World Table Tennis Championships

World Table Tennis Championships
World Table Tennis Championships
	2009 WTTC in Yokohama, Japan
Status	Active
Genre	Global sports event
Date(s)	c. April–May
Frequency	Annual
Inaugurated	1926
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 21 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 21 women's team titles.

Trophies[]

Japanese men's team won Swaythling Cup at the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships

Romanian women's team with the Corbillon Cup in 1955

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]

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.

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 German women's team won the Cup in 1939, and the original Cup disappeared during Berlin occupation after World War II; the current Corbillon Cup is a replica made in 1949.

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.

Individual events Team events

Edition	Year	Host	Events
1	1926	London, United Kingdom	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	1933	Paris, France	7
9	1935	London, United Kingdom	7
10	1936	Prague, Czechoslovakia	7
11	1937	Baden bei Wien, Austria	7
12	1938	London, United Kingdom	7
13	1939	Cairo, Egypt	7
14	1947	Paris, France	7
15	1948	London, United Kingdom	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	London, United Kingdom	7
22	1955	Utrecht, Netherlands	7
23	1956	Tokyo, Japan	7
24	1957	Stockholm, Sweden	7
25	1959	Dortmund, 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, Germany	7
31	1971	Nagoya, Japan	7
32	1973	Sarajevo, Yugoslavia	7
33	1975	Kolkata, India	7
34	1977	Birmingham, United Kingdom	7
35	1979	Pyongyang, North 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, Germany	7

Edition	Year	Host	Events
41	1991	Chiba City, Japan	7
42	1993	Gothenburg, Sweden	7
43	1995	Tianjin, China	7
44	1997	Manchester, United Kingdom	7
45	1999	Eindhoven, Netherlands	5
45	2000	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2
46	2001	Osaka, Japan	7
47	2003	Paris, France	5
47	2004	Doha, Qatar	2
48	2005	Shanghai, China	5
48	2006	Bremen, Germany	2
49	2007	Zagreb, Croatia	5
49	2008	Guangzhou, China	2
50	2009	Yokohama, Japan	5
50	2010	Moscow, Russia	2
51	2011	Rotterdam, Netherlands	5
51	2012	Dortmund, Germany	2
52	2013	Paris, France	5
52	2014	Tokyo, Japan	2
53	2015	Suzhou, China	5
53	2016	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	2
54	2017	Düsseldorf, Germany	5
54	2018	Halmstad, Sweden	2
55	2019	Budapest, Hungary	5
-	2020	Busan, South Korea	-
56	2021	Houston, United States	5
56		Chengdu, China^[2]	2
57		Durban, South Africa^[3]	5
57		Busan, South Korea^[4]	2

Medal table[]

All-time medal table[]

Updated after the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships. Doubles pairs from different associations were counted as five tenths.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	149	103	165.5	417.5
2	Hungary	68	59	73.5	200.5
3	Japan	48	39	74	161
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	16	41	61.5
11	Germany	4	14.5	19.5	38
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	2.5	19	23.5
16	Chinese Taipei	1	3	7	11
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	22.5	24.5
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 nations)		381	382	698	1461

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

Team events[]

Men's team (1926–2018)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	21	5	3	29
2	Hungary	12	8	4	24
3	Japan	7	6	9	22
4	Czechoslovakia	6	8	7	21
5	Sweden	5	5	6	16
6	Austria	1	5	5	11
7	England	1	2	10	13
8	United States	1	1	3	5
9	Germany	0	5	2	7
10	Yugoslavia	0	3	3	6
11	South Korea	0	2	8	10
12	France	0	2	4	6
13	North Korea	0	1	3	4
14	Romania	0	1	1	2
14	West Germany	0	1	1	2
16	Belgium	0	1	0	1
17	Hong Kong	0	0	3	3
17	Poland	0	0	3	3
19	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 nations)		54	56	79	189

Women's team (1933–2018)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	21	5	3	29
2	Japan	8	6	10	24
3	Romania	5	4	4	13
4	Czechoslovakia	3	1	5	9
5	England	2	4	6	12
6	Germany	2	2	3	7
7	United States	2	1	1	4
8	South Korea	1	7	6	14
9	Singapore	1	2	1	4
10	Soviet Union	1	1	0	2
11	Korea	1	0	1	2
12	Hungary	0	6	5	11
13	North Korea	0	5	4	9
14	Hong Kong	0	2	6	8
15	Austria	0	1	2	3
16	Chinese Taipei	0	1	1	2
17	France	0	0	2	2
18	Belarus	0	0	1	1
18	Wales	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 nations)		47	48	62	157

Individual events[]

Men's singles (1926–2021)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	21	18	34	73
2	Hungary	10	12	17	39
3	Japan	9	4	8	21
4	England	6	0	4	10
5	Sweden	4	7	3	14
6	Czechoslovakia	3	5	7	15
7	Austria	2	1	8	11
8	France	1	0	4	5
9	Poland	0	3	2	5
10	Yugoslavia	0	2	5	7
11	South Korea	0	1	4	5
12	West Germany	0	1	2	3
13	Belarus	0	1	0	1
13	Belgium	0	1	0	1
15	Germany	0	0	3	3
15	United States	0	0	3	3
17	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	East Germany	0	0	1	1
	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 nations)		56	56	112	224

Women's singles (1926–2021)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	24	20	44	88
2	Hungary	10	9	11	30
3	Japan	7	4	9	20
4	Romania	6	1	7	14
5	Czechoslovakia	3	3	9	15
6	Austria	2	2	7	11
7	North Korea	2	2	1	5
8	United States	2	0	3	5
9	South Korea	1	2	4	7
10	Germany	0	5	2	7
11	England	0	3	7	10
12	Wales	0	1	1	2
13	Chinese Taipei	0	1	0	1
	East Germany	0	1	0	1
	Korea	0	1	0	1
16	Hong Kong	0	0	2	2
16	Soviet Union	0	0	2	2
18	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	France	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 nations)		57	55	112	224

Men's doubles (1926–2021)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	18	16	22	56
2	Hungary	12	11.5	11	34.5
3	Czechoslovakia	6	6.5	14	26.5
4	Sweden	6	1	4.5	11.5
5	Japan	4	3	17	24
6	Yugoslavia	3	3.5	3	9.5
7	United States	3	0	2	5
8	England	1	5.5	9.5	16
9	Austria	1	2.5	5	8.5
10	Chinese Taipei	1	0	2	3
11	West Germany	1	0	0	1
12	South Korea	0	1	8	9
13	Soviet Union	0	1	2	3
14	Germany	0	1	0	1
15	France	0	0.5	7	7.5
16	Poland	0	0.5	1	1.5
17	Belarus	0	0.5	0.5	1
17	Croatia	0	0.5	0.5	1
19	Luxembourg	0	0.5	0	0.5
	Romania	0	0.5	0	0.5
	Spain	0	0.5	0	0.5
22	Hong Kong	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Wales	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 nations)		56	56	112	224

Women's doubles (1928–2021)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	23.5	24	27.5	75
2	Hungary	9	4.5	11	24.5
3	Japan	5	7	12	24
4	Romania	4.5	3.5	2	10
5	England	3.5	9	9	21.5
6	Czechoslovakia	3	3	8.5	14.5
7	Germany	2	1	4.5	7.5
8	Austria	1	1	4.5	6.5
9	Scotland	1	0.5	1	2.5
10	South Korea	1	0	8	9
11	Soviet Union	1	0	2	3
12	North Korea	0.5	0	2	2.5
13	United States	0	1	4	5
14	Wales	0	0.5	0	0.5
15	Hong Kong	0	0	4.5	4.5
16	Singapore	0	0	4	4
17	Belgium	0	0	1	1
	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
20	Egypt	0	0	0.5	0.5
	Netherlands	0	0	0.5	0.5
	Poland	0	0	0.5	0.5
Totals (22 nations)		55	55	109	219

Mixed doubles (1926–2021)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	20.5	15	32	67.5
2	Hungary	15	8	14.5	37.5
3	Japan	8	9	9	26
4	Czechoslovakia	4	10	8	22
5	United States	2	0	3.5	5.5
6	South Korea	1.5	3	3	7.5
7	Romania	1.5	0.5	4.5	6.5
8	Soviet Union	1	2	1	4
9	North Korea	1	0	2	3
10	France	1	0	1	2
11	England	0.5	3	11.5	15
12	Yugoslavia	0	2.5	1.5	4
13	Austria	0	1	3.5	4.5
14	Chinese Taipei	0	1	2	3
15	Germany	0	0.5	5	5.5
16	Scotland	0	0.5	0.5	1
17	Hong Kong	0	0	5	5
18	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Korea	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
	West Germany	0	0	1	1
22	Greece	0	0	0.5	0.5
Totals (22 nations)		56	56	112	224

Multiple medalists[]

Top 10 medalists at the World Table Tennis Championships (including at team events) are listed below.^[5]

Men[]

Rank	Player	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Victor Barna	Hungary England	1929	1954	22	7	12	41
2	Miklós Szabados	Hungary	1929	1937	15	6	3	24
3	Bohumil Váňa	Czechoslovakia	1935	1955	13	10	7	30
4	Ichiro Ogimura	Japan	1954	1965	12	5	3	20
5	Ma Long	China	2006	2019	12	1	3	16
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

Women[]

Rank	Player	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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

References[]

^ "The World Championship Trophies- A Retrospective". ittf.com. ITTF. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
^ "China's Chengdu bidding to host 2022 World Table Tennis Championships". Xinhua. 9 March 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "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.
^ "Busan to host 2024 table tennis world championships". Yonhap. 25 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
^ "Medalists of World Table Tennis Championships". tabletennis.guide. Retrieved 8 November 2011.

External links[]

ITTF Museum

[trophies-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. 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] "Medalists of World Table Tennis Championships". tabletennis.guide. Retrieved 8 November 2011.

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