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Mima Ito
is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics when she was 15 years old. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal with her partner Jun Mizutani in the Mixed Doubles event which made its debut, a bronze medal in the Women's singles, and a silver medal in the Women's Team event. Often termed as the 'greatest threat' to Chinese table tennis dominance, Ito Mima has the highest winning rate against Chinese players in the history of women's table tennis. She has a winning record against several top Chinese players, including world champion Liu Shiwen, former world no. 1 Zhu Yuling and world junior champion Qian Tianyi. Her signature playing style entails lethal shovel serves, fast short-pimpled backhand punches and flat forehand smashes. In March 2020 at the Qatar Open, Ito Mima recorded a 4–0 win against reigning Olympic champion Ding Ning in the semifinals. Notably, she won the third set 11–0, making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Table Tennis Federation
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national 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 ... associations. The role of the ITTF includes overseeing rules and regulations and seeking technological improvement for the sport of table tennis. The ITTF is responsible for the organization of numerous international competitions, including the World Table Tennis Championships that has continued since 1926. Founding history The ITTF was founded in 1926 by William Henry Lawes from Wymondham, the nine founding members being First Austrian Republic, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Weimar Republic, Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), Kingdom of Hungary, British India, Sweden, and Wales. The first international tournament was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's Team
The women's team tournament of the 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held from 29 April to 6 May 2018. The draw for the tournament was held at 27 February 2018. China won the title after defeating Japan in the final. Championship division Preliminary round Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage The group winners of Groups C and D were drawn, as well as the second and third placed teams. Same for the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams. Places 13–24 Places 1–12 ''All times are local (UTC+2).'' =Round of 16= ---- ---- ---- =Quarterfinals= ---- ''Before the match, both teams entered the stage together and decided not to play against each other. Meanwhile, a unified Korean team played in the semifinals. That move was agreed upon by the ITTF.'' ---- ---- =Semifinals= ---- =Final= Second division Preliminary round Group E Group F Group G Group H Knockout stage The group winners of Groups G and H were drawn, as well as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships
The Sun International 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 30 November to 7 December 2016. It was organised by the South Africa Table Tennis Board (SATTB) under the auspices and authority of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). Medal summary Events Medal table See also *2016 World Table Tennis Championships *2016 ITTF World Tour References {{reflist World Junior Table Tennis Championships World Junior Table Tennis Championships World Junior Table Tennis Championships World Junior Table Tennis Championships Table tennis in South Africa International sports competitions hosted by South Africa World Junior Table Tennis Championships World Junior Table Tennis Championships The ITTF World Youth Championships is an annual table tennis competition for juniors under 19 and under 15. From 2003 to 2019, the World Junior Table Tennis Championships was held for juniors under 18. The ITTF changed the U18 age grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Junior Table Tennis Championships
The ITTF World Youth Championships is an annual table tennis competition for juniors under 19 and under 15. From 2003 to 2019, the World Junior Table Tennis Championships was held for juniors under 18. The ITTF changed the U18 age group into U19 in 2020, and implemented the new World Youth Championships for U19 and U15 in 2021. The World Youth Championships is currently composed of two team events and five individual events in each of the U19 and U15 age groups. Editions * 2020 World Junior Table Tennis Championships was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Medals World Junior Table Tennis Championships (2003–2019) * 2003, 2004 and 2005 have not share bronze medals in team events. ITTF World Youth Championships (2021–2022) See also *Table tennis at the Youth Olympic Games *World Table Tennis Championships *World Para Table Tennis Championships References External linksWorld Youth Championships [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 ITTF Women's World Cup
The 2020 ITTF Women's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Weihai, China, from 8 to 10 November 2020. It was the 24th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event. After series of cancellation of tournaments due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports this year, the ITTF World Cup is one of the three year-end tournaments that conclude the table tennis calendar in 2020. The other two, 2020 ITTF Finals and the inaugural World Table Tennis Macao, were also all held in November in China. Qualification In total, 21 players qualified for the World Cup: * The current World Champion * 18 players from the five Continental Cups held during 2020 * A wild card, selected by the ITTF A maximum of two players from each association could qualify. Competition format The tournament consisted of two stages: a preliminary group stage and a knockout stage. The players seeded 9 to 21 were drawn into four groups. The top two players from each group then joined the top eight seeded pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019 ITTF Team World Cup
The 2019 Table Tennis World Cup, ITTF Team World Cup (also known as the ZEN-NOH 2019 ITTF Team World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a table tennis competition that took place in Tokyo, Japan, from 6 to 10 November 2019. It was the 12th edition of the International Table Tennis Federation, ITTF-sanctioned event, and also served as one of the test events for the Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics. China won both events, defeating South Korea in the men's team final and Japan in the women's team final. Medallists Qualification The host nation Japan, 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 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships, 2018 World Team Championships that had not already qualified through continental events. ;Men ;Women ;Notes Men's team Seeding Teams were seeded based on the latest Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. China won both events, defeating Japan in both the men's and women's team finals. Medallists 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. ;Men ;Women ;Notes Events Men's team Women's team See also *2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships *2018 ITTF World Tour * 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup * 2018 ITTF Women's World Cup References External links2018 ITTF Team World Cup [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
The 2017 World Table Tennis Championships women's doubles was the 53rd edition of the women's doubles championship. Liu Shiwen and Zhu Yuling were the defending champions but decided not to play together this year. Ding Ning and Liu defeated Chen Meng and Zhu 9–11, 11–8, 11–13, 11–8, 11–6, 6–11, 11–9 in the final. Seeds Matches were best of 5 games in qualification and best of 7 games in the 64-player sized main draw. # Matilda Ekholm / Georgina Póta ''(first round)'' # Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching ''(quarterfinals)'' # Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling ''(final)'' # Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen (champions) # Lee Zi-on / Yang Ha-eun ''(first round)'' # Chen Szu-yu / Cheng I-ching ''(quarterfinals)'' # Li Jie / Li Qian ''(third round)'' # Hina Hayata / Mima Ito ''(semifinals)'' # Polina Mikhailova / Olga Vorobeva ''(first round)'' # Petrissa Solja / Sabine Winter ''(third round)'' # Feng Tianwei / Yu Mengyu ''(semifinals)'' # Dóra Madarász / Szandra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 World Table Tennis Championships
The 2017 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 29 May to 5 June 2017. The decision to host the event in Düsseldorf was announced by the ITTF in April 2015. They were the 54th edition of the competition, and the seventh time that it has been staged in Germany. Schedule Five events were contested, with qualification rounds taking place from 29 to 30 May. Medal summary Medal table Events See also * 2017 ITTF Men's World Cup * 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup * 2017 ITTF World Tour *2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals The 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals was the final competition of the 2017 ITTF World Tour, the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour. It was the 22nd edition of the competition, and was held from 14 to 17 ... References External linksOfficial website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's Team
The women's team tournament of the 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held from 30 September to 8 October 2022. China won the final against Japan, after not losing a single match during the tournament. Format The 28 teams were drawn into six groups. After a round robin in each group, the top two teams in group and four highest-ranked third-placed teams played in the knockout stage. A team match consisted of five singles matches, where each singles match was decided in best-of-5 games. Draw The draw took place on 28 September. The top six teams in the world ranking were seeded as top of each group. Group stage ''All times are local (UTC+8 UTC+08:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +08:00. With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...).'' Group 1 ---- ---- ---- ---- Group 2 ---- ---- ---- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships
The 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Chengdu, China from 30 September to 9 October 2022. The World Team Championships were originally scheduled in April and pushed back to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Format The teams were drawn in groups of five teams in principle. After a round robin in each group, the top two teams in groups and the highest-ranked (world team ranking) third-placed teams qualified for a 16-team knockout stage. Two losing semi-finalists received bronze medals in the absence of a third-place match. Team match system A team consisted of three members playing best of five singles. Each singles match was a best of five games. The order of play was: #A vs X #B vs Y #C vs Z #A vs Y #B vs X Tie-breaking criteria for group play A finished team match brought two points for a win, one point for a loss. No points were given for a loss in an unplayed or unfinished match. The ranking of teams in the group stage were determined as follows: # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 World Table Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
The women's doubles competition of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held from 24 to 29 November 2021. Sun Yingsha and Wang Manyu defeated Mima Ito and Hina Hayata 11–9, 11–7, 11–8 in the final. Seeds Seeding was based on the ITTF world ranking published on 16 November 2021. Ranking for doubles competitions was determined by combining a pair’s individual doubles ranking position to form a combined pair ranking. # Jeon Ji-hee / Shin Yu-bin ''(Second round, withdrawn)'' # Kasumi Ishikawa / Miu Hirano ''(Quarterfinals)'' # Nina Mittelham / Sabine Winter ''(Third round)'' # Doo Hoi Kem / Lee Ho Ching ''(Third round)'' # Linda Bergström / Christina Källberg ''(Second round)'' # Petrissa Solja / Shan Xiaona ''(Third round)'' # Hana Matelová / Barbora Balážová ''(Third round)'' # Yana Noskova / Olga Vorobeva ''(Third round)'' # Farah Abdelaziz / Yousra Abdel Razek ''(Second round)'' # Manika Batra / Archana Girish Kamath ''(Quart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
