World Table Tennis Championships

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.

World Table Tennis Championships
StatusActive
GenreGlobal sports event
Date(s)c. April–May
FrequencyAnnual
Inaugurated1926 (1926)
Organised byITTF

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

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.

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

Since 1982, the Senior Veterans Table Tennis Championships are 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:

EditionYearHostDatesCompetitorsNations
1 1982 GothenburgMay 198245021
2 1984 HelsinkiJune 198465038
3 1986 RiminiJune 1986110038
4 1988 ZagrebJune 1988165045
5 1990 BaltimoreJune 1990110046
6 1992 DublinJune 1992130048
7 1994 MelbourneApril 1994180049
8 1996 LillehammerJune 1996195049
9 1998 Manchester17-27 June 1998140053
10 2000 Vancouver21-27 May 2000185057
11 2002 LucerneJune 2002275063
12 2004 Yokohama30 May - 5 June 2004238447
13 2006 Bremen15 - 20 June 2006365059
14 2008 Rio de Janeiro24 - 30 May 2008137852
15 2010 Hohhot7 - 12 June 2010206551
16 2012 Stockholm25 June - 1 July 2012
17 2014 Auckland12 - 17 May 20141670
18 2016 Alicante23 - 29 May 20164561
19 2018 Las Vegas18-23 June 20181021
20 2020 Bordeaux8-14 June 2020

Medal table
Further information on medalists: List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
  • As of 2019:
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China145103159407
2 Hungary6858.575.5202
3 Japan483673157
4 Czech Republic2834.559121.5
5 Romania16.510.51946
6 Great Britain153061106
7 Sweden131512.540.5
8 United States9.522031.5
9 Austria615.535.557
10 Germany516.521.543
11 South Korea5154363
12 North Korea491326
13 Yugoslavia31113.527.5
14 Soviet Union34714
15 France231823
16 Chinese Taipei125.58.5
17 Singapore1258
18 Poland03.57.511
19 Hong Kong0222.524.5
20 Belgium0213
21 Belarus01.51.53
22 Croatia00.52.53
23 Luxembourg00.500.5
 Spain00.500.5
25 Egypt002.52.5
26 Greece001.51.5
27 Denmark0011
 India0011
 Italy0011
 Portugal0011
 Vietnam0011
32 Netherlands000.50.5
Totals (32 nations)373378685.51436.5

Results of Individual and Team Events
Further information on medalists: List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists
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See also

References
  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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