Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Table tennis at the III Summer Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Tecnópolis
Dates	7–15 October
No. of events	3 (1 boys, 1 girls, 1 mixed)
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Table tennis at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics was held from 7 to 15 October. The competition took place at the Tecnópolis in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) can enter a maximum of 2 competitors, 1 per each gender. As hosts, Argentina is given the maximum quota should they not qualify an athlete and a further 4 spots, 2 in each gender, will be allocated by the Tripartite Commission. The remaining 58 places shall be decided in three qualification phases; the six continental qualification tournaments, the six “Road to Buenos Aires” events and the Under-18 World Rankings. ^[1]

To be eligible to participate at the Youth Olympics athletes must have been born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2003. ^[1]

Boys

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified
Host Nation [2]	Buenos Aires	15 June 2018	1	Martín Bentancor  (ARG)
African Qualification Event [3]	Tunis	16–17 April 2017	2	Youssef Abdel-Aziz  (EGY)   Nathael Hamdoun  (TUN)
Latin American Qualification Event [4]	Santo Domingo	12–14 May 2017	2	Guilherme Teodoro  (BRA)   Nicolas Burgos  (CHI)
Asian Qualification Event [5]	Greater Noida	3–5 November 2017	4	Wang Chuqin  (CHN)   Lin Yun-ju  (TPE)   Tomokazu Harimoto  (JPN)   Cho Dae-seong  (KOR)
European Qualification Event [6]	Split	3–5 November 2017	4	Ioannis Sgouropoulos  (GRE)   Medardas Stankevičius  (LTU)   Vladislav Ursu  (MDA)   Vladimir Sidorenko  (RUS)
Oceania Qualification Event [7]	Bendigo	11–12 November 2017	1	Nathan Xu  (NZL)
North American Qualification Event [8]	Las Vegas	17 December 2017	1	Kanak Jha  (USA)
Road to Buenos Aires – Europe [9]	Hodonín	12–13 February 2018	2	Bastien Rembert  (FRA)   Cristian Pletea  (ROU)
Road to Buenos Aires – Africa [10]	Radès	24–25 March 2018	2	Yu Khinhang  (AZE)   Amin Ahmadian  (IRI)
Road to Buenos Aires – Latin America [11]	Asunción	14–15 April 2018	2	Matteo Mutti  (ITA)   Yanapong Panagitgun  (THA)
Road to Buenos Aires – Asia [12]	Bangkok	7–8 May 2018	2	Manav Vikash Thakkar  (IND)   Javen Choong  (MAS)
Road to Buenos Aires – North America [13]	Markham	1–2 June 2018	2	Kim Song-gun  (PRK)   Cédric Meissner  (GER)
Road to Buenos Aires – Oceania [14]	Rarotonga	8–9 June 2018	2	Pang Yew En Koen  (SGP)   Jann Nayre  (PHI)
ITTF Under-18 World Rankings	–	1 July 2018	3	Truls Möregårdh  (SWE)   Benjamin Gould  (AUS)   Maciej Kolodziejczyk  (AUT)
Tripartite Invitation	-	–	2	Pagerani Rohit  (BIZ)   Azeez Solanke  (NGR)
TOTAL			32

Girls

Event	Location	Date	Total Places	Qualified
African Qualification Event [3]	Tunis	16–17 April 2017	2	Marwa Alhodaby  (EGY)   Esther Oribamise  (NGR)
Latin American Qualification Event [4]	Santo Domingo	12–14 May 2017	2	Bruna Takahashi  (BRA)   Adriana Díaz  (PUR)
Asian Qualification Event [5]	Greater Noida	3–5 November 2017	4	Sun Yingsha  (CHN)   Su Pei-ling  (TPE)   Miu Hirano  (JPN)   Jinnipa Sawettabut  (THA)
European Qualification Event [6]	Split	3–5 November 2017	4	Ning Jing  (AZE)   Nadezhda Bogdanova  (BLR)   Lucie Gauthier  (FRA)   Mariia Tailakova  (RUS)
Oceania Qualification Event [7]	Bendigo	11–12 November 2017	1	Hui Ling Vong  (NZL)
North American Qualification Event [15]	Las Vegas	17 December 2017	1	Amy Wang  (USA)
Road to Buenos Aires – Europe [9]	Hodonín	12–13 February 2018	2	Andreea Dragoman  (ROU)   Lee Ka Yee  (HKG)
Road to Buenos Aires – Africa [10]	Radès	24–25 March 2018	2	Tatiana Kukuľková  (SVK)   Sabina Šurjan  (SRB)
Road to Buenos Aires – Latin America [11]	Asunción	14–15 April 2018	2	Jamila Laurenti  (ITA)   Goi Rui Xuan  (SGP)
Road to Buenos Aires – Asia [12]	Bangkok	7–8 May 2018	2	Andrea Pavlović  (CRO)   Choi Hae-eun  (KOR)
Road to Buenos Aires – North America [13]	Markham	1–2 June 2018	2	Pyon Song-gyong  (PRK)   Franziska Schreiner  (GER)
Road to Buenos Aires – Oceania [14]	Rarotonga	8–9 June 2018	2	Archana Girish Kamath  (IND)   Alice Li Sian Chang  (MAS)
ITTF Under-18 World Rankings	–	1 July 2018	3	Zdena Blašková  (CZE)   Anna Węgrzyn  (POL)   Annika Lundström  (FIN)
Host country reallocation	–	1 July 2018	1	Aleksandra Vovk  (SLO)
Tripartite Invitation	-	–	2	Chiarra Morri  (SMR)   Grace Yee  (FIJ)
TOTAL			32

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	3	0	0	3
2	Japan	0	3	0	3
3	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Romania	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		3	3	3	9

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' singles details	Wang Chuqin   China	Tomokazu Harimoto   Japan	Kanak Jha   United States
Girls' singles details	Sun Yingsha   China	Miu Hirano   Japan	Andreea Dragoman   Romania
Mixed team details	China  (CHN) Sun Yingsha Wang Chuqin	Japan  (JPN) Miu Hirano Tomokazu Harimoto	Chinese Taipei  (TPE) Su Pei-ling Lin Yun-ju

References

1. "Qualification System: Table Tennis" (PDF). ITTF . 26 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
2. "Martín Bentancor y Camila Kaizoji estarán en Buenos Aires 2018". FATM . 15 June 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
3. "Rising to the challenge, Esther Oribamise qualifies for 2018 Youth Olympic Games". ITTF . 17 April 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
4. "Brazil responds, Youth Olympic Games places booked". ITTF . 15 May 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
5. "Favourites prevail in Greater Noida, Buenos Aires invitations reserved in style". ITTF . 5 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
6. "Four more places decided in Split, surprise names bound for Argentine shores". ITTF . 5 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
7. "New Zealand is Buenos Aires bound". ITTF . 12 November 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
8. Hetherington, Matt (18 December 2017). "Kanak Jha Overcomes Steep Hurdle, Sprints for Finish as 2018 Youth Olympic Games Beckon". U.S. Olympic Committee . Archived from the original on January 22, 2021.
9. "First for Romania, Cristian Pletea reserves Youth Olympic Games place". ITTF . 13 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
10. "Amin Ahmadian repeats earlier success, books South American ticket". ITTF . 25 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
11. "Yanapong Panagitgun and Goi Rui Xuan add names to Buenos Aires invitation list". ITTF . 16 April 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
12. "Manav Vikash Thakkar and Andrea Pavlovic add names to list". ITTF . 9 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
13. "Cédric Meissner and Franziska Schreiner in form, Germany Buenos Aires bound". ITTF . 2 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
14. "Last in Road to Buenos Aires places booked, surprise names emerge successful". ITTF . 12 June 2018. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
15. "Amy Wang on Fine Form, Exhibits Absolute Class to Qualify for Buenos Aires 2018". U.S. Olympic Committee . 17 December 2017. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017.

External links

• Official Results Book – Table tennis