2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships

The 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Busan, South Korea from 16 to 25 February 2024.[2] Quarterfinalists of the event qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[3][4]

2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships
VenueBusan Exhibition and Convention Center[1]
LocationBusan, South Korea
Dates16–25 February
Nations47 (40 men's teams, 40 women's teams)
Champions
Men China
Women China
← 2022

Busan was selected as the first South Korean city to host World Table Tennis Championships in 2018.[5] The 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships were originally scheduled to be held in Busan from 22 to 29 March 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, initially until 27 September to 4 October 2020, then until 28 February to 7 March 2021. However, on 22 December it was announced that the event had been cancelled.[6][7][8][9]

In May 2021, Busan launched another bid for the 2024 World Championships, and won the bid in November 2021.[10][1]

Qualification

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Number of teams eligible to compete for the trophy in each team event is 40.

Continental Stage – 33 teams will qualify from the Continental Stage. The continental quota allocation is the following: 4 for Africa, 6 for the Americas, 10 for Asia, 11 for Europe, and 2 for Oceania. Numbers are according to the "2020 BoD Proposition 28".

China News Service video about the Chinese team performance.

Host nation – spot is guaranteed. If the host nation is already qualified through the Continental Stage, the host quota will be reallocated to the ITTF WTR Oct 2023.

Intercontinental Stage – As per the decision of the ITTF Council, in Bangkok on 23 August 2023, no Intercontinental Stage will be held in 2023. Instead, the remaining six (6) places shall be allocated as follows:

Five (5) places are transferred to the five continents as follows: Africa 1, the Americas 1, Asia 1, Europe 1, and Oceania 1; with the final allocation as per qualifying event or Team World Ranking (TWR) to be confirmed by each continental federation.

The remaining one (1) place will go to the highest-ranked not-yet-qualified team on the ITTF WTR November 2023.[11]

Qualification Men's team Women's team
Host nation   South Korea   South Korea
Africa (5)
2023 African Championships (4) and world team ranking (1)
  Egypt
  Nigeria
  Algeria
  Tunisia
  Madagascar
  Egypt
  Nigeria
  Algeria
  Tunisia
  Mauritius
Americas (7)
2023 Pan American Championships (4) and world team ranking (3)
  Brazil
  Canada
  Chile
  Puerto Rico
  United States
  Argentina
  Cuba
  United States
  Brazil
  Chile
  Puerto Rico
  Canada
  Mexico
  Argentina
Asia (11)
2023 Asian Championships (10) and world team ranking (1)
  China
  Chinese Taipei
  India
  Japan
  Iran
  Singapore
  Kazakhstan
  Hong Kong
  Thailand
  Malaysia
  Saudi Arabia
  China
  Hong Kong
  Japan
  Thailand
  India
  Singapore
  Kazakhstan
  Iran
  Uzbekistan
  Chinese Taipei
  Malaysia
Europe (12)
2023 European Championships (8) and world team ranking (4)
  Sweden
  Germany
  France
  Portugal
  Hungary
  Croatia
  Belgium
  Denmark
  Slovenia
  England
  Poland
  Slovakia
  Germany
  Romania
  France
  Portugal
  Italy
  Spain
  Sweden
  Slovakia
  Hungary
  Luxembourg
  Poland
  Austria
Oceania (3)
2023 Oceanian Championships (2) and world team ranking (1)
  Australia
  New Zealand
  Tahiti
  Australia
  New Zealand
  Tahiti
Intercontinental quota (1)
world team ranking
  Romania   Czech Republic
Reallocation   Austria
  Czech Republic
  Serbia
  Cuba
  Croatia
  South Africa
  Serbia
  Ukraine

Schedule

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The draw took place on 16 January 2024.[12]

Event↓/Date → Fri 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25
Men's team Group 1/16 F 1/8 F QF SF F
Women's team Group 1/16 F 1/8 F QF SF F

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (South Korea)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China2002
2  France0112
3  Japan0101
4  Chinese Taipei0011
  Hong Kong0011
  South Korea*0011
Totals (6 entries)2248

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's team
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  China
Fan Zhendong
Wang Chuqin
Ma Long
Liang Jingkun
Lin Gaoyuan
  France
Félix Lebrun
Alexis Lebrun
Simon Gauzy
Jules Rolland
Lilian Bardet
  South Korea
Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon
Lee Sang-su
An Jae-hyun
Park Gyu-hyeon
  Chinese Taipei
Lin Yun-ju
Kao Cheng-jui
Chuang Chih-yuan
Feng Yi-hsin
Huang Yan-cheng
Women's team
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  China
Sun Yingsha
Wang Yidi
Chen Meng
Wang Manyu
Chen Xingtong
  Japan
Hina Hayata
Mima Ito
Miwa Harimoto
Miu Hirano
Miyuu Kihara
  France
Jia Nan Yuan
Prithika Pavade
Camille Lutz
Audrey Zarif
Charlotte Lutz
  Hong Kong
Zhu Chengzhu
Doo Hoi Kem
Lam Yee Lok
Ng Wing Lam
Lee Ho Ching

References

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  2. ^ "Dates for Busan 2024 ITTF World Team Championships Finals Announced". ittf.com. 22 September 2022. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
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  5. ^ "Busan awarded 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships as ITTF President issues call for unity at AGM". Inside The Games. 1 May 2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
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  7. ^ "New dates for 2020 World Table Tennis Championships". ITTF. 7 April 2020. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  8. ^ "ITTF Executive Committee: July update on COVID-19". ITTF. 10 July 2020. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  9. ^ "ITTF reflects on highs and lows of the year. 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships cancelled amidst pandemic". ITTF. 22 December 2020. Archived from the original on 23 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
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  12. ^ "ITTF World Team Championships Finals 2024 Draw Sets the Stage for an Electrifying Showdown in Busan". ittf.com. 16 January 2024. Archived from the original on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 16 January 2024.