2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships
2018 edition of the World Team Table Tennis Championships
| 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Halmstad Arena |
| Location | Halmstad, Sweden |
| Dates | 29 April–6 May |
| Competitors | 595 from 87[1] nations |
| Champions | |
| Men |  China |
| Women | China |
← 2016 | |
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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
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Medal table
* Host nation (Sweden)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team details | China Fan Zhendong Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Wang Chuqin Xu Xin | Germany Timo Boll Ruwen Filus Patrick Franziska Dimitrij Ovtcharov Bastian Steger | South Korea Jang Woo-jin Jung Young-sik Kim Dong-hyun Lee Sang-su Lim Jong-hoon |
| Sweden Anton Källberg Kristian Karlsson Mattias Karlsson Truls Möregårdh Jon Persson | |||
| Women's team details | China Chen Meng Ding Ning Liu Shiwen Wang Manyu Zhu Yuling | Japan Hina Hayata Miu Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito Miyu Nagasaki | Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching Mak Tze Wing Ng Wing Nam Soo Wai Yam Minnie |
| Korea Cha Hyo-sim Choe Hyon-hwa Jeon Ji-hee Kim Ji-ho Kim Nam-hae Kim Song-i Seo Hyo-won Yang Ha-eun Yoo Eun-chong |
See also
- 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
- ^ "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.
External links
- Official website
- ITTF website
