World Table Tennis Championships
2009 WTTC in Yokohama, Japan
Status	Active
Genre	Global sports event
Date(s)	c. April–May
Frequency	Annual
Inaugurated	1926 (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 2022 Chengdu, China[2] 2 57 2023 Durban, South Africa[3] 5 57 2024 Busan, South Korea[4] 2

Medal table

All-time medal table[edit] 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[edit] 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  West Germany 0 1 1 2 16  Belgium 0 1 0 1 17  Hong Kong 0 0 3 3  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  Wales 0 0 1 1 Totals (19 nations) 47 48 62 157 Individual events[edit] 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  Belgium 0 1 0 1 15  Germany 0 0 3 3  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  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  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