2021 World Table Tennis Championships

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2021 World Table Tennis Championships
Venue George R. Brown Convention Center
Location Houston, United States
Dates23–29 November 2021
Competitors265 from 56 [1]  nations
  2019
2023  

The 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held in Houston, United States from 23 to 29 November. [2] [3] It was the 56th edition of the championships and the first time the competition was held in the United States. Houston became the host by beating Agadir, Morocco in 2019. [4]

Contents

The International Table Tennis Federation originally planned regional and continental stage events for the qualification purpose of the Championships finals in Houston. [5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no regional and continental stage events were held before the Championships finals. The ITTF decided the qualifications were mainly based on the world rankings published on 8 June (week 23) and 25 June (week 24). Six member associations (China, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Germany, South Korea and Hong Kong) were eligible to have five entries in singles events and four players in doubles events (with a maximum of two combined pairs with another member association).

Five individual events were contested. [6] All events were played as a single-elimination tournament. The first round of singles events had 128 places and doubles events had 64 places. Singles matches were best of seven games and doubles matches were best of five. Reigning champions Ma Long, Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin did not defend their titles at the event as China opted to send younger players in preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. [7]

Schedule

The 2021 World Championships was scheduled for seven days. [8] Draws took place on 21 November. [6]

  Rounds in draw
  Finals
Date23 Nov24 Nov25 Nov26 Nov27 Nov28 Nov29 Nov
Men's singles R1R2R3R4QFSFF
Women's singles R1R2R3R4QFSFF
Men's doubles R1R2R3QFSFF
Women's doubles R1R2R3QFSFF
Mixed doubles R1R2R3QFSF, F

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)415.510.5
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1102
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)0213
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)0101
5Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)0011
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0011
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg  (LUX)0011
8Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States  (USA)*000.50.5
Totals (8 entries)551020

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's singles
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Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Fan Zhendong Flag of Sweden.svg Truls Möregårdh Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Jingkun
Flag of Germany.svg Timo Boll
Women's singles
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Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Manyu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Yingsha Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yidi
Men's doubles
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Flag of Sweden.svg Mattias Falck
Flag of Sweden.svg Kristian Karlsson
Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Woo-jin
Flag of South Korea.svg Lim Jong-hoon
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Jingkun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan
Flag of Japan.svg Yukiya Uda
Flag of Japan.svg Shunsuke Togami
Women's doubles
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Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Yingsha
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Manyu
Flag of Japan.svg Mima Ito
Flag of Japan.svg Hina Hayata
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Meng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qian Tianyi
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Ni Xialian
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Sarah de Nutte
Mixed doubles
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Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Chuqin
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Sun Yingsha
Flag of Japan.svg Tomokazu Harimoto
Flag of Japan.svg Hina Hayata
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lin Yun-ju
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Cheng I-ching
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Gaoyuan
Flag of the United States.svg Lily Zhang

References

  1. "Participants from ITTF Member Associations". World Table Tennis. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. Houston, Michael (20 August 2021). "Logo launched as Houston marks 100 days until World Table Tennis Championships". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  3. "World Table Tennis Championships confirmed for Houston, November 2021". ITTF. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. "Houston, Chengdu to host World Table Tennis Championships". AFP. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  5. "2021 WTTC Pathway" (PDF). ITTF. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. 1 2 "2021 World Table Tennis Championships Playing System" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  7. Berkeley, Geoff (26 October 2021). "Star trio to miss World Table Tennis Championships as China set sights on Paris 2024". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  8. "General Schedule" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 13 November 2021.