The World Table Tennis Championships first took place in 1926 in London, England. However, since the year 2000, the 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 2022 was the year for the team events to be contested, and Chengdu, China staged the event from 30 September to 9 October 2022.

Team Event Cups
by courtesy of the ITTF

The World Table Tennis Championships 2022 events were...

• Men's Team - for the Swaythling Cup
  
  
• Women's Team - for the Marcel Corbillon Cup

The Swaythling Cup was donated in 1926 by Lady Baroness Swaythling, mother of Ivor Montagu, whilst the Corbillon Cup was donated in 1933 by Marcel Corbillon, President of the French TTA, for the first Women's Team event at the 1934 World Championships.

However, the original Corbillon Cup disappeared just after World War Two, so the German Table Tennis Federation paid for an exact replica in 1949 (the German Women's team won the Cup in the 1939 World Championships - the last time it was played before the outbreak of World War Two).

The following equipment was used at the 2022 World Team Championships...

• Tables - DHS Rainbow blue
  
  
• Nets - DHS
  
  
• Balls - Double Fish white
  
  
• Flooring - Enlio

Due to the worldwide Coronavirus Pandemic, the Team Championships for 2022 had a revised qualification and playing system.

Qualification

33 Teams qualified from Continental competitions and the quota allocation was: 4 for Africa, 10 for Asia, 11 for Europe, 6 for PANAM, and 2 for Oceania.

The host nation was also guaranteed a place.

The remaining six places were reallocated as follows - Europe (1), Asia (1), PANAM (1), Africa (1), Oceania (1) and the highest ranked not-yet qualified team from the World Team Ranking as at January 2022.

However, not all teams confirmed their entries and therefore fewer teams actually took part in the competition.

The 2022 World Team Championships were due to be played in a single "Division" with 40 teams in 8 groups of 5 teams.

Each group of 5 teams would play a complete round robin competition (4 matches per team).

Following the completion of the round robin in each group, a single knock-out competition would played.

The winners of each group (8 teams) would be drawn into the first 8 seeded positions of the knockout competition.

The teams finishing 2nd in each group would then be drawn randomly against a group winner, with the exception that teams having played against each other in the group stage shall not meet again in the first round of the knockout competition.

However, not all teams confirmed their entries and therefore fewer teams actually took part in the competition.

MEN

Host - China,

Africa - Egypt, Nigeria, Algeria, Togo,

Asia - Republic of Korea, Chinese Taipei, India, Japan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Singapore, Hong Kong China, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Thailand,

Europe - Germany, TTFR**, Sweden, Denmark, England, Austria, Czech Republic, Romania, Portugal, France, Croatia,

PANAM - Brazil, Chile, Argentina, United States of America, Canada, Puerto Rico,

Oceania - Australia, New Zealand,

Intercontinental - Tunisia (Africa), Uzbekistan (Asia), Slovenia (Europe), Peru (PANAM), Vanuatu (Oceania), Belgium (Team World Ranking).

**no TTFR or Belarusian players and officials are currently allowed in ITTF events, in line with the recommendations formulated by the IOC Executive Board.

The 32 teams who confirmed their entries were:

Australia; Belgium; Brazil; Canada; China; Chinese Taipei; Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Egypt; England; France; Germany; Hong Kong China; Hungary; India; Iran; Japan; Kazakhstan; Poland; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Republic of Korea; Romania; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; Slovakia; Slovenia; Sweden; Thailand; United States of America; Uzbekistan.

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WOMEN

Host - China,

Africa - Egypt, Nigeria, Tunisia, Mauritius,

Asia - Japan, Republic of Korea, Hong Kong China, Singapore, India, Thailand, Chinese Taipei, Kazakhstan, Islamic Republic of Iran, Uzbekistan,

Europe - Germany, Romania, France, Portugal, Austria, Ukraine, Poland, Luxembourg, Hungary, TTFR**, Netherlands,

PANAM - Brazil, Canada, United States of America, Chile, Puerto Rico, Argentina,

Oceania - Australia, Vanuatu,

Intercontinental - Algeria (Africa), Indonesia (Asia), Sweden (Europe), Guatemala (PANAM), Fiji Islands (Oceania), Korea DPR (Team World Ranking).

**no TTFR or Belarusian players and officials are currently allowed in ITTF events, in line with the recommendations formulated by the IOC Executive Board.

The 28 teams who confirmed their entries were:

Brazil; Canada; China; Chinese Taipei; Czech Republic; Egypt; France; Germany; Hong Kong China; Hungary; India; Iran; Italy; Japan; Luxembourg; Malaysia; Poland; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Republic of Korea; Romania; Singapore; Slovakia; South Africa; Sweden; Thailand; United States of America; Uzbekistan.

Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, the 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships were cancelled, so the last World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Halmsted, Sweden in 2018 and the winners were...

• Men's Team - China
• Women's Team - China

China's men defeated Germany in the final, whilst China's women defeated Japan in the final.

All the results for 2018 are here...

2018 Men's Team Event Results here

2018 Women's Team Event Results here

2022 Men's Team Event Results here

2022 Women's Team Event Results here