Tournament details | |||
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Dates | 2–9 December 2018 | ||
Edition | 16th | ||
Venue | Bendigo Stadium | ||
Location | Bendigo, Australia | ||
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The 2018 World Junior Table Tennis Championships were held in Bendigo, Australia from 2 to 9 December, 2018. [1]
China completed a clean sweep of gold medals in all seven events, with Xu Haidong winning the boys' singles title and Qian Tianyi securing victory in the girls' singles. [2]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
2 | Japan | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
3 | Russia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
5 | France | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
6 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 entries) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
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