Table tennis events can be quite hard to follow. At some points of the year, 5 or more tournaments are being played at once, so it’s easy to understand why this is.
Given how many tournaments there are in the year, the yearly schedule can get quite confusing. That’s why we’re here to help
We’ve compiled a complete list of major table tennis tournaments in 2025. From ITTF World Championships to WTT Series events, this calendar is updated annually to keep you in the loop.
Featured Events Highlight 2025
Here are the 2 most important events of the year, which you absolutely cannot miss.
ITTF Men’s and Women’s World Cup
One of the most prestigious events of the year, the World Cup is among the most important and historic singles events in all of table tennis.
Location: Macao, Macao
Dates: Apr 14-20, 2025
ITTF WTT Championships Finals
With both singles and doubles events, the World Table Tennis Championships are a fan-favorite event, featuring tons of thrilling matches day after day.
Location: Doha, Qatar
Dates: May 17-25, 2025
Table Tennis Events Calendar
January
January is a superb month for us table tennis fans. It starts strong with the Star Contender Doha, and finishes even stronger with one of the most important events of the year: the Singapore Smash.
February
February is a thrilling month filled with continental competitions, featuring the Oceania Cup, the Pan American Cup, the Asian Cup, the European Top 16 Cup, and the African Cup. If you like continental events, this will be your favorite month of the year.
March
March doesn’t have as many events as the previous months, but the two it has are quite important, these being the WTT Champions Chongqing and the WTT Star Contender Chennai.
April
April is a busier month than March, featuring 4 events, including a fan-favorite: the World Cup. If you ask me, this is one of the best months of the year, as we also get to see incredible matches at the Champions Incheon event.
May
May only has one event, but what a tournament it is: the World Championships Finals. It spans 8 days of non-stop action, with 5 events, these being the men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles.
June
June is the month of the Contenders, featuring two regular ones (Skopje and Zagreb) and a Star Contender in Ljubljana.
July
July’s a month to look forward to, as we not only get two Contenders and one Star Contender like in June, but also a Grand Smash in the form of the US Smash.
August
August is probably the best month in terms of the importance of its events: it only features two events, but these are one Champions event in Yokohama and the incredible Europe Smash.
September
September is a month to look forward to, with a Contender, a Champions event, and yet another Smash: the China Smash.
October
October is one of the busiest months of the year, with 5 main events, 3 of them being Asia’s, Europe’s, and Africa’s Championships, plus a Champions and a Star Contender to finish off a superb month of table tennis.
November
November features a Champions and a Star Contender event, ensuring that we get the high-level competition we all love to see.
December
The last month of the year, December, brings us one of the most unique events, the Finals in Hong Kong.
What Are Events Worth?
As we mentioned in our ‘how table tennis world rankings work‘ article, all of the tournaments are divided into different tiers of importance.
If you ask me, the structure can be a bit confusing, so let’s explain what the different tournaments are for context.
Starting with the tier one events, there’s:
- The Olympic Games.
- The World Table Tennis Championships.
- The 4x WTT Grand Smashes.
These are by far the most important tournaments on the tour, as they award a whopping 2000 points to the winners.
On a second tier, we find the World Cup and the WTT Finals event, both of which are played once per year.
Then, on the third tier, there’s the WTT Champions series, of which there are 6 tournaments per year, awarding 1000 points to the winners.
These tournaments can only be played by the top 32 players in the world, and they are also very important.
For all the tournaments mentioned above, all the top players will try not to miss them. A step below all of these are the Star Contenders, Continental Championships, and Contenders.
For these tournaments, top players may or may not choose to play in them.
Star Contenders and Contenders aren’t #1 in their priority list; they will usually analyze whether these tournaments fit their schedule of competitions and then decide if they’re going to play.
Hence, these tournaments, especially for the regular Contenders, may not have the best of the best players. Maybe some, but not all, like with the other tournaments.
WTT Feeder events are the lowest-tier events in the WTT hierarchy. They usually don’t feature any top players, and usually most of the players are ranked outside the top 50.
Alvaro’s a qualified ITTF Level 1 Coach who’s been playing Table Tennis since he was 15 and is now ranked within the top 50 in his native Argentina. He loves to compete in provincial tournaments and is always looking for ways to improve. Alvaro made his favorite memories with a racket in hand, and he joined the RacketInsight team to share his passion with other players!
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David’s been playing Table Tennis since he was 12, earning his first coaching license in 2012. He’s played in national team & individual competitions, although he prefers the more relaxed nature of a local league match! After earning his umpiring qualification in England, David moved to Australia and started Racket Insight to share information about the sport he loves.
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