Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Table tennis

at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games

Venue| Tecnópolis
Dates| 7–15 October
No. of events| 3 (1 boys, 1 girls, 1 mixed)

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Table tennis at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Singles| boys| girls
Team| mixed

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Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 15 October. The competition took place at the Tecnópolis in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

## Qualification

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Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina is given the maximum quota should they not qualify an athlete and a further 4 spots, 2 in each gender, will be allocated by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 58 places shall be decided in three qualification phases; the six continental qualification tournaments, the six “Road to Buenos Aires” events and the Under-18 World Rankings.[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003.[1]

### Boys

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Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified

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Host Nation[2] |  Buenos Aires | 15 June 2018 | 1 |  Martín Bentancor (ARG)
African Qualification Event[3] |  Tunis | 16–17 April 2017 | 2 |  Youssef Abdel-Aziz (EGY)
Nathael Hamdoun (TUN)
Latin American Qualification Event[4] |  Santo Domingo | 12–14 May 2017 | 2 |  Guilherme Teodoro (BRA)
Nicolas Burgos (CHI)
Asian Qualification Event[5] |  Greater Noida | 3–5 November 2017 | 4 |  Wang Chuqin (CHN)
Lin Yun-ju (TPE)
Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN)
Cho Dae-seong (KOR)
European Qualification Event[6] |  Split | 3–5 November 2017 | 4 |  Ioannis Sgouropoulos (GRE)
Medardas Stankevičius (LTU)
Vladislav Ursu (MDA)
Vladimir Sidorenko (RUS)
Oceania Qualification Event[7] |  Bendigo | 11–12 November 2017 | 1 |  Nathan Xu (NZL)
North American Qualification Event[8] |  Las Vegas | 17 December 2017 | 1 |  Kanak Jha (USA)
Road to Buenos Aires – Europe[9] |  Hodonín | 12–13 February 2018 | 2 |  Bastien Rembert (FRA)
Cristian Pletea (ROU)
Road to Buenos Aires – Africa[10] |  Radès | 24–25 March 2018 | 2 |  Yu Khinhang (AZE)
Amin Ahmadian (IRI)
Road to Buenos Aires – Latin America[11] |  Asunción | 14–15 April 2018 | 2 |  Matteo Mutti (ITA)
Yanapong Panagitgun (THA)
Road to Buenos Aires – Asia[12] |  Bangkok | 7–8 May 2018 | 2 |  Manav Vikash Thakkar (IND)
Javen Choong (MAS)
Road to Buenos Aires – North America[13] |  Markham | 1–2 June 2018 | 2 |  Kim Song-gun (PRK)
Cédric Meissner (GER)
Road to Buenos Aires – Oceania[14] |  Rarotonga | 8–9 June 2018 | 2 |  Pang Yew En Koen (SGP)
Jann Nayre (PHI)
ITTF Under-18 World Rankings | – | 1 July 2018 | 3 |  Truls Möregårdh (SWE)
Benjamin Gould (AUS)
Maciej Kolodziejczyk (AUT)
Tripartite Invitation | - | – | 2 |  Pagerani Rohit (BIZ)
Azeez Solanke (NGR)
TOTAL |  |  | 32 |

### Girls

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Event | Location | Date | Total Places | Qualified

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African Qualification Event[3] |  Tunis | 16–17 April 2017 | 2 |  Marwa Alhodaby (EGY)
Esther Oribamise (NGR)
Latin American Qualification Event[4] |  Santo Domingo | 12–14 May 2017 | 2 |  Bruna Takahashi (BRA)
Adriana Díaz (PUR)
Asian Qualification Event[5] |  Greater Noida | 3–5 November 2017 | 4 |  Sun Yingsha (CHN)
Su Pei-ling (TPE)
Miu Hirano (JPN)
Jinnipa Sawettabut (THA)
European Qualification Event[6] |  Split | 3–5 November 2017 | 4 |  Ning Jing (AZE)
Nadezhda Bogdanova (BLR)
Lucie Gauthier (FRA)
Mariia Tailakova (RUS)
Oceania Qualification Event[7] |  Bendigo | 11–12 November 2017 | 1 |  Hui Ling Vong (NZL)
North American Qualification Event[15] |  Las Vegas | 17 December 2017 | 1 |  Amy Wang (USA)
Road to Buenos Aires – Europe[9] |  Hodonín | 12–13 February 2018 | 2 |  Andreea Dragoman (ROU)
Lee Ka Yee (HKG)
Road to Buenos Aires – Africa[10] |  Radès | 24–25 March 2018 | 2 |  Tatiana Kukuľková (SVK)
Sabina Šurjan (SRB)
Road to Buenos Aires – Latin America[11] |  Asunción | 14–15 April 2018 | 2 |  Jamila Laurenti (ITA)
Goi Rui Xuan (SGP)
Road to Buenos Aires – Asia[12] |  Bangkok | 7–8 May 2018 | 2 |  Andrea Pavlović (CRO)
Choi Hae-eun (KOR)
Road to Buenos Aires – North America[13] |  Markham | 1–2 June 2018 | 2 |  Pyon Song-gyong (PRK)
Franziska Schreiner (GER)
Road to Buenos Aires – Oceania[14] |  Rarotonga | 8–9 June 2018 | 2 |  Archana Girish Kamath (IND)
Alice Li Sian Chang (MAS)
ITTF Under-18 World Rankings | – | 1 July 2018 | 3 |  Zdena Blašková (CZE)
Anna Węgrzyn (POL)
Annika Lundström (FIN)
Host country reallocation | – | 1 July 2018 | 1 |  Aleksandra Vovk (SLO)
Tripartite Invitation | - | – | 2 |  Chiarra Morri (SMR)
Grace Yee (FIJ)
TOTAL |  |  | 32 |

## Medal summary

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### Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  China| 3| 0| 0| 3
2|  Japan| 0| 3| 0| 3
3|  Chinese Taipei| 0| 0| 1| 1
Romania| 0| 0| 1| 1
United States| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (5 entries)| 3| 3| 3| 9

### Events

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Boys' singles
details | Wang Chuqin
China | Tomokazu Harimoto
Japan | Kanak Jha
United States
Girls' singles
details | Sun Yingsha
China | Miu Hirano
Japan | Andreea Dragoman
Romania
Mixed team
details |  China (CHN)
Sun Yingsha
Wang Chuqin |  Japan (JPN)
Miu Hirano
Tomokazu Harimoto |  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Su Pei-ling
Lin Yun-ju

## References

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1. ^ a b "Qualification System: Table Tennis" (PDF). ITTF. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
2. ^ "Martín Bentancor y Camila Kaizoji estarán en Buenos Aires 2018". FATM. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
3. ^ a b "Rising to the challenge, Esther Oribamise qualifies for 2018 Youth Olympic Games". ITTF. 17 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
4. ^ a b "Brazil responds, Youth Olympic Games places booked". ITTF. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
5. ^ a b "Favourites prevail in Greater Noida, Buenos Aires invitations reserved in style". ITTF. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
6. ^ a b "Four more places decided in Split, surprise names bound for Argentine shores". ITTF. 5 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
7. ^ a b "New Zealand is Buenos Aires bound". ITTF. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
8. ^ Hetherington, Matt (18 December 2017). "Kanak Jha Overcomes Steep Hurdle, Sprints for Finish as 2018 Youth Olympic Games Beckon". U.S. Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021.
9. ^ a b "First for Romania, Cristian Pletea reserves Youth Olympic Games place". ITTF. 13 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
10. ^ a b "Amin Ahmadian repeats earlier success, books South American ticket". ITTF. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
11. ^ a b "Yanapong Panagitgun and Goi Rui Xuan add names to Buenos Aires invitation list". ITTF. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
12. ^ a b "Manav Vikash Thakkar and Andrea Pavlovic add names to list". ITTF. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
13. ^ a b "Cédric Meissner and Franziska Schreiner in form, Germany Buenos Aires bound". ITTF. 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
14. ^ a b "Last in Road to Buenos Aires places booked, surprise names emerge successful". ITTF. 12 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
15. ^ "Amy Wang on Fine Form, Exhibits Absolute Class to Qualify for Buenos Aires 2018". U.S. Olympic Committee. 17 December 2017. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017.

## External links

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* Official Results Book – Table tennis

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