2015 World Junior Table Tennis Championships Media Kit

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1 Media Kit CITY: Vendée, France SITE: VENDESPACE Parc de Beaupuy, Mouilleron Le Captif, LA ROCHE SUR YON (FRANCE) DATE: 29 November 6 December 2015 PLAYERS: 96 men 96 women 192 total COUNTRIES: 40 TABLES: 12 TABLE BRAND: STAG (BLUE) BALL BRAND: BUTTERFLY G40+ *** (plastic with seam) (WHITE) FLOOR BRAND: STAG (RED) MEDIA CONTACT: ITTF Promotion Manager Matt Pound: mpound@ittfmail.com, Introduction Welcome to the 2015 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships (WJTTC). The ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships is the world s premiere under 18 event, which all world s best junior want to win after battling it out on the ITTF Junior Circuit all year. To be eligible, the players must be born in 1997 or later. There are 7 gold medals on offer in Vendee: boy s teams, girl s teams, boy s singles, girl s singles, boy s doubles, girl s doubles, and mixed doubles. This media kit is designed to provide an update on the 2015 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships. Enclosed are statistics and notes that will be of assistance during the tournament. Players biographies as well as statistical, historical and personal data can be found on ITTF.com. Please make player interview requests through a member of the ITTF media staff located in the press room. Key Dates/Times 29 th November 2015, 06:00pm Team events Stage 1 30 th December 2015 from 9:00am Team events Stage 2 1 st December 2015 from 1:00pm Team events QF, SF and position matches 2 nd December 2015 from 3:00pm Team events finals, position matches and mixed doubles preliminary rounds 3 rd December 2014 from 6:00pm Singles preliminary groups and boys & girls doubles KO stage 4 th December 2014 from 9:00am Singles and doubles K.O stages 5 th December 2014 from 9:00am Singles and doubles K.O stages 6 th December 2014 from 9:00am Singles SF and singles & doubles finals Full schedule: Page 1 of 8

2 Participation Quotas Team Events 20 teams will enter the boys and girls competition with a maximum of 4 players per team. Each continent has their own qualification competition to determine which team takes the relevant quotas: Africa: 3 Boys Teams 3 Girls Teams Asia: 5 Boys Teams 5 Girls Teams Europe: 5 Boys Teams 5 Girls Teams Pan America: 4 Boys Teams 4 Girls Teams Oceania: 2 Boys Teams 2 Girls Teams In addition to these 19 teams, the Host Association (France) is entitled to one team in each of the boys and girls team events. Individual Events: Boys and Girls Singles Up to 96 boys and 96 girls may enter the singles with a maximum of 4 boys and 4 girls per association and with the exception of the Host Association (France) which is entitled to enter up to six boys and six girls The positions for the SINGLES events will be distributed as follows: Associations qualified for the team events: 20 x 4 athletes: 80 Host Association extra places (France): 02 ITTF U18 World Junior Individual Ranking (5th September): 14 TOTAL: 96 Boys and Girls Doubles Up to 48 pairs of boys and girls may enter the World Championships with a maximum of 2 boys pairs and 2 girls pairs per Association and with the exception of the Host Association (France), which is entitled to enter up to 3 boys pairs and 3 girls pairs. These 48 pairs will be composed from the players entered for the teams and singles events. In boys and girls doubles events both players of a pair shall be from the same association. Each Association may enter a maximum of 4 players (if entitled by team selection or ranking selection in singles) but it is not permitted to enter different players in the team event and in the individual events. Mixed Doubles Up to 96 mixed pairs may enter the mixed doubles. They will be selected out of the players entered for the teams and singles events. These players so NOT need to be from the same association. Playing System Team Events There will be three stages. Stage 1 and 2 will be played in a round robin basis (groups of three teams). Stage 3 will be played in a progressive knock out basis, dividing the teams in three groups based on the results on Stage 1 and Stage 2. Stage 1 (teams seeded 1 to 8 are exempt from Stage 1): Teams seeded 9 to 12 will be placed in groups A to D following the order of ranking. Seed 9 goes to Group A, Seed 10 to group B, Seed 11 to group C and Seed 12 to group D. Page 2 of 8

3 Teams seeded 13 to 16 will be drawn to position 2 in groups A to D using the modified snake system two by two: teams seeded 13th and 14th will be draw among the groups C & D. Teams seeded 15th and 16th will be draw among the groups A & B. Teams seeded 17 to 20 will be drawn to position 3 in groups A to D using the modified snake system two by two: Teams seeded 17th and 18th will be drawn among the groups A & B. Teams seeded 19th and 20th will be draw among the groups C & D. Stage 2 (from the teams competing in Stage 1 only group winners play Stage 2): Teams seeded 1 to 4 will be placed in groups E to H following the order of ranking. Seed 1 goes to group E, Seed 2 to group F, Seed 3 to group G and Seed 4 to group H. Teams seeded 5 to 8 will be drawn to position 2 in groups E to H using the modified snake system two by two: teams seeded 5th and 6th will be draw among the groups G & H. Teams seeded 7th and 8th will be draw among the groups E & F. Team winners of the groups A, B, C, D will be drawn to position 3 in groups E to H. Stage 3 will be played in a progressive knock-out basis, playing for all the positions with the exception of the match for the positions 3rd and 4th. The two losing teams in the semifinals will be awarded the third position and bronze medals. Stage 3A Winner and runner up of Stage 2 advance to Stage 3A to determine positions 1 to 8. The winner of group E will be placed into position 1. The winner of group F will be placed into position 8. The winners of groups G & H will be drawn into positions 4 & 5. Runners-up in groups E-H will be drawn into the opposite half of their group winners. Stage 3B Teams finishing in third position in groups E-H advance to Stage 3B to determine positions 9 to 12. The four teams will be drawn into positions 1 to 4 of Stage 3B. Winners of the first round will play for positions 9th-10th and losers for positions 11th-12th. Stage 3C Teams finishing in second or third position in groups A-D advance to Stage 3C to determine positions 13 to 20. The eight teams will be drawn into positions 1 to 8 of Stage 3C as follows: Runners up in groups A-D will be drawn into positions 1, 4, 5 & 8 of Stage 3C. Third position teams in groups A-D will be drawn into the opposite halves of the teams that finished runner-up in the same groups. All matches will be played to determine positions from 13th to 20th. Matches will be played in best of 5 singles matches (A v X, B v Y, C v Z, A v Y & B v X) All matches in the team events to be the best of five games. INDIVIDUAL EVENTS Boys and Girls Singles: The first stage will be played in a round robin basis in groups of 4 and 3 players. Two players advance from each group to the second stage. The top 16 seeded players advance directly to the second stage, which will be a knockout draw of 64 players. All singles matches will be the best of 7 games. Boys Doubles, Girls Doubles and Mixed Doubles All events will be played on a knock-out basis. Matches will be the best of five games with the exception that Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals will be best of seven games. Page 3 of 8

4 Past World Junior Championships Winners Place Teams Singles Doubles Boys Girls Boys Girls Boys Girls Mixed 2003 Santiago, CHI LI Hu 2004 Kobe, JPN 2005 Linz, AUT JAPAN 2006 Cairo, EGY Palo Alto, USA Madrid, ESP Cartagena de Indias, COL Bratislava, SVK Manama, BRN Hyderabad, IND JAPAN MA Long BAUM Patrick (GER) MATSUDAIRA Kenta (JPN) JEONG Sang Eun (KOR) Chien- An (TPE) FANG Bo Hongyuan NIWA Koki (JPN) FAN Zhendong LI Qian CHANG Chenchen DING Ning FENG Yalan YANG Yang CAO Lisi WU Yang ZHU Yuling Meng ZHU Yuling KISHIKAWA Seiya, MURAMORI Minoru (JPN) KISHIKAWA Seiya, MIZUTANI Jun (JPN) CHIANG Hung- Chieh, HUANG Sheng- Sheng (TPE) JIANG Haiyang, WU Hao Shichao, YAN An Hongyuan, YAN An FANG Bo, Hongyuan MACHI Asuka, NIWA Koki (JPN) Hongyuan, ZHENG Peifeng LIN Gaoyuan, XU Chenhao LI Xiaoxia, LI Qian CHANG Chenchen, LIU Shiwen DING Ning, PENG Xue MU Zi, WEN Jia LI Xiaodan, WEN Jia CAO Lisi, WANG Daqin Meng, GU Yuting GU Yuting, ZHU Yuling Meng, GU Yuting GU Yuting, ZHU Yuling ZENG Cem, LI Xiaoxia ZHOU Bin, LIU Shiwen KANG Dong Hoon, SHIM Se Rom (KOR) XU Ke, MU Zi XU Ruifeng, MU Zi Hongyuan, CAO Lisi FANG Bo, GU Yuting WU Jiaji, GU Yuting Hongyuan, Meng FAN Zhendong, LIU Gaoyang Page 4 of 8

5 2013 Rabat, MAR 2014 Shanghai, CHN JANG Woojin (KOR) YU Ziyang GU Yuting WANG Manyu KONG Lingxuan, ZHOU Qihao LYU Xiang, XUE Fei GU Yuting, LIU Xi Xintong, LIU Gaoyang KONG Lingxuan, LIU Xi WANG Chuqin, Xintong 2015 World Junior Circuit Location and Winners Location Junior Boys Singles Junior Girls Singles Manama, BRN Cristian Pletea (ROU) Adina Diaconu (ROU) Hodonin, CZE Cristian Pletea (ROU) Khetkhuan Tamolwan (THA) Orebro, SWE Matsuyamaa Yuki (JPN) Morita Ayane (JPN) Asuncion, PAR Horacio Cifuentes (ARG) Bruna Takahashi (BRA) Lignano, ITA Chernov Konstantin (RUS) Zhu Chengzhu (HKG) Sidi Bou Said, TUN Abdulrahman Al-Naggar (QAT) Arina Singeorzan (ROU) Spa, BEL Andrey Semenov (RUS) Mima Ito (JPN) Tweed Heads, AUS Wei Shihao Chao Jiaming (AUS) Beaus Bassin, MRI Youssef Abdel-Aziz (EGY) Miu Hirano (JPN) Metz, FRA Cassin Alexandre (FRA) Chasselin Pauline (FRA) Platja d Aro, ESP Klein Dennis (GER) Miu Hirano (JPN) Markham, CAN Zhang Kai (USA) Angela Guan (USA) Bangkok, THA Yang Heng-Wei (TPE) Tamolwan Khetkhuan (THA) Senec, SVK An Jaehyun (KOR) Kim Jiho (KOR) Wladyslawowo, POL An Jaehyun (KOR) Choi Yelin (KOR) Cairo, EGY Darko Jorgic (SVK) Amira Yousry (EGY) Aqyada, PUR Fermin Tenti (ARG) Bruna Takahashi (BRA) Taicang, CHN Ji Jiale Qian Tianyi Hong Kong, HKG Zhu Cheng Sun Chen Guatemala, GUA Horacio Cifuentes (ARG) Zhang Xuan (ESP) Amman, JOR Mohammed Abdulhussein (QAT) Lin Chia-Hsuan (TPE) San Salvador, ESA Horacio Cifuentes (ARG) Zhang Xuan (ESP) Cheongyang, KOR Cho Seungmin (KOR) Kim Jiho (KOR) Santiago, CHI Isaac Zauli (BRA) Daniela Ortega (CHI) Indore, IND Siddesh Pande (IND) Archana Girish Kamath (IND) Varazdin, CRO Kozul Deni (SLO) Adriana Diaz (PUR) Taipei, TPE Tomokazu Harimoto (JPN) Kihara Miyuu (JPN) Vrnjacka Banja, SRB Jorgic Darko (SLO) Dragoman Andreea (ROU) Sharm el-sheikh, EGY Yang Shuo Bruna Takahashi (BRA) Bratislava, SVK Yukiya Uda (JPN) Miyu Nagasaki (JPN) Szombathely, HUN Jorgic Darko (SLO) Diaconu Adina (ROU) Loule, POR Zhang Kai (USA) Zhu Chengzhu (HKG) Page 5 of 8

6 Top Seeds Boy s Singles Girl s Singles 1 HO Kwan Kit HKG 1 WANG Manyu CHN 2 KALLBERG Anton SWE 2 Xingtong CHN 3 LIU Dingshuo CHN 3 Ke CHN 4 CHO Seungmin KOR 4 SOO Wai Yam Minnie HKG 5 XUE Fei CHN 5 KHETKHUAN Tamolwan THA 6 CASSIN Alexandre FRA 6 TAKAHASHI Bruna BRA 7 ZHU Cheng CHN 7 ZARIF Audrey FRA 8 AN Jaehyun KOR 8 KIM Jiho KOR 9 AFANADOR Brian PUR 9 WANG Yidi CHN 10 WANG Chuqin CHN 10 DIACONU Adina ROU 11 JORGIC Darko SLO 11 AN Yeongeun KOR 12 ZATOWKA Patryk POL 12 BAJOR Natalia POL 13 NG Pak Nam HKG 13 DRAGOMAN Andreea ROU 14 HUNG Ka Tak HKG 14 NIKITCHANKA Alina BLR 15 PARK Jeongwoo KOR 15 CHASSELIN Pauline FRA 16 PLETEA Cristian ROU 16 TAYLAKOVA Maria RUS Boy s Doubles 1 HO Kwan Kit HKG NG Pak Nam HKG 2 LIU Dingshuo CHN ZHU Cheng CHN 3 AN Jaehyun KOR CHO Seungmin KOR 4 WANG Chuqin CHN XUE Fei CHN 5 HWANG Minha KOR PARK Jeongwoo KOR 6 AKKUZU Can FRA RUIZ Romain FRA 7 JORGIC Darko SLO KOZUL Deni SLO 8 BERTRAND Irvin FRA CASSIN Alexandre FRA 9 ENGEMANN Gerrit GER KLEIN Dennis GER 10 BADOWSKI Marek POL ZATOWKA Patryk POL 11 MANOLE Alexandru ROU PLETEA Cristian ROU 12 CHERNOV Konstantin RUS YARUSHIN Nikita RUS 13 KUCERA Stanislav CZE POLANSKY Tomas CZE 14 BRUCKNER Mate HUN MAJOROS Bence HUN 15 MOREGARD Malte SWE SODERLUND Simon SWE 16 AVVARI Krishnateja USA JHA Kanak USA Girl s Doubles 1 Ke CHN WANG Manyu CHN 2 Xingtong CHN WANG Yidi CHN 3 AN Yeongeun KOR KIM Jiho KOR 4 CHASSELIN Pauline FRA ZARIF Audrey FRA 5 DIACONU Adina ROU DRAGOMAN Andreea ROU 6 MAK Tze Wing HKG SOO Wai Yam Minnie HKG 7 NAKADA Leticia BRA TAKAHASHI Bruna BRA 8 MALANINA Maria RUS TAYLAKOVA Maria RUS 9 GUISNEL Oceane FRA MIGOT Marie FRA 10 NIKITCHANKA Alina BLR PATSEYEVA Hanna BLR 11 SAEGER Luisa GER WAN Yuan GER 12 BAJOR Natalia POL KNYSZEWSKA Paulina POL 13 CLAPA Andreea ROU LUPU Diana ROU Page 6 of 8

7 14 LOYEN Eline BEL LUNG Lisa BEL 15 AKULA Sreeja IND KAMATH Archana Girish IND 16 JHA Prachi USA YANG Grace USA Mixed Doubles 1 HO Kwan Kit HKG SOO Wai Yam Minnie HKG 2 ZHU Cheng CHN WANG Manyu CHN 3 WANG Chuqin CHN Xingtong CHN 4 XUE Fei CHN Ke CHN 5 LIU Dingshuo CHN WANG Yidi CHN 6 CHO Seungmin KOR AN Yeongeun KOR 7 AFANADOR Brian PUR KHETKHUAN Tamolwan THA 8 AKKUZU Can FRA ZARIF Audrey FRA 9 CASSIN Alexandre FRA CHASSELIN Pauline FRA 10 PLETEA Cristian ROU DIACONU Adina ROU 11 HWANG Minga KOR KIM Jiho KOR 12 CHERNOV Konstantin RUS TAYLAKOVA Maria RUS 13 PARK Jeongwoo KOR KANG Dayeon KOR 14 JHA Kanak USA JHA Prachi USA 15= YOKOTA Gustavo BRA TAKAHASHI Bruna BRA 15= JORGIC Darko SLO PAVCNIK Tamara SLO Boy s Team Girl s Team 1 China CHN 1 China CHN 2 Korea Republic KOR 2 Korea Republic KOR 3 Hong Kong HKG 3 France FRA 4 France FRA 4 Russia RUS 5 Sweden SWE 5 Romania ROU 6 Slovenia SLO 6 Belarus BLR 7 Germany GER 7 Hong Kong HKG 8 Poland POL 8 Germany GER 9 Russia RUS 9 Brazil BRA 10 Argentina ARG 10 USA USA 11 Romania ROU 11 Belgium BEL 12 Czech Republic CZE 12 Sweden SWE 13 Belgium BEL 13 Hungary HUN 14 USA USA 14 Turkey TUR 15 Hungary HUN 15 Slovenia SLO 16 Italy ITA 16 Egypt EGY 17 Egypt EGY 17 Canada CAN 18 Canada CAN 18 Australia AUS 19 Australia AUS 19 Korea DPR PRK 20 New Zealand NZL Page 7 of 8

8 Tournament Facts It is the fourth time that the World Junior Table Tennis Championship is held in Europe. This is the first time the World Junior Table Tennis Championship will be held in France. The 2015 World Junior Table Tennis Championship is the 13 th edition The Junior Girls Singles title has always been won by players from China since its first edition in 2003 China has only won the Junior Boys Singles title 6 out of 12 times ITTF.com Make sure you follow the on ITTF.com to obtain the following: Head to head comparisons between each player Live results Up to date schedule Live steaming at ITTF.com/itTV Live updates of the action Rights free photos Upcoming ITTF calendar Past results Everything you need to do with international table tennis! Page 8 of 8