2023 World Table Tennis Championships

2023 World Table Tennis Championships
VenueDurban International Convention Centre
LocationDurban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Dates20–28 May[1]

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.[3]

Bid

South Africa was chosen as host after defeating Düsseldorf, Germany by 90 to 39 votes.[4]

Schedule

The tournament was played over nine days.[5]

  Rounds in draw
  Finals
Date 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25 May 26 May 27 May 28 May
Men's singles R128 R64 R32 R16 QF SF F
Women's singles R128 R64 R32 R16 QF SF F
Men's doubles R64 R32 R16 QF SF F
Women's doubles R64 R32 R16 QF SF F
Mixed doubles R64 R32 R16 QF SF F

Medal summary

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles
Fan Zhendong Wang Chuqin Liang Jingkun
Ma Long
Women's singles
Sun Yingsha Chen Meng Hina Hayata
Chen Xingtong
Men's doubles
Wang Chuqin
Fan Zhendong 		Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon 		Lee Sang-su
Cho Dae-seong
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
Patrick Franziska
Women's doubles
Chen Meng
Wang Yidi 		Shin Yu-bin
Jeon Ji-hee 		Sun Yingsha
Wang Manyu
Miyu Nagasaki
Miyuu Kihara
Mixed doubles
Wang Chuqin
Sun Yingsha 		Hina Hayata
Tomokazu Harimoto 		Wong Chun-ting
Doo Hoi Kem
Kuai Man
Lin Shidong

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)52512
2 South Korea (KOR)0213
3 Japan (JPN)0123
4 Germany (GER)0011
 Hong Kong (HKG)0011
Totals (5 entries)551020

Participating nations

A total of 306 players from 59 nations participated.[6] China, Germany, Japan, and South Korea had a maximum of five players for each singles event, four players for each doubles event.

Nation MS WS MD WD XD Total number
of players
 Algeria 1 1 0 0 2 2
 Argentina 3 2 2 0 4 5
 Australia 4 1 4 0 2 5
 Austria 3 3 4 2 4 7
 Belgium 4 0 3 0 0 4
 Brazil 3 2 2 2 4 5
 Canada 2 2 2 2 2 6
 Chile 1 2 2 2 4 4
 China 5 5 4 4 4 12
 Cameroon 0 1 0 0 0 1
 Croatia 3 3 0 2 0 6
 Czech Republic 2 2 3 3 0 7
 Denmark 2 0 1 0 0 2
 Ecuador 1 0 2 0 0 2
 Egypt 4 4 4 4 4 10
 England 4 1 4 1 2 5
 Spain 1 2 1 1 2 3
 Finland 1 0 0 0 0 1
 France 4 5 4 4 4 10
 Germany 5 5 4 4 4 10
 Greece 1 1 0 0 0 2
 Hong Kong 3 5 4 4 4 9
 Hungary 2 4 3 2 2 7
 India 4 4 4 4 4 11
 Iran 4 0 4 0 0 4
 Italy 2 4 2 4 4 7
 Japan 5 5 4 4 4 10
 Kazakhstan 1 3 4 2 4 8
 South Korea 5 5 4 4 4 12
 Saudi Arabia 1 0 2 0 0 2
 Luxembourg 0 2 2 2 4 4
 Mexico 1 3 1 2 2 4
 Mauritius 0 1 0 0 0 1
 New Caledonia 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Nigeria 4 3 4 4 2 8
 New Zealand 2 0 0 0 0 2
 Paraguay 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Poland 2 2 3 2 4 7
 Portugal 4 2 2 2 2 6
 Puerto Rico 2 2 2 2 2 4
 French Polynesia 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Qatar 0 0 2 0 0 2
 Romania 3 4 3 4 4 7
 South Africa 3 3 4 4 4 8
 Senegal 1 0 0 0 0 1
 Singapore 3 4 4 4 4 9
 Slovenia 2 1 1 2 0 4
 Serbia 0 3 0 0 2 4
 Switzerland 0 1 0 0 0 1
 Slovakia 2 3 2 3 4 6
 Sweden 5 3 4 2 2 8
 Thailand 0 3 0 2 0 3
 Chinese Taipei 5 4 4 4 4 10
 Turkey 0 2 0 4 4 6
 Ukraine 2 3 0 0 2 6
 United States 1 3 1 4 4 8
 Uzbekistan 0 0 0 2 0 2
 Wales 0 1 0 0 0 1
 Zambia 0 0 0 2 0 2
Total 126 125 116 106 118 306
Nations 48 45 40 37 36 59

References

  1. ^ "Durban Unveils Logo for 2023 World Championships Finals". ittf.com. 24 November 2022. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  2. ^ "World Table Tennis". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  3. ^ "World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2023". South African Table Tennis Board. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Table Tennis: Durban to host 2023 World Championships". Reuters. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Schedule". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Player List". worldtabletennis.com. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
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