2018_ITTF_Team_World_Cup Knowpia

2018 ITTF Team World Cup
2018 ITTF Team World Cup
Venue	Copper Box Arena
Location	London, England, United Kingdom
Date	22–25 February
Teams	24
Total prize money	$270,000
Champions
Men	China
Women	China
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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 edit

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's team details	China Fan Zhendong Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Xu Xin Yu Ziyang	Japan Tomokazu Harimoto Koki Niwa Yuya Oshima Jin Ueda	England Paul Drinkhall Tom Jarvis David McBeath Liam Pitchford Sam Walker
Men's team details	China Fan Zhendong Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Xu Xin Yu Ziyang	Japan Tomokazu Harimoto Koki Niwa Yuya Oshima Jin Ueda	South Korea Jeong Sang-eun Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su Lim Jong-hoon
Women's team details	China Chen Xingtong Ding Ning Liu Shiwen Wang Manyu Zhu Yuling	Japan Hina Hayata Miu Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito	Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching Mak Tze Wing Ng Wing Nam Soo Wai Yam Minnie
Women's team details		Japan Hina Hayata Miu Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito	North Korea Cha Hyo Sim Choe Hyon Hwa Kim Nam Hae Kim Song-i

Qualification edit

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]

Men

Event	Berths	Qualified
Host	1	England
2017 Asian Championships	1	China
2017 European Championships	1	Germany
2017 Pan American Championships^[a]	2	Brazil United States
2016 Africa Championships	1	Egypt
2016 Oceania Championships	1	Australia
2016 World Team Championships^[b]	5	Japan South Korea France Hong Kong Sweden
TOTAL	12

Women

Event	Berths	Qualified
Host	1	England
2017 Asian Championships	1	China
2017 European Championships	1	Romania
2017 Pan American Championships^[a]	2	Brazil United States
2016 Africa Championships	1	Egypt
2016 Oceania Championships	1	Australia
2016 World Team Championships^[b]	5	Japan Chinese Taipei North Korea Singapore Hong Kong
TOTAL	12

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 edit

Men's team edit

Women's team edit

References edit

^ "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.