World Table Tennis Championships

Table tennis competition

World Table Tennis Championships

2009 WTTC in Yokohama, Japan

Status| Active
Genre| Global sports event
Date(s)| c. April–May
Frequency| Annual
Inaugurated| not a number value (help)
Organised by| ITTF

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 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

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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

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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.

Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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1|  China| 158| 105| 170.5| 433.5
2|  Hungary| 68| 59| 73.5| 200.5
3|  Japan| 48| 42| 77| 167
4|  Czechoslovakia| 28| 36.5| 58.5| 123
5|  Romania| 17| 10.5| 18.5| 46
6|  Sweden| 15| 13| 14.5| 42.5
7|  England| 14| 26.5| 57| 97.5
8|  United States| 10| 3| 19.5| 32.5
9|  Austria| 7| 13.5| 35| 55.5
10|  South Korea| 4.5| 18| 44| 66.5
11|  Germany| 4| 15.5| 21.5| 41
12|  North Korea| 3.5| 8| 12| 23.5
13|  Yugoslavia| 3| 11| 13.5| 27.5
14|  Soviet Union| 3| 4| 7| 14
15|  France| 2| 3.5| 20| 25.5
16|  Chinese Taipei| 1| 3| 9| 13
17|  Singapore| 1| 2| 5| 8
18|  West Germany| 1| 2| 4| 7
19|  Korea| 1| 1| 3| 5
20|  Scotland| 1| 1| 1.5| 3.5
21|  Poland| 0| 3.5| 6.5| 10
22|  Hong Kong| 0| 2| 24.5| 26.5
23|  Belgium| 0| 2| 1| 3
24|  Wales| 0| 1.5| 3| 4.5
25|  Belarus| 0| 1.5| 1.5| 3
26|  East Germany| 0| 1| 1| 2
27|  Croatia| 0| 0.5| 2.5| 3
28|  Luxembourg| 0| 0.5| 1| 1.5
29|  Spain| 0| 0.5| 0| 0.5
30|  Egypt| 0| 0| 2.5| 2.5
31|  India| 0| 0| 2| 2
32|  Greece| 0| 0| 1.5| 1.5
33|  Denmark| 0| 0| 1| 1
Italy| 0| 0| 1| 1
Portugal| 0| 0| 1| 1
Vietnam| 0| 0| 1| 1
37|  Netherlands| 0| 0| 0.5| 0.5
Totals (37 entries)| 390| 391| 716| 1,497

## 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

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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

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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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* Table tennis at the Summer Olympics
* Table Tennis World Cup
* ITTF World Tour
* ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

## 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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