ITTF World Youth Championships 2025, Cluj Napoca, 11/23-30

[NextLevel]

Chirita/Hursey vs Li/Qi9n - going to be interesting....

 

[BadHoney]

Let's go Thailand.
Please, let's this run make table table tennis more popular in Thailand like badminton.

 

[NextLevel]

Worth watching in the context of my discussions with Tony where I was made to sound like an ignoramus talking about pros playing together for the first time. Of course in this case, the partnership was known and arranged well in advance but they hardly trained or prepared together before their first match together, trusting that their level as players and skill at doubles would compensate.

 

[FIXPOINT]

Scheduled Matches Today:
All times are local time.
Live streaming: https://www.youtube.com/wttglobal

Thu, 27th Nov 2025
09:00 T1 U15 GS R32 Abigail YU(USA) - MOHD Dania(MAS)
09:00 T2 U15 BS R32 LEE Seungsoo(KOR) - Mark GERGELY(HUN)
09:00 T3 U15 GS R32 Josephina NEUMANN(GER) - Lana BENKO(CRO)
09:00 T4 U15 BS R32 CHEN Kai-Cheng(TPE) - Eli HO(NZL)
09:40 T1 U15 BS R32 Asser SAMEH(EGY) - Gorkem OCAL(TUR)
09:40 T2 U15 BS R32 Faraz SHAKIBA(IRI) - Vitor THIOFILO(BRA)
09:40 T3 U15 GS R32 Cocona MURAMATSU(JPN) - Ela SAIDI(TUN)
09:40 T4 U15 GS R32 HEO Yerim(KOR) - LU Yu-En(TPE)
10:20 T1 U15 GS R32 Ananya MURALIDHARAN(IND) - Kulapassr VIJITVIRIYAGUL(THA)
10:20 T2 U15 BS R32 Soma ONO(JPN) - LEE Hong An(MAS)
10:20 T3 U15 BS R32 Kyler CHEN(USA) - Emanuel OTALVARO(COL)
10:20 T4 U15 GS R32 YEUNG Yee Lam(HKG) - Koharu ITAGAKI(GER)
11:00 T1 U15 BS R32 Francesco TREVISAN(ITA) - Kef NOORANI(USA)
11:00 T2 U15 GS R32 LIU Ziling(CHN) - YU ZHENG Cheah(MAS)
11:00 T3 U15 GS R32 Vania YAVARI(IRI) - Anzhuo HAN(NZL)
11:00 T4 U15 BS R32 Jonas RINDERER(GER) - Thitaphat PREECHAYAN(THA)
11:40 T1 U15 GS R32 LIN Wan-Rong(TPE) - Maya MADAR(ROU)
11:40 T2 U15 GS R32 Mariia LYTVYN(AUT) - KIM Minseo(KOR)
11:40 T3 U15 BS R32 Jan MRUGALA(POL) - LI Ki Ho(HKG)
11:40 T4 U15 BS R32 MA Yeongmin(KOR) - Bilel ZOUITENE(ALG)
12:20 T1 U15 BS R32 Andrei TIBIRNA(ROU) - ZHOU Guanhong(CHN)
12:20 T2 U15 BS R32 Mobin AMIRI(IRI) - Kenan KAHRAMAN(TUR)
12:20 T3 U15 GS R32 Daisy XIE(AUS) - Kokomi ISHIDA(JPN)
12:20 T4 U15 GS R32 Divyanshi BHOWMICK(IND) - Jade MORICE(ALG)
13:00 T1 U15 GS R32 Patricia STOICA(ROU) - Irene YEOH(USA)
13:00 T2 U15 BS R32 Danilo FASO(ITA) - Kacper PIWOWAR(ENG)
13:00 T3 U15 BS R32 August XIAO(NZL) - CHENG Min-Hsiu(TPE)
13:00 T4 U15 GS R32 Tania MORICE(ALG) - Nina GUO ZHENG(FRA)
13:40 T1 U15 BS R32 Raul CREUCU(ROU) - YU Haiyang(CHN)
13:40 T2 U15 BS R32 Kenyu HIRATSUKA(JPN) - Ritvik GUPTA(IND)
13:40 T3 U15 GS R32 Hanka KODET(CZE) - YUEN Sum Lok(HKG)
13:40 T4 U15 GS R32 Alexia NODIN(FRA) - ZHU Qihui(CHN)
15:00 T1 U19 BS R32 Abhinandh PRADHIVADHI(IND) - Dragos BUJOR(ROU)
15:00 T2 U19 GS R32 Yuna OJIO(JPN) - WU Ying Syuan(TPE)
15:00 T3 U19 GS R32 Kristal MELENDEZ(PUR) - YEH Yi-Tian(TPE)
15:00 T4 U19 BS R32 KIM Gaon(KOR) - Flavio MOURIER(FRA)
15:45 T1 U19 GS R32 CHOI Nahyun(KOR) - Bianca MEI-ROSU(ROU)
15:45 T2 U19 GS R32 Natalia BOGDANOWICZ(POL) - Sachi AOKI(JPN)
15:45 T3 U19 BS R32 Steven MORENO(PUR) - LI Hechen(CHN)
15:45 T4 U19 BS R32 Nandan NARESH( USA) - Balazs LEI(HUN)
16:30 T1 U19 BS R32 Aditya SAREEN(AUS) - Iulian CHIRITA(ROU)
16:30 T2 U19 BS R32 HSU Hsien-Chia(TPE) - Marcel BLASZCZYK(POL)
16:30 T3 U19 GS R32 YOO Yerin(KOR) - Mariam YOUNES(EGY)
16:30 T4 U19 GS R32 Kheith CRUZ(PHI) - QIN Yuxuan(CHN)
17:15 T1 U19 GS R32 SU Tsz Tung(HKG) - Alesia SFERLEA(ROU)
17:15 T2 U19 GS R32 Anna HURSEY(WAL) - Veronika POLAKOVA(CZE)
17:15 T3 U19 BS R32 Badr MOSTAFA(EGY) - Ankur BHATTACHARJEE(IND)
17:15 T4 U19 BS R32 Kazuki YOSHIYAMA(JPN) - Wassim ESSID(TUN)
18:00 T1 U19 GS R32 Veronika MATIUNINA(UKR) - Syndrela DAS(IND)
18:00 T2 U19 BS R32 David SZANTOSI(HUN) - Daniel BERZOSA(ESP)
18:00 T3 U19 BS R32 Samuel ARPAS(SVK) - WEN Ruibo(CHN)
18:00 T4 U19 GS R32 Constantina PSIHOGIOS(AUS) - Elise PUJOL(FRA)
18:45 T1 U19 BS R32 Leonardo IIZUKA(BRA) - Benyamin FARAJI(IRI)
18:45 T2 U19 GS R32 Mia GRIESEL(GER) - Maria BERZOSA(ESP)
18:45 T3 U19 BS R32 Timothy CHOI(NZL) - Ryuusei KAWAKAMI(JPN)
18:45 T4 U19 GS R32 Karolina HOLDA(POL) - Leana HOCHART(FRA)
19:30 T1 U19 GS R32 Hana GODA(EGY) - Lilou MASSART(BEL)
19:30 T2 U19 BS R32 Alan KURMANGALIYEV(KAZ) - Enrique RIOS(PUR)
19:30 T3 U19 GS R32 Taneesha KOTECHA(IND) - Sally MOYLAND(USA)
19:30 T4 U19 BS R32 Lucas ROMANSKI(BRA) - Flavien COTON(FRA)
20:15 T1 U19 BS R32 KUO Guan-Hong(TPE) - Tiago ABIODUN(POR)
20:15 T2 U19 GS R32 Sara TOKIC(SLO) - Chloe CHENG(AUS)
20:15 T3 U19 GS R32 Edmarie LEON(PUR) - ZONG Geman(CHN)
20:15 T4 U19 BS R32 CHOI Jiwook(KOR) - Rafal FORMELA(POL)

 

[JackJohnson]

Hursey guarantees two medals for the UK with her performances in XD and WD. Congrats!

Even though she playing for Wales she uses the same coach as the England/Great Britain coach. It’s an unusual system where both the England and Great Britain coach is the same so if there were players playing for Scotland or maybe Northern Ireland etc they probably use the England/Great Britain coach as well.

I wonder if there is a conflict of interest with this same coaching scenario. It’s definitely unusual but makes sense. I wonder if England and Great Britain are under the same organisation in a way so they could also coach players from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

Hursey guarantees two medals for the UK with her performances in XD and WD. Congrats!

Even though she playing for Wales she uses the same coach as the England/Great Britain coach. It’s an unusual system where both the England and Great Britain coach is the same so if there were players playing for Scotland or maybe Northern Ireland etc they probably use the England/Great Britain coach as well.

I wonder if there is a conflict of interest with this same coaching scenario. It’s definitely unusual but makes sense. I wonder if England and Great Britain are under the same organisation in a way so they could also coach players from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

there is no UK or GB here, Anna represents Wales.
Under ITTF, there is no member association called UK or GB, it is called England, Wales, Scotland, etc

There is no conflict of interest from ITTF side, because anyone can sit on that bench, provide pre-match, the name is given in.
Whether the MA allow its members to sit for another country is up to that MA policies.

I have seen some other countries coach sitting for players that has no coach, and it was also the world championships
ie NZL coach sitting for one of the Island nations that had no coach and the NZL coach was wearing her NZL uniform on that bench too.

 

[NextLevel]

there is no UK or GB here, Anna represents Wales.
Under ITTF, there is no member association called UK or GB, it is called England, Wales, Scotland, etc

There is no conflict of interest from ITTF side, because anyone can sit on that bench, provide pre-match, the name is given in.
Whether the MA allow its members to sit for another country is up to that MA policies.

I have some other countries coach sitting for players that has no coach, and it was also the world championships
ie NZL coach sitting for one of the Island nations that had no coach and the NZL coach was wearing her NZL uniform on that bench too.

The rub here is that table tennis is an Olympic sport and for Britain, most of its relevance is governed by the Olympics. This is an ITTF event, but as an Olympic sport, this is a medal for Britain and will be advertised as such by the UK and its constituents. She wins the medal for Wales but since it is an Olympic sport, she is elevating the medal hopes of the United Kingdom/Great Britain as an Olympic prospect.

In summary, you are right about the facts, but not about the marketing/optics. You will find her win advertised on anything to do with Britain not just Wales.

 

[NextLevel]

Talk about fighting to stay alive, down 0-3, the German wins game 4 20-18.

 

[NextLevel]

I feel so bad for Kef.... If he loses this, he will have nightmares of all those points in game 6 yhat cost him the match and wonder wherher he was cursed... up 3-0 and now fighting to stay alive...

 

[JackJohnson]

The rub here is that table tennis is an Olympic sport and for Britain, most of its relevance is governed by the Olympics. This is an ITTF event, but as an Olympic sport, this is a medal for Britain and will be advertised as such by the UK and its constituents. She wins the medal for Wales but since it is an Olympic sport, she is elevating the medal hopes of the United Kingdom/Great Britain as an Olympic prospect.

In summary, you are right about the facts, but not about the marketing/optics. You will find her win advertised on anything to do with Britain not just Wales.

They will definitely market this on the news as an athlete (Anna) who could one day win an Olympic medal for Great Britain. If the player was from England I bet there would be no mention of Great Britain at all had they got a bronze medal at the WYTTC like what Anna has accomplished.

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

The rub here is that table tennis is an Olympic sport and for Britain, most of its relevance is governed by the Olympics. This is an ITTF event, but as an Olympic sport, this is a medal for Britain and will be advertised as such by the UK and its constituents. She wins the medal for Wales but since it is an Olympic sport, she is elevating the medal hopes of the United Kingdom/Great Britain as an Olympic prospect.

In summary, you are right about the facts, but not about the marketing/optics. You will find her win advertised on anything to do with Britain not just Wales.

lol
okay

 

[Tony's Table Tennis]

They will definitely market this on the news as an athlete (Anna) who could one day win an Olympic medal for Great Britain. If the player was from England I bet there would be no mention of Great Britain at all had they got a bronze medal at the WYTTC like what Anna has accomplished.

I'm waiting to see who will advertise GB table tennis.
probably the GB table tennis federation?

Where are our GB users who can shed some light?
and from now our, since table tennis is an Olympic sports, we cannot call England England, we need to call England, Great Britain

 

[piligrim]

I feel so bad for Kef.... If he loses this, he will have nightmares of all those points in game 6 yhat cost him the match and wonder wherher he was cursed... up 3-0 and now fighting to stay alive...

It very rear someone losing after 3:0 lead

 

[joshmak10]

Li Hechen with a nice comeback after being down 1-3 to Moreno. A tasty R16 between him and Kim Gaon next

 

[ThePongCommenter]

Did not expect Sareen to be fighting with Chirita like this

 

[ThePongCommenter]

It very rear someone losing after 3:0 lead

It's not that rare, especially at junior levels

 

[NextLevel]

They will definitely market this on the news as an athlete (Anna) who could one day win an Olympic medal for Great Britain. If the player was from England I bet there would be no mention of Great Britain at all had they got a bronze medal at the WYTTC like what Anna has accomplished.

Its a good question. I will leave that to the British to answer as every culture prefers to speak for itself.

 

[NextLevel]

It's not that rare, especially at junior levels

I don't think the frequency matters honestly, I am sure Kef must be a bit broken, he was always in it, just lacked the diversity to change when his main weapon was no longer scoring as easily.

 

[PoppaChubby]

I'm waiting to see who will advertise GB table tennis.
probably the GB table tennis federation?

Where are our GB users who can shed some light?
and from now our, since table tennis is an Olympic sports, we cannot call England England, we need to call England, Great Britain

SCOOOTLAAAAND !! FREEEEEDOOOOOOM !!!

Sorry, it was way to tempting... go say that to Wales womens team "now you play for UK, but Anna Hursey only, we need a english women too"

It happens in rugby though, the Lions tours, but they have to name that either the 3 Lions when Ireland does not want to, or the "British AND Irish Lions Tour", and it happens only once every 4 years, now try to make the ITTF understand that since there's not a UK TT Association but a Wales one, an England one, a Scotland one, etc...

Member Association - European table tennis union

Member Associations SHKODER, AlbaniaTel:(m) +355-66-66-66-137P: Mr. Dila [email protected]: Mr. Tonin [email protected] [email protected],[email protected],[email protected]:http://adttf.com/P: Mr. Luis ROVIRA DONADEUGS: Mr. Xavier MARTINEZEnglish...

www.ettu.org

 

[PoppaChubby]

There are even Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man Associations

Brittany : " we want our ITTF Association !!"
Corsica : "We too !!"
Flanders "we too !" - "yeah but french ones or belgians ones ?" - "both !!"
Walloons "We too !!"
German speaking people in Eupen-Malmedy belgian region: "we too !!! " - "come on you're 78 000, you can't even fill a football stadium in Brazil !"