2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships

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2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships
VenueHigh Technology Zone Sports Center Gymnasium
Location Chengdu, China
Dates30 September – 9 October
Nations36 (32 men's teams, 28 women's teams)
Champions
MenFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
WomenFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2018
2024  

The 2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Chengdu, China from 30 September to 9 October 2022. [1] [2] The World Team Championships were originally scheduled in April and pushed back to September due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]

Contents

Format

The teams were drawn in groups of five teams in principle. [4] [5] After a round robin in each group, the top two teams in groups and the highest-ranked (world team ranking) third-placed teams qualified for a 16-team knockout stage. Two losing semi-finalists received bronze medals in the absence of a third-place match.

Team match system

A team consisted of three members playing best of five singles. Each singles match was a best of five games. The order of play was:

  1. A vs X
  2. B vs Y
  3. C vs Z
  4. A vs Y
  5. B vs X

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

A finished team match brought two points for a win, one point for a loss. No points were given for a loss in an unplayed or unfinished match. The ranking of teams in the group stage were determined as follows: [6]

  1. Points obtained in all group matches;
  2. Points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  3. Ratios of wins to losses in the singles matches played between the teams in question;
  4. Ratios of wins to losses in the games played between the teams in question;
  5. Ratios of wins to losses in the points played between the teams in question;
  6. Drawing of lots.

Qualification

Qualified teams were announced in June 2022. [7] Number of teams eligible to compete for the trophy in each team event is expanded to 40, compared to the previous 24 teams in 2018. [8] However, only 32 men's teams and 28 women's teams arrived in Chengdu with differences from the original list. [9]

QualificationMen's teamWomen's team
HostFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Africa (5)
2021 African Championships
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (absence)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (absence)
Flag of Togo.svg  Togo (absence)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia (absence)
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria (absence)
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia (absence)
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius (absence)
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria (absence)
addition:
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Americas (7)
2021 Pan American Table Tennis Championships
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile (absence)
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (absence)
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru (absence)
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile (absence)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina (absence)
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala (absence)
Asia (11)
2021 Asian Championships
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan (absence)
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia (absence)
addition:
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Europe (12)
2021 European Championships (8) and world team ranking (4)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (suspension) [10]
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (absence) [11]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
addition:
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (absence) [11]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine (absence)
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia (suspension) [10]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (absence)
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
addition:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Oceania (3)
world team ranking
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand (absence)
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu (absence)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (absence)
Flag of Vanuatu.svg  Vanuatu (absence)
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji (absence)
Intercontinental quota (1)
world team ranking
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea (absence)

Schedule

The draw took place on 28 September. [12] Group phase commences on 30 September and knockout stage starts on 5 October, with the women's and men's finals taking place on 8 and 9 October respectively. [13] [14]

Event↓/Date →Fri 30Sat 1Sun 2Mon 3Tue 4Wed 5Thu 6Fri 7Sat 8Sun 9
Men's team Group1/8 FQFSFF
Women's team Group1/8 FQFSFF

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China *2002
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0112
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0112
4Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 0011
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 0011
Totals (5 entries)2248

Medalists

EventGoldSilverBronze
Men's team
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Fan Zhendong
Ma Long
Liang Jingkun
Wang Chuqin
Lin Gaoyuan
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Dang Qiu
Benedikt Duda
Ricardo Walther
Fanbo Meng
Kay Stumper
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Tomokazu Harimoto
Shunsuke Togami
Mizuki Oikawa
Jo Yokotani
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Jang Woo-jin
An Jae-hyun
Cho Seung-min
Cho Dae-seong
Hwang Min-ha
Women's team
details
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Sun Yingsha
Chen Meng
Wang Manyu
Wang Yidi
Chen Xingtong
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Hina Hayata
Mima Ito
Miyuu Kihara
Miyu Nagasaki
Hitomi Sato
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Chen Szu-yu
Cheng I-ching
Liu Hsing-yin
Li Yu-jhun
Huang Yi-hua
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Han Ying
Nina Mittelham
Shan Xiaona
Sabine Winter
Annett Kaufmann

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