Tournament information | |
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Sport | Table tennis |
Location | Global |
Established | 2003 |
Administrator(s) | ITTF |
Tournament format(s) | Singles: Groups/Knockout Doubles: Knockout Team: Groups/Knockout |
The World Junior Table Tennis Championships is an annual table tennis competition for juniors under 18. The tournament has been held by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) since 2003.
Number | Year | Host city | Country |
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1 | 2003 | Santiago | Chile |
2 | 2004 | Kobe | Japan |
3 | 2005 | Linz | Austria |
4 | 2006 | Cairo | Egypt |
5 | 2007 | Palo Alto | United States |
6 | 2008 | Madrid | Spain |
7 | 2009 | Cartagena | Colombia |
8 | 2010 | Bratislava | Slovakia |
9 | 2011 | Manama | Bahrain |
10 | 2012 | Hyderabad | India |
11 | 2013 | Rabat | Morocco |
12 | 2014 | Shanghai | China |
13 | 2015 | Vendée | France |
14 | 2016 | Cape Town | South Africa |
15 [1] | 2017 | Riva del Garda | Italy |
16 [2] | 2018 | Bendigo | Australia |
17 [3] | 2019 | Nakhon Ratchasima | Thailand |
– | 2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [4] |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 97 | 49 | 67 | 213 |
2 | Japan (JPN) | 13 | 32 | 39 | 84 |
3 | South Korea (KOR) | 5 | 17 | 32 | 54 |
4 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 1 | 13 | 16 |
5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 3 | 17 | 21 |
6 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 1 | 15.5 | 17.5 |
7 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
8 | France (FRA) | 0 | 2 | 11.5 | 13.5 |
9 | Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
11 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
12 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 1 | 13.5 | 14.5 |
13 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
14 | England (ENG) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
17 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
18 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
19 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | |
21 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Singapore (SGP) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
24 | India (IND) | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Totals (26 entries) | 119 | 119 | 232 | 470 |
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