Catch Up: Big Success For League in Japan, First T League Champion Presented

Photo: T League

The first edition of T League ends on a high note with the finals staged down in Tokyo, Japan on 17 March.



A nail-biting women's team final put an exclamation mark at the end of the 2018-2019 T League season. Meister and Nippon Life win the men's and women's team champion respectively and the MVP goes to Harimoto Tomokazu (first-half of the season), Jun Mizutani (second-half of the season), Hina Hayata (first-half of the season) and Kasumi Ishikawa (second-half of the season).

The T League is a brand new table tennis league launched in Japan. The 2018-2019 season was commenced on 24 October 2018 with 4 men's teams and 4 women's teams contending for the team title. 7 round robins, a total of 21 matches were played per team and the top 2 teams after the round robin stage advance to the playoffs. For more information, check T League official website. 

Watch Finals

Men's Team Final -- Meister 3-1 Rivets (Part 1, 2)
Jun Mizutani / Yuya Oshima 1-2 Masataka Morizono / Jin Ueda
Hou Yingchao 3-1 Kazuhiro Yoshimura 
Jun Mizutani 3-0 Lee Sang Su
Harimoto Tomokazu 3-1 Masataka Morizono

Women's Team Final -- Nippon Life 3-2 Abyell
Chang Chenchen / Jiang Hui  2-1 Kasumi Ishikawa / Kihara Miyuu
Miu Hirano 2-3 Doo Hoi Kem
Hina Hayata 3-2 Yuan Xuejiao
Miyu Maeda 1-3 Kasumi Ishikawa
Hina Hayata 1-0 Yuan Xuejiao