World Team Table Tennis Championships

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

World Team Table Tennis Championships has been held since 1926, most of the time together with the World Table Tennis Championships. Three times has it been an own competition, in 2000, 2004, 2006 and it will be in 2008. In the earlier days of the tournament, Hungary's men's team was a dominant force winning the championships 12 times. From the 1960's onwards, China emerge as the new dominant power in this tournament and continues to dominate the sport until this day. China's men's team holds a record 16 world team championship titles.

In the 1950's, Japan's women team was a force to reckon with winning a total of 8 titles. The Chinese women started their strong grip on the world team championships from the 1970's onwards. They have only lost once since 1975. China holds a whopping 17 women's team titles.

[edit] Winners

Further information: List of World Table Tennis Champions

Men's Champion:

2008- China 2006- China 2004- China 2001- China 2000- Sweden 1997- China 1995- China 1993- Sweden 1991- Sweden 1989- Sweden 1987- China 1985- China 1983- China 1981- China 1979- Hungary 1977- China 1975- China 1973- Sweden 1971- China 1969- Japan 1967- Japan 1965- China 1963- China 1961- China 1959- Japan 1957- Japan 1956- Japan 1955- Japan 1954- Japan 1953- England 1952- Hungary 1951- Czechoslovakia 1950- Czechoslovakia 1949- Hungary 1948- Czechoslovakia 1947- Czechoslovakia 1939- Czechoslovakia 1938- Hungary 1937- United States 1936- Austria 1935- Hungary 1934- Hungary 1933- Hungary 1932- Czechoslovakia 1931- Hungary 1930- Hungary 1929- Hungary 1928- Hungary 1926- Hungary

TOTAL (Men's): China- 16 Hungary- 12 Japan- 7 Czechoslovakia- 6 Sweden- 4 Austria/England/USA- 1

TOTAL (Women's): China- 17 Japan- 8 Romania- 5 Czechoslovakia- 3 Korea/Germany/United States/England- 2 North Korea/USSR- 1