The World Table Tennis Championships first took place in 1926 in London, England. However, since the year 2000, the Championship has been split into two separate competitions.
Team events are now held in even numbered years, whilst individual events (singles and doubles) are held in odd numbered years.
So 2024 is the year for the team events to be contested, and Busan, South Korea stage the event from 16-25 February 2024.
Team Event Cups
by courtesy of the ITTF
The World Table Tennis Championships 2024 events are…
The Swaythling Cup was donated in 1926 by Lady Baroness Swaythling, mother of
Ivor Montagu, whilst the Corbillon Cup was donated in 1933 by Marcel Corbillon, President of the French TTA, for the first Women’s Team event at the 1934 World Championships.
However, the original Corbillon Cup disappeared just after World War Two, so the German Table Tennis Federation paid for an exact replica in 1949 (the German…
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