| 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Malawati Stadium |
| Location | Shah Alam, Malaysia |
| Dates | 28 February–6 March |
| Nations | 94 [1] |
| Champions | |
| Men |  China |
| Women | China |
| 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Events | ||
| Men's team | Women's team | |
The 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia from 28 February to 6 March 2016.
The top sixteen teams of the first division and the top two teams of the second division at the 2014 World Team Championships were guaranteed a place in the first division, along with the top six placed teams in the world rankings not already qualified. [2]
| Qualification | Men's team | Women's team |
|---|---|---|
| Top sixteen in 2014 | ||
| Top two of the 2nd Division in 2014 |  England  Italy |  Brazil  Sweden |
| ITTF World Team Ranking [3] |  Hong Kong  Belarus  Denmark  Czech Republic  Romania  Malaysia |  Russia  Spain  Thailand  France  United States Malaysia |
Five individual events were contested. Qualification rounds were held from 26–27 April. [4]
| Rounds in Main Draw | |
| Finals |
| Date | 28 February | 29 February | 1 March | 2 March | 3 March | 4 March | 5 March | 6 March |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team | GS | GS | GS | GS | 1/8 final | QF | SF | F |
| Women's team | GS | GS | GS | GS | 1/8 final, QF | QF, SF | SF | F |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| England (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 nations) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Sweden | 0 | |||||||||||||
 Croatia | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Sweden | 3 | |||||||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||||||
| South Korea | 0 | |||||||||||||
| North Korea | 0 | |||||||||||||
 Portugal | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Portugal | 1 | |||||||||||||
| South Korea | 3 | |||||||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Austria | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||||||
| England | 1 | |||||||||||||
 Poland | 2 | |||||||||||||
| England | 3 | |||||||||||||
| England | 3 | |||||||||||||
| France | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Netherlands | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Austria | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||||||||||||
 Ukraine | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 2 | |||||||||||||
| China | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Japan | 0 | |||||||||||||
 Singapore | 2 | |||||||||||||
| North Korea | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Romania | 0 | |||||||||||||
| North Korea | 3 | |||||||||||||
| North Korea | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||||||
| South Korea | 0 | |||||||||||||
 Germany | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Japan | 3 | |||||||||||||
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