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 22 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 22 women's team titles.
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]
Corbillon Cup for women's team, donated in 1933 by Marcel Corbillon, president of the French Table Tennis Association. The original Cup was won by German team in 1939, and disappeared during Berlin occupation after World War II; the current Corbillon Cup is a replica made in 1949.
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.
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.
ChampionshipsEdit
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.
Since 1929 to 2020 open for all players and teams.
Since 2021: 128 Players and 32teams qualified in individual and team games. (in 2021 because of covide conditions have not qualifications and 128 player invited for games with ranking but for 2023 and next have separate qualification + 2022 team games have qualification).
Top medalists ordered by number of gold medals at the World Table Tennis Championships (including at team events) are listed below.[6] 11 men won at least nine gold medals and 11 women with a minimum of eight.
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^"Doha Selected to Host the 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals". ittf.com. 6 December 2022. Retrieved 7 December 2022.
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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 World Table Tennis Championships2009 WTTC in Yokohama JapanStatusActiveGenreGlobal sports eventDate s c April MayFrequencyAnnualInaugurated1926 1926 Organised byITTFIn 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 22 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 22 women s team titles Contents 1 Trophies 2 Championships 3 All time medal table 4 Multiple medalists 4 1 Men 4 2 Women 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksTrophies Edit nbsp nbsp Japanese men s team won the Swaythling Cup and Romanian women s team won the Corbillon Cup at the 1955 World Table Tennis Championships nbsp 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 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 original Cup was won by German team in 1939 and disappeared during Berlin occupation after World War II the current Corbillon Cup is a replica made in 1949 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 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 EditThe 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 Since 1929 to 2020 open for all players and teams Since 2021 128 Players and 32teams qualified in individual and team games in 2021 because of covide conditions have not qualifications and 128 player invited for games with ranking but for 2023 and next have separate qualification 2022 team games have qualification Individual events Team events Edition Year Host city Host country Events1 1926 nbsp London England 52 1928 nbsp Stockholm Sweden 63 1929 nbsp Budapest Hungary 64 1930 nbsp Berlin Germany 65 1931 nbsp Budapest Hungary 66 1932 nbsp Prague Czechoslovakia 67 1933 nbsp Baden bei Wien Austria 68 1934 nbsp Paris France 79 1935 nbsp Wembley England 710 1936 nbsp Prague Czechoslovakia 711 1937 nbsp Baden bei Wien Austria 712 1938 nbsp Wembley England 713 1939 nbsp Cairo Egypt 714 1947 nbsp Paris France 715 1948 nbsp Wembley England 716 1949 nbsp Stockholm Sweden 717 1950 nbsp Budapest Hungary 718 1951 nbsp Vienna Austria 719 1952 nbsp Mumbai India 720 1953 nbsp Bucharest Romania 721 1954 nbsp Wembley England 722 1955 nbsp Utrecht Netherlands 723 1956 nbsp Tokyo Japan 724 1957 nbsp Stockholm Sweden 725 1959 nbsp Dortmund West Germany 726 1961 nbsp Beijing China 727 1963 nbsp Prague Czechoslovakia 728 1965 nbsp Ljubljana Yugoslavia 729 1967 nbsp Stockholm Sweden 730 1969 nbsp Munich West Germany 731 1971 nbsp Nagoya Japan 732 1973 nbsp Sarajevo Yugoslavia 733 1975 nbsp Kolkata India 734 1977 nbsp Birmingham England 735 1979 nbsp Pyongyang North Korea 736 1981 nbsp Novi Sad Yugoslavia 737 1983 nbsp Tokyo Japan 738 1985 nbsp Gothenburg Sweden 739 1987 nbsp New Delhi India 740 1989 nbsp Dortmund West Germany 741 1991 nbsp Chiba City Japan 742 1993 nbsp Gothenburg Sweden 743 1995 nbsp Tianjin China 744 1997 nbsp Manchester England 7 Edition Year Host city Host country Events45 1999 nbsp Eindhoven Netherlands 52000 nbsp Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 246 2001 nbsp Osaka Japan 747 2003 nbsp Paris France 52004 nbsp Doha Qatar 248 2005 nbsp Shanghai China 52006 nbsp Bremen Germany 249 2007 nbsp Zagreb Croatia 52008 nbsp Guangzhou China 250 2009 nbsp Yokohama Japan 52010 nbsp Moscow Russia 251 2011 nbsp Rotterdam Netherlands 52012 nbsp Dortmund Germany 252 2013 nbsp Paris France 52014 nbsp Tokyo Japan 253 2015 nbsp Suzhou China 52016 nbsp Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 254 2017 nbsp Dusseldorf Germany 52018 nbsp Halmstad Sweden 255 2019 nbsp Budapest Hungary 52020 nbsp Busan South Korea cancelled 56 2021 nbsp Houston United States 52022 nbsp Chengdu China 2 257 2023 nbsp Durban South Africa 3 52024 nbsp Busan South Korea 4 258 2025 nbsp Doha Qatar 5 52026 nbsp London England 2All time medal table EditFurther information on each event List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists nbsp Chinese women s team held the trophy for the 20th time in 2016 The team have only lost twice since 1975 Updated after the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships Doubles pairs from different associations were counted as a half a point RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp China156105170 5431 52 nbsp Hungary685973 5200 53 nbsp Japan4841771664 nbsp Czechoslovakia2836 558 51235 nbsp Romania1710 518 5466 nbsp Sweden151314 542 57 nbsp England1426 55797 58 nbsp United States10319 532 59 nbsp Austria713 53555 510 nbsp South Korea4 5184365 511 nbsp Germany415 521 54112 nbsp North Korea3 581223 513 nbsp Yugoslavia31113 527 514 nbsp Soviet Union3471415 nbsp France22 51923 516 nbsp Chinese Taipei1381217 nbsp Singapore125818 nbsp West Germany124719 nbsp Korea113520 nbsp Scotland111 53 521 nbsp Poland03 56 51022 nbsp Hong Kong0223 525 523 nbsp Belgium021324 nbsp Wales01 534 525 nbsp Belarus01 51 5326 nbsp East Germany011227 nbsp Croatia00 52 5328 nbsp Luxembourg00 511 529 nbsp Spain00 500 530 nbsp Egypt002 52 531 nbsp India002232 nbsp Greece001 51 533 nbsp Denmark0011 nbsp Italy0011 nbsp Portugal0011 nbsp Vietnam001137 nbsp Netherlands000 50 5Totals 37 entries 3883897121489Multiple medalists EditFurther information List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists Top medalists ordered by number of gold medals at the World Table Tennis Championships including at team events are listed below 6 11 men won at least nine gold medals and 11 women with a minimum of eight Men Edit Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total1 Victor Barna nbsp Hungary nbsp England 1929 1954 22 7 12 412 Miklos Szabados nbsp Hungary 1929 1937 15 6 3 243 Bohumil Vana nbsp Czechoslovakia 1935 1955 13 10 7 304 Ma Long nbsp China 2006 2023 13 1 4 185 Ichiro Ogimura nbsp Japan 1954 1965 12 5 3 206 Wang Liqin nbsp China 1997 2013 11 4 5 207 Xu Xin nbsp China 2009 2019 10 1 2 138 Ivan Andreadis nbsp Czechoslovakia 1947 1957 9 10 8 279 Ferenc Sido nbsp Hungary 1947 1961 9 9 8 2610 Ma Lin nbsp China 1999 2013 9 7 4 2011 Wang Hao nbsp China 2003 2014 9 4 3 16Women Edit Rank Player Country From To Gold Silver Bronze Total1 Maria Mednyanszky nbsp Hungary 1926 1936 18 6 4 282 Angelica Rozeanu nbsp Romania 1937 1957 17 5 8 303 Wang Nan nbsp China 1997 2008 15 3 2 204 Anna Sipos nbsp Hungary 1929 1935 11 6 4 215 Gizella Farkas nbsp Hungary 1947 1959 10 9 8 276 Guo Yue nbsp China 2003 2013 10 5 2 177 Zhang Yining nbsp China 1999 2009 10 2 4 168 Li Xiaoxia nbsp China 2006 2016 9 5 2 169 Deng Yaping nbsp China 1989 1997 9 5 1410 Ding Ning nbsp China 2009 2019 8 5 3 1611 Liu Shiwen nbsp China 2009 2019 8 4 3 15See also EditTable tennis at the Summer Olympics Table Tennis World Cup ITTF World Tour ITTF World Tour Grand FinalsReferences Edit 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 Archived from the original on 13 March 2019 Retrieved 28 November 2021 South Africa to host World Table Tennis Championships for first time after Durban beats Dusseldorf 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 Doha Selected to Host the 2025 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals ittf com 6 December 2022 Retrieved 7 December 2022 Medalists of World Table Tennis Championships tabletennis guide Retrieved 8 November 2011 External links Edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Table Tennis Championships ITTF Museum Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title World Table Tennis Championships amp oldid 1171995970, wikipedia, wiki, 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