2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships

2018 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 nations
Champions
Men	China
Women	China
	← 2016 2020 →

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 choose 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

China
Japan
England
South Korea
France
Hong Kong
Portugal

Sweden
Austria
Croatia
North Korea
Poland
Czech Republic
Germany

China
Japan
North Korea
Chinese Taipei
Hong Kong
Germany
Netherlands

Singapore
Austria
Romania
South Korea
Ukraine
Hungary
Thailand

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
2	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 nations)		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 Lee Sang-su Lim Jong-hoon
Men's team details	China Fan Zhendong Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Wang Chuqin Xu Xin		Sweden Anton Källberg Kristian Karlsson Mattias Karlsson Truls Möregårdh
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
Women's team details	China Chen Meng Ding Ning Liu Shiwen Wang Manyu Zhu Yuling		Korea Cha Hyo-sim Jeon Ji-hee Kim Song-i Seo Hyo-won Yang Ha-eun

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[]

[1] "Media Guide" (PDF). ITTF. 13 Mar 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2021.

[2] "Liebherr 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships". ITTF. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

[3] Hardik Vyas (3 May 2018). "Table Tennis: Koreas form unified team at world championships". Reuters. Retrieved 3 May 2018.

[4] "2018 World Team Playing System" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[5] "Men's Championships Division" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[6] "Women's Championships Division" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

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