 – 27: Belgium Open in De Haan[52]
- Men's Singles: PARK Gang-hyeon
- Women's Singles: Saki Shibata
- Men's Doubles: South Korea (AN Jae-hyun & CHO Seung-min)
- Women's Doubles: Japan (Satsuki Odo & Saki Shibata)
- November 13 – 18: Belarus Open (final) in Minsk[53]
- Men's Singles: ZHAO Zihao
- Women's Singles: Saki Shibata
- Men's Doubles: Japan (Kakeru Sone & Yuta Tanaka)
- Women's Doubles: Japan (Satsuki Odo & Saki Shibata)
2018 ITTF World Junior Circuit
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- Golden Series events
- May 9 – 13: Thailand Junior & Cadet Open in Bangkok[54]
- August 22 – 26: Chinese Taipei Junior & Cadet Open (final) in Taipei[57]
- Premium events
- February 7 – 11: Oman Junior & Cadet Open in Muscat[58]
- February 14 – 18: Czech Junior & Cadet Open in Hodonín[59]
- March 21 – 25: Italy Junior & Cadet Open in Lignano[60]
- April 25 – 29: French Junior & Cadet Open in Metz[61]
- September 12 – 16: Croatia Junior & Cadet Open in Varaždin[63]
- Regular events
- February 21 – 25: Swedish Junior & Cadet Open in Örebro[65]
- March 19 – 23: Tunisia Junior & Cadet Open in Soliman[66]
- April 1 – 5: Côte d'Ivoire Junior & Cadet Open in Abidjan[67]
- April 18 – 22: Belgium Junior & Cadet Open in Spa[69]
- July 25 – 29: Jordan Junior & Cadet Open in Amman[74]
- September 19 – 23: Serbia Junior & Cadet Open in Belgrade[76]
- November 2 – 4: Slovak Cadet Open in Bratislava[78]
- Cadet Boys' Singles: CHEN Yifei
- Cadet Girls' Singles: XU Yi
- Cadet Boys' Doubles: China (NIU Zeqian & ZHANG Jinghan)
- Cadet Girls' Doubles: China (SUN Xiaomeng & XU Yi)
- November 27 – 30: Portugal Junior & Cadet Open (final) Guimarães[79]
- ^ "2018 ITTF Team World Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Liebherr 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Women's World Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF World Cadet Challenge". ITTF. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 World Junior Table Tennis Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF-African Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF-African Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Africa". ITTF. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 African Junior and cadet Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 Latin American Senior Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 Latin American Senior Championships Results Book" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2018. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 Pan American Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "2018 Pan America Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 Central American U15/U18". ITTF. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 South American U15/U18". ITTF. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series – Latin America". ITTF. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - North America". ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "2018 Pan American Junior Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "LION 31st ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup Yokohama 2018". ITTF. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
- ^ "2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Asia". ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ "Liebherr 2018 ITTF European Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Europe". ITTF. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "First for Romania, Cristian Pletea reserves Youth Olympic Games place". ITTF. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 European U21 Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 European Youth Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF-Oceania Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF-Oceania Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF-Oceania Junior Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "2018 Road to Buenos Aires 2018 YOG series - Oceania". ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Qatar Open". ITTF. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, German Open". ITTF. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, China Open". ITTF. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Korea Open". ITTF. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Australian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Platinum, Austrian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Hungarian Open". ITTF. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Hang Seng Hong Kong Open". ITTF. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, LION Japan Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Asarel Bulgaria Open". ITTF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Czech Open". ITTF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour, Swedish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Seamaster 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge, Polish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge, Spanish Open". ITTF. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge, Slovenia Open". ITTF. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge, Croatia (Zagreb) Open". ITTF. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge, Thailand Open". ITTF. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge, DPR Korea (Pyongyang) Open". ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge, Nigeria Open". ITTF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge, Belgium Open". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Challenge, Belgosstrakh Belarus Open". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 Thailand Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Golden Series Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 China Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Golden Series Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Hang Seng Hong Kong Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Golden Series Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Chinese Taipei Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Golden Series Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Oman Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "2018 Czech Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "2018 Italian Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "2018 French Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 Polish Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "2018 Croatia Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Hungarian Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 Swedish Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ "2018 Tunisia Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
- ^ "2018 Cote d'Ivoire Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 Paraguay Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 Belgium Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 Spanish Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "2018 Slovak Junior Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "2018 Canada Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ "2018 Cook Islands Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
- ^ "2018 Jordan Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 El Salvador Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ^ "2018 Serbian Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
- ^ "2018 Egypt Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 Slovak Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "2018 Portugal Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Junior Circuit". ITTF. Retrieved 23 October 2018.