2021 World Table Tennis Championships

The 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held in Houston, United States from 23 to 29 November.[2][3] It was the 56th edition of the championships and the first time the competition was held in the United States. Houston became the host by beating Agadir, Morocco in 2019.[4]

2021 World Table Tennis Championships
VenueGeorge R. Brown Convention Center
LocationHouston, United States
Dates23–29 November 2021
Competitors265 from 56[1] nations
← 2019
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The International Table Tennis Federation originally planned regional and continental stage events for the qualification purpose of the Championships finals in Houston.[5] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no regional and continental stage events were held before the Championships finals. The ITTF decided the qualifications were mainly based on the world rankings published on 8 June (week 23) and 25 June (week 24). Six member associations (China, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Germany, South Korea and Hong Kong) were eligible to have five entries in singles events and four players in doubles events (with a maximum of two combined pairs with another member association).

Five individual events were contested.[6] All events were played as a single-elimination tournament. The first round of singles events had 128 places and doubles events had 64 places. Singles matches were best of seven games and doubles matches were best of five. Reigning champions Ma Long, Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin did not defend their titles at the event as China opted to send younger players in preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[7]

Schedule

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The 2021 World Championships was scheduled for seven days.[8] Draws took place on 21 November.[6]

  Rounds in main draw
  Finals
Date 23 Nov 24 Nov 25 Nov 26 Nov 27 Nov 28 Nov 29 Nov
Men's singles R1 R2 R3 R4 QF SF F
Women's singles R1 R2 R3 R4 QF SF F
Men's doubles R1 R2 R3 QF SF F
Women's doubles R1 R2 R3 QF SF F
Mixed doubles R1 R2 R3 QF SF, F

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (United States)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China (CHN)415.510.5
2  Sweden (SWE)1102
3  Japan (JPN)0213
4  South Korea (KOR)0101
5  Chinese Taipei (TPE)0011
  Germany (GER)0011
  Luxembourg (LUX)0011
8  United States (USA)*000.50.5
Totals (8 entries)551020

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
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  Fan Zhendong   Truls Möregårdh   Liang Jingkun
  Timo Boll
Women's singles
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  Wang Manyu   Sun Yingsha   Chen Meng
  Wang Yidi
Men's doubles
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  Mattias Falck
  Kristian Karlsson
  Jang Woo-jin
  Lim Jong-hoon
  Liang Jingkun
  Lin Gaoyuan
  Yukiya Uda
  Shunsuke Togami
Women's doubles
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  Sun Yingsha
  Wang Manyu
  Mima Ito
  Hina Hayata
  Chen Meng
  Qian Tianyi
  Ni Xialian
  Sarah de Nutte
Mixed doubles
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  Wang Chuqin
  Sun Yingsha
  Tomokazu Harimoto
  Hina Hayata
  Lin Yun-ju
  Cheng I-ching
  Lin Gaoyuan
  Lily Zhang

References

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  1. ^ "Participants from ITTF Member Associations". World Table Tennis. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
  2. ^ Houston, Michael (20 August 2021). "Logo launched as Houston marks 100 days until World Table Tennis Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  3. ^ "World Table Tennis Championships confirmed for Houston, November 2021". ITTF. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Houston, Chengdu to host World Table Tennis Championships". AFP. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  5. ^ "2021 WTTC Pathway" (PDF). ITTF. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. ^ a b "2021 World Table Tennis Championships Playing System" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  7. ^ Berkeley, Geoff (26 October 2021). "Star trio to miss World Table Tennis Championships as China set sights on Paris 2024". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  8. ^ "General Schedule" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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