2016 in table tennis explained

This page lists the table tennis events for 2016.

December 30, 2015 – December 18, 2016: 2016 ITTF Events Calendar^[1]

2016 Summer Olympics (ITTF)

August 6–17: 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro at the Riocentro
- Men's singles: Ma Long; Zhang Jike; Jun Mizutani
- Women's singles: Ding Ning; Li Xiaoxia; Kim Song-i
- Men's team: ; ;
- Women's team: ; ;

Table tennis World Cups & Championships

February 28 – March 6: 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Kuala Lumpur^[2]
- Men's team winners:
- Women's team winners:
October 1–3: 2016 Men's World Cup in Saarbrücken^[3]
- Winner: Fan Zhendong
October 7–9: 2016 Women's World Cup in Philadelphia^[4]
- Winner: Miu Hirano
October 21–29: 2016 ITTF World Cadet Challenge in Shanghai^[5]
- 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^[6]
- Junior boys' team winners:
- Junior girls' team winners:

Continental table tennis championships

February 1–7: 2016 Latin American Table Tennis Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico^[7]
- 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^[8]
- Men's singles winner: Dimitrij Ovtcharov
- Women's singles winner: Shen Yanfei
February 14–15: 2016 Africa TOP 16 Cup in Khartoum^[9]
- Men's singles winner: Quadri Aruna
- Women's singles winner: Dina Meshref
March 20–24: 2016 Oceania Table Tennis Championships in Bendigo^[10]
- 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: (Natalie Paterson, RAO Ruofei)
- Mixed doubles winners: (LIN Yi-Sien, RAO Ruofei)
April 6–12: 2016 African Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Algiers^[11]
- 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^[12]
- 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:
- Girls' junior team winners:
- Boys' cadet team winners:
- Girls' cadet team winners:
April 28–30: 2016 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Dubai^[13]
- 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^[14]
- Men's singles winner: Hugo Calderano
- Women's singles winner: Lady Ruano
June 13–14: 2016 ITTF-Oceania Cup in Melbourne^[15]
- Men's singles winner: David Powell
- Women's singles winner: Zhenhua Dederko
June 24: 2016 North America Cup Table Tennis Tournament in Burnaby^[16]
- Men's singles winner: FENG Yijun
- Women's singles winner: WU Yue
June 25–30: 2016 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships in Burnaby^[17]
- 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:
- Girls' junior team winners:
July 8–17: 2016 Table Tennis European Youth Championships in Zagreb^[18]
- 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^[19]
- Note: The only teams that competed here are Canada and the United States.
- Men's team: The defeated, 3–1, in matches played.
- Women's team: The defeated, 3–2, in matches played.
September 16–21: 2016 Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships in Bangkok^[20]
- 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^[21]
- 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^[22]
- 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^[23]
- 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^[24]
- 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^[25]
- 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: Open in Manila
- Event cancelled.
March 16–20: Kuwait Open in Kuwait City^[26]
- 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^[27]
- 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: Open in Santiago^[28]
- 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^[29]
- 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: Open in Lagos^[30]
- 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: Open in Zagreb^[31]
- 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: Open in Otočec^[32]
- 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^[33]
- 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^[34]
- 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^[35]
- 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: Open in Pyongyang^[36]
- 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: Open in Panagyurishte^[37]
- 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^[38]
- 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: Open in Minsk^[39]
- 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^[40]
- 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: Open in De Haan^[41]
- 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^[42]
- 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^[43]
- 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^[44]
- 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

Notes and References

Web site: ITTF's General Calendar of Events . 2016-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151008041105/http://www.ittf.com/_front_page/ittf2.asp?category=calendar_ittf . 2015-10-08 . dead .
Web site: ITTF's 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships Page . 2016-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160223153150/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2587&category=WTTC . 2016-02-23 . dead .
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2675&category=WC ITTF's 2016 Men's World Cup Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2695&category=WC ITTF's 2016 Women's World Cup Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2700&category=WJCF ITTF's 2016 World Cadet Challenge Page
Web site: ITTF's 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships Page . 2016-12-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161204094907/http://old.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2698&category=WTCJ . 2016-12-04 . dead .
Web site: ITTF's 2016 Latin American Table Tennis Championships Page . 2016-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160604112529/http://ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2629&category=Cont . 2016-06-04 . dead .
Web site: ITTF's 2016 Europe TOP 16 Cup Page . 2016-06-20 . 2015-12-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151218131307/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2616&category=Cont . dead .
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2621&category=Cont ITTF's 2016 Africa TOP 16 Cup Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2634&category=Cont ITTF's 2016 Oceania Table Tennis Championships Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2647&category=Cont ITTF's 2016 African Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2643&category=Cont ITTF's 2016 Oceania Junior Table Tennis Championships Page
Web site: ITTF's 2016 Asian Cup Table Tennis Tournament Page . 2016-06-20 . 2016-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160414201226/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2660&category=Cont . dead .
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2661&category=Cont ITTF's 2016 Latin American Cup Table Tennis Tournament Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2662&category=Cont ITTF's 2016 Oceania Cup Table Tennis Tournament Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2668&category=Cont ITTF's 2016 North America Cup Table Tennis Tournament Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2667&category=Cont ITTF's 2016 Pan American Junior Table Tennis Championships Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions_temp/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2689&category=Cont ITTF's 2016 Table Tennis European Youth Championships Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2696&category=Cont ITTF's 2016 North America Table Tennis Team Championships Page
Web site: ITTF's 2016 Asian Junior & Cadet Table Tennis Championships Page . 2016-09-21 . 2016-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160922231358/http://ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2701&category=Cont . dead .
http://www.ettu.org/en/events/europe-youth-top-10/general-information/ ETTU's 2016 Europe Youth Top 10 Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2691&category=Cont ITTF's 2016 European Table Tennis Championships Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2692&category=Cont ITTF's 2016 African Table Tennis Championships Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2615&category=pt ITTF's 2016 Hungarian Open Page
Web site: ITTF's 2016 German Open Page . 2016-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160603151704/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2613&category=PT . 2016-06-03 . dead .
Web site: ITTF's 2016 Kuwait Open Page . 2016-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160830004534/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2637&category=PT . 2016-08-30 . dead .
Web site: ITTF's 2016 Qatar Open Page . 2016-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160825034023/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2635&category=PT . 2016-08-25 . dead .
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2645&category=pt ITTF's 2016 Chile Open Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2644&category=PT ITTF's 2016 Polish Open Page
Web site: ITTF's 2016 Nigerian Open Page . 2016-06-20 . 2016-07-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160705033409/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2648&category=PT . dead .
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2654&category=pt ITTF's 2016 Croatian Open Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2658&category=PT ITTF's 2016 Slovenia Open Page
Web site: ITTF's 2016 Australia Open Page . 2016-06-20 . 2016-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160908161944/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2659&category=PT . dead .
Web site: ITTF's 2016 Japan Open Page . 2016-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160831113449/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2663&category=PT . 2016-08-31 . dead .
Web site: ITTF's 2016 Korea Open Page . 2016-06-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160831114509/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2664&category=pt . 2016-08-31 . dead .
Web site: ITTF's 2016 Pyongyang Open Page . 2016-06-20 . 2016-08-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160827164915/http://ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2666&category=PT . dead .
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2672&category=PT ITTF's 2016 Bulgaria Open Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2677&category=pt ITTF's 2016 Czech Open Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2678&category=pt ITTF's 2016 Belarus Open Page
Web site: ITTF's 2016 China Open Page . 2016-09-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160915085654/http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2682&category=pt . 2016-09-15 . dead .
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2683&category=pt ITTF's 2016 Belgium Open Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2702&category=PT ITTF's 2016 Austrian Open Page
http://www.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2704&category=PT ITTF's 2016 Swedish Open Page
Web site: ITTF's 2016 World Tour Grand Finals Page . 2016-12-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161213054155/http://old.ittf.com/competitions/competitions2.asp?Competition_ID=2710&category=PT . 2016-12-13 . dead .