2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships

2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Venue	High Technology Zone Sports Center Gymnasium
Location	Chengdu, China
Dates	30 September – 9 October
Nations	36 (32 men's teams, 28 women's teams)
Champions
Men	China
Women	China

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]

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]

Qualification	Men's team	Women's team
Host	China	China
Africa (5) 2021 African Championships	Egypt  Nigeria (absence)  Algeria (absence)  Togo (absence)  Tunisia (absence)	Egypt  Nigeria (absence)  Tunisia (absence)  Mauritius (absence)  Algeria (absence) addition:  South Africa
Americas (7) 2021 Pan American Table Tennis Championships	Brazil  Chile (absence)  Argentina (absence)  United States  Canada  Puerto Rico  Peru (absence)	Brazil  Canada  United States  Chile (absence)  Puerto Rico  Argentina (absence)  Guatemala (absence)
Asia (11) 2021 Asian Championships	South Korea  Chinese Taipei  India  Japan  Iran  Singapore  Hong Kong  Kazakhstan  Saudi Arabia  Thailand  Uzbekistan	Japan  South Korea  Hong Kong  Singapore  India  Thailand  Chinese Taipei  Kazakhstan (absence)  Iran  Uzbekistan  Indonesia (absence) addition:  Malaysia
Europe (12) 2021 European Championships (8) and world team ranking (4)	Germany  Russia (suspension)[10]  Sweden  Denmark  England  Austria (absence)[11]  Czech Republic  Romania  Portugal  France  Croatia  Slovenia addition:  Hungary  Poland  Slovakia	Germany  Romania  France  Portugal  Austria (absence)[11]  Ukraine (absence)  Poland  Luxembourg  Hungary  Russia (suspension)[10]  Netherlands (absence)  Sweden addition:  Czech Republic  Italy  Slovakia
Oceania (3) world team ranking	Australia  New Zealand (absence)  Vanuatu (absence)	Australia (absence)  Vanuatu (absence)  Fiji (absence)
Intercontinental quota (1) world team ranking	Belgium	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 30	Sat 1	Sun 2	Mon 3	Tue 4	Wed 5	Thu 6	Fri 7	Sat 8	Sun 9
Men's team	Group					1/8 F		QF	SF	F
Women's team	Group					1/8 F	QF	SF	F

Medal summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (China)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China*	2	0	0	2
2	Germany	0	1	1	2
	Japan	0	1	1	2
4	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		2	2	4	8

Medalists

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

References

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3. "Table Tennis-World team championships in Chengdu delayed to end September". Reuters. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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5. "Competition Details" (PDF). ittf.com. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
6. "ITTF Handbook 2022". ittf.com. Retrieved 30 September 2022. 3.7.5 Group Competitions
7. "100 Days to Go to Chengdu 2022 World Championships Finals: ITTF Unveils Qualified Teams". ittf.com. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
8. "2022 Teams WTTC Qualification Pathway" (PDF). ittf.com. 16 May 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
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10. "Table Tennis Federation of Russia and Belarus not allowed in Chengdu 2022 World Championships Finals". ittf.com. 27 July 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
11. "Austria's table tennis association is not going to the World Cup because of Corona". 24hoursworlds.com. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
12. "Highlights of draw ceremony of ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals". Xinhua. 28 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
13. "最新消息！2022成都世乒赛赛程+CCTV直播+参赛名单出炉". sohu.com (in Chinese). 22 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
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External links

• ITTF website
• WotldTableTennis website