by Simon Daish
ZEN-NOH 2019 ITTF Team World Cup
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games only a matter of months away, the ZEN-NOH 2019 ITTF Team World Cup acts as the perfect precursor to the event with 12 of the best men’s and women’s teams battling it out in the Japanese capital from Wednesday 6th to Sunday 10th November.
A truly global experience with representation from each continent, the main question on everyone’s lips: can anyone stop Team China?
2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum bet-at-home.com Austrian Open
Not long after the conclusion of play in Tokyo, the attention shifts to the Austrian city of Linz for the 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum, bet-at-home.com Austrian Open from Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th November with qualification action being staged in the two days leading up to the event.
Liang Jingkun returns to the place where he collected his first ever ITTF World Tour men’s singles title and he’s in fine company with the world’s elite players all searching for valuable last minute ITTF World Tour standings points ahead of next month’s 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals.
T2 Diamond Singapore
Such is the frantic pace at which the table tennis calendar moves this time of year, you won’t have to wait long to see your favourite players return to the table with the concluding stage of the 2019 T2 Diamond Series heading to Singapore from Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th November.
Chinese Taipei teenage ace Lin Yun-Ju shocked the world with his gold medal winning campaign at T2 Diamond Malaysia. Expect breathtaking rallies, show-stopping performances and even more drama when the biggest names in world table tennis take to the Our Tampines Hub for T2 Diamond Singapore.
NSDF 2019 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships
Korat, Thailand is set to welcome the finest young stars the sport has to offer towards the back-end of the month as the NSDF 2019 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships comes to town from Sunday 24th November to Sunday 1st December.
Notable, since its formation in 2003, the World Junior Championships has proved an important stepping stone for young players looking to make an impact on the international stage with previous winners including current Olympic champions Ma Long and Ding Ning. Make sure to follow the action from Korat, you never know, you may witness the champions of tomorrow!
ITTF Men’s World Cup
While the next generation of the sport’s elite are busy fighting it out for one of the most prestigious of honours at junior level, the world class athletes of today will also be competing for prestigious silverware with Chengdu, China playing host to the 2019 ITTF Men’s World Cup from Friday 29th November to Sunday 1st December.
There’s no shortage of recognisable names heading to the Sichuan Province Gymnasium with Ma Long and Fan Zhendong leading the charge for the host nation while the likes of Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Tomokazu Harimoto, Hugo Calderano and Mattias Falck are also set to attend.
Who are you backing to lift the cup and take home the US$60,000 prize fund?
Full Schedule: November 2019
- ITTF Para Netherlands Open, Stasdskanaal (NED): 1-3 Nov
- ZEN-NOH 2019 ITTF Team World Cup, Tokyo (JPN): 6-10 Nov
- ITTF Junior Circuit Premium Hungarian Junior & Cadet Open, Szombathely (HUN): 6-10 Nov
- 2019 ITTF World Veterans Tour – Doha, Doha (QAT): 7-10 Nov
- 2019 ITTF World Tour Platinum bet-at-home.com Austrian Open, Linz (AUT): 12-17 Nov
- 2019 ITTF Challenge Indonesia Open, Batam (INA): 13-17 Nov
- ITTF Junior Circuit Portugal Junior & Cadet Open, Guimaraes (POR): 13-17 Nov
- ITTF Para Copa Tango Junior, Buenos Aires (ARG): 20-21 Nov
- T2 Diamond, Singapore (SGP): 21-24 Nov
- ITTF Para XVII Copa Tango, Buenos Aires (ARG): 22-24 Nov
- NSDF 2019 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships, Korat (THA): 24 Nov-01 Dec
- Tabletennis11 Estonian Open, Tallin (EST): 28 Nov-1 Dec
- ITTF Men’s World Cup, Chengdu (CHN): 29 Nov-1 Dec