World Table Tennis Championship
Where are the next World Table Tennis Championships being held?
Who is the current World Champion? Find out here ...
The 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships took place in Moscow, Russia from 23-30 May 2010.
The draw was made on 29 April 2010 in Moscow in the plush surroundings of the Petrovsky Palace.
And China were the clear favourite to retain their men's and women's titles which they won in 2008 in the city of Guangzhou, China.
The playing system-
Teams are ranked and seeded into 3 divisions of 24 teams each, based on their performance at the previous World Championship Team Event in 2008 and their current World Ranking.
After the ranking list has been determined, the top 24 teams are allocated to the Championship Division, whilst the teams ranked 25-48 are allocated to the second division and teams ranked 49-72 are allocated to the third division.
All other teams are allocated to the fourth division.
Play then takes place in two stages.
The first stage comprises of the 24 teams in each division being seeded and drawn into four groups of six teams. Each group of six teams plays a complete round robin competition (five matches per team).
The second stage involves the top three teams from each group progressing into a knockout competition for their division, to play for places 1-12. The teams finishing fourth, fifth and sixth in their groups will play in a knockout competition for their division to play for places 13-24.
The winners of each group (4 teams) will move directly into the Quarter Finals of the knockout competition.
Team matches are the best of five singles.
Singles matches are the best of five games.
After the ranking list has been determined, the top 24 teams are allocated to the Championship Division, whilst the teams ranked 25-48 are allocated to the second division and teams ranked 49-72 are allocated to the third division.
All other teams are allocated to the fourth division.
Only the 24 teams in the Championship Division can compete for the World title.
Play then takes place in two stages.
The first stage comprises of the 24 teams in each division being seeded and drawn into four groups of six teams. Each group of six teams plays a complete round robin competition (five matches per team).
The second stage involves the top three teams from each group progressing into a knockout competition for their division, to play for places 1-12. The teams finishing fourth, fifth and sixth in their groups will play in a knockout competition for their division to play for places 13-24.
The winners of each group (4 teams) will move directly into the Quarter Finals of the knockout competition.
Team matches are the best of five singles.
Singles matches are the best of five games.
Medals-
The overall winning team in the Championship Division will be the World Champions and will receive gold medals.
The runner-up team will receive silver medals and the two losing semi-finalists will receive bronze medals.
In the second and third divisions, the winning teams will be given medals or awards.
The runner-up team will receive silver medals and the two losing semi-finalists will receive bronze medals.
In the second and third divisions, the winning teams will be given medals or awards.
Top Seedings - Men:
The seedings for the top 24 men's teams, and the only teams eligible to compete for the title of World Champions, were ...
| 1 CHINA |
| 2 KOREA REPUBLIC |
| 3 GERMANY |
| 4 HONG KONG |
| 5 JAPAN |
| 6 AUSTRIA |
| 7 RUSSIA |
| 8 SWEDEN |
| 9 CHINESE TAIPEI |
| 10 GREECE |
| 11 CROATIA |
| 12 PORTUGAL |
| 13 DENMARK |
| 14 SINGAPORE |
| 15 CZECH |
| 16 FRANCE |
| 17 POLAND |
| 18 ROMANIA |
| 19 SPAIN |
| 20 KOREA DPR |
| 21 BELARUS |
| 22 HUNGARY |
| 23 ITALY |
| 24 UKRAINE |
Groups - Men:
The draw for the men's team event of the 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships took place on 29 April in Moscow, Russia and the teams were drawn into the following groups ...
| Championship Division - Men | |
| Group A | China, Russia, Greece, France, Poland, Italy |
| Group B | Korea Republic, Sweden, Chinese Taipei, Czech Republic, Romania, Ukraine |
| Group C | Germany, Japan, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Hungary |
| Group D | Hong Kong, Austria, Portugal, DPR Korea, Singapore, Belarus |
| Division Two - Men | |
| Group E | Slovak Republic, England, Slovenia, Thailand, Iran, Luxembourg |
| Group F | Serbia, Nigeria, Turkey, Netherlands, U.S.A., Scotland |
| Group G | Brazil, Egypt, Norway, Vietnam, Bulgaria, Latvia |
| Group H | Belgium, India, Canada, Argentina, Israel, Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| Division Three - Men | |
| Group I | Indonesia, Algeria, Dominican Republic, Ireland, Ecuador, Moldova |
| Group J | Australia, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Lithuania |
| Group K | Congo Brazzaville, Mexico, Switzerland, Colombia, Malaysia, Uzbekistan |
| Group L | Estonia, Finland, Philippines, Kuwait, Cyprus, Qatar |
Men's Team Event Results
Top Seedings - Women:
The seedings for the top 24 women's teams, and the only teams eligible to compete for the title of World Champions, were ...
| 1 CHINA |
| 2 SINGAPORE |
| 3 KOREA REPUBLIC |
| 3 JAPAN |
| 5 HONG KONG |
| 6 ROMANIA |
| 7 AUSTRIA |
| 8 GERMANY |
| 9 POLAND |
| 10 NETHERLANDS |
| 11 HUNGARY |
| 12 CHINESE TAIPEI |
| 13 BELARUS |
| 14 FRANCE |
| 15 SPAIN |
| 16 ITALY |
| 17 CZECH |
| 18 CROATIA |
| 19 UKRAINE |
| 20 RUSSIA |
| 21 KOREA DPR |
| 22 SLOVAK REPUBLIC |
| 23 USA |
| 24 ENGLAND |
Groups - Women:
The draw for the women's team event of the 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships took place on 29 April in Moscow, Russia and the teams were drawn into the following groups ...| Championship Division - Women | |
| Group A | China, Austria, Poland, Italy, Croatia, England |
| Group B | Singapore, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Czech Republic, U.S.A. |
| Group C | Korea, Hong Kong, Hungary, France, Ukraine, DPR Korea |
| Group D | Japan, Romania, Chinese Taipei, Belarus, Russia, Slovak Republic |
| Division Two - Women | |
| Group E | Turkey, Malaysia, India, Israel, Denmark, Portugal |
| Group F | Serbia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Egypt, Venezuela, Indonesia |
| Group G | Thailand, Sweden, Canada, Bulgaria, Colombia, Moldova |
| Group H | Australia, Greece, Slovenia, Brazil, New Zealand, Estonia |
| Division Three - Women | |
| Group I | Kazakhstan, Nigeria, Macao, Montenegro, Latvia, Pakistan |
| Group J | Switzerland, Argentina, Congo Brazzaville, Armenia, Scotland, Iran |
| Group K | Mexico, Peru, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Dominican R., Norway, Sri Lanka |
| Group L | Puerto Rico, Uzbekistan, Guernsey, Macedonia, Azerbaijan, South Africa |
The premier competition for professional table tennis players is ... the World Table Tennis Championship.
Alongside the Olympic Games, the World Championship is where every table tennis player wants to be ...
and perform at their best in order to claim the title of World Champion.
So where are the next World TT Championships being held?
The next world championships-
Well, since 2000, the World Table Tennis Championship has been split into two separate competitions.
Team events are now held in even numbered years, whilst individual events (singles and doubles) are held in odd numbered years.
So the next World Championship individual events will be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands from 8-15 May 2011 whilst the next team event will be held from 25 March to 1 April 2012 in Dortmund, Germany.
Team events are now held in even numbered years, whilst individual events (singles and doubles) are held in odd numbered years.
So the next World Championship individual events will be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands from 8-15 May 2011 whilst the next team event will be held from 25 March to 1 April 2012 in Dortmund, Germany.
So who are the current World Champions?
Men's Singles World Champion-
Wang Hao
He will hold the title until the next individual events take place in Rotterdam, Netherlands from 8-15 May 2011.
Women's Singles World Champion-
Zhang Yining
Zhang will hold the title until the next individual events take place in Rotterdam, Netherlands from 8-15 May 2011.
And in the team events ...
World Men's Team Champions-
The 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships took place in Moscow, Russia from 23-30 May 2010.
China were the clear favourites to retain their men's team title which they won in 2008 in the city of Guangzhou, China, and they duly obliged, beating Germany 3-1 in a closely contested final to retain The Swaythling Cup.
China - World Team Champions
China were the clear favourites to retain their men's team title which they won in 2008 in the city of Guangzhou, China, and they duly obliged, beating Germany 3-1 in a closely contested final to retain The Swaythling Cup.
China - World Team Champions
World Women's Team Champions-
Singapore women caused the biggest upset of the century when they beat China in the women's team event final at the 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow, Russia on 30 May 2010.
China were the clear favourites to retain their women's team title, having held the title since 1993, but were beaten 3-1 by Singapore who claimed The Corbillon Cup for the first time.
Singapore - World Team Champions
China were the clear favourites to retain their women's team title, having held the title since 1993, but were beaten 3-1 by Singapore who claimed The Corbillon Cup for the first time.
Singapore - World Team Champions But how did the World Championships begin?
The first World Championship ...
The history of table tennis goes back to the late 1800s, but it was in 1926 that the modern game of table tennis began and the inaugural World Championship took place that year in London, England.
Hungarian Roland Jacobi took the men's singles title in that first year, beating another Hungarian (Zoltan Mechlovits) in the final as European players dominated the championship.
However, the frequency and format of the world championship has changed through the years.
Hungarian Roland Jacobi took the men's singles title in that first year, beating another Hungarian (Zoltan Mechlovits) in the final as European players dominated the championship.
However, the frequency and format of the world championship has changed through the years.
There was a ...
A short break-
Although the World Championship went from strength to strength - being held annually until 1939 - the second world war prevented it from being played in 1940 ... and for the following six years.
However, by 1947 the time was right to recommence, and it once again became an annual event.
However, by 1947 the time was right to recommence, and it once again became an annual event.
Then we saw ...
The rise of the East-
The Hungarian and English players dominated the World Championship for the first 25 years and it wasn't until 1952 that the European stranglehold was finally broken.
Japan's Hiroji Satoh (pictured right) astonished the world with his unexpected victory in the men's singles that year - in part due to the unique sponge racket he used to bamboozle his opponents.
But it wasn't until 1953 in Bucharest, Romania that China first entered the World Championships as they became full members of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
The World TT Championships then went ...
From annual to biannual-
At the World Championship's Annual General Meeting in Tokyo, Japan in 1956, the ITTF voted in favour of changing it to a biannual event.
By starting this change with effect from the 1957 event in Stockholm, Sweden, they also ensured that it wouldn't clash with the Olympic Games held in the even numbered years.
By starting this change with effect from the 1957 event in Stockholm, Sweden, they also ensured that it wouldn't clash with the Olympic Games held in the even numbered years.
Then we saw ...
China and Japan dominate-
The 1959 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany and that year also saw the first Chinese winner of the men's singles title as Jung Kuo-Tuan beat Hungarian Ferenc Sido in the final.
From that point on, China and Japan started to dominate world table tennis, consistently taking the men's singles title.
It was only Stellan Bengtsson (pictured right) of Sweden in 1971, and Istvan Jonyer of Hungary in 1975 who stopped the men's singles title from going to the Far East between 1959 and 1987.
But soon it was the turn of Europe again ...
Europe on top of the World again-
However, during the 1990s, the European players once again dominated the world game with Jan-Ove Waldner, Jorgen Persson and Jean-Philippe Gatien becoming World Champions in 1989, 1991 and 1993, and Jan-Ove Waldner winning his second title in 1997.
And then came ...
Further changes to the Championship-
Starting in Kuala Lumpur in 2000, the World Table Tennis Championship was split into two separate competitions.
The team events are now held in even numbered years, whilst the individual events (singles and doubles) are held in odd numbered years.
So the next World Championship individual events will be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands from 8-15 May 2011 whilst the next team event will be held from 25 March to 1 April 2012 in Dortmund, Germany.
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The team events are now held in even numbered years, whilst the individual events (singles and doubles) are held in odd numbered years.
So the next World Championship individual events will be held in Rotterdam, Netherlands from 8-15 May 2011 whilst the next team event will be held from 25 March to 1 April 2012 in Dortmund, Germany.
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