Tournament information | |
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Sport | Table tennis |
Location | Global |
Established | 2003 |
Administrator | ITTF |
Tournament format(s) | Singles: Knockout[1] Doubles: Knockout Team: Knockout |
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]
Editions
Number | Year | Host city | Host country | Events | Medals winner | Ref |
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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] | |
5 | 2025 | Cluj Napoca | Romania | 14 |
- 2020 World Junior Table Tennis Championships was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[17]
Medals
World Junior Table Tennis Championships (2003–2019)
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 |
- 2003, 2004 and 2005 have not share bronze medals in team events.
ITTF World Youth Championships (2021–2023)
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 23 | 6 | 8 | 37 |
2 | Japan (JPN) | 12 | 10 | 12 | 34 |
3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
4 | France (FRA) | 1.5 | 2 | 11.5 | 15 |
5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 9.5 |
6 | Egypt (EGY) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Hungary (HUN) | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 |
9 | Slovakia (SVK) | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
10 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 3 | 3.5 | 6.5 |
12 | United States (USA) | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
13 | Romania (ROU) | 0 | 2 | 9.5 | 11.5 |
14 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
15 | India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 6.5 | 7.5 |
16 | Singapore (SGP) | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 3.5 |
17 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
18 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 3 |
19 | Wales (WAL) | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 |
20 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 |
Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | |
Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.5 | |
23 | Nigeria (NGR) | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
Peru (PER) | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |
Totals (26 entries) | 42 | 42 | 84 | 168 |
See also
- Table tennis at the Youth Olympic Games
- World Table Tennis Championships
- World Para Table Tennis Championships
References
- ^ "ITTF World Youth Championships Playing System" (PDF). ittf.com. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "ITTF World Youth Championships, Vila Nova de Gaia (POR) Prespectus" (PDF). ittf.com. 1 October 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships Status report" (PDF). ittf.com. 15 October 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2004.
- ^ "2019 World Junior Table Tennis Championships Qualification System" (PDF). ittf.com. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "2020 ITTF Board of Directors Meeting" (PDF). ittf.com. 19 November 2020. p. 17. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "ITTF Handbook 2021 v2" (PDF). ittf.com. August 2021. p. 67. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "2021 ITTF Board of Directors Meeting" (PDF). ittf.com. 27 November 2021. p. 6. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "2021 ITTF Annual Report" (PDF). ittf.com. pp. 24–25. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Tunis Well Prepared to Welcome World's Most Aspiring Young Talents". ittf.com. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- ^ "2017 ITTF World Junior Championships". ittf.com. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "2018 World Junior Table Tennis Championships". ittf.com. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "NSDF 2019 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships". ittf.com. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "ITTF World Youth Championships". ittf.com. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "2022 ITTF World Youth Championships". ittf.com. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "ITTF World Youth Championships 2023". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "2020 ITTF World Junior Championships cancelled due to pandemic". ITTF. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.