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2017 ITTF Men's World Cup
The 2017 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Liège, Belgium, from 20 to 22 October 2017. It was the 38th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the fourth time that it had been staged in Belgium. In the final, Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov defeated fellow German Timo Boll, 4–2, to win his first World Cup title. Qualification The following list of players was confirmed on 25 September 2017, based on the qualification system set by the ITTF. Competition format The tournament consisted of two stages: a preliminary group stage and a knockout stage. The players seeded 9 to 20 were drawn into four groups, with three players in each group. The top two players from each group then joined the top eight seeded players in the second stage of the competition, which consisted of a knockout draw. Seeding The seeding list was based on the official ITTF world ranking for October 2017. Preliminary stage The preliminary group stage took place on 20 Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Country Hall Liège
Country Hall Liège (formerly Country Hall du Sart Tilman) is a multi-purpose arena in Liège, Belgium. The arena has 5,600 seats in its sport configuration and 7,200 in the concert configuration. It hosts indoor sporting events as well as concerts. Events Notable sporting events hosted by the arena include the 1973 European champions cup final in which Ignis Varese defeated CSKA Moscow 71–66, and the 1977 European basketball championship. The arena is the regular home venue of Belgacom Liège Basket who competes in the Basketball League Belgium. See also * List of indoor arenas in Belgium The following is a list of indoor arenas in Belgium, ordered by seating-only capacity. The venues are by their final capacity after construction for seating-only and standing-only events. Current arenas See also *List of indoor arenas in Euro ... References External links * Basketball venues in Belgium Volleyball venues in Belgium Indoor arenas in Belgium Sports venu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan American Table Tennis Cup
The Pan American Table Tennis Cup is an annual table tennis competition held in the Americas since 2017. It consists of men's and women's singles events. Only 16 invited players and no more than 2 players per association are allowed to participate in each event. Since its inception, it is recognised as the qualification event for the Table Tennis World Cup. The competitions are organized as a joint effort of the Latin American Table Tennis Union and the Northern American Table Tennis Union. The event is sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national table tennis associations. The role of the ITTF includes overseeing rules and regulations and seeking technological improvement for the sport of table tenni ... (ITTF). Results Men's singles Women's singles Medal table See also * Pan American Table Tennis Championships * Table tennis at the Pan American Games References { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuang Chih-yuan
Chuang Chih-yuan (; born 2 April 1981) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. He won the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals in 2002 and doubles title at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships. He participated in the Summer Olympics five times, making the most appearances at Olympic Games among Taiwanese athletes. Career in table tennis Chuang's parents were both table tennis players in Taiwan. His father was a national doubles champion, and his mother Lee Kuei-mei was a member of the national team. After the end of Lee's career as a player, her son, Chih-yuan, became one of her prodigies in table tennis. Chuang started competing in 1989, at the age of eight. From the age of 13 his mother sent him to China for training several times. Chuang first made it to the Taiwan national team in 1998. In 1999, Chuang made his World Championships and ITTF Pro Tour debut. At the end of 2000, his mother decided to let Chuang train in Europe, including France and Germany. The process made his matches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeong Sang-eun
Jeong Sang-eun (, born 2 April 1990) is a Chinese-South Korean table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ... player. An ethnic Korean born in China, he became a naturalized South Korean in 2005. Achievements Major events ''Men's singles'' ITTF Tours ''Men's singles'' ''Men's doubles'' References Table tennis players from Jilin People from Wangqing County 1990 births Living people Chinese male table tennis players South Korean male table tennis players Chinese emigrants to South Korea Naturalised table tennis players Naturalized citizens of South Korea Table tennis players at the 2014 Asian Games Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for South Korea Chinese sportspeople of Korean descent Asian Games medalists in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omar Assar
Omar Assar (born 22 July 1991 in Desouk) is an Egyptian table tennis player. He won silver in singles and gold in team play at the 2011 Arab Games in Doha. He also competed at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's singles, but was defeated in the second round on both occasions. Career 2012 Olympics At the 2012 Summer Olympics Assar competed in the men's singles, where he lost in the second round to Panagiotis Gionis, and the men's team event, where Egypt lost in the first round to Austria. 2016 Olympics At the 2016 Summer Olympics Assar competed in the men's singles only. He lost in the second round again, this time narrowly losing 3–4 to Lei Kou of Ukraine. ITTF World Championships 2017 ''Men's singles'' Assar competed in the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, seeded as number 50, facing off against Italian player Marco Rech in the first round, whom he defeated in a close match (4-3), having lost the first 3 sets. In the second round, he was defeated by H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kou Lei
Kou Lei ( uk, Коу Лей; born November 20, 1987 in Beijing) is a Ukrainian table tennis player of Chinese origin. Career As of April 2017, Kou is ranked no. 20 in the world by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Kou is also right-handed, and uses the offensive, shakehand grip. Kou represented his adopted nation Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed in the men's singles. He lost the preliminary round match to Congo's Suraju Saka Suraju Saka (born 5 May 1976, in Nigeria) is a Nigerian table tennis player. He competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Men's singles, but was defeated in the first round. He also went out in the first round at the 2008 Summer Olympics ..., with a set score of 1–4. References External links * NBC 2008 Olympics profileKou Lei Profile - Table Tennis Guide 1987 births Living people Olympic table tennis players of Ukraine Ukrainian male table tennis players Chinese male table tennis p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jun Mizutani
is a retired Japanese table tennis player. He became the youngest Japanese national champion at the age of 17. His consecutive singles titles at the national championships from 2007 to 2011 made him the first man to win the event five times in a row. After defeating Vladimir Samsonov for the bronze medal by 4–1 in the 2016 Rio Olympics, he finally seized his first singles medal in the three main international tournaments. It was also the first Olympic table tennis singles medal of his country. Career 2021 In March, Jun Mizutani played in the WTT Star Contender event at WTT Doha, but he suffered a round-of-16 upset to Ruwen Filus. In June, Mizutani claimed that he and Mima Ito had a 70–80% chance of medalling and a 30% chance of winning the gold medal in mixed doubles at the Tokyo Olympics. Mizutani will also play in the team event in Tokyo. In July, Mizutani and Mima Ito defeated Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin in the mixed doubles finals to become the first non-Chinese to win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Gauzy
Simon Gauzy (born 25 October 1994) is a French table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ... player. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's singles event, in which he was eliminated in the third round by Kou Lei, and as part of the French team in the men's team event. References External links *Simon Gauzy at Table Tennis Media 1994 births Living people French male table tennis players Olympic table tennis players of France Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics European Games medalists in table tennis Table tennis players at the 2015 European Games European Games silver medalists for France Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games Sportspeople from Toulouse Tab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Shibaev (table Tennis)
Alexander Igorevich Shibaev (russian: Александр Игоревич Шибаев; born 9 September 1990 in Yaroslavl) is a Russian table tennis player. He won the doubles crown with Alexey Smirnov at the 2010 Slovenian Open. In 2011, he won a silver medal with Kirill Skachkov in the double event at the European Championships. His first appearance in a singles final on the ITTF World Tour was at the 2011 Polish Open. In 2012, he made it to the semifinals at the Japan Open by defeating Seiya Kishikawa, Koki Niwa and Joo Se-Hyuk consecutively. He also competed at the 2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ... and 2016 Summer Olympics. References External links * * * 1990 births Living people Olympic table tennis players of Russia Table tennis player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Chien-an
Chen Chien-an (; born 16 June 1991) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. He won the 2008 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in singles. In May 2013, in the 52nd World Table Tennis Championships held in Paris, France, Chen Chien-an and Chuang Chih-yuan defeated Hao Shuai Hao Shuai (born October 1, 1983 in Tianjin) is a Chinese table tennis player. Career records Singles (as of May 13, 2010) *World Championships: QF (2005, 2007). * Pro Tour winner (3): Serbian Open 2007. China (Shanghai) Open 2008. Slovenian Op ... and Ma Lin 9–11, 12–10, 11–6, 13–11, 9–11, 11–8 in the final, and won Men's Doubles title. Chuang and Chen became the first athletes in Taiwan to win any World Table Tennis Championships title. Chen Chien-an is sponsored by the German table tennis brand TIBHAR. Career References External links * Living people 1991 births Taiwanese male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Europe Top-16
The Europe Top 16, also known as the Europe Top 16 Cup and previously known as the Europe Top 12, is a table tennis tournament organised annually by the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU), featuring the highest-ranked players in Europe. History The first event was held in 1971 in Zadar, Yugoslavia (now part of Croatia) as an experimental classification tournament. Twelve male players and six female players took part, with István Jónyer and Beatrix Kisházi, both from Hungary, winning the inaugural men's and women's competitions respectively. The tournament would go on to be held each year in different venues, and would become known as the Europe Top 12. From 1971 until 1989, the tournament used a round-robin format; all players played each other once, with the champion being the player who accumulated the most wins. From 1990, there was a change of format; the twelve players were divided into two round-robin groups, with the top two players from each group progressing to s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
