2016 in table tennis

2016 Summer Olympics (ITTF)

August 6 – 17: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Riocentro

Men's Singles: 01 ! Ma Long; 02 ! Zhang Jike; 03 ! Jun Mizutani

Women's Singles: 01 ! Ding Ning; 02 ! Li Xiaoxia; 03 ! Kim Song-i

Men's Team: 01 !  China (CHN); 02 !  Japan (JPN); 03 !  Germany (GER)

Women's Team: 01 !  China (CHN); 02 !  Germany (GER); 03 !  Japan (JPN)

Table tennis World Cups & Championships

February 28 – March 6: 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Kuala Lumpur

Men's Team winners:  China

Women's Team winners:  China

October 1 – 3: 2016 Men's World Cup in Saarbrücken

Winner: Fan Zhendong

October 7 – 9: 2016 Women's World Cup in Philadelphia

Winner: Miu Hirano

October 21 – 29: 2016 ITTF World Cadet Challenge in Shanghai

Cadet Boys' Singles winner: CHO Dae-seong

Cadet Girls' Singles winner: Miyuu Kihara

Cadet Boys' Doubles winners: Maciej Kolodziejczyk / Vladimir Sidorenko

Cadet Girls' Doubles winners: HUANG Yingqi / RYU Han-na

Cadet Mixed Doubles winners: CHO Dae-seong / Amy Wang

November 30 – December 7: 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Cape Town

Junior Boys' Team winners:  Japan

Junior Girls' Team winners:  Japan

Continental table tennis championships

February 1 – 7: 2016 Latin American Table Tennis Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Men's Singles winner: Hugo Calderano

Women's Singles winner: Lin Gui

Men's U21 Singles winner: Brian Afanador

Women's U21 Singles winner: Adriana Díaz

Men's Doubles winners: Gaston Alto / Pablo Tabachnik

Women's Doubles winners: Gremlis Arvelo / Neridee Nino

Mixed Doubles winners: Vitor Ishiy / Caroline Kumahara

February 5 – 7: 2016 Europe TOP 16 Cup in Gondomar, Portugal

Men's Singles winner: Dimitrij Ovtcharov

Women's Singles winner: Shen Yanfei

February 14 & 15: 2016 Africa TOP 16 Cup in Khartoum

Men's Singles winner: Quadri Aruna

Women's Singles winner: Dina Meshref

March 20 – 24: 2016 Oceania Table Tennis Championships in Bendigo

Men's Singles winner: Chris Yan

Women's Singles winner: Jian Fang Lay

Men's Doubles winners: Choy Freddy / Yoshua Shing

Women's Doubles winners:  New Zealand (Natalie Paterson, RAO Ruofei)

Mixed Doubles winners:  New Zealand (LIN Yi-Sien, RAO Ruofei)

April 6 – 12: 2016 African Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Algiers

Junior Boys' Singles winner: Youssef Abdel-Aziz

Junior Girls' Singles winner: Amira Yousry

Cadet Boys' Singles winner: Marwan Abdelwahab

Cadet Girls' Singles winner: Rinad Fathy

Junior Boys' Doubles winners: Youssef Abdel-Aziz / Karim Elhakem

Junior Girls' Doubles winners: Mariam Alhodaby / Amira Yousry

Junior Mixed Doubles winners: Youssef Abdel-Aziz / Mariam Alhodaby

April 9 & 10: 2016 Oceania Junior Table Tennis Championships in Tweed Heads, New South Wales

Boys' Junior Singles winner: Benjamin Gould

Girls' Junior Singles winner: Holly Nicholas

Boys' Cadet Singles winner: Zhao Yanglun

Girls' Cadet Singles winner: Vong Hui Ling

Boys' Junior Team winners:  Australia

Girls' Junior Team winners:  Australia

Boys' Cadet Team winners:  New Zealand

Girls' Cadet Team winners:  Australia

April 28 – 30: 2016 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Dubai

Men's Singles winner: Xu Xin

Women's Singles winner: Liu Shiwen

June 3 – 5: 2016 Latin American Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Guatemala City

Men's Singles winner: Hugo Calderano

Women's Singles winner: Lady Ruano

June 13 & 14: 2016 Oceania Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Melbourne

Men's Singles winner: David Powell

Women's Singles winner: Zhenhua Dederko

June 24: 2016 North America Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Burnaby

Men's Singles winner: FENG Yijun

Women's Singles winner: WU Yue

June 25 – 30: 2016 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships in Burnaby

Boys' Junior Singles winner: Kanak Jha

Girls' Junior Singles winner: Adriana Diaz

Boys' Junior Doubles winners: Horacio Cifuentes / Francisco Sanchi

Girls' Junior Doubles winners: Leticia Nakada / Bruna Takahashi

Junior Mixed Doubles winners: Yomar Gonzalez / Adriana Diaz

Boys' Junior Team winners:  United States

Girls' Junior Team winners:  United States

July 8 – 17: 2016 Table Tennis European Youth Championships in Zagreb

Junior Boys' Singles winner: Alexandre Cassin

Junior Boys' Doubles winners: Tobias Hippler / Nils Hohmeier

Junior Girls' Singles winner: Adina Diaconu

Junior Girls' Doubles winners: Lisa Lung / Eline Loyen

Cadet Boys' Singles winner: Vladimir Sidorenko

Cadet Boys' Team winners: Maciej Kolodziejczyk / Vladislav Ursu

Cadet Girls' Singles winner: Maria Tailakova

Cadet Girls' Team winners: Tania Plaian / Ekaterina Zironova

September 10: 2016 North America Table Tennis Team Championships in Milpitas, California

Note: The only teams that competed here are Canada and the United States.

Men's team: The  United States defeated  Canada, 3–1, in matches played.

Women's team: The  United States defeated  Canada, 3–2, in matches played.

September 16 – 21: 2016 Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Bangkok

Junior Boys' Singles winner: XU Haidong

Junior Boys' Doubles winners: KIM Song Gun / HAM Yu Song

Junior Girls' Singles winner: QIAN Tianyi

Junior Girls' Doubles winners: Minnie Wai-Yam Soo / MAK Tze Wing

Junior Mixed Doubles winners: CAO Wei / SHI Xunyao

Cadet Boys' Singles winner: NIU Guankai

Cadet Girls' Singles winner: SHI Xunyao

October 7 – 9: 2016 Europe Youth Top 10 in Prague

Junior Boys' Singles winner: Tomáš Polansky

Junior Girls' Singles winner: Audrey Zarif

Cadet Boys' Singles winner: Truls Moregard

Cadet Girls' Singles winner: Anastasia Kolish

October 18 – 23: 2016 European Table Tennis Championships in Budapest

Men's Singles winner: Emmanuel Lebesson

Women's Singles winner: Melek Hu

Men's Doubles winners: Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth

Women's Doubles winners: Kristin Silbereisen / Sabine Winter

Mixed Doubles winners: João Monteiro / Daniela Dodean

October 24 – 30: 2016 African Table Tennis Championships in Agadir

Men's Singles winner: Omar Assar

Women's Singles winner: Olufunke Oshonaike

Men's Doubles winners: Quadri Aruna / Segun Toriola

Women's Doubles winners: Yousra Abdel Razek / Dina Meshref

Mixed Doubles winners: Omar Assar / Dina Meshref

2016 ITTF World Tour

January 20 – 24: Hungarian Open in Budapest

Men's Singles: Chuang Chih-yuan

Women's Singles: Tie Ya Na

Men's Doubles: Chuang Chih-yuan / HUANG Sheng-Sheng

Women's Doubles: JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun

January 27 – 31: German Open in Berlin

Men's Singles: Ma Long

Women's Singles: Wu Yang

Men's Doubles: Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima

Women's Doubles: JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun

February 10 – 14:  Philippines Open in Manila

Event cancelled.

March 16 – 20: Kuwait Open in Kuwait City

Men's Singles: Zhang Jike

Women's Singles: Li Xiaoxia

Men's Doubles: Xu Xin / Zhang Jike

Women's Doubles: Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen

March 23 – 27: Qatar Open in Doha

Men's Singles: Ma Long

Women's Singles: Liu Shiwen

Men's Doubles: Fan Zhendong / Zhang Jike

Women's Doubles: Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen

April 5 – 9:  Chile Open in Santiago

Men's Singles: Antoine Hachard

Women's Singles: Rachel Moret

Men's Doubles: Antoine Hachard / Romain Ruiz

Women's Doubles: Maria Lorenzotti / Candela Molero (default)

April 20 – 24: Polish Open in Warsaw

Men's Singles: Jun Mizutani

Women's Singles: Miu Hirano

Men's Doubles: Masataka Morizono / Yuya Oshima

Women's Doubles: JEON Ji-hee / Yang Ha-eun

May 18 – 22:  Nigeria Open in Lagos

Men's Singles: Benedek Olah

Women's Singles: Jieni Shao

Men's Doubles: Andrey Bukin / Vasilij Filatov

Women's Doubles: Irina Ermakova / Olga Kulikova

May 24 – 28:  Croatia Open in Zagreb

Men's Singles: Joo Sae-hyuk

Women's Singles: Hitomi Satō

Men's Doubles: Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth

Women's Doubles: Doo Hoi Kem / LEE Ho Ching

June 1 – 5:  Slovenia Open in Otočec

Men's Singles: Jun Mizutani

Women's Singles: Feng Tianwei

Men's Doubles: HO Kwan Kit / Wong Chun Ting

Women's Doubles: Maria Dolgikh / Polina Mikhailova

June 8 – 12: Australian Open in Melbourne

Men's Singles: Jun Mizutani

Women's Singles: Hina Hayata

Men's Doubles: Takuya Jin / Yuki Morita

Women's Doubles: Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō

June 15 – 19: Japan Open in Tokyo

Men's Singles: Fan Zhendong

Women's Singles: Liu Shiwen

Men's Doubles: Ma Long / Xu Xin

Women's Doubles: Ding Ning / Li Xiaoxia

June 22 – 26: Korea Open in Incheon

Men's Singles: Xu Xin

Women's Singles: Ding Ning

Men's Doubles: Xu Xin / Zhang Jike

Women's Doubles: Ding Ning / Liu Shiwen

June 29 – July 3:  North Korea Open in Pyongyang

Men's Singles: KANG Wi Hun

Women's Singles: KIM Song I

Men's Doubles: Cao Wei / XU Yingbin

Women's Doubles: KIM Song I / Ri Myong-sun

August 24 – 28:  Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte

Men's Singles: Tomáš Konečný

Women's Singles: Yuka Ishigaki

Men's Doubles: Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov

Women's Doubles: Miyu Kato / Misaki Morizono

August 31 – September 4: Czech Open in Olomouc

Men's Singles: Yuto Muramatsu

Women's Singles: YANG Xiaoxin

Men's Doubles: CHO Eon-rae / PARK Jeong-woo

Women's Doubles: Matilda Ekholm / Georgina Póta

September 7 – 11:  Belarus Open in Minsk

Men's Singles: JANG Woo-jin

Women's Singles: Saki Shibata

Men's Doubles: JANG Woo-jin / LIM Jong-hoon

Women's Doubles: Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō

September 14 – 18: China Open in Chengdu

Men's Singles: Fan Zhendong

Women's Singles: Ding Ning

Men's Doubles: Ma Long / Zhang Jike

Women's Doubles: Chen Meng / Zhu Yuling

September 20 – 24:  Belgium Open in De Haan

Men's Singles: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

Women's Singles: Georgina Póta

Men's Doubles: Alexey Liventsov / Mikhail Paikov

Women's Doubles: Georgina Póta / Yulia Prokhorova

November 9 – 13: Austrian Open in Linz

Men's Singles: Kenta Matsudaira

Women's Singles: Mima Ito

Men's Doubles: Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth

Women's Doubles: Honoka Hashimoto / Hitomi Satō

November 15 – 20: Swedish Open in Stockholm

Men's Singles: Yuya Oshima

Women's Singles: Kasumi Ishikawa

Men's Doubles: Hugo Calderano / Gustavo Tsuboi

Women's Doubles: Cheng I-ching / Lee I-Chen

December 8 – 11: 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in Doha

Men's Singles: Ma Long

Women's Singles: Zhu Yuling

Men's Doubles: Jung Young-sik / Lee Sang-su

Women's Doubles: Yui Hamamoto / Hina Hayata