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]
Individual and Team | Individual | Team |
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Edition | Year | Host | Dates | Nations | Competitors | Most golds won | Ref |
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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] |
As 2022 (including medals won at the 2017 team championships)
Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 | 1001 |
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