2018 ITTF Team World Cup

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]

2018 ITTF Team World Cup
VenueCopper Box Arena
LocationLondon, England, United Kingdom
Date22–25 February
Teams24
Total prize money$270,000
Champions
Men China
Women China

China won both events, defeating Japan in both the men's and women's team finals.[4]

Medallists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
  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
 South Korea
Jeong Sang-eun
Jung Young-sik
Lee Sang-su
Lim Jong-hoon
Women's team
  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
 North Korea
Cha Hyo Sim
Choe Hyon Hwa
Kim Nam Hae
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]

Notes
  1. a Two qualifying places awarded, to ensure that both North and South America are represented.
  2. b Five qualifying places awarded to the highest-placed teams that did not already qualify through continental events.

Events

Men's team
Main article: 2018 ITTF Team World Cup – Men's team

Women's team
Main article: 2018 ITTF Team World Cup – Women's team

See also

References
  1. "England to host 2018 ITTF Team World Cup". Table Tennis England. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. "Table Tennis World Cup: London awarded rights to host 2018 tournament". BBC. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. "2018 ITTF Team World Cup / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  4. "China Defends ITTF Team World Cup Titles in London". European Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. "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.
  6. "2018 ITTF Team World Cup / Qualified teams" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 February 2018. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
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