The Team Event FINAL of the World Junior Championships took place yesterday on the 3rd December 2016. The prestigious event held in Cape Town, South Africa created history as Japan for the first time ever won both the Junior Boys and Junior Girls Team Event Titles. The only other country to ever achieve this is China... of course! Interestingly with this event China didn't even reach the final of the boys team event with silver medallist Korea Republic eliminating them in the semi finals. Full results, videos, and more below:
Japan Take Gold in the Junior Boys and Junior Girls! Teams! - Photo by: ITTF Flickr!
For the first time in World Junior Championship history Japan claim gold in both the Junior Boys and Junior Girls team event. China are of course the strongest nation in the world at table tennis and dominate the sport in most world events. The rest of the world are constantly chasing China and see them as the country to beat. This week at the World Junior Championships, Japan did just that surpassing the nation in both events! Will this trend continue as the players progress from juniors to seniors? Results below.
Junior Boys Team Event
On route to the final Japan defeated Korea DPR in the quarter finals 3-0, Chinese Taipei 3-0 and met Korea Republic in the final. Korea Republic eliminated Romania and China 3-2 in an epic affair to reach the final.
Final: Japan vs Korea Republic
Match 1 - Yuto Kizukuru 3-1 Cho Seungmin
Match 2 - Tomokazu Harimoto 3-1 An Jaehyun
Match 3 - Yuki Matsuyama 3-0 Kim Daewoo
Videos:
Junior Girls Team Event
On route to the final Japan defeated Romania in the quarter finals 3-1, Hong Kong 3-0 and met China in the final. China eliminated Chinese Taipei and Korea Republic 3-1 to reach the final.
Final: Japan vs China
Match 1 - Miu Hirano 2-3 Shi Xunyao
Match 2 - Mima Ito 3-2 Liu Weishan
Match 3 - Hina Hayata 3-1 Sun Yizhen
Match 4 - Mima Ito 3-0 Shi Xunyao
Videos:
The event now moves onto the singles events.
Congratulations to Team Japan winning the 2016 World Junior Championships! For all the latest news, results and videos from the Junior Championships click here. To catch up on all the latest highlighted matches from the World Champs visit our Media Library.
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Japan Take Gold in the Junior Boys and Junior Girls! Teams! - Photo by: ITTF Flickr!
For the first time in World Junior Championship history Japan claim gold in both the Junior Boys and Junior Girls team event. China are of course the strongest nation in the world at table tennis and dominate the sport in most world events. The rest of the world are constantly chasing China and see them as the country to beat. This week at the World Junior Championships, Japan did just that surpassing the nation in both events! Will this trend continue as the players progress from juniors to seniors? Results below.
Junior Boys Team Event
On route to the final Japan defeated Korea DPR in the quarter finals 3-0, Chinese Taipei 3-0 and met Korea Republic in the final. Korea Republic eliminated Romania and China 3-2 in an epic affair to reach the final.
Final: Japan vs Korea Republic
Match 1 - Yuto Kizukuru 3-1 Cho Seungmin
Match 2 - Tomokazu Harimoto 3-1 An Jaehyun
Match 3 - Yuki Matsuyama 3-0 Kim Daewoo
Videos:
Junior Girls Team Event
On route to the final Japan defeated Romania in the quarter finals 3-1, Hong Kong 3-0 and met China in the final. China eliminated Chinese Taipei and Korea Republic 3-1 to reach the final.
Final: Japan vs China
Match 1 - Miu Hirano 2-3 Shi Xunyao
Match 2 - Mima Ito 3-2 Liu Weishan
Match 3 - Hina Hayata 3-1 Sun Yizhen
Match 4 - Mima Ito 3-0 Shi Xunyao
Videos:
The event now moves onto the singles events.
Congratulations to Team Japan winning the 2016 World Junior Championships! For all the latest news, results and videos from the Junior Championships click here. To catch up on all the latest highlighted matches from the World Champs visit our Media Library.
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