China defended their title and won the trophy for the 21st time

LIEBHERR 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships

 

China defended their title and won the trophy for the 21st time at the LIEBHERR 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships. In the final they overcame Japan who is without the title since 1971 in Nagoya Japan. They have won 9 in total so far.

 

China has lost two matches in this championships which is the worst result for them since they lost the 2010 final to Singapore. Japan has not yet lost an individual match here and defeated the united Korea (COR) team in the semifinal.

Last time they met at the World Championships was in the 2016 final in Kuala Lumpur

 

Reigning champions China play for their 21st world team title while Japan try to win their 9th the last women’s team gold for Japan was 1971 in Nagoya Japan.

The 2016 final in Kuala Lumpur was also China vs Japan but instead Li Xiaoxia now was playing ZHU Yuling.

 

Great pressure took it tool on LIU Shiwen. She lost her opening match against Mima ITO. LIU forced Mima to go full distance but failed to sealed the match. DING Ning played very close three games against Miu HIRANO whilst ZHU Yuling beat Kasumi ISHIKAWA. Liu overcame HIRANO in the fourth match.

 

“It is a pity that I failed to win the opening match. I had two match point saved further four…but I lost. Mima ITO played very good I did not expect she will be that good. Thankfully I got great support from team and I stood the challenge in the fourth match ” said LIU.

 

DING Ning was in the team’s line up 19 times when they reached the gold.

 

“It is never easy and you can not win if the whole team is not behind you. Everyone worked hard for this ” said DING.

Related News

The 67th EYC in Ostrava Commences: KODET Aiming for Third Consecutive Gold on Home Soil

The 67th European Youth Championships officially began today in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The competition opened with the team events, and fans can follow all the action on ETTU TV and...

Read more

European Youth Championship in Ostrava by the Numbers

European Youth Championships is among the largest table tennis events. Only the major veterans’ championships may have a higher number of participants. This will be no different starting Friday in...

Read more

The Draw for the Team Events at the 2025 European Youth Championships

The draw for the Team Events at the 2025 European Youth Championships was held today in the city of Ostrava, Czech Republic. The Championships will take place from Friday, July...

Read more

In Memoriam: Oleg Yefimovich Molochnikov (1953–2025)

It is with deep sadness announce the passing of Oleg YEFIMOVICH MOLOCHNIKOV, a respected member of the Executive Committee of the Belarusian Table Tennis Federation. Oleg YEFIMOVICH passed away on...

Read more

Contact

About Us

Privacy Policy

Terms and Conditions

The European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) is the governing body of the sport of table tennis in Europe, and is the only authority recognized for this purpose by the International Table Tennis Federation. The ETTU deals with all matters relating to table tennis at a European level, including the development and promotion of the sport in the territories controlled by its 58 member associations, and the organization of continental table tennis competitions, including the European Championships.

Powered By

All Competitions

Senior Competitions

Club Competitions

Youth Competitions

More Competitions