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The Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had only been men's singles until the start of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions were canceled until the relaunch in 2007, and now held in odd-numbered years.
The top 16 players of the year will qualify for this year-end event together with the best 8 pairs. Qualification will be determined by the player's performance throughout the WTT season and reflected through their Table Tennis World Ranking. The first two editions of WTT Finals (2021 and 2022) was known as WTT Cup Finals.
Corbillon Cup for women's team, donated in 1933 by Marcel Corbillon, president of the French Table Tennis Association. The original Cup was won by German team in 1939, and disappeared during Berlin occupation after World War II; the current Corbillon Cup is a replica made in 1949.
The table tennis point system was reduced from a 21 to an 11-point scoring system in 2001. [3] A game shall be won by the player or pair first scoring 11 points unless both players or pairs score 10 points, when the game shall be won by the first player or pair subsequently gaining a lead of 2 points.
The 2023 World Table Tennis Championships was the 57th edition of World Table Tennis Championships and held in Durban, South Africa. [ 2 ] It was the first such event set to be held in Africa since 1939 Championship held in Egypt.
The tournament was first held in 1994, and has featured on the ITTF World Tour's schedule every year since 2005, and previously from 1997–99 and 2001-03. [ 1 ] Ma Long of China holds the record for most men's singles tournament wins, with four, while Zhang Yining of China holds the record for most women's singles tournament wins, also with four.
Sweden's Truls Möregårdh pulled off the upset of the 2024 Paris Olympics after he defeated China's Wang Chuqin, the top-ranked table tennis player in the world, in men's singles action on Wednesday.
The Qatar Table Tennis Association is the governing body for the sport of table tennis in Qatar. [1] It is a member of the Arab Table Tennis Association, Asian Table Tennis Association and World Table Tennis. The president of the body is Khalil Almohannad. [2] The Federation is currently based at the Al Bidda Tower in Doha.