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]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Table tennis |
| Location | Global |
| Established | 2003 |
| Administrator | ITTF |
Tournament format(s) | Singles: Knockout[1] Doubles: Knockout Team: Knockout |
Editions
edit| Number | Year | Host city | Host country | Events | Medals winner | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Table Tennis Championships (U18) | ||||||
| 1 | 2003 | Santiago |  Chile |
7 |  China |
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| 2 | 2004 | Kobe |  Japan |
7 | China |
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| 3 | 2005 | Linz |  Austria |
7 | China |
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| 4 | 2006 | Cairo |  Egypt |
7 | China |
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| 5 | 2007 | Palo Alto |  United States |
7 | China |
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| 6 | 2008 | Madrid |  Spain |
7 | China |
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| 7 | 2009 | Cartagena |  Colombia |
7 | China |
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| 8 | 2010 | Bratislava |  Slovakia |
7 | China |
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| 9 | 2011 | Manama |  Bahrain |
7 | China |
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| 10 | 2012 | Hyderabad |  India |
7 | China |
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| 11 | 2013 | Rabat |  Morocco |
7 | China |
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| 12 | 2014 | Shanghai | China |
7 | China |
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| 13 | 2015 | Vendée |  France |
7 | China |
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| 14 | 2016 | Cape Town |  South Africa |
7 | Japan |
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| 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
editWorld Junior Table Tennis Championships (2003–2019)
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.