2018 ITTF Team World Cup
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2018 ITTF Team World Cup | |
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Venue | Copper Box Arena |
Location | London, England, United Kingdom |
Date | 22–25 February |
Teams | 24 |
Total prize money | $270,000 |
Champions | |
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Women | ![]() |
The 2018 ITTF Team World Cup was a table tennis competition held at the Copper Box Arena in London from 22 to 25 February 2018. It was the 11th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the first time that it had been held in the United Kingdom.[1][2][3]
China won both events, defeating Japan in both the men's and women's team finals.[4]
Medallists[]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's team |
![]() Fan Zhendong Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Xu Xin Yu Ziyang |
![]() Tomokazu Harimoto Koki Niwa Yuya Oshima Jin Ueda |
![]() Paul Drinkhall Liam Pitchford Sam Walker |
![]() Jeong Sang-eun Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su Lim Jong-hoon | |||
Women's team |
![]() Chen Xingtong Ding Ning Liu Shiwen Wang Manyu Zhu Yuling |
![]() Hina Hayata Miu Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito |
![]() Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching Mak Tze Wing Ng Wing Nam Soo Wai Yam Minnie |
![]() Cha Hyo Sim Kim Song-i |
Qualification[]
The host nation England, and each of the current continental team champions qualified for both the men's and women's events, with additional places awarded to the highest-placed teams at the 2016 World Team Championships that hadn't already qualified through continental events.[5][6]
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- Notes
- a Two qualifying places awarded, to ensure that both North and South America are represented.
- b Five qualifying places awarded to the highest-placed teams that did not already qualify through continental events.
Events[]
Men's team[]
Women's team[]
See also[]
- 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships
- 2018 ITTF World Tour
- 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup
- 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup
References[]
- ^ "England to host 2018 ITTF Team World Cup". Table Tennis England. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "Table Tennis World Cup: London awarded rights to host 2018 tournament". BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Team World Cup / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
- ^ "China Defends ITTF Team World Cup Titles in London". European Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Team World Cup / Playing system and qualification criteria" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ "2018 ITTF Team World Cup / Qualified teams" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
External links[]
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