2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Appearance
2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships | |
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Venue | Halmstad Arena |
Location | Halmstad, Sweden |
Dates | 29 April–6 May |
Competitors | 595 from 87[1] nations |
Champions | |
Men | China |
Women | China |
2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships | ||
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Events | ||
Men's team | Women's team | |
The 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Halmstad, Sweden from 29 April to 6 May 2018.[2]
The quarterfinal between North Korea and South Korea in the women's tournament did not take place, as the teams chose to continue as a united team[3]
Seeding
[edit]The top fourteen teams of the first division and the top two teams of the second division at the 2016 World Team Championships were guaranteed a place in the first division, along with top eight placed teams in the world rankings not already qualified.[4][5][6]
Qualification | Men's team | Women's team |
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Top fourteen in 2016 | ||
Top two of the 2nd division in 2016 | India Brazil |
India Luxembourg |
ITTF world team ranking | Chinese Taipei Belgium Russia Egypt Romania Belarus Singapore Slovenia |
Russia Poland Egypt Belarus Brazil Czech Republic United States Sweden |
Medal summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Sweden)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
4 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Korea (COR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden (SWE)* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
Medalists
[edit]See also
[edit]- 2018 ITTF World Tour
- 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
- 2018 ITTF Team World Cup
- 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup
- 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup
References
[edit]- ^ "Media Guide" (PDF). ITTF. 13 Mar 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ "Liebherr 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
- ^ Hardik Vyas (3 May 2018). "Table Tennis: Koreas form unified team at world championships". Reuters. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "2018 World Team Playing System" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Men's Championships Division" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Women's Championships Division" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 16 November 2021.