World Team Table Tennis Championships postponed due to COVID-19
The World Team Table Tennis Championships, due to take place next month in the Busan, South Korea, were postponed on Tuesday following a leap in novel coronavirus cases. The International Table Tennis Federation said the event, originally planned for March 22-29, had been provisionally rescheduled ...
Japan falls to China in World Team Table Tennis Championships women's final
The Japanese team of Mima Ito, Miu Hirano and Kasumi Ishikawa on Saturday was defeated 3-1 by defending champion China, which claimed its fourth consecutive women's title at the World Team Table Tennis Championships. Teenager Ito provided drama in the opening contest at Halmstad Arena ...
South Korea men prevail over Japan in quarterfinals of World Team Table Tennis Championships
The Japan men's team suffered a 3-1 loss to South Korea in the quarterfinals of the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Friday, missing the podium at the tournament for the first time since 2006. The trio of Tomokazu Harimoto, Jun Mizutani and Kenta Matsudaira ...
Japan women cruise past unified Korea team to reach World Team Table Tennis Championships final
The unified Korea women's squad at the World Team Table Tennis Championships crashed out in its first fixture, losing to Japan 3-0 in Friday's semifinals. The Korean team was formed on the spot here through an agreement between the federations of both North and South ...
Japanese women advance to semifinals at World Team Table Tennis Championships
Japan's women advanced to the semifinals of the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Thursday with a 3-0 victory over Ukraine. After wins by Mima Ito, Kasumi Ishikawa and Miu Hirano in the quarterfinals, Japan booked a meeting with the united Korean team in ...
Japan's men beat Hong Kong 3-1 in the quarterfinals of the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Friday, securing a medal for the fifth straight tournament. Japan, ranked third in the world, was ahead after Jun Mizutani took the first match 13-11, 11-7, 10-12, 11-5 ...
Japan's men made it five wins out of five and topped its group at the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Wednesday as they geared up for the second round. Japan, which had already secured its place in the knockout phase, beat Portugal 3-1 in ...
Host Japan's women defeated Taiwan 3-0 to pick up their fourth consecutive victory at the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Wednesday. With the win, Japan improved to 4-0 in Group B to all but book its spot in the quarterfinals in first place. Japan's ...
Ishigaki replaces Fukuhara for worlds
An unexpected phone call turned out to be surprising, but a pleasant one for Yuka Ishigaki when the 24-year-old table tennis player learned she would replace the injured Ai Fukuhara in the upcoming Japan Table 2014, the World Team Table Tennis Championships. The Japan Table ...
