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World Table Tennis Championships

Table tennis competition

Field	Value
name	World Table Tennis Championships
image	2009 THE WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS (3670515016).jpg
caption	2009 WTTC in Yokohama, Japan
status	Active
genre	Global sports event
date	c. April–May
frequency	Annual
first
organised	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 23 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 23 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.

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.

Editions

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.

From 1929 to 2020: open for all players and teams.
Since 2021: 128 players and 32 teams qualified in individual and team games.

Individual events Team events

Edition	Year	Host city	Host country	Events
1	1926	ENG London	England	5
2	1928	SWE Stockholm	Sweden	6
3	1929	HUN Budapest	Hungary	6
4	1930	GER Berlin	Germany	6
5	1931	HUN Budapest	Hungary	6
6	1932	TCH Prague	Czechoslovakia	6
7	1933	AUT Baden bei Wien	Austria	6
8	1934	FRA Paris	France	7
9	1935	ENG Wembley	England	7
10	1936	CZE Prague	Czechoslovakia	7
11	1937	AUT Baden bei Wien	Austria	7
12	1938	ENG Wembley	England	7
13	1939	EGY Cairo	Egypt	7
14	1947	FRA Paris	France	7
15	1948	ENG Wembley	England	7
16	1949	SWE Stockholm	Sweden	7
17	1950	HUN Budapest	Hungary	7
18	1951	AUT Vienna	Austria	7
19	1952	IND Mumbai	India	7
20	1953	ROM Bucharest	Romania	7
21	1954	ENG Wembley	England	7
22	1955	NED Utrecht	Netherlands	7
23	1956	JPN Tokyo	Japan	7
24	1957	SWE Stockholm	Sweden	7
25	1959	FRG Dortmund	FR Germany	7
26	1961	CHN Beijing	China	7
27	1963	TCH Prague	Czechoslovakia	7
28	1965	YUG Ljubljana	Yugoslavia	7
29	1967	SWE Stockholm	Sweden	7
30	1969	FRG Munich	FR Germany	7
31	1971	JPN Nagoya	Japan	7
32	1973	YUG Sarajevo	Yugoslavia	7
33	1975	IND Kolkata	India	7
34	1977	ENG Birmingham	England	7
35	1979	PRK Pyongyang	DPR Korea	7
36	1981	YUG Novi Sad	Yugoslavia	7
37	1983	JPN Tokyo	Japan	7
38	1985	SWE Gothenburg	Sweden	7
39	1987	IND New Delhi	India	7
40	1989	FRG Dortmund	FR Germany	7
41	1991	JPN Chiba City	Japan	7
42	1993	SWE Gothenburg	Sweden	7
43	1995	CHN Tianjin	China	7
44	1997	ENG Manchester	England	7

Edition	Year	Host city	Host country	Events
45	1999	NED Eindhoven	Netherlands	5
2000	MAS Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	2
46	2001	JPN Osaka	Japan	7
47	2003	FRA Paris	France	5
2004	QAT Doha	Qatar	2
48	2005	CHN Shanghai	China	5
2006	GER Bremen	Germany	2
49	2007	CRO Zagreb	Croatia	5
2008	CHN Guangzhou	China	2
50	2009	JPN Yokohama	Japan	5
2010	RUS Moscow	Russia	2
51	2011	NED Rotterdam	Netherlands	5
2012	GER Dortmund	Germany	2
52	2013	FRA Paris	France	5
2014	JPN Tokyo	Japan	2
53	2015	CHN Suzhou	China	5
2016	MAS Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	2
54	2017	GER Düsseldorf	Germany	5
2018	SWE Halmstad	Sweden	2
55	2019	HUN Budapest	Hungary	5
2020	KOR Busan	South Korea (cancelled)	–
56	2021	USA Houston	United States	5
2022	CHN Chengdu	China	2
57	2023	South Africa Durban	South Africa	5
2024	KOR Busan	South Korea	2
58	2025	QAT Doha	Qatar	5
2026	ENG London	England	2
59	2027	KAZ Astana	Kazakhstan	5
2028	JPN Fukuoka	Japan	2
60	2029	BRA Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	5

All-time medal table

Updated after the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships. Doubles pairs from different associations were counted as a half a point.

Multiple medalists

Top medalists ordered by number of gold medals at the World Table Tennis Championships (including at team events) are listed below. 13 men and 10 women won at least nine gold medals.

Men

Rank	Player	Country	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Victor Barna	/	1929	1954	22	7	12	41
2	Miklós Szabados		1929	1937	15	6	3	24
3	Ma Long		2006	2024	14	1	4	19
4	Bohumil Váňa		1935	1955	13	10	7	30
5	Ichiro Ogimura		1954	1965	12	5	3	20
6	Wang Liqin		1997	2013	11	4	5	20
7	Xu Xin		2009	2019	10	1	2	13
8	Ivan Andreadis		1947	1957	9	10	8	27
9	Ferenc Sidó		1947	1961	9	9	8	26
10	Ma Lin		1999	2013	9	7	4	20
11	Wang Hao		2003	2014	9	4	3	16
12	Fan Zhendong		2014	2024	9	2	2	13
13	Wang Chuqin		2018	2025	9	1	0	10

Women

Rank	Player	From	To	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mária Mednyánszky	1926	1936	18	6	4	28
2	Angelica Rozeanu	1937	1957	17	5	8	30
3	Wang Nan	1997	2008	15	3	2	20
4	Anna Sipos	1929	1935	11	6	4	21
5	Gizella Farkas	1947	1959	10	9	8	27
6	Guo Yue	2003	2013	10	5	2	17
7	Zhang Yining	1999	2009	10	2	4	16
8	Li Xiaoxia	2006	2016	9	5	2	16
9	Deng Yaping	1989	1997	9	5	–	14
10	Sun Yingsha	2019	2025	9	1	1	11

References

"The World Championship Trophies – A Retrospective". ITTF.
(24 August 2023). "London awarded 2026 World Team Table Tennis Championships".
(27 May 2025). "World Championships Future Hosts: Astana 2027, Fukuoka 2028, and Rio 2029".
"Medalists of World Table Tennis Championships". tabletennis.guide.

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