ITTF Pan American Cup — is an annual table tennis competition held in South and North America since 2017. Its program includes tournaments for men and women in singles. Only 24 players (16 invited players and 8 players selected through the qualifying stage) can participate in the final part of each tournament, with no more than 2 players from one association.
Since its inception, the tournament has been recognized as a qualifying competition for the
Table Tennis World Cup.
The competition is organized by the efforts of the relevant Table Tennis Federation under the leadership of
ITTF AMERICAS. The tournament is held under the auspices of
International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
History
Until 2017, the
Latin American Table Tennis Cup and
2013 ITTF North American Cup were run by
Latin American Table Tennis Union and
Northern American Table Tennis Union as a completely separate competition: the winners of the respective men's and women's singles at each tournament qualified for the corresponding stage of the World Cup.
In 2017, the 2017 ITTF-Panam Cup was held for the first time in San José, Costa Rica as a joint effort between the two organizations. The first winners of the tournament were Brazilian Tsuboi Gustavo and American Zhang Lily. At the same time, the World Cup qualification situation remained in effect: each continent was eligible to be represented in both the Men's and Women's World Cups, according to "Regulation 2.2: The winner of each Continental Cup, as well as the second and third-placed players from Asia and Europe, and the best player from a continent, with the exception of the winner of the Panama Cup, shall qualify, for a total of ten players." Thus, if a player from North America won the Men's Singles in San Jose, the highest-placed player from Latin America would also qualify. The same was true for the Women's Singles.
From 2017 to 2024, the tournament was limited to 16 players, in accordance with the qualification rules. A tournament game system with 2 stages was also used: a group of 4 players and 2 players advancing to the second stage, which was held according to the playoff system, with 3rd place being played for.
Since 2019, the management of the competition has been transferred to
ITTF AMERICAS, and since then the qualification for the World Cups has been joint.
From 2021 to 2023, no tournaments were held due to the coronavirus epidemic and the suspension of the World Cups in singles.
In 2025, the number of players up to 24 and the number of days of the event (+2 days) were added.
The tournament's record holders are Brazilian Hugo Calderano (3 victories in men's singles) and Puerto Rican Adriana Díaz (2 victories in women's singles).
