ITTF World Youth Championships

The ITTF World Youth Championships is an annual table tennis competition for juniors under 19 and under 15.[2] From 2003 to 2019, the World Junior Table Tennis Championships was held for juniors under 18.[3][4] The ITTF changed the U18 age group into U19 in 2020,[5] and implemented the new World Youth Championships for U19 and U15 in 2021.[6][7][8] The World Youth Championships is currently composed of two team events and five individual events in each of the U19 and U15 age groups.[9]

ITTF World Youth Championships
Tournament information
SportTable tennis
LocationGlobal
Established2003
AdministratorITTF
Tournament
format(s)
Singles: Knockout[1]
Doubles: Knockout
Team: Knockout

Editions edit

Number Year Host city Host country Events Medals winner Ref
World Junior Table Tennis Championships (U18)
1 2003 Santiago   Chile 7   China
2 2004 Kobe   Japan 7   China
3 2005 Linz   Austria 7   China
4 2006 Cairo   Egypt 7   China
5 2007 Palo Alto   United States 7   China
6 2008 Madrid   Spain 7   China
7 2009 Cartagena   Colombia 7   China
8 2010 Bratislava   Slovakia 7   China
9 2011 Manama   Bahrain 7   China
10 2012 Hyderabad   India 7   China
11 2013 Rabat   Morocco 7   China
12 2014 Shanghai   China 7   China
13 2015 Vendée   France 7   China
14 2016 Cape Town   South Africa 7   Japan
15 2017 Riva del Garda   Italy 7   China [10]
16 2018 Bendigo   Australia 7   China [11]
17 2019 Nakhon Ratchasima   Thailand 7   China [12]
ITTF World Youth Championships (U19 + U15)
1 2021 Vila Nova de Gaia   Portugal 14   Japan [13]
2 2022 Tunis   Tunisia 14   China [14]
3 2023 Nova Gorica   Slovenia 14   China [15]
4 2024 Helsingborg   Sweden 14 [16]

Medals edit

World Junior Table Tennis Championships (2003–2019) edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)974967213
2  Japan (JPN)13323984
3  South Korea (KOR)5173254
4  Chinese Taipei (TPE)211316
5  Germany (GER)131721
6  Romania (ROU)1115.517.5
7  Russia (RUS)0347
8  France (FRA)0211.513.5
9  Hungary (HUN)0213
  Sweden (SWE)0213
11  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)0202
12  Hong Kong (HKG)0113.514.5
13  North Korea (PRK)0123
14  England (ENG)0112
  Portugal (POR)0112
  Spain (ESP)0112
17  Poland (POL)0033
18  United States (USA)0022
19  Croatia (CRO)001.51.5
  Serbia (SRB)001.51.5
21  Canada (CAN)0011
  Czech Republic (CZE)0011
  Singapore (SGP)0011
24  India (IND)000.50.5
  Italy (ITA)000.50.5
  Slovenia (SLO)000.50.5
Totals (26 entries)119119232470
  • 2003, 2004 and 2005 have not share bronze medals in team events.

ITTF World Youth Championships (2021–2023) edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)236837
2  Japan (JPN)12101234
3  Russia (RUS)2305
4  France (FRA)1.5211.515
5  Chinese Taipei (TPE)117.59.5
6  Egypt (EGY)1102
7  Hungary (HUN)0.50.501
8  Kazakhstan (KAZ)0.5011.5
9  Slovakia (SVK)0.5000.5
10  South Korea (KOR)03811
11  Poland (POL)033.56.5
12  United States (USA)0314
13  Romania (ROU)029.511.5
14  Germany (GER)0268
15  India (IND)016.57.5
16  Singapore (SGP)012.53.5
17  Australia (AUS)0123
18  Portugal (POR)00.52.53
19  Wales (WAL)00.50.51
20  Belgium (BEL)00.500.5
  Croatia (CRO)00.500.5
  Spain (ESP)00.500.5
23  Nigeria (NGR)000.50.5
  Peru (PER)000.50.5
  Sweden (SWE)000.50.5
  Ukraine (UKR)000.50.5
Totals (26 entries)424284168

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "ITTF World Youth Championships Playing System" (PDF). ittf.com. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  2. ^ "ITTF World Youth Championships, Vila Nova de Gaia (POR) Prespectus" (PDF). ittf.com. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  3. ^ "ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships Status report" (PDF). ittf.com. 15 October 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2004.
  4. ^ "2019 World Junior Table Tennis Championships Qualification System" (PDF). ittf.com. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  5. ^ "2020 ITTF Board of Directors Meeting" (PDF). ittf.com. 19 November 2020. p. 17. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  6. ^ "ITTF Handbook 2021 v2" (PDF). ittf.com. August 2021. p. 67. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  7. ^ "2021 ITTF Board of Directors Meeting" (PDF). ittf.com. 27 November 2021. p. 6. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  8. ^ "2021 ITTF Annual Report" (PDF). ittf.com. pp. 24–25. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Tunis Well Prepared to Welcome World's Most Aspiring Young Talents". ittf.com. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  10. ^ "2017 ITTF World Junior Championships". ittf.com. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  11. ^ "2018 World Junior Table Tennis Championships". ittf.com. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  12. ^ "NSDF 2019 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships". ittf.com. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  13. ^ "ITTF World Youth Championships". ittf.com. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  14. ^ "2022 ITTF World Youth Championships". ittf.com. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  15. ^ "ITTF World Youth Championships 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  16. ^ "ITTF World Youth Championships Starts in Tunis, as Nova Gorica and Helsingborg Set to Host 2023 & 2024 Editions". ittf.com. 4 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  17. ^ "2020 ITTF World Junior Championships cancelled due to pandemic". ITTF. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

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