| 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Busan Exhibition and Convention Center [1] |
| Location | Busan, South Korea |
| Dates | 16–25 February |
| Nations | 47 (40 men's teams, 40 women's teams) |
| Champions | |
| Men |  China |
| Women | China |
| 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships | ||
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| Events | ||
| Men's team | Women's team | |
The 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Busan, South Korea from 16 to 25 February 2024. [2] Quarterfinalists of the event qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [3] [4]
Busan was selected as the first South Korean city to host World Table Tennis Championships in 2018. [5] The 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships were originally scheduled to be held in Busan from 22 to 29 March 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, initially until 27 September to 4 October 2020, then until 28 February to 7 March 2021. However, on 22 December it was announced that the event had been cancelled. [6] [7] [8] [9]
In May 2021, Busan launched another bid for the 2024 World Championships, and won the bid in November 2021. [10] [1]
Number of teams eligible to compete for the trophy in each team event is 40.
Continental Stage – 33 teams will qualify from the Continental Stage. The continental quota allocation is the following: 4 for Africa, 6 for the Americas, 10 for Asia, 11 for Europe, and 2 for Oceania. Numbers are according to the "2020 BoD Proposition 28".
Host nation – spot is guaranteed. If the host nation is already qualified through the Continental Stage, the host quota will be reallocated to the ITTF WTR Oct 2023.
Intercontinental Stage – As per the decision of the ITTF Council, in Bangkok on 23 August 2023, no Intercontinental Stage will be held in 2023. Instead, the remaining six (6) places shall be allocated as follows:
Five (5) places are transferred to the five continents as follows: Africa 1, the Americas 1, Asia 1, Europe 1, and Oceania 1; with the final allocation as per qualifying event or Team World Ranking (TWR) to be confirmed by each continental federation.
The remaining one (1) place will go to the highest-ranked not-yet-qualified team on the ITTF WTR November 2023. [11]
The draw took place on 16 January 2024. [12]
| Event↓/Date → | Fri 16 | Sat 17 | Sun 18 | Mon 19 | Tue 20 | Wed 21 | Thu 22 | Fri 23 | Sat 24 | Sun 25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's team | Group | 1/16 F | 1/8 F | QF | SF | F | |||||
| Women's team | Group | 1/16 F | 1/8 F | QF | SF | F | |||||
* Host nation (South Korea)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |  France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 |  Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 South Korea* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |
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