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This page lists the table tennis events for 2016.

December 30, 2015 – December 18, 2016: 2016 ITTF Events Calendar^[1]

2016 Summer Olympics (ITTF)[]

August 6 – 17: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Riocentro
- Men's Singles: Ma Long; Zhang Jike; Jun Mizutani
- Women's Singles: Ding Ning; Li Xiaoxia; Kim Song-i
- Men's Team: China (CHN); Japan (JPN); Germany (GER)
- Women's Team: China (CHN); Germany (GER); Japan (JPN)

Table tennis World Cups & Championships[]

February 28 – March 6: 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Kuala Lumpur^[2]
- Men's Team winners: China
- Women's Team winners: China
October 1 – 3: 2016 Men's World Cup in Saarbrücken^[3]
- Winner: Fan Zhendong
October 7 – 9: 2016 Women's World Cup in Philadelphia^[4]
- Winner: Miu Hirano
October 21 – 29: 2016 ITTF World Cadet Challenge in Shanghai^[5]
- Cadet Boys' Singles winner: CHO Dae-seong
- Cadet Girls' Singles winner: Miyuu Kihara
- Cadet Boys' Doubles winners: Maciej Kolodziejczyk / Vladimir Sidorenko
- Cadet Girls' Doubles winners: HUANG Yingqi / RYU Han-na
- Cadet Mixed Doubles winners: CHO Dae-seong / Amy Wang
November 30 – December 7: 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Cape Town^[6]
- Junior Boys' Team winners: Japan
- Junior Girls' Team winners: Japan

Continental table tennis championships[]

February 1 – 7: 2016 Latin American Table Tennis Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico^[7]
- Men's Singles winner: Hugo Calderano
- Women's Singles winner: Lin Gui
- Men's U21 Singles winner: Brian Afanador
- Women's U21 Singles winner: Adriana Díaz
- Men's Doubles winners: Gaston Alto / Pablo Tabachnik
- Women's Doubles winners: Gremlis Arvelo / Neridee Nino
- Mixed Doubles winners: Vitor Ishiy / Caroline Kumahara
February 5 – 7: 2016 Europe TOP 16 Cup in Gondomar, Portugal^[8]
- Men's Singles winner: Dimitrij Ovtcharov
- Women's Singles winner: Shen Yanfei
February 14 & 15: 2016 Africa TOP 16 Cup in Khartoum^[9]
- Men's Singles winner: Quadri Aruna
- Women's Singles winner: Dina Meshref
March 20 – 24: 2016 Oceania Table Tennis Championships in Bendigo^[10]
- Men's Singles winner: Chris Yan
- Women's Singles winner: Jian Fang Lay
- Men's Doubles winners: Choy Freddy / Yoshua Shing
- Women's Doubles winners: New Zealand (Natalie Paterson, RAO Ruofei)
- Mixed Doubles winners: New Zealand (LIN Yi-Sien, RAO Ruofei)
April 6 – 12: 2016 African Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Algiers^[11]
- Junior Boys' Singles winner: Youssef Abdel-Aziz
- Junior Girls' Singles winner: Amira Yousry
- Cadet Boys' Singles winner: Marwan Abdelwahab
- Cadet Girls' Singles winner: Rinad Fathy
- Junior Boys' Doubles winners: Youssef Abdel-Aziz / Karim Elhakem
- Junior Girls' Doubles winners: Mariam Alhodaby / Amira Yousry
- Junior Mixed Doubles winners: Youssef Abdel-Aziz / Mariam Alhodaby
April 9 & 10: 2016 Oceania Junior Table Tennis Championships in Tweed Heads, New South Wales^[12]
- Boys' Junior Singles winner: Benjamin Gould
- Girls' Junior Singles winner: Holly Nicholas
- Boys' Cadet Singles winner: Zhao Yanglun
- Girls' Cadet Singles winner: Vong Hui Ling
- Boys' Junior Team winners: Australia
- Girls' Junior Team winners: Australia
- Boys' Cadet Team winners: New Zealand
- Girls' Cadet Team winners: Australia
April 28 – 30: 2016 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Dubai^[13]
- Men's Singles winner: Xu Xin
- Women's Singles winner: Liu Shiwen
June 3 – 5: 2016 Latin American Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Guatemala City^[14]
- Men's Singles winner: Hugo Calderano
- Women's Singles winner: Lady Ruano
June 13 & 14: 2016 ITTF-Oceania Cup in Melbourne^[15]
- Men's Singles winner: David Powell
- Women's Singles winner: Zhenhua Dederko
June 24: 2016 North America Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Burnaby^[16]
- Men's Singles winner: FENG Yijun
- Women's Singles winner: WU Yue
June 25 – 30: 2016 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships in Burnaby^[17]
- Boys' Junior Singles winner: Kanak Jha
- Girls' Junior Singles winner: Adriana Diaz
- Boys' Junior Doubles winners: Horacio Cifuentes / Francisco Sanchi
- Girls' Junior Doubles winners: Leticia Nakada / Bruna Takahashi
- Junior Mixed Doubles winners: Yomar Gonzalez / Adriana Diaz
- Boys' Junior Team winners: United States
- Girls' Junior Team winners: United States
July 8 – 17: 2016 Table Tennis European Youth Championships in Zagreb^[18]
- Junior Boys' Singles winner: Alexandre Cassin
- Junior Boys' Doubles winners: Tobias Hippler / Nils Hohmeier
- Junior Girls' Singles winner: Adina Diaconu
- Junior Girls' Doubles winners: Lisa Lung / Eline Loyen
- Cadet Boys' Singles winner: Vladimir Sidorenko
- Cadet Boys' Team winners: Maciej Kolodziejczyk / Vladislav Ursu
- Cadet Girls' Singles winner: Maria Tailakova
- Cadet Girls' Team winners: Tania Plaian / Ekaterina Zironova
September 10: 2016 North America Table Tennis Team Championships in Milpitas, California^[19]
- Note: The only teams that competed here are Canada and the United States.
- Men's team: The United States defeated Canada, 3–1, in matches played.
- Women's team: The United States defeated Canada, 3–2, in matches played.
September 16 – 21: 2016 Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Bangkok^[20]
- Junior Boys' Singles winner: XU Haidong
- Junior Boys' Doubles winners: KIM Song Gun / HAM Yu Song
- Junior Girls' Singles winner: QIAN Tianyi
- Junior Girls' Doubles winners: Minnie Wai-Yam Soo / MAK Tze Wing
- Junior Mixed Doubles winners: CAO Wei / SHI Xunyao
- Cadet Boys' Singles winner: NIU Guankai
- Cadet Girls' Singles winner: SHI Xunyao
October 7 – 9: 2016 Europe Youth Top 10 in Prague^[21]
- Junior Boys' Singles winner: Tomáš Polansky
- Junior Girls' Singles winner: Audrey Zarif
- Cadet Boys' Singles winner: Truls Moregard
- Cadet Girls' Singles winner: Anastasia Kolish
October 18 – 23: 2016 European Table Tennis Championships in Budapest^[22]
- Men's Singles winner: Emmanuel Lebesson
- Women's Singles winner: Melek Hu
- Men's Doubles winners: Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth
- Women's Doubles winners: Kristin Silbereisen / Sabine Winter
- Mixed Doubles winners: João Monteiro / Daniela Dodean
October 24 – 30: 2016 African Table Tennis Championships in Agadir^[23]
- Men's Singles winner: Omar Assar
- Women's Singles winner: Olufunke Oshonaike
- Men's Doubles winners: Quadri Aruna / Segun Toriola
- Women's Doubles winners: Yousra Abdel Razek / Dina Meshref
- Mixed Doubles winners: Omar Assar / Dina Meshref

2016 ITTF World Tour[]

January 20 – 24: Hungarian Open in Budapest^[24]
- Men's Singles: Chuang Chih-yuan
- Women's Singles: Tie Ya Na
- Men's Doubles: Chuang Chih-yuan / HUANG Sheng-Sheng
- Women's Doubles: JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun
January 27 – 31: German Open in Berlin^[25]
- Men's Singles: Ma Long
- Women's Singles: Wu Yang
- Men's Doubles: Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima
- Women's Doubles: JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun
February 10 – 14: Philippines Open in Manila
- Event cancelled.
March 16 – 20: Kuwait Open in Kuwait City^[26]
- Men's Singles: Zhang Jike
- Women's Singles: Li Xiaoxia
- Men's Doubles: Xu Xin / Zhang Jike
- Women's Doubles: Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen
March 23 – 27: Qatar Open in Doha^[27]
- Men's Singles: Ma Long
- Women's Singles: Liu Shiwen
- Men's Doubles: Fan Zhendong / Zhang Jike
- Women's Doubles: Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen
April 5 – 9: Chile Open in Santiago^[28]
- Men's Singles: Antoine Hachard
- Women's Singles: Rachel Moret
- Men's Doubles: Antoine Hachard / Romain Ruiz
- Women's Doubles: Maria Lorenzotti / Candela Molero (default)
April 20 – 24: Polish Open in Warsaw^[29]
- Men's Singles: Jun Mizutani
- Women's Singles: Miu Hirano
- Men's Doubles: Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima
- Women's Doubles: JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun
May 18 – 22: Nigeria Open in Lagos^[30]
- Men's Singles: Benedek Olah
- Women's Singles: Jieni Shao
- Men's Doubles: Andrey Bukin / Vasilij Filatov
- Women's Doubles: Irina Ermakova / Olga Kulikova
May 24 – 28: Croatia Open in Zagreb^[31]
- Men's Singles: Joo Sae-hyuk
- Women's Singles: Hitomi Satō
- Men's Doubles: Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth
- Women's Doubles: Doo Hoi Kem / LEE Ho Ching
June 1 – 5: Slovenia Open in Otočec^[32]
- Men's Singles: Jun Mizutani
- Women's Singles: Feng Tianwei
- Men's Doubles: HO Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting
- Women's Doubles: Maria Dolgikh / Polina Mikhailova
June 8 – 12: Australian Open in Melbourne^[33]
- Men's Singles: Jun Mizutani
- Women's Singles: Hina Hayata
- Men's Doubles: Takuya Jin / Yuki Morita
- Women's Doubles: Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō
June 15 – 19: Japan Open in Tokyo^[34]
- Men's Singles: Fan Zhendong
- Women's Singles: Liu Shiwen
- Men's Doubles: Ma Long / Xu Xin
- Women's Doubles: Ding Ning / Li Xiaoxia
June 22 – 26: Korea Open in Incheon^[35]
- Men's Singles: Xu Xin
- Women's Singles: Ding Ning
- Men's Doubles: Xu Xin / Zhang Jike
- Women's Doubles: Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen
June 29 – July 3: North Korea Open in Pyongyang^[36]
- Men's Singles: KANG Wi Hun
- Women's Singles: KIM Song I
- Men's Doubles: Cao Wei / XU Yingbin
- Women's Doubles: KIM Song I / Ri Myong-sun
August 24 – 28: Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte^[37]
- Men's Singles: Tomáš Konečný
- Women's Singles: Yuka Ishigaki
- Men's Doubles: Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov
- Women's Doubles: Miyu Kato / Misaki Morizono
August 31 – September 4: Czech Open in Olomouc^[38]
- Men's Singles: Yuto Muramatsu
- Women's Singles: YANG Xiaoxin
- Men's Doubles: CHO Eon-rae / PARK Jeong-woo
- Women's Doubles: Matilda Ekholm / Georgina Póta
September 7 – 11: Belarus Open in Minsk^[39]
- Men's Singles: JANG Woo-jin
- Women's Singles: Saki Shibata
- Men's Doubles: JANG Woo-jin / LIM Jong-hoon
- Women's Doubles: Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō
September 14 – 18: China Open in Chengdu^[40]
- Men's Singles: Fan Zhendong
- Women's Singles: Ding Ning
- Men's Doubles: Ma Long / Zhang Jike
- Women's Doubles: Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling
September 20 – 24: Belgium Open in De Haan^[41]
- Men's Singles: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
- Women's Singles: Georgina Póta
- Men's Doubles: Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov
- Women's Doubles: Georgina Póta / Yulia Prokhorova
November 9 – 13: Austrian Open in Linz^[42]
- Men's Singles: Kenta Matsudaira
- Women's Singles: Mima Ito
- Men's Doubles: Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth
- Women's Doubles: Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō
November 15 – 20: Swedish Open in Stockholm^[43]
- Men's Singles: Yuya Oshima
- Women's Singles: Kasumi Ishikawa
- Men's Doubles: Hugo Calderano / Gustavo Tsuboi
- Women's Doubles: Cheng I-ching / Lee I-Chen
December 8 – 11: 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Doha^[44]
- Men's Singles: Ma Long
- Women's Singles: Zhu Yuling
- Men's Doubles: Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su
- Women's Doubles: Yui Hamamoto / Hina Hayata

References[]

^ "ITTF's General Calendar of Events". Archived from the original on 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
^ "ITTF's 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships Page". Archived from the original on 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
^ ITTF's 2016 Men's World Cup Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Women's World Cup Page
^ ITTF's 2016 World Cadet Challenge Page
^ "ITTF's 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships Page". Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
^ "ITTF's 2016 Latin American Table Tennis Championships Page". Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
^ ITTF's 2016 Europe TOP 16 Cup Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Africa TOP 16 Cup Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Oceania Table Tennis Championships Page
^ ITTF's 2016 African Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Oceania Junior Table Tennis Championships Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Latin American Cup Table Tennis Tournament Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Oceania Cup Table Tennis Tournament Page
^ ITTF's 2016 North America Cup Table Tennis Tournament Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Table Tennis European Youth Championships Page
^ ITTF's 2016 North America Table Tennis Team Championships Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships Page
^ ETTU's 2016 Europe Youth Top 10 Page
^ ITTF's 2016 European Table Tennis Championships Page
^ ITTF's 2016 African Table Tennis Championships Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Hungarian Open Page
^ "ITTF's 2016 German Open Page". Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
^ "ITTF's 2016 Kuwait Open Page". Archived from the original on 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
^ "ITTF's 2016 Qatar Open Page". Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
^ ITTF's 2016 Chile Open Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Polish Open Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Nigerian Open Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Croatian Open Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Slovenia Open Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Australia Open Page
^ "ITTF's 2016 Japan Open Page". Archived from the original on 2016-08-31. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
^ "ITTF's 2016 Korea Open Page". Archived from the original on 2016-08-31. Retrieved 2016-06-20.
^ ITTF's 2016 Pyongyang Open Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Bulgaria Open Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Czech Open Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Belarus Open Page
^ "ITTF's 2016 China Open Page". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
^ ITTF's 2016 Belgium Open Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Austrian Open Page
^ ITTF's 2016 Swedish Open Page
^ "ITTF's 2016 World Tour Grand Finals Page". Archived from the original on 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2016-12-12.

[1] "ITTF's General Calendar of Events". Archived from the original on 2015-10-08. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

[2] "ITTF's 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships Page". Archived from the original on 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

[3] ITTF's 2016 Men's World Cup Page

[4] ITTF's 2016 Women's World Cup Page

[5] ITTF's 2016 World Cadet Challenge Page

[6] "ITTF's 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships Page". Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2016-12-08.

[7] "ITTF's 2016 Latin American Table Tennis Championships Page". Archived from the original on 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

[8] ITTF's 2016 Europe TOP 16 Cup Page

[9] ITTF's 2016 Africa TOP 16 Cup Page

[10] ITTF's 2016 Oceania Table Tennis Championships Page

[11] ITTF's 2016 African Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships Page

[12] ITTF's 2016 Oceania Junior Table Tennis Championships Page

[13] ITTF's 2016 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament Page

[14] ITTF's 2016 Latin American Cup Table Tennis Tournament Page

[15] ITTF's 2016 Oceania Cup Table Tennis Tournament Page

[16] ITTF's 2016 North America Cup Table Tennis Tournament Page

[17] ITTF's 2016 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships Page

[18] ITTF's 2016 Table Tennis European Youth Championships Page

[19] ITTF's 2016 North America Table Tennis Team Championships Page

[20] ITTF's 2016 Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships Page

[21] ETTU's 2016 Europe Youth Top 10 Page

[22] ITTF's 2016 European Table Tennis Championships Page

[23] ITTF's 2016 African Table Tennis Championships Page

[24] ITTF's 2016 Hungarian Open Page

[25] "ITTF's 2016 German Open Page". Archived from the original on 2016-06-03. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

[26] "ITTF's 2016 Kuwait Open Page". Archived from the original on 2016-08-30. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

[27] "ITTF's 2016 Qatar Open Page". Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

[28] ITTF's 2016 Chile Open Page

[29] ITTF's 2016 Polish Open Page

[30] ITTF's 2016 Nigerian Open Page

[31] ITTF's 2016 Croatian Open Page

[32] ITTF's 2016 Slovenia Open Page

[33] ITTF's 2016 Australia Open Page

[34] "ITTF's 2016 Japan Open Page". Archived from the original on 2016-08-31. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

[35] "ITTF's 2016 Korea Open Page". Archived from the original on 2016-08-31. Retrieved 2016-06-20.

[36] ITTF's 2016 Pyongyang Open Page

[37] ITTF's 2016 Bulgaria Open Page

[38] ITTF's 2016 Czech Open Page

[39] ITTF's 2016 Belarus Open Page

[40] "ITTF's 2016 China Open Page". Archived from the original on 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2016-09-02.

[41] ITTF's 2016 Belgium Open Page

[42] ITTF's 2016 Austrian Open Page

[43] ITTF's 2016 Swedish Open Page

[44] "ITTF's 2016 World Tour Grand Finals Page". Archived from the original on 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2016-12-12.

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Years in table tennis
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