World Table Tennis Championships

World Table Tennis Championships
Status	Active
Genre	Global sports event
Date(s)	c. April–May
Frequency	Annual
Inaugurated	1926
Organised by	ITTF

The World Table Tennis 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 20 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[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Number	Year	Host City	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

Number	Year	Host City	Events
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
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

Number	Year	Host City	Events
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	Shah Alam, Malaysia	2
54	2017	Düsseldorf, Germany	5
54	2018	Halmstad, Sweden	2
55	2019	Budapest, Hungary	5
55	2020	Busan, South Korea	2
56	2021	Houston, United States	5
56	2022	Chengdu, China	2

Individual and Team	Individual	Team

World Veterans Table Tennis Championships[edit]

Since 1982, the 'Senior Veterans Table Tennis Championships held every two years by the Swaythling Club International have been held. All players who are at least 40 years old in the year of the event are eligible to play. The ladies and gentlemen play each in eight age groups, the seniors 40, 50, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80 and 85 in singles and doubles for the titles. A previous qualification is not required.

The previous venues of the Senior World Championships:

1st World Cup: May 1982 in Gothenburg Sweden): 450 participants from 21 countries
2nd World Championships: June 1984 in Helsinki (Finland): 650 participants from 38 countries
3rd World Cup: June 1986 in Rimini (Italy): 1,100 participants from 38 countries
4th World Cup: June 1988 in Zagreb (Croatia): 1,650 participants from 45 countries
5th World Cup: June 1990 in Baltimore (USA): 1,100 participants from 46 countries
6th World Cup: June 1992 in Dublin (Ireland): 1,300 participants from 48 countries
7th World Championships: April 1994 in Melbourne (Australia): 1,800 participants from 49 countries
8th World Championships: June 1996 in Lillehammer (Norway): 1,950 participants from 49 countries
9th World Cup: 17 to 27 June 1998 in Manchester (England): 1,400 participants from 53 countries
10th World Cup: May 21 to 27, 2000 in Vancouver (Canada): 1,850 participants from 57 countries
11th World Championships: June 2002 in Lucerne (Switzerland): 2,750 participants from 63 countries
12th World Cup: May 30 to June 5, 2004 in Yokohama (Japan): 2,384 participants from 47 countries
13th WC: 15 to 20 May 2006 in Bremen (Germany): 3,650 participants from 59 countries
14th World Cup: 24 to 30 May 2008 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil): 1,378 participants from 52 countries
15th World Championships: June 7 to 12, 2010 in Hohhot (China): 2,065 participants from 51 countries
16th World Cup: June 25 to July 1, 2012 in Stockholm Sweden)
17th World Cup: 12–17 May 2014 in Auckland (New Zealand)
18th World Cup: 23 to 29 May 2016 in Alicante and Elche (Spain)
19th World Cup: June 18–23, 2018 in Las Vegas (USA)

Medal table[edit]

As of 2019:


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	145	103	159	407
2	Hungary	68	58.5	75.5	202
3	Japan	48	36	73	157
4	Czech Republic	28	34.5	59	121.5
5	Romania	16.5	10.5	19	46
6	Great Britain	15	30	61	106
7	Sweden	13	15	12.5	40.5
8	United States	9.5	2	20	31.5
9	Austria	6	15.5	35.5	57
10	Germany	5	16.5	21.5	43
11	South Korea	5	15	43	63
12	North Korea	4	9	13	26
13	Yugoslavia	3	11	13.5	27.5
14	Soviet Union	3	4	7	14
15	France	2	3	18	23
16	Chinese Taipei	1	2	5.5	8.5
17	Singapore	1	2	5	8
18	Poland	0	3.5	7.5	11
19	Hong Kong	0	2	22.5	24.5
20	Belgium	0	2	1	3
21	Belarus	0	1.5	1.5	3
22	Croatia	0	0.5	2.5	3
23	Luxembourg	0	0.5	0	0.5
23	Spain	0	0.5	0	0.5
25	Egypt	0	0	2.5	2.5
26	Greece	0	0	1.5	1.5
27	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Vietnam	0	0	1	1
32	Netherlands	0	0	0.5	0.5
Totals (32 nations)		373	378	685.5	1436.5

Results of Individual and Team Events[edit]

References[edit]

^ "The World Championship Trophies- A Retrospective". ittf.com. ITTF. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2010.

External links[edit]

[trophies-1] "The World Championship Trophies- A Retrospective". ittf.com. ITTF. Archived from the original on 30 May 2010. Retrieved 22 June 2010.

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v t e World Table Tennis Championships
Individual and team	London 1926 Stockholm 1928 Budapest 1929 Berlin 1930 Budapest 1931 Prague 1932 Baden 1933 Paris 1933 Wembley 1935 Prague 1936 Baden 1937 Wembley 1938 Cairo 1939 Paris 1947 Wembley 1948 Stockholm 1949 Budapest 1950 Vienna 1951 Bombay 1952 Bucharest 1953 Wembley 1954 Utrecht 1955 Tokyo 1956 Stockholm 1957 Dortmund 1959 Beijing 1961 Prague 1963 Ljubljana 1965 Stockholm 1967 Munich 1969 Nagoya 1971 Sarajevo 1973 Calcutta 1975 Birmingham 1977 Pyongyang 1979 Novi Sad 1981 Tokyo 1983 Gothenburg 1985 New Delhi 1987 Dortmund 1989 Chiba 1991 Gothenburg 1993 Tianjin 1995 Manchester 1997 Osaka 2001
Individual only	Eindhoven 1999 Paris 2003 Shanghai 2005 Zagreb 2007 Yokohama 2009 Rotterdam 2011 Paris 2013 Suzhou 2015 Düsseldorf 2017 Budapest 2019
Team only	Kuala Lumpur 2000 Doha 2004 Bremen 2006 Guangzhou 2008 Moscow 2010 Dortmund 2012 Tokyo 2014 Kuala Lumpur 2016 Halmstad 2018 Busan 2020
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