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 itâ€s easy to understand why this is.
Given how many tournaments there are in the year, the yearly schedule can get quite confusing. Thatâ€s why weâ€re here to help
Weâ€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.
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Featured Events Highlight 2025
Here are the 2 most important events of the year, which you absolutely cannot miss.
ITTF Menâ€s and Womenâ€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
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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.
A WTT Star Contender-level event attracting the strongest international players. Part of the official WTT Series with ranking points on the line.
Dates: Jan 6-11, 2025
Location: Doha, Qatar
A WTT Contender-level event attracting strong international players. Part of the official WTT Series with ranking points on the line.
Dates: Jan 11-17, 2025
Location: Muscat, Oman
The first stage of the European Team Championships, in which 4 teams played to secure a spot in the final stage, played in October.
Dates: Jan 21-25, 2025
Location: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
One of the most important events of the year, the Singapore Smash is part of a 4-event series of Smashes, which award a whopping 2000 points to the winner, the most out of every tournament. All of the top professional players prioritize this event.
Dates: Jan 30-Feb 11, 2025
Location: Singapore, Singapore
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.
The Oceania Cup is Oceaniaâ€s main international singles competition. It features a menâ€s and womenâ€s singles event and awards 500 points to the winner.
Dates: Feb 15-16, 2025
Location: Melbourne, Australia
The Pan American Cup features talent from both North and South America. Itâ€s an extremely exciting tournament, with both menâ€s and womenâ€s singles events.
Dates: Feb 18-23, 2025
Location: San Francisco, USA
The Oceania Cup is Asiaâ€s main international singles competition. It features a menâ€s and womenâ€s singles event and awards 500 points to the winner.
Dates: Feb 19-23, 2025
Location: Shenzhen, China
One of the most important events of the year, the Singapore Smash is part of a 4-event series of Smashes, which award a whopping 2000 points to the winner, the most out of every tournament. All of the top professional players prioritize this event.
Dates: Jan 30-Feb 11, 2025
Location: Singapore, Singapore
The African Cup is Africaâ€s main international singles competition. It features a menâ€s and womenâ€s singles event and awards 500 points to the winner.
Dates: Feb 25-27, 2025
Location: Tunis, Tunisia
March
March doesnâ€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.
A WTT Champions-level event attracting the strongest international players. Part of the official WTT Series with ranking points on the line.
Dates: Mar 11-16, 2025
Location: Chongqing, China
A WTT Star Contender-level event attracting the strongest international players. Part of the official WTT Series with ranking points on the line.
Dates: Mar 25-30, 2025
Location: Chennai, India
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 menâ€s singles, womenâ€s singles, menâ€s doubles, womenâ€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
Julyâ€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.
One of the most important events of the year, the US Smash is part of a 4-event series of Smashes, which award a whopping 2000 points to the winner, the most out of every tournament. All of the top professional players prioritize this event.
Dates: Jul 3-13, 2025
Location: Las Vegas, USA
A WTT Contender-level event attracting strong international players. Part of the official WTT Series with ranking points on the line.
Dates: Jul 22-26, 2025
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
A WTT Contender-level event attracting strong international players. Part of the official WTT Series with ranking points on the line.
Dates: Jul 22-27, 2025
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
A WTT Star Contender-level event attracting the strongest international players. Part of the official WTT Series with ranking points on the line.
Dates: Jul 29-Aug 3, 2025
Location: Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
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.
A WTT Champions-level event attracting the strongest international players. Part of the official WTT Series with ranking points on the line.
Dates: Aug 7-11, 2025
Location: Yokohama, Japan
One of the most important events of the year, the Europe Smash is part of a 4-event series of Smashes, which award a whopping 2000 points to the winner, the most out of every tournament. All of the top professional players prioritize this event.
Dates: Aug 14-24, 2025
Location: Malmo, Sweden
September
September is a month to look forward to, with a Contender, a Champions event, and yet another Smash: the China Smash.
A WTT Contender-level event attracting strong international players. Part of the official WTT Series with ranking points on the line.
Dates: Sep 2-7, 2025
Location: Almaty, Kazakhstan
A WTT Champions-level event attracting the strongest international players. Part of the official WTT Series with ranking points on the line.
Dates: Sep 9-14, 2025
Location: Macao, Macao
One of the most important events of the year, the China Smash is part of a 4-event series of Smashes, which award a whopping 2000 points to the winner, the most out of every tournament. All of the top professional players prioritize this event.
Dates: Sep 25-Oct 5, 2025
Location: Beijing, China
October
October is one of the busiest months of the year, with 5 main events, 3 of them being Asiaâ€s, Europeâ€s, and Africaâ€s Championships, plus a Champions and a Star Contender to finish off a superb month of table tennis.
With both menâ€s and womenâ€s team events, the Asian Team Championships are the main Asian team competition.
Dates: Oct 11-15, 2025
Location: Bhubaneswar, India
With both menâ€s and womenâ€s team events, the European Team Championships are the main European team competition.
Dates: Oct 12-19, 2025
Location: Zadar, Croatia
With singles, teams, and doubles events, the ITTF Africa Championships are the main African competition.
Dates: Oct 12-19, 2025
Location: Tunis, Tunisia
With singles, teams, and doubles events, the Pan American Championships are the main competition in the Americas.
Dates: Oct 12-19, 2025
Location: Rock Hill, SC, USA
A WTT Star Contender-level event attracting the strongest international players. Part of the official WTT Series with ranking points on the line.
Dates: Oct 21-26, 2025
Location: London, England
A WTT Champions-level event attracting the strongest international players. Part of the official WTT Series with ranking points on the line.
Dates: Oct28-Nov 2, 2025
Location: Montpellier, France
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.
The last event of every year, the WTT Finals, is above all the Champions events in terms of importance, awarding 1500 points to the winners.
Dates: Dec 10-14, 2025
Location: Hong Kong, 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.Â
If you ask me, the structure can be a bit confusing, so letâ€s explain what the different tournaments are for context.
Starting with the tier one events, thereâ€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, thereâ€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 arenâ€t #1 in their priority list; they will usually analyze whether these tournaments fit their schedule of competitions and then decide if theyâ€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 donâ€t feature any top players, and usually most of the players are ranked outside the top 50.
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