2017 ITTF World Tour

2017 ITTF World Tour
Details
Duration 17 January 2017 – 17 December 2017
Edition 22nd
Tournaments 13 (+11 ITTF Challenge events)
Categories World Tour Platinum (6)
World Tour (6)
Challenge (11)
Grand Finals (1)
Achievements (singles)
2016
2018

The 2017 ITTF World Tour will be the 22nd season of the International Table Tennis Federation's professional table tennis world tour.[1]

Schedule

ITTF World Tour

The 2017 ITTF World Tour's events will be split into two tiers: World Tour Platinum and World Tour. The Platinum events will provide higher prize money, and also more points towards the ITTF World Tour standings, which will determine the qualifiers for the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals at the end of the season in December.[1]

Below is the schedule released by the ITTF:[2]

  World Tour Platinum
  World Tour
  Grand Finals
Tour Event Location Venue Date Prize money
USD
Ref.
Start Finish
1 Hungary Hungarian Open Budapest TBA January 17 January 22 TBA
2 India India Open New Delhi TBA February 14 February 19 TBA
3 Qatar Qatar Open Doha TBA February 21 February 26 TBA
4 South Korea Korea Open Incheon TBA April 18 April 23 TBA
5 Japan Japan Open Tokyo TBA June 14 June 18 TBA
6 China China Open Chengdu TBA June 20 June 25 TBA
7 Australia Australian Open Gold Coast TBA June 27 July 2 TBA
8 Czech Republic Czech Open Olomouc TBA August 22 August 27 TBA
9 Austria Austrian Open Linz TBA August 29 September 3 TBA
10 Bulgaria Bulgaria Open Panagyurishte TBA September 5 September 10 TBA
11 Germany German Open Magdeburg TBA November 7 November 12 TBA
12 Sweden Swedish Open Stockholm TBA November 13 November 19 TBA
13 Grand Finals TBA TBA December 14 December 17 TBA

ITTF Challenge

In addition to the confirmed ITTF World Tour events for 2017, a series of eleven ITTF Challenge events has also been added to the 2017 calendar.[2] These events will take place in Belarus, Thailand, Chile, Slovenia, Brazil, Croatia, North Korea, Nigeria, Poland, Belgium and Spain. It has not yet been confirmed if performances at these events will contribute points to the ITTF World Tour standings, as has been the case in previous years.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "ITTF Announces 12 Host Cities for New & Improved 2017 World Tour". ITTF. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "2017 ITTF Calendar". ITTF. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

External links

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