2021 World Table Tennis Championships

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2021 World Table Tennis Championships
VenueGeorge R. Brown Convention Center
LocationHouston, United States
Dates23–29 November
Competitors265 from 56[1] nations
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The 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held in Houston, United States from 23 to 29 November.[2][3] It was the 56th edition of the championships and the first time the competition was held in the United States. Houston became the host by beating Agadir, Morocco in 2019.[4]

The International Table Tennis Federation originally planned regional and continental stage events for the qualification purpose of the Championships finals in Houston.[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no regional and continental stage events were held before the Championships finals. The ITTF decided the qualifications were mainly based on the world rankings published on 8 June (week 23) and 25 June (week 24). Six member associations (China, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Germany, South Korea and Hong Kong) were eligible to have five entries in singles events and four players in doubles events (with a maximum of two combined pairs with another member association).

Five individual events were contested.[6] All events were played as a single-elimination tournament. The first round of singles events had 128 places and doubles events had 64 places. Singles matches were best of seven games and doubles matches were best of five. Reigning champions Ma Long, Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin did not defend their titles at the event as China opted to send younger players in preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[7]

Schedule[]

The 2021 World Championships was scheduled for seven days.[8] Draws took place on 21 November.[6]

  Rounds in main draw
  Finals
Date 23 Nov 24 Nov 25 Nov 26 Nov 27 Nov 28 Nov 29 Nov
Men's singles R1 R2 R3 R4 QF SF F
Women's singles R1 R2 R3 R4 QF SF F
Men's doubles R1 R2 R3 QF SF F
Women's doubles R1 R2 R3 QF SF F
Mixed doubles R1 R2 R3 QF SF, F

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)415.510.5
2 Sweden (SWE)1102
3 Japan (JPN)0213
4 South Korea (KOR)0101
5 Chinese Taipei (TPE)0011
 Germany (GER)0011
 Luxembourg (LUX)0011
8 United States (USA)*000.50.5
Totals (8 nations)551020

Medalists[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
details 		China Fan Zhendong Sweden Truls Möregårdh China Liang Jingkun
Germany Timo Boll
Women's singles
details 		China Wang Manyu China Sun Yingsha China Chen Meng
China Wang Yidi
Men's doubles
details 		Sweden Mattias Falck
Sweden Kristian Karlsson 		South Korea Jang Woo-jin
South Korea Lim Jong-hoon 		China Liang Jingkun
China Lin Gaoyuan
Japan Yukiya Uda
Japan Shunsuke Togami
Women's doubles
details 		China Sun Yingsha
China Wang Manyu 		Japan Mima Ito
Japan Hina Hayata 		China Chen Meng
China Qian Tianyi
Luxembourg Ni Xialian
Luxembourg Sarah de Nutte
Mixed doubles
details 		China Wang Chuqin
China Sun Yingsha 		Japan Tomokazu Harimoto
Japan Hina Hayata 		Chinese Taipei Lin Yun-ju
Chinese Taipei Cheng I-ching
China Lin Gaoyuan
United States Lily Zhang

References[]

  1. ^ "Participants from ITTF Member Associations". World Table Tennis. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. ^ Houston, Michael (20 August 2021). "Logo launched as Houston marks 100 days until World Table Tennis Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 September 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "World Table Tennis Championships confirmed for Houston, November 2021". ITTF. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Houston, Chengdu to host World Table Tennis Championships". AFP. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 WTTC Pathway" (PDF). ITTF. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "2021 World Table Tennis Championships Playing System" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  7. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (26 October 2021). "Star trio to miss World Table Tennis Championships as China set sights on Paris 2024". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 November 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "General Schedule" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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