2020 ITTF Challenge Series explained

Duration:4 February – 5 December 2020
Edition:4th
Tournaments:13
Categories:Challenge Plus (7)
Challenge (6)
Previous:2019
Next:2021

The 2020 ITTF Challenge Series is the fourth season of the International Table Tennis Federation's secondary professional table tennis tour, a level below the ITTF World Tour. As in the previous season, the ITTF Challenge Series is split into two tiers: Challenge Plus and Challenge.[1]

Schedule

ITTF Challenge Series is divided into two tiers: Challenge Plus and Challenge.

Below is the 2020 schedule announced by the International Table Tennis Federation:[2]

Key
Challenge Plus
Challenge
No.DateTournamentLocationVenuePrize (USD)ReportRef.
14–8 February Spanish OpenGranadaPalacio de Deportes de Granada40,000Report[3]
212–16 February Portugal OpenLisbonPavilhão Desportivo do Casal Vistoso70,000Report[4]
311–15 March Oman OpenMuscatSultan Qaboos Sports Complex70,000Report[5]
411–15 March Polish OpenGliwiceGliwice Arena40,000Report[6]
51–5 April Italian OpenRiccione40,000Report[7]
622–26 April Slovenia OpenOtočec40,000Report
728 Apr.–2 May Croatia OpenZagreb40,000Report
829 Apr.–3 May Thailand OpenBangkok40,000Report
93–7 June Belarus OpenMinskTBAReport
1018–22 August Nigeria OpenLagosTBAReport
119–13 September Pyongyang OpenPyongyangTBAReport
1227–31 October Belgium OpenDe HaanTBAReport
131–5 December North American OpenVancouverTBAReport

Winners

Key
Challenge Plus
Challenge
EventMen's singlesWomen's singlesMen's doublesWomen's doublesMixed doublesU21 Men's singlesU21 Women's singles
Spanish Open Kirill Gerassimenko Honoka Hashimoto Nima Alamian
Noshad Alamian
Satsuki Odo
Saki Shibata
Not held Rareş Şipoş Maki Shiomi
Portugal Open Qiu Dang Kasumi Ishikawa Diogo Carvalho
Joao Geraldo
Satsuki Odo
Saki Shibata
Emmanuel Lebesson
Yuan Jia Nan
Vladimir Sidorenko Maki Shiomi
Oman Open Sharath Kamal Hitomi Sato Aleksandar Karakašević
Ľubomír Pištej
Honoka Hashimoto
Hitomi Sato
Tristan Flore
Laura Gasnier
Jeet Chandra Maki Shiomi
Polish Openbgcolor=#FFFFFF colspan=7 rowspan=10 align="center"Events cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
Italian Open
Slovenia Open
Croatia Open
Thailand Open
Belarus Open
Nigerian Open
Pyongyang Open
Belgium Open
North American Open

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ITTF Challenge – Event Information Map. ITTF. 3 February 2020.
  2. Web site: 2020 ITTF Challenge Series / Events. ITTF. 3 February 2020.
  3. Web site: 2020 ITTF Challenge, Spanish Open. ITTF. 3 February 2020.
  4. Web site: 2020 ITTF Challenge Plus, Portugal Open. ITTF. 3 February 2020.
  5. Web site: 2019 ITTF Challenge Plus, Oman Open. ITTF. 3 February 2020.
  6. Web site: 2020 ITTF Challenge, Polish Open . ITTF . 3 February 2020.
  7. Web site: 2020 ITTF Challenge, Italian Open . ITTF . 15 March 2020.