Edition 22nd | ||
Duration 17 January 2017 – 17 December 2017 Categories World Tour Platinum (6)World Tour (6)Grand Finals (1) | ||
The Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour is the 22nd season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour.
Contents
The events for the 2017 tour have been split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Platinum events offer higher prize money and more points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which determine the qualifiers for the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in December.
On 12 January 2017 it was announced that Chinese shipping company Seamaster had agreed a four-year sponsorship deal with the ITTF World Tour.
Schedule
Below is the schedule released by the ITTF:
Grand Finals
The 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals will take place from 14–17 December 2017. The venue has yet to be decided.
ITTF Challenge Series
In addition to the twelve ITTF World Tour events, eleven ITTF Challenge Series events will also take place in 2017. These events will take place in Belarus, Thailand, Chile, Slovenia, Croatia, Brazil, North Korea, Nigeria, Poland, Belgium and Spain. For the first time, the Challenge Series will not form part of the main ITTF World Tour.