World Para Table Tennis Championships

The World Para Table Tennis Championships are the world championships for para table tennis where athletes with a disability compete. They are organised by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) on a four-year rotation with the Paralympic Games (every four years).

The first edition was held in 1990 in Assen, Netherlands, the second in 1998, from that the championships was held every four years. ^[1]

Locations

Individual and Team	Individual	Team

Edition	Year	Host	Dates	Nations	Competitors	Most golds won	Ref
1	1990	Assen	15–21 July	35	226	Germany (14)	[2]
2	1998	Paris	24–30 October	39	292	France (10)	[3]
3	2002	Taipei	15–22 August	45	319	China (8)	[4]
4	2006	Montreux	22 September–1 October	48	346	China (14)	[5]
5	2010	Gwangju	25 October–3 November	46	296	China (14)	[6]
6	2014	Beijing	6–15 September	45	304	China (14)	[7]
1	2017	Bratislava	17–20 May	34	247	Russia (3)	[8]
7	2018	Laško	15–21 October	56	330	South Korea (4)	[9]
8	2022	Granada	6–12 November	51	328	South Korea (11)	[10]

All-time medal count

As 2022 (including medals won at the 2017 team championships)

Rank	NPC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China  (CHN)	54	25	27	106
2	France  (FRA)	39	32	56	127
3	Germany  (GER)	36	22	33	91
4	South Korea  (KOR)	33	26	28	87
5	Poland  (POL)	16	21	20	57
6	Spain  (ESP)	9	7	13	29
7	Austria  (AUT)	7	12	15	34
8	Sweden  (SWE)	7	11	18	36
9	Netherlands  (NED)	7	9	9	25
10	Czech Republic  (CZE)	6	11	9	26
11	Slovakia  (SVK)	6	9	11	26
12	Great Britain  (GBR)	6	7	19	32
13	Ukraine  (UKR)	6	7	8	21
14	Russia  (RUS)	6	7	6	19
15	Turkey  (TUR)	5	9	13	27
16	Italy  (ITA)	5	5	11	21
17	Belgium  (BEL)	5	3	9	17
18	Serbia  (SRB)	5	1	9	15
19	Norway  (NOR)	4	6	4	14
20	Hong Kong  (HKG)	4	5	3	12
21	Japan  (JPN)	3	7	10	20
22	Denmark  (DEN)	3	5	4	12
23	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	2	8	15	25
24	Finland  (FIN)	2	3	7	12
25	Australia  (AUS)	2	2	5	9
26	Brazil  (BRA)	2	1	9	12
27	Thailand  (THA)	1	7	7	15
28	Hungary  (HUN)	1	4	3	8
29	Croatia  (CRO)	1	3	4	8
30	Jordan  (JOR)	1	3	3	7
31	United States  (USA)	1	2	7	10
32	Israel  (ISR)	1	2	3	6
	Switzerland  (SUI)	1	2	3	6
34	Mexico  (MEX)	1	1	1	3
35	Yugoslavia	0	1	5	6
36	Indonesia  (INA)	0	1	2	3
37	Bulgaria  (BUL)	0	1	0	1
38	Argentina  (ARG)	0	0	5	5
39	Egypt  (EGY)	0	0	3	3
	Ireland  (IRL)	0	0	3	3
41	Slovenia  (SLO)	0	0	2	2
42	Greece  (GRE)	0	0	1	1
	Iran  (IRI)	0	0	1	1
	Romania  (ROU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (44 entries)		288	288	425	1,001

See also

• International Table Tennis Federation
• Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics
• World Table Tennis Championships

References

1. "One Family, One Sport, the Reality Realised in Korea". ittf.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
2. 1990 World Championships
3. 1998 World Championships
4. 2002 World Championships
5. 2006 World Championships
6. 2010 World Championships
7. 2014 World Championships
8. "2017 ITTF Para Table Tennis World Team Championship Info". International Table Tennis Federation. 8 April 2019.
9. "2018 World Championships". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 17 March 2019.
10. "Electronic table tennis review system approved by the ITTF Board of Directors". International Table Tennis Federation. 6 November 2021.

External links

• Para table tennis web page at ITTF web site