2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team explained

Event:Men's team
Championship:2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships
Dates:16–25 February
Venue:Busan Exhibition and Convention Center
Location:Busan, South Korea
Teams:40
Gold:Fan Zhendong
Wang Chuqin
Ma Long
Liang Jingkun
Lin Gaoyuan
Gold Nation:CHN
Silver:Félix Lebrun
Alexis Lebrun
Simon Gauzy
Jules Rolland
Lilian Bardet
Silver Nation:FRA
Bronze:Jang Woo-jin
Lim Jong-hoon
Lee Sang-su
An Jae-hyun
Park Gyu-hyeon
Bronze Nation:KOR
Bronze2:Lin Yun-ju
Kao Cheng-jui
Chuang Chih-yuan
Feng Yi-hsin
Huang Yan-cheng
Bronze2 Nation:TPE
Prev:2022
Next:2026

See main article: 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships. The men's team tournament of the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held from 16 to 25 February 2024.[1]

China won the title for the 23rd time with a win over France.[2]

Format

The 40 teams were drawn into eight groups of five teams. After a round robin in each group, the top team advanced to the round of 16, while the second and third-placed teams played in the round of 24, in the knockout stage. A team match consisted of five singles matches, where each singles match was decided in best-of-5 games.[3]

Qualification

Number of teams eligible to compete for the trophy in each team event is 40.Continental Stage – 33 Teams will qualify from the Continental Stage. The Continental quota allocation is the following: 4 for Africa, 10 for Asia, 11 for Europe, 6 for PanAm, and 2 for Oceania. Numbers are according to the "2020 BoD Proposition 28".Host nation – is guaranteed. If the host nation is already qualified through the Continental Stage, the host quota will be reallocated to the ITTF WTR Oct 2023Intercontinental Stage – As per the decision of the ITTF Council, in Bangkok on August 23, 2023, no Intercontinental Stage will be held in 2023.Instead, the remaining six (6) places shall be allocated as follows ; Five (5) places are transferred to the five continents as follows: Africa 1, Asia 1, Europe 1, PanAm 1 and Oceania 1) with the final allocation as per qualifying event or Team World Ranking (TWR) to be confirmed by each Continental Federation. The remaining one (1) place will go to the highest ranked not-yet qualified team on the ITTF WTR November 2023.[4]

QualificationTeams
Host
Africa (5)
2023 African Championships (4) and world team ranking (1)



Americas (7)
2023 Pan American Championships (4) and world team ranking (3)





Asia (11)
2023 Asian Championships (10) and world team ranking (1)










Europe (12)
2023 European Championships (8) and world team ranking (4)














Oceania (3)
2023 Oceanian Championships (2) and world team ranking (1)

Intercontinental quota (1)
world team ranking

Draw

The draw took place on 16 January 2024.[5]

Schedule

The schedule was as follows.[6]

Fri 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 Fri 23 Sat 24 Sun 25
Group 1/16 F 1/8 F QF SF F

Group stage

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group 1

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Group 2

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Group 3

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Group 4

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Group 5

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Group 6

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Group 7

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Group 8

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Knockout stage

Playoffs

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Round of 16

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dates for Busan 2024 ITTF World Team Championships Finals Announced. ittf.com. 22 September 2022. 25 September 2022.
  2. Web site: ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals Busan 2024 Presented by BNK Busan Bank. ittf.com. 25 February 2024. 25 February 2024.
  3. Web site: Competition details. ITTF. 11 February 2024.
  4. Web site: Qualification Pathway. ittf.com. 1 October 2023.
  5. News: ITTF World Team Championships Finals 2024 Draw Sets the Stage for an Electrifying Showdown in Busan. ittf.com. 16 January 2024. 16 January 2024.
  6. News: Provisional Schedule. worldtabletennis.com. 11 February 2024. 11 February 2024.