World Table Tennis Championships
2009 WTTC in Yokohama, Japan
StatusActive
GenreGlobal sports event
Date(s)c. April–May
FrequencyAnnual
Inaugurated1926 (1926)
Organised byITTF

The World Table Tennis Championships are table tennis competitions sanctioned by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The World Championships have been held since 1926, biennially since 1957. Five individual events, which include men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's double and mixed doubles, are currently held in odd numbered years. The World Team Table Tennis Championships, which include men's team and women's team events, were first their own competition in 2000. The Team Championships are held in even numbered years.

In the earlier days of the tournament, Hungary's men's team was a dominant force, winning the championships 12 times. This was followed by a short period of dominance by Japan in the 1950s. From the 1960s onwards, China emerged as the new dominant power in this tournament and, with the exception of 1989–2000, when Sweden won four times, China continues to dominate the sport. China's men's team holds a record 22 world team championship titles.

In the 1950s, Japan's women team was a force to be reckoned with winning a total of 8 titles. The Chinese women started their strong grip on the world team championships from the 1970s onwards. They have only lost twice since 1975. China holds 22 women's team titles.

Trophies

Japanese men's team won the Swaythling Cup and Romanian women's team won the Corbillon Cup at the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships
North Korean Kim Hyok-bong and Kim Jong won mixed doubles trophy, the Heydusek Cup, in 2013.

There are 7 different trophies presented to the winners of the various events, held by winning associations, and returned for the next world championships.[1]

  • Team competition:
    • Swaythling Cup for men's team, donated in 1926 by Lady Baroness Swaythling, mother of the first ITTF president, Ivor Montagu
    • Corbillon Cup for women's team, donated in 1933 by Marcel Corbillon, president of the French Table Tennis Association. The original Cup was won by German team in 1939, and disappeared during Berlin occupation after World War II; the current Corbillon Cup is a replica made in 1949.
  • Singles competition:
    • St. Bride Vase for men's singles, donated in 1929 by C.Corti Woodcock, member of the exclusive St. Bride Table Tennis Club in London, after Fred Perry of England won the title in Budapest
    • Geist Prize for women's singles, donated in 1931 by Dr. Gaspar Geist, president of the Hungarian Table Tennis Association
  • Doubles competition:
    • Iran Cup for men's doubles; first presented at the 1947 World Championships by the Shah of Iran
    • W.J. Pope Trophy for women's doubles; donated in 1948 by the ITTF honorary general secretary W.J. Pope
    • Heydusek Cup for mixed doubles; donated in 1948 by Zdenek Heydusek, secretary of the Czechoslovakia Association.

In addition, the Egypt Cup is presented to the next host of world championships. The Cup was donated by King Farouk of Egypt in 1939, when the championships were held in Cairo, Egypt.

Championships

The ITTF held individual events and team events separately for the first time in 1999 and 2000 respectively, and 2001 was the last time individual and team events were held together. Starting in 2003 individual events and team events were held separately again and each continue to be held separately every other year.

  • Since 1929 to 2020 open for all players and teams.
  • Since 2021: 128 Players and 32teams qualified in individual and team games. (in 2021 because of covide conditions have not qualifications and 128 player invited for games with ranking but for 2023 and next have separate qualification + 2022 team games have qualification).

  Individual events   Team events

Edition Year Host city Host country Events
11926England LondonEngland5
21928Sweden StockholmSweden6
31929Hungary BudapestHungary6
41930Germany BerlinGermany6
51931Hungary BudapestHungary6
61932Czechoslovakia PragueCzechoslovakia6
71933Austria Baden bei WienAustria6
81934France ParisFrance7
91935England WembleyEngland7
101936Czech Republic PragueCzechoslovakia7
111937Austria Baden bei WienAustria7
121938England WembleyEngland7
131939Egypt CairoEgypt7
141947France ParisFrance7
151948England WembleyEngland7
161949Sweden StockholmSweden7
171950Hungary BudapestHungary7
181951Austria ViennaAustria7
191952India MumbaiIndia7
201953Romania BucharestRomania7
211954England WembleyEngland7
221955Netherlands UtrechtNetherlands7
231956Japan TokyoJapan7
241957Sweden StockholmSweden7
251959West Germany DortmundWest Germany7
261961China BeijingChina7
271963Czechoslovakia PragueCzechoslovakia7
281965Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia LjubljanaYugoslavia7
291967Sweden StockholmSweden7
301969West Germany MunichWest Germany7
311971Japan NagoyaJapan7
321973Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SarajevoYugoslavia7
331975India KolkataIndia7
341977England BirminghamEngland7
351979North Korea PyongyangNorth Korea7
361981Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Novi SadYugoslavia7
371983Japan TokyoJapan7
381985Sweden GothenburgSweden7
391987India New DelhiIndia7
401989West Germany DortmundWest Germany7
411991Japan Chiba CityJapan7
421993Sweden GothenburgSweden7
431995China TianjinChina7
441997England ManchesterEngland7
Edition Year Host city Host country Events
45 1999 Netherlands Eindhoven Netherlands 5
2000 Malaysia Kuala LumpurMalaysia 2
46 2001 Japan OsakaJapan 7
47 2003 France Paris France 5
2004 Qatar DohaQatar 2
48 2005 China Shanghai China 5
2006 Germany BremenGermany 2
49 2007 Croatia Zagreb Croatia 5
2008 China GuangzhouChina 2
50 2009 Japan Yokohama Japan 5
2010 Russia MoscowRussia 2
51 2011 Netherlands Rotterdam Netherlands 5
2012 Germany DortmundGermany 2
52 2013 France Paris France 5
2014 Japan TokyoJapan 2
53 2015 China Suzhou China 5
2016 Malaysia Kuala LumpurMalaysia 2
54 2017 Germany Düsseldorf Germany 5
2018 Sweden HalmstadSweden 2
55 2019 Hungary Budapest Hungary 5
- 2020 South Korea Busan South Korea (cancelled)
56 2021 United States Houston United States 5
55 2022 China Chengdu China[2] 2
57 2023 South Africa Durban South Africa[3] 5
56 2024 South Korea Busan South Korea[4] 2
58 2025 Qatar Doha Qatar[5] 5
57 2026 England London England 2

All-time medal table

Chinese women's team held the trophy for the 20th time in 2016. The team have only lost twice since 1975.

Updated after the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships. Doubles pairs from different associations were counted as a half a point.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China156105170.5431.5
2 Hungary685973.5200.5
3 Japan484177166
4 Czechoslovakia2836.558.5123
5 Romania1710.518.546
6 Sweden151314.542.5
7 England1426.55797.5
8 United States10319.532.5
9 Austria713.53555.5
10 South Korea4.5184365.5
11 Germany415.521.541
12 North Korea3.581223.5
13 Yugoslavia31113.527.5
14 Soviet Union34714
15 France22.51923.5
16 Chinese Taipei13812
17 Singapore1258
18 West Germany1247
19Korea Korea1135
20 Scotland111.53.5
21 Poland03.56.510
22 Hong Kong0223.525.5
23 Belgium0213
24 Wales01.534.5
25 Belarus01.51.53
26 East Germany0112
27 Croatia00.52.53
28 Luxembourg00.511.5
29 Spain00.500.5
30 Egypt002.52.5
31 India0022
32 Greece001.51.5
33 Denmark0011
 Italy0011
 Portugal0011
 Vietnam0011
37 Netherlands000.50.5
Totals (37 entries)3883897121489

Multiple medalists

Top medalists ordered by number of gold medals at the World Table Tennis Championships (including at team events) are listed below.[6] 11 men won at least nine gold medals and 11 women with a minimum of eight.

Men

Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Victor Barna Hungary  England192919542271241
2Miklós Szabados Hungary19291937156324
3Bohumil Váňa Czechoslovakia193519551310730
4Ma Long China20062023131418
5Ichiro Ogimura Japan19541965125320
6Wang Liqin China19972013114520
7Xu Xin China20092019101213
8Ivan Andreadis Czechoslovakia19471957910827
9Ferenc Sidó Hungary1947196199826
10Ma Lin China1999201397420
11Wang Hao China2003201494316

Women

Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1Mária Mednyánszky Hungary19261936186428
2Angelica Rozeanu Romania19371957175830
3Wang Nan China19972008153220
4Anna Sipos Hungary19291935116421
5Gizella Farkas Hungary19471959109827
6Guo Yue China20032013105217
7Zhang Yining China19992009102416
8Li Xiaoxia China2006201695216
9Deng Yaping China198919979514
10Ding Ning China2009201985316
11Liu Shiwen China2009201984315

See also

References

  1. "The World Championship Trophies- A Retrospective". ittf.com. ITTF. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  2. "China's Chengdu bidding to host 2022 World Table Tennis Championships". Xinhua. 9 March 2019. Archived from the original on 13 March 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  3. "South Africa to host World Table Tennis Championships for first time after Durban beats Düsseldorf in 2023 race". insidethegames.biz. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. "Busan to host 2024 table tennis world championships". Yonhap. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  5. "Doha Selected to Host the 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals". ittf.com. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
  6. "Medalists of World Table Tennis Championships". tabletennis.guide. Retrieved 8 November 2011.
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