Table Tennis World Cup
Table Tennis World Cup | |
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Status | active |
Genre | sports competition |
Date(s) | October |
Frequency | annual |
Location(s) | various |
Inaugurated | 1980 |
Organised by | ITTF |
The Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had been only men's singles until the inauguration of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions, the World Team Cup, were canceled until the relaunch in 2007, and now held in odd-numbered years. The competitions are sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and classified as R1 in rating weightings, B2 in bonus weightings in the ITTF world ranking.[1]
Competition[]
Men's and Women's World Cups[]
Participants of the competition are composed of:[2]
- The current holder of the World Cup.
- The World Champion.
- The champion player or the strongest current player from each of the 6 continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Oceania).
- 1 player from the host association.
- The top 8 players from the world ranking list.
- 2 wild card selections.
- No more than 2 players from an association unless a third is invited as a wild card.
- If the World Champion and the World Cup title holder is the same player, or the host association has a player qualified as title holder or from the world ranking, the vacancy goes to the next highest eligible player on the world ranking list.
World Team Cup[]
- Top 7 associations at the preceding World Team Championships.
- If the team of the host association is not on the top 7 list, the team of the host association and 4 teams from continental federations would be represented at the event.
Current Playing System[]
Men's and Women's World Cups[]
The playing system is determined by the executive committee on recommendation by the Competition Department.[2] The 2009 World Cup was divided into 3 stages. All matches were the best of 7 games.[3]
- The Preliminary Stage- Intercontinental Cup: The 4 continental representatives from Africa, Latin America, North America and Oceania compete on a group basis with all the members of the group. The winner of this group joins the remaining 15 players in the 1st stage.
- The 1st Stage- Group Stage: The 16 players are divided into 4 equal groups, with all the members of a group playing each other, and the group winners and runners-up advance towards the 2nd stage.
- The highest-ranked player is placed in Group A, the 2nd highest in Group B, the 3rd highest in Group C and the 4th highest in Group D. The remaining players are drawn into the 4 groups at a time in ranking order.
- If there are 2 players from the same association, they will be drawn into separate groups but the 3rd player from the same association may be drawn into any group.
- The 2nd Stage- Knockout:
- Quarter Finals: 4 quarter finals (Q1-Q4) are arranged according to both the groups and the rankings in the 1st Stage. Q1-Q4 are as follows: A1 vs. B2, C1 vs. D2, D1 vs. C2, and B1 vs. A2.
- Semi-finals: the matches are winner of Q1 vs. winner of Q2, and winner of Q3 vs. winner of Q4.
- Winners of semi-finals enter the final, with the losers of the semi-finals competing for the third place.
World Team Cup[]
All team matches are played on the Olympic System with a maximum of 4 singles and 1 doubles. And all individual matches of a team match are the best of 5 games.[2][4]
- Intercontinental Cup: The 4 teams from continental federations not qualified by their ranking at the preceding World Team Championships shall compete in an Intercontinental Cup played on round-robin. Only one team survives.
- Knockout: 7 teams qualified from World Team Championships and the host are seeded based on latest ITTF World Team Ranking. The winner of the Intercontinental Cup play a match against the lowest seeded of the other 8 teams, other than the host association's team. The winner of this match shall promote to final knockout. The top 4 seeds are separated in different matches in quarter-finals.
Winners[]
Men's singles[]
Year | Host City | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1980 | Hong Kong | ![]() |
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1981 | Kuala Lumpur | ![]() |
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1982 | Hong Kong | ![]() |
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1983 | Barbados | ![]() |
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1984 | Kuala Lumpur | ![]() |
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1985 | Foshan | ![]() |
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1986 | Port of Spain | ![]() |
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1987 | Macao | ![]() |
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1988 | Guangzhou & Wuhan | ![]() |
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1989 | Nairobi | ![]() |
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1990 | Chiba | ![]() |
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1991 | Kuala Lumpur | ![]() |
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1992 | Ho Chi Minh City | ![]() |
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1993 | Guangzhou | ![]() |
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1994 | Taipei | ![]() |
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1995 | Nimes | ![]() |
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1996 | Nimes | ![]() |
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1997 | Nimes | ![]() |
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1998 | Shantou | ![]() |
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1999 | Xiaolan | ![]() |
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2000 | Yangzhou | ![]() |
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2001 | Courmayeur | ![]() |
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2002 | Jinan | ![]() |
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2003 | Jiangyin | ![]() |
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2004 | Hangzhou | ![]() |
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2005 | Liège | ![]() |
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2006 | Paris | ![]() |
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2007 | Barcelona | ![]() |
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2008 | Liège | ![]() |
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2009 | Moscow | ![]() |
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2010 | Magdeburg | ![]() |
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2011 | Paris | ![]() |
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2012 | Liverpool | ![]() |
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2013 | Verviers | ![]() |
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2014 | Düsseldorf | ![]() |
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2015 | Halmstad | ![]() |
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2016 | Saarbrücken | ![]() |
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2017 | Liège | ![]() |
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2018 | Paris | ![]() |
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2019 | Chengdu | ![]() |
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2020 | Weihai | ![]() |
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Women's singles[]
Year | Host City | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1996 | Hong Kong | ![]() |
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1997 | Shanghai | ![]() |
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1998 | Taipei | ![]() |
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2000 | Phnom Penh | ![]() |
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2001 | Wuhu | ![]() |
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2002 | Singapore | ![]() |
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2003 | Hong Kong | ![]() |
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2004 | Hangzhou | ![]() |
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2005 | Guangzhou | ![]() |
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2006 | Urumqi | ![]() |
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2007 | Chengdu | ![]() |
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2008 | Kuala Lumpur | ![]() |
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2009 | Guangzhou | ![]() |
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2010 | Kuala Lumpur | ![]() |
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2011 | Singapore | ![]() |
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2012 | Huangshi | ![]() |
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2013 | Kobe | ![]() |
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2014 | Linz | ![]() |
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2015 | Sendai | ![]() |
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2016 | Philadelphia | ![]() |
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2017 | Markham | ![]() |
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2018 | Chengdu | ![]() |
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2019 | Chengdu | ![]() |
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2020 | Weihai | ![]() |
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Men's doubles[]
Year | Host City | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1990 | Seoul | ![]() ![]() |
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1992 | Las Vegas | ![]() ![]() |
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Women's doubles[]
Year | Host City | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1990 | Seoul | ![]() ![]() |
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1992 | Las Vegas | ![]() ![]() |
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Men's team[]
Year | Host City | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1990 | Chiba City | ![]() Mikael Appelgren Erik Lindh Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner |
![]() Chen Longcan Chen Zhibin Ma Wenge Wei Qingguang Yu Shentong |
![]() Sky Andrew Chen Xinhua Alan Cooke Desmond Douglas |
![]() Kim Song-hui Ri Gun-sang | ||||
1991 | Barcelona | ![]() Ma Wenge Wang Hao Wang Tao Xie Chaojie Zhang Lei |
![]() Peter Karlsson Erik Lindh Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner |
![]() Nicolas Chatelain Damien Éloi Jean-Philippe Gatien |
![]() Choi Kyong-sob Kim Song-hui Ri Gun-sang | ||||
1994 | Nimes | ![]() Ding Song Lin Zhigang Liu Guoliang Wang Hao |
![]() Mikael Appelgren Peter Karlsson Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner |
![]() Andras Podpinka Philippe Saive |
![]() Patrick Chila Damien Éloi Jean-Philippe Gatien Christophe Legoût | ||||
1995 | Atlanta | ![]() Chu Kyo-sung Kim Bong-chul Kim Taek-soo Lee Chul-seung Yoo Nam-kyu |
![]() Steffen Fetzner Peter Franz Richard Prause Jörg Roßkopf |
![]() Kōji Matsushita Toshio Tasaki Ryo Yuzawa |
![]() Cheng Yinghua David Zhuang | ||||
2007 | Magdeburg | ![]() Chen Qi Ma Lin Wang Hao Wang Liqin |
![]() Cheung Yuk Leung Chu Yan Li Ching |
![]() Chen Weixing Robert Gardos Werner Schlager |
![]() Joo Sae-hyuk Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min | ||||
2009 | Linz | ![]() Ma Long Qiu Yike Xu Xin Zhang Jike |
![]() Joo Sae-hyuk Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min Yoon Jae-young |
![]() Patrick Baum Dimitrij Ovtcharov Bastian Steger Christian Süß |
![]() Cheung Yuk Jiang Tianyi Leung Chu Yan Tang Peng | ||||
2010 | Dubai | ![]() Hao Shuai Ma Long Wang Hao Xu Xin Zhang Jike |
![]() Jeoung Young-sik Joo Sae-hyuk Oh Sang-eun |
![]() Chen Weixing Stefan Fegerl Robert Gardos Daniel Habesohn Werner Schlager |
![]() Patrick Baum Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth | ||||
2011 | Magdeburg | ![]() Ma Lin Ma Long Wang Hao Wang Liqin Xu Xin |
![]() Joo Sae-hyuk Kim Min-seok Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min |
![]() Patrick Baum Ruwen Filus Dimitrij Ovtcharov Bastian Steger |
![]() Kenta Matsudaira Koki Niwa Kaii Yoshida | ||||
2013 | Guangzhou | ![]() Ma Long Wang Hao Wang Liqin Xu Xin Zhang Jike |
![]() Chen Chien-an Chiang Hung-chieh Chuang Chih-yuan |
![]() Khalid Assar Omar Assar El-sayed Lashin Ahmed Saleh |
![]() Kenta Matsudaira Jun Mizutani Koki Niwa | ||||
2015 | Dubai | ![]() Fan Zhendong Fang Bo Ma Long Xu Xin Zhang Jike |
![]() Chen Weixing Stefan Fegerl Robert Gardos Daniel Habesohn |
![]() Chen Chien-an Chiang Hung-chieh |
![]() Tiago Apolónia Marcos Freitas João Geraldo João Monteiro | ||||
2018 | London | ![]() Fan Zhendong Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Xu Xin Yu Ziyang |
![]() Tomokazu Harimoto Koki Niwa Yuya Oshima Jin Ueda |
![]() Paul Drinkhall Liam Pitchford Sam Walker |
![]() Jeong Sang-eun Jeoung Young-sik Lee Sang-su Lim Jong-hoon | ||||
2019 | Tokyo | ![]() Fan Zhendong Liang Jingkun Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Xu Xin |
![]() Jang Woo-jin Jeoung Young-sik Lee Sang-su Lim Jong-hoon |
![]() Chen Chien-an Lin Yun-ju |
![]() Tomokazu Harimoto Koki Niwa Maharu Yoshimura |
Performance by nations in Men's World Team[]
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third Place |
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10 (1991, '94, 2007, '09, '10, '11, '13, '15, '18, '19) | 1 (1990) | 0 |
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1 (1995) | 4 (2009, '10, '11, '19) | 2 (2007, '18) |
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1 (1990) | 2 (1991, '94) | 0 |
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0 | 1 (2018) | 4 (1995, 2011, '13, '19) |
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0 | 1 (1995) | 3 (2009, '10, '11) |
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0 | 1 (2015) | 2 (2007, '10) |
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0 | 1 (2013) | 2 (2015, '19) |
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0 | 1 (2007) | 1 (2009) |
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0 | 0 | 2 (1990, '91) |
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0 | 0 | 2 (1990, 2018) |
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0 | 0 | 2 (1991, '94) |
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0 | 0 | 1 (1994) |
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0 | 0 | 1 (1995) |
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0 | 0 | 1 (2013) |
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0 | 0 | 1 (2015) |
Women's team[]
Year | Host City | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1990 | Chiba City | ![]() Chen Zihe Deng Yaping Gao Jun Qiao Hong |
![]() Li Bun-hui Yu Sun-bok |
![]() Mika Hoshino Rika Sato |
![]() Hong Cha-ok Hong Soon-hwa Hyun Jung-hwa | ||||
1991 | Barcelona | ![]() Chen Zihe Deng Yaping Gao Jun Liu Wei Qiao Hong |
![]() Hong Cha-ok Hong Soon-hwa Hyun Jung-hwa |
![]() Mika Hoshino Fumiyo Yamashita-Kaizu Rika Sato |
![]() Li Bun-hui Yu Sun-bok | ||||
1994 | Nimes | ![]() Galina Melnik Irina Palina Elena Timina |
![]() Christina Fischer Elke Schall Jie Schöpp Nicole Struse |
![]() Wang Chen Wu Na |
![]() Gerdie Keen Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg Emily Noor Bettine Vriesekoop | ||||
1995 | Atlanta | ![]() Deng Yaping Liu Wei Qiao Hong Qiao Yunping Yang Ying |
![]() Otilia Bădescu Emilia Elena Ciosu Georgeta Cojocaru |
![]() Csilla Bátorfi Vivien Ello Krisztina Tóth |
![]() Kim Moo-kyo Park Hae-jung Park Kyung-ae Ryu Ji-hye | ||||
2007 | Magdeburg | ![]() Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia Wang Nan Zhang Yining |
![]() Kim Kyung-ah Kwak Bang-bang Park Mi-young |
![]() Lau Sui Fei Lin Ling Tie Ya Na Zhang Rui |
![]() Petra Lovas Georgina Póta Krisztina Tóth | ||||
2009 | Linz | ![]() Ding Ning Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen |
![]() Feng Tianwei Sun Beibei Wang Yuegu Yu Mengyu |
![]() Jiang Huajun Lau Sui Fei Lin Ling Tie Ya Na Zhang Rui |
![]() Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa | ||||
2010 | Dubai | ![]() Ding Ning Guo Yan Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen |
![]() Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Sun Beibei Wang Yuegu Yu Mengyu |
![]() Kim Kyung-ah Park Mi-young Seok Ha-jung Yang Ha-eun |
![]() Hiroko Fujii Ai Fukuhara Kasumi Ishikawa | ||||
2011 | Magdeburg | ![]() Ding Ning Fan Ying Guo Yan Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia |
![]() Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa |
![]() Jiang Huajun Lee Ho Ching Ng Wing Nam Tie Ya Na |
![]() Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Sun Beibei Wang Yuegu Yu Mengyu | ||||
2013 | Guangzhou | ![]() Chang Chenchen Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen Wu Yang |
![]() Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa |
![]() Jiang Huajun Lee Ho Ching Ng Wing Nam Tie Ya Na |
![]() Feng Tianwei Isabelle Li Yu Mengyu | ||||
2015 | Dubai | ![]() Chen Meng Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen Zhu Yuling |
![]() Kim Hye-yong Kim Jong Ri Mi-gyong Ri Myong-sun |
![]() Sayaka Hirano Yuka Ishigaki Misaki Morizono |
![]() Feng Tianwei Isabelle Li Yu Mengyu | ||||
2018 | London | ![]() Chen Xingtong Ding Ning Liu Shiwen Wang Manyu Zhu Yuling |
![]() Hina Hayata Miu Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito |
![]() Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching Mak Tze Wing Ng Wing Nam Minnie Soo |
![]() Cha Hyo-sim Kim Song-i | ||||
2019 | Tokyo | ![]() Chen Meng Ding Ning Liu Shiwen Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu |
![]() Miu Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito Hitomi Sato |
![]() Chen Szu-yu Cheng Hsien-tzu Cheng I-ching |
![]() Choi Hyo-joo Jeon Ji-hee Shin Yu-bin Suh Hyo-won Yang Ha-eun |
Performance by nations in Women's World Team[]
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third Place |
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11 (1990, '91, '95, 2007, '09, '10, '11, '13, '15, '18, '19) | 0 | 1 (1994) |
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1 (1994) | 0 | 0 |
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0 | 4 (2011, '13, '18, '19) | 4 (1991, 2009, '10, '15) |
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1 | 2 (2009, '10) | 3 (2011, '13, '15) |
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0 | 2 (1991, 2007) | 3 (1995, 2010, '19) |
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0 | 2 (1990, 2015) | 2 (1991, 2018) |
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0 | 1 (1995) | 0 |
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0 | 1 (1994) | 0 |
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0 | 0 | 5 (2007, '09, '11, '13, '18) |
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0 | 0 | 3 (1990, '95, 2007) |
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0 | 0 | 1 (1990) |
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0 | 0 | 1 (1994) |
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0 | 0 | 1 (2019) |
References[]
- ^ "Policy for inclusion in the ITTF World Ranking" (PDF). ITTF. ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-01-12. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ^ a b c "ITTF Handbook 2009/2010 Index 4.03-4.04". ITTF. ITTF. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ^ "Playing System for the 2009 Men's and Women's World Cup" (PDF). ITTF. ITTF. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
- ^ "Playing System for the 2009 World Team Cup" (PDF). ITTF. ITTF. Retrieved 2010-07-15.
External links[]
- Table Tennis World Cup
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- Recurring sporting events established in 1980