2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships
The 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Halmstad, Sweden from 29 April to 6 May 2018. 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 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. Medal summary Medal table Medalists See also * 2018 ITTF World Tour * 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals *2018 ITTF Team World Cup * 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup *2018 ITTF Women's World Cup References External linksOfficial website ITTF website {{World championships in 2018 [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Halmstad Arena
Halmstad Arena is a multi purpose area in Halmstad, Sweden. Halmstad Arena is used for sport activities, concerts, meetings and fairs. Construction began on 15 November 2007 and the arena was officially opened on 20 February 2010. Halmstad Arena The main arena building The main building at Halmstad Arena includes four full size sport halls, five smaller special halls, two full size ice rinks and one smaller ice rink, rink and a waterpark/swimming pool, indoor swimming pool. Other facilities The area also includes a skatepark, twelve full size soccer fields, two full size soccer fields with Artificial turf, artificial playing surface, five smaller soccer fields and an outdoor facility for Track and field athletics, track & field and soccer practice. Tenants * Halmstad BTK * Halmstad Hammers Hockey * Sannarps Hockey Club * Halmstads Konståkningsklubb * Simklubben Laxen * Simföreningen Aquariet * HK Drott * Halmstads Handbollspojkar * Halmstads Fäktsällskap * HAIS * Brottar ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Dimitrij Ovtcharov (russian: Дмитрий Овчаров) or Dmytro Ovtcharov ( uk, Дмитро Овчаров; born 2 September 1988) is a Ukrainian-born German table tennis player. His father Mikhail (or Mikhaylo), a Soviet table tennis champion in 1982, moved his family to Germany shortly after Dimitrij was born. Since 2008, Ovtcharov has won a total of two silver and four bronze medals at the Olympics. Ranked first January to February 2018, he is ranked ninth in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) as of November 2022. Career At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Ovtcharov won the silver medal as part of the German men's team, together with Timo Boll and Christian Süß. He used a special technique in his serves, which was later picked by ''Time'' magazine as one of the top 50 innovations of 2008. On 22 September 2010, Ovtcharov had been suspended by the German Table Tennis Federation (DTTB) due to a positive A-sample test for Clenbuterol t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ding Ning
Ding Ning (; born 20 June 1990) is a former Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships. At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Ding won her second world title in women's singles by defeating her compatriot Liu Shiwen 4–3 in the final. At the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships in Düsseldorf Ding defeated Zhu Yuling 4–2 in the final, becoming World Champion for the third time. She won the women's table tennis singles gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics where she beat compatriot Li Xiaoxia in the women's singles final. She previously won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event. She was part of the Chinese team that won the gold medal in the team event at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. She is one of the most successful female table tennis players (alongside Li Xiaoxia, Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining) having won the gold medal in each of the Table Tennis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chen Meng
Chen Meng (; born 15 January 1994) is a Chinese table tennis player and the current World No. 2 in Women's Singles. She joined the provincial team when she was 9 and joined the national team when she was only 13 in 2007. She is the women's singles champion of the ITTF Women's World Cup in 2020, the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 and also at the inaugural WTT Singapore Smash. She is also the silver medalist of women's singles in the 2019 World Championships and a double gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career 2011 Won 4 golds at the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in girls' singles, girls' doubles, mixed doubles and teams. 2020 After competitive table tennis resumed following the pandemic, Chen swept the world cup, ITTF pro tour finals, and 2020 All China National Championships. 2021 In May, Chen was selected to represent China in the women's singles and team event at the Tokyo Olympics. Chen won the first leg of the Chinese Olym ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jon Persson (table Tennis)
Jon Persson (born 31 May 1976) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Persson made 33 Allsvenskan Allsvenskan (; en, the All-Swedish, also known as Fotbollsallsvenskan, en, the Football All-Swedish) is a Swedish professional league for men's association football clubs. It was founded in 1924 and is the top tier of the Swedish football lea ... appearances for IF Brommapojkarna and scored five goals. References 1976 births Living people Association football defenders Swedish footballers Allsvenskan players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll players IF Brommapojkarna players {{Sweden-footy-defender-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Truls Möregårdh
Truls Carl Eric Möregårdh (; born 16 February 2002) is a Swedish table tennis player. He won bronze with the Swedish team at the World Team Table Tennis Championships in 2018, as well as at the 2019 European Table Tennis Championships. In 2021, he won silver at the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships. He is right-handed and uses the European shakehand style to hold his racquet. Career The Swede was considered a great talent from an early age. He achieved his first international successes in 2016. Overall, he is two-time European student champion and one European youth champion. He finished second in 2016, 2017 and 2018. He also won the youth TOP 10 in 2016. In 2017 and 2018 he was junior vice world champion and was allowed to take part in the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, where he was able to reach the quarter-finals in an individual competition. With the Serbian Sabina Šurjan, he reached the game for the bronze medal in the mixed competition, where ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mattias Karlsson (table Tennis)
Mattias Falck (; né Karlsson) (born 7 September 1991) is a Swedish table tennis player. Career He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics as part of the Swedish team in the men's team event. Mattias won two medals at the 2016 European Table Tennis Championships. Paired with Matilda Ekholm he won a silver medal in mixed doubles, and paired with Kristian Karlsson he won a bronze medal in men's doubles. He won the Swedish National team championship with Halmstad BTK 2018 same years as he was a part of the Swedish National team who won a bronze medal at WTTC 2018 which was played in Halmstad Arena (the same arena where Halmstad BTK won gold a month later). In April 2019, he won a silver medal in the men's singles competition during the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, after losing the final to Ma Long from China. Falck's highest world rank was 7th, attained in August 2019. In 2020, Falck upset Xu Xin at the WTT Macau event in ITTF's restart campaign following the coronaviru ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kristian Karlsson
Kristian Gunnar Karlsson (; born 6 August 1991) is a Swedish professional table tennis player. Career Born in Trollhättan, Västra Götaland, Karlsson started to play table tennis in his hometown club at the age of 8. He remained in Trollhättan until he was 16, subsequently he moved away from home to go to high school. During his high school years Karlsson had 10 training sessions a week. In 2011 he signed to Halmstad BTK and began to rose through the ranks quickly. Ranked outside the top 400 in October 2010, Karlsson finished 2011 in the 233rd position, and at the end of 2012 he ranked 129. The year 2012 also marked his first senior success, winning the silver medal at the 2012 Table Tennis European Championships in men's doubles. His performances also attracted French top division side AS Pontoise-Cergy TT and Karlsson eventually signed to the club in September 2013. He won the Champions League with AS Pontoise-Cergy in 2014. In 2016 Kristian signed for the German top cl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anton Källberg
Anton Källberg (; born 17 August 1997) is a Swedish table tennis player. Career 2021 Källberg represented his country at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. He won his opening round of 64 match in the men's singles event with a convincing 4–0 win over USA's Nikhil Kumar before losing to Lin Yun-ju in the third round. 2022 He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles alongside Jon Persson at the 2022 European Table Tennis Championships The 2022 European Table Tennis Championships were held in Munich, Germany, from 13 to 21 August 2022, as part of the 2022 European Championships. Medalists Medal table Participating nations 225 players from 39 nations. References .... Singles titles References 1997 births Living people Swedish male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for Sweden World Table Tennis Championships medalists 21st-century Swedish people Table tennis players at the 2 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lim Jong-hoon
Lim Jong-hoon (, born 21 January 1997) is a South Korean table tennis player. Lim and Jang Woo-jin Jang Woo-jin (born 10 September 1995) is a South Korean table tennis player. He plays for Mirae Asset Daewoo table tennis team. Career Junior Jang started playing international matches from the South Korean cadet boys' team in 2009 – Bahrain J ... were the men's doubles winners at the 2016 Belarus Open, the 2018 Korea Open, and the 2018 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals. Lim also won men's singles at the 2018 Polish Open. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, Jong-hoon South Korean male table tennis players 1997 births Living people World Table Tennis Championships medalists Sportspeople from Busan Universiade medalists in table tennis Universiade silver medalists for South Korea Universiade bronze medalists for South Korea Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for South K ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lee Sang-su
Lee Sang-su (born 13 August 1990) is a South Korean table tennis player. He won two singles titles at the ITTF Pro Tour, the first one was in 2010. He reached semifinals in singles event at the 2017 World Championships. Lee Sangsu represented South Korea at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the List of Olympic Games h ... in the men's team event after winning the Olympic trials held in February 2021. Singles titles References 1990 births Living people South Korean male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players for South Korea Universiade medalists in table tennis World Table Tennis Championships medalists Table tennis players at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in table tennis Asian Game ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kim Dong-hyun (table Tennis)
Kim Dong-hyeon, Kim Dong-hyun or Kim Tong-hyŏn may also refer to: * Dong Hyun Kim (born 1981), South Korean mixed martial arts fighter * Kim Dong-hyun (bobsledder) (born 1987), South Korean bobsledder * Kim Dong-hyun (footballer, born 1984), South Korean football player * Kim Dong-hyun (footballer, born 1997), South Korean football player * Kim Dong-hyun (tennis) (born 1978), South Korean tennis player * Kim Dong-hyeon (footballer, born 1994), South Korean football player * Kim Dong-hyeon (luger) (born 1991), South Korean luger * Kim Dong-hyun (actor) (born 1989), leader of South Korean boy band Boyfriend * Kim Dong-hyeon (born 1998), birth name of the singer MC Gree * Kim Dong-hyun (singer, born 1998), member of South Korean duo MXM and AB6IX * Dong Hyun Kim (fighter, born 1988), mixed martial artist * Kim Dong-hyun (table tennis) Kim Dong-hyeon, Kim Dong-hyun or Kim Tong-hyŏn may also refer to: * Dong Hyun Kim (born 1981), South Korean mixed martial arts fighter * Kim Dong ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |