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World Table Tennis Championships

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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.

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

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 23 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 23 women's team titles.

Trophies

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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

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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.

  • From 1929 to 2020: open for all players and teams.
  • Since 2021: 128 players and 32 teams qualified in individual and team games.

  Individual events   Team events

Edition Year Host city Host country Events
1 1926   London England 5
2 1928   Stockholm Sweden 6
3 1929   Budapest Hungary 6
4 1930   Berlin Germany 6
5 1931   Budapest Hungary 6
6 1932   Prague Czechoslovakia 6
7 1933   Baden bei Wien Austria 6
8 1934   Paris France 7
9 1935   Wembley England 7
10 1936   Prague Czechoslovakia 7
11 1937   Baden bei Wien Austria 7
12 1938   Wembley England 7
13 1939   Cairo Egypt 7
14 1947   Paris France 7
15 1948   Wembley England 7
16 1949   Stockholm Sweden 7
17 1950   Budapest Hungary 7
18 1951   Vienna Austria 7
19 1952   Mumbai India 7
20 1953   Bucharest Romania 7
21 1954   Wembley England 7
22 1955   Utrecht Netherlands 7
23 1956   Tokyo Japan 7
24 1957   Stockholm Sweden 7
25 1959   Dortmund FR Germany 7
26 1961   Beijing China 7
27 1963   Prague Czechoslovakia 7
28 1965   Ljubljana Yugoslavia 7
29 1967   Stockholm Sweden 7
30 1969   Munich FR Germany 7
31 1971   Nagoya Japan 7
32 1973   Sarajevo Yugoslavia 7
33 1975   Kolkata India 7
34 1977   Birmingham England 7
35 1979   Pyongyang DPR Korea 7
36 1981   Novi Sad Yugoslavia 7
37 1983   Tokyo Japan 7
38 1985   Gothenburg Sweden 7
39 1987   New Delhi India 7
40 1989   Dortmund FR Germany 7
41 1991   Chiba City Japan 7
42 1993   Gothenburg Sweden 7
43 1995   Tianjin China 7
44 1997   Manchester England 7
Edition Year Host city Host country Events
45 1999   Eindhoven Netherlands 5
2000   Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2
46 2001   Osaka Japan 7
47 2003   Paris France 5
2004   Doha Qatar 2
48 2005   Shanghai China 5
2006   Bremen Germany 2
49 2007   Zagreb Croatia 5
2008   Guangzhou China 2
50 2009   Yokohama Japan 5
2010   Moscow Russia 2
51 2011   Rotterdam Netherlands 5
2012   Dortmund Germany 2
52 2013   Paris France 5
2014   Tokyo Japan 2
53 2015   Suzhou China 5
2016   Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2
54 2017   Düsseldorf Germany 5
2018   Halmstad Sweden 2
55 2019   Budapest Hungary 5
- 2020   Busan RO Korea (cancelled) –
56 2021   Houston United States 5
55 2022   Chengdu China[2] 2
57 2023   Durban South Africa[3] 5
56 2024   Busan RO Korea[4] 2
58 2025   Doha Qatar[5] 5
57 2026   London England 2

All-time medal table

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Further information on each event: List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
 
Chinese women's team held the trophy for the 20th time in 2016. The team have only lost twice since 1975.

Updated after the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships. Doubles pairs from different associations were counted as a half a point.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China158105170.5433.5
2  Hungary685973.5200.5
3  Japan484277167
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 Korea4.5184466.5
11  Germany415.521.541
12  North Korea3.581223.5
13  Yugoslavia31113.527.5
14  Soviet Union34714
15  France23.52025.5
16  Chinese Taipei13913
17  Singapore1258
18  West Germany1247
19  Korea1135
20  Scotland111.53.5
21  Poland03.56.510
22  Hong Kong0224.526.5
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)3903917161,497

Multiple medalists

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Further information: List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

Top medalists ordered by number of gold medals at the World Table Tennis Championships (including at team events) are listed below.[6] 12 men won at least nine gold medals and 11 women with a minimum of eight.

Men

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Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Victor Barna   Hungary
  England		 1929 1954 22 7 12 41
2 Miklós Szabados   Hungary 1929 1937 15 6 3 24
3 Ma Long   China 2006 2024 14 1 4 19
4 Bohumil Váňa   Czechoslovakia 1935 1955 13 10 7 30
5 Ichiro Ogimura   Japan 1954 1965 12 5 3 20
6 Wang Liqin   China 1997 2013 11 4 5 20
7 Xu Xin   China 2009 2019 10 1 2 13
8 Ivan Andreadis   Czechoslovakia 1947 1957 9 10 8 27
9 Ferenc Sidó   Hungary 1947 1961 9 9 8 26
10 Ma Lin   China 1999 2013 9 7 4 20
11 Wang Hao   China 2003 2014 9 4 3 16
12 Fan Zhendong   China 2014 2024 9 2 2 13

Women

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Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Mária Mednyánszky   Hungary 1926 1936 18 6 4 28
2 Angelica Rozeanu   Romania 1937 1957 17 5 8 30
3 Wang Nan   China 1997 2008 15 3 2 20
4 Anna Sipos   Hungary 1929 1935 11 6 4 21
5 Gizella Farkas   Hungary 1947 1959 10 9 8 27
6 Guo Yue   China 2003 2013 10 5 2 17
7 Zhang Yining   China 1999 2009 10 2 4 16
8 Li Xiaoxia   China 2006 2016 9 5 2 16
9 Deng Yaping   China 1989 1997 9 5 – 14
10 Ding Ning   China 2009 2019 8 5 3 16
11 Liu Shiwen   China 2009 2019 8 4 3 15

See also

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References

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  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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