The 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held in Houston, United States from 23 to 29 November. 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.
The International Table Tennis Federation originally planned regional and continental stage events for the qualification purpose of the Championships finals in Houston. 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. 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.
Schedule The 2021 World Championships was scheduled for seven days. Draws took place on 21 November.
Date 23 Nov 24 Nov 25 Nov 26 Nov 27 Nov 28 Nov 29 Nov Men's singlesR1 R2 R3 R4 QF SF FWomen's singlesR1 R2 R3 R4 QF SF FMen's doubles R1 R2 R3 QF SF FWomen's doubles R1 R2 R3 QF SF FMixed doublesR1 R2 R3 QF SF, F
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists Men's singles Fan Zhendong Truls Möregårdh Liang Jingkun Timo BollWomen's singles Wang Manyu Sun Yingsha Chen Meng Wang YidiMen's doubles Mattias Falck Kristian Karlsson Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon Liang Jingkun Lin Gaoyuan Yukiya Uda Shunsuke TogamiWomen's doubles Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu Mima Ito Hina Hayata Chen Meng Qian Tianyi Ni Xialian Sarah de NutteMixed doubles Wang Chuqin Sun Yingsha Tomokazu Harimoto Hina Hayata Lin Yun-ju Cheng I-ching Lin Gaoyuan Lily Zhang
References
External links 2021 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals. International Table Tennis Federation. 2021 World Table Tennis Championships Finals. World Table Tennis.