World Table Tennis Championships

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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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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.

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

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Edition Year Host city Host country Events
1 1926 Template:Flagicon London England 5
2 1928 Template:Flagicon Stockholm Sweden 6
3 1929 Template:Flagicon Budapest Hungary 6
4 1930 Template:Flagicon Berlin Germany 6
5 1931 Template:Flagicon Budapest Hungary 6
6 1932 Template:Flagicon Prague Czechoslovakia 6
7 1933 Template:Flagicon Baden bei Wien Austria 6
8 1934 Template:Flagicon Paris France 7
9 1935 Template:Flagicon Wembley England 7
10 1936 Template:Flagicon Prague Czechoslovakia 7
11 1937 Template:Flagicon Baden bei Wien Austria 7
12 1938 Template:Flagicon Wembley England 7
13 1939 Template:Flagicon Cairo Egypt 7
14 1947 Template:Flagicon Paris France 7
15 1948 Template:Flagicon Wembley England 7
16 1949 Template:Flagicon Stockholm Sweden 7
17 1950 Template:Flagicon Budapest Hungary 7
18 1951 Template:Flagicon Vienna Austria 7
19 1952 Template:Flagicon Mumbai India 7
20 1953 Template:Flagicon Bucharest Romania 7
21 1954 Template:Flagicon Wembley England 7
22 1955 Template:Flagicon Utrecht Netherlands 7
23 1956 Template:Flagicon Tokyo Japan 7
24 1957 Template:Flagicon Stockholm Sweden 7
25 1959 Template:Flagicon Dortmund FR Germany 7
26 1961 Template:Flagicon Beijing China 7
27 1963 Template:Flagicon Prague Czechoslovakia 7
28 1965 Template:Flagicon Ljubljana Yugoslavia 7
29 1967 Template:Flagicon Stockholm Sweden 7
30 1969 Template:Flagicon Munich FR Germany 7
31 1971 Template:Flagicon Nagoya Japan 7
32 1973 Template:Flagicon Sarajevo Yugoslavia 7
33 1975 Template:Flagicon Kolkata India 7
34 1977 Template:Flagicon Birmingham England 7
35 1979 Template:Flagicon Pyongyang DPR Korea 7
36 1981 Template:Flagicon Novi Sad Yugoslavia 7
37 1983 Template:Flagicon Tokyo Japan 7
38 1985 Template:Flagicon Gothenburg Sweden 7
39 1987 Template:Flagicon New Delhi India 7
40 1989 Template:Flagicon Dortmund FR Germany 7
41 1991 Template:Flagicon Chiba City Japan 7
42 1993 Template:Flagicon Gothenburg Sweden 7
43 1995 Template:Flagicon Tianjin China 7
44 1997 Template:Flagicon Manchester England 7
Edition Year Host city Host country Events
45 1999 Template:Flagicon Eindhoven Netherlands 5
2000 Template:Flagicon Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2
46 2001 Template:Flagicon Osaka Japan 7
47 2003 Template:Flagicon Paris France 5
2004 Template:Flagicon Doha Qatar 2
48 2005 Template:Flagicon Shanghai China 5
2006 Template:Flagicon Bremen Germany 2
49 2007 Template:Flagicon Zagreb Croatia 5
2008 Template:Flagicon Guangzhou China 2
50 2009 Template:Flagicon Yokohama Japan 5
2010 Template:Flagicon Moscow Russia 2
51 2011 Template:Flagicon Rotterdam Netherlands 5
2012 Template:Flagicon Dortmund Germany 2
52 2013 Template:Flagicon Paris France 5
2014 Template:Flagicon Tokyo Japan 2
53 2015 Template:Flagicon Suzhou China 5
2016 Template:Flagicon Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2
54 2017 Template:Flagicon Düsseldorf Germany 5
2018 Template:Flagicon Halmstad Sweden 2
55 2019 Template:Flagicon Budapest Hungary 5
2020 Template:Flagicon Busan South Korea (cancelled) –
56 2021 Template:Flagicon Houston United States 5
2022 Template:Flagicon Chengdu China 2
57 2023 Template:Flagicon Durban South Africa 5
2024 Template:Flagicon Busan South Korea 2
58 2025 Template:Flagicon Doha Qatar 5
2026 Template:Flagicon London England[2] 2
59 2027 Template:Flagicon Astana Kazakhstan[3] 5
2028 Template:Flagicon Fukuoka Japan[3] 2
60 2029 Template:Flagicon Rio de Janeiro Brazil[3] 5

All-time medal table

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

Updated after the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships. Doubles pairs from different associations were counted as a half a point. Template:Medals table

Multiple medalists

Script error: No such module "labelled list hatnote". Top medalists ordered by number of gold medals at the World Table Tennis Championships (including at team events) are listed below.[4] 13 men and 10 women won at least nine gold medals.

Men

Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Victor Barna Script error: No such module "flag". / Script error: No such module "flag". 1929 1954 22 7 12 41
2 Miklós Szabados Script error: No such module "flag". 1929 1937 15 6 3 24
3 Ma Long Script error: No such module "flag". 2006 2024 14 1 4 19
4 Bohumil Váňa Script error: No such module "flag". 1935 1955 13 10 7 30
5 Ichiro Ogimura Script error: No such module "flag". 1954 1965 12 5 3 20
6 Wang Liqin Script error: No such module "flag". 1997 2013 11 4 5 20
7 Xu Xin Script error: No such module "flag". 2009 2019 10 1 2 13
8 Ivan Andreadis Script error: No such module "flag". 1947 1957 9 10 8 27
9 Ferenc Sidó Script error: No such module "flag". 1947 1961 9 9 8 26
10 Ma Lin Script error: No such module "flag". 1999 2013 9 7 4 20
11 Wang Hao Script error: No such module "flag". 2003 2014 9 4 3 16
12 Fan Zhendong Script error: No such module "flag". 2014 2024 9 2 2 13
13 Wang Chuqin Script error: No such module "flag". 2018 2025 9 1 0 10

Women

Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Mária Mednyánszky Script error: No such module "flag". 1926 1936 18 6 4 28
2 Angelica Rozeanu Script error: No such module "flag". 1937 1957 17 5 8 30
3 Wang Nan Script error: No such module "flag". 1997 2008 15 3 2 20
4 Anna Sipos Script error: No such module "flag". 1929 1935 11 6 4 21
5 Gizella Farkas Script error: No such module "flag". 1947 1959 10 9 8 27
6 Guo Yue Script error: No such module "flag". 2003 2013 10 5 2 17
7 Zhang Yining Script error: No such module "flag". 1999 2009 10 2 4 16
8 Li Xiaoxia Script error: No such module "flag". 2006 2016 9 5 2 16
9 Deng Yaping Script error: No such module "flag". 1989 1997 9 5 – 14
10 Sun Yingsha Script error: No such module "flag". 2019 2025 9 1 1 11

See also

References

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External links

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