| 1956 World Table Tennis Championships | |||
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| Events | |||
| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | men | women | mixed |
| Team | men | women | |
The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo from April 2 to April 11, 1956. [1] [2]
| 1956 World Table Tennis Championships | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| | |||
| Events | |||
| Singles | men | women | |
| Doubles | men | women | mixed |
| Team | men | women | |
The 1956 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo from April 2 to April 11, 1956. [1] [2]
The 2nd World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm from January 24 to January 29, 1928.
The 8th World Table Tennis Championships were held in Paris from December 2 to 10, 1933. The Championships were held in December 1933 but are officially listed as the 1934 Championships.
The 1947 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Paris from February 25 to March 7, 1947.
The 1949 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm from February 4 to February 10, 1949.
The 1953 World Table Tennis Championships were held at the Floreasca and Dynamo Halls in Bucharest from March 20 to March 29, 1953.
The 1955 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Utrecht from April 16 to April 24, 1955.
The 1957 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Stockholm from March 7 to March 15, 1957.
The 1959 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Dortmund from March 27 to April 5, 1959.
The 1961 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Peking from April 5 to April 14, 1961.
The 1963 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Prague from April 5 to April 14, 1963.
The 1965 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia from April 15 to April 25, 1965.
The 1973 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Sarajevo from April 5 to April 15, 1973.
The 1979 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Pyongyang from April 25 to May 6, 1979.
The 1981 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Novi Sad (Yugoslavia) from April 14 to April 26, 1981.
The 1985 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Göteborg from March 28 to April 7, 1985.
The 1989 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Dortmund from March 29 to April 9, 1989.
The 1995 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Tianjin from May 1 to May 14, 1995.
The 1999 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Eindhoven from August 2 to August 8, 1999. The Championships were originally scheduled from April 26 to May 9 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia but were postponed after the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War in March 1999. Individual events were relocated to Eindhoven and team competitions were moved to Kuala Lumpur in 2000.
The 2000 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Kuala Lumpur from February 19 to February 26, 2000. The Team Championships were originally part of the 1999 World Championships program scheduled to be held in Belgrade, Yugoslavia but were postponed after the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War in March 1999.
The 2001 World Table Tennis Championships were held in Osaka from April 23 to May 6, 2001. It was the last time that the Championships hosted both the individual and team events.
