Asian Para Table Tennis Championships are a biennial sports event for para table tennis players who represent an Asian country. It debuted in 2005 as Asia and Oceania Championships but separated in 2013.
The competitor numbers are of Asian countries and their table tennis players between the years 2005 and 2011.
Edition | Year | Host | Dates | Competitors | Countries | Top medalists | Ref |
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Asia/South Pacific Table Tennis Championships | |||||||
1 | 2005 | Kuala Lumpur | 19 - 26 June | 123 | 9 | China | [1] |
Asia and Oceania Championships | |||||||
1 | 2007 | Seoul | 10 - 17 November | 143 | 11 | China | [2] |
2 | 2009 | Amman | 22 - 29 October | 129 | 12 | China | [3] |
3 | 2011 | Hong Kong | 14 - 21 December | 163 | 13 | China | [4] |
Asian Championships | |||||||
1 | 2013 | Beijing | 16 - 23 October | 165 | 13 | China | [5] |
2 | 2015 | Amman | 22 - 29 October | 174 | 16 | China | [6] |
3 | 2017 | Beijing | 23 - 31 August | 198 | 12 | China | [7] |
4 | 2019 | Taichung | 23 - 27 July | 274 | 19 | China | [8] |
As of 2019.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | China (CHN) | 160 | 82 | 66 | 308 |
2 | South Korea (KOR) | 52 | 60 | 70 | 182 |
3 | Thailand (THA) | 5 | 15 | 30 | 50 |
4 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 5 | 8 | 23 | 36 |
5 | Indonesia (INA) | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 |
6 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 4 | 25 | 34 | 63 |
7 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 24 | 28 | 55 |
8 | Iraq (IRQ) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | North Korea (PRK) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Jordan (JOR) | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
11 | Iran (IRI) | 0 | 4 | 9 | 13 |
12 | Malaysia (MAS) | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
13 | India (IND) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Macau (MAC) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
15 | Kuwait (KUW) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
16 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Sri Lanka (SRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (17 entries) | 236 | 234 | 295 | 765 |
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