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{{Short description|2024 edition of the World Team Table Tennis Championships}}
{{Infobox sports competition event
| competition = 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships
| image = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| venue = [[Busan Exhibition and Convention Center]]<ref name="donga"/>
| location = [[Busan]], [[South Korea]]
| dates = 16–25 February
| nations = 47 (40 men's teams, 40 women's teams)
| men = {{CHN}}
| women = {{CHN}}
| previous = [[2022 World Team Table Tennis Championships|2022]]
| next = 
}}
{{World Team Table Tennis Championships events|year=2024}}
The '''2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships''' were held in [[Busan]], [[South Korea]] from 16 to 25 February 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2022/09/22/dates-busan-2024-ittf-world-team-championships-finals-announced/|title=Dates for Busan 2024 ITTF World Team Championships Finals Announced|website=ittf.com|date=22 September 2022|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-date=27 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327071359/https://www.ittf.com/2022/09/22/dates-busan-2024-ittf-world-team-championships-finals-announced/|url-status=live}}</ref> Quarterfinalists of the event qualified for the [[2024 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/2022/07/11/road-paris2024-olympic-table-tennis-qualification-system-unveiled/|title=Road to #Paris2024 – Olympic Table Tennis Qualification System Unveiled|website=ittf.com|date=11 July 2022|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-date=30 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330173810/https://www.ittf.com/2022/07/11/road-paris2024-olympic-table-tennis-qualification-system-unveiled/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Paris 2024 |url=https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Olympic-Games-Paris-2024-qualification-system-Table-Tennis-v1-English.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220819011041/https://ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Olympic-Games-Paris-2024-qualification-system-Table-Tennis-v1-English.pdf |archive-date=19 August 2022 |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref>

==Bid==
Busan was selected as the first South Korean city to host [[World Table Tennis Championships]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Busan awarded 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships as ITTF President issues call for unity at AGM |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1064585/busan-awarded-2020-world-team-table-tennis-championships-as-ittf-president-issues-call-for-unity-at-agm |website=Inside The Games |date=1 May 2018 |access-date=30 June 2019 |archive-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926010214/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1064585/busan-awarded-2020-world-team-table-tennis-championships-as-ittf-president-issues-call-for-unity-at-agm |url-status=live }}</ref> The 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships were originally scheduled to be held in Busan from 22 to 29 March 2020, but were postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea|COVID-19 pandemic]], initially until 27 September to 4 October 2020, then until 28 February to 7 March 2021. However, on 22 December it was announced that the event had been cancelled.<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 World Table Tennis Championships postponed due to COVID-19 |url=https://www.ittf.com/2020/02/25/2020-world-table-tennis-championships-postponed-due-covid-19/ |website=ITTF |date=25 February 2020 |access-date=25 February 2020 |archive-date=4 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200404154540/https://www.ittf.com/2020/02/25/2020-world-table-tennis-championships-postponed-due-covid-19/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New dates for 2020 World Table Tennis Championships|url=https://www.ittf.com/2020/04/07/new-dates-2020-world-table-tennis-championships/|website=ITTF|date=7 April 2020|access-date=7 April 2020|archive-date=24 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200624021409/https://www.ittf.com/2020/04/07/new-dates-2020-world-table-tennis-championships/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ITTF Executive Committee: July update on COVID-19 |url=https://www.ittf.com/2020/07/10/ittf-executive-committee-july-update-covid-19/ |website=ITTF |date=10 July 2020 |access-date=28 July 2020 |archive-date=7 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231107060038/https://www.ittf.com/2020/07/10/ittf-executive-committee-july-update-covid-19/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ITTF reflects on highs and lows of the year. 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships cancelled amidst pandemic. |url=https://www.ittf.com/2020/12/22/ittf-reflects-highs-lows-year-2020-world-team-table-tennis-championships-cancelled-amidst-pandemic/ |website=ITTF |date=22 December 2020 |access-date=4 January 2021 |archive-date=23 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223113659/https://www.ittf.com/2020/12/22/ittf-reflects-highs-lows-year-2020-world-team-table-tennis-championships-cancelled-amidst-pandemic/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In May 2021, Busan launched another bid for the 2024 World Championships, and won the bid in November 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20211125000447|title=Busan to host 2024 table tennis world championships|work=[[The Korea Herald]]|agency=Yonhap|date=25 November 2021|access-date=28 November 2021|archive-date=20 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620233031/http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20211125000447|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="donga">{{cite web|url=https://www.donga.com/en/article/all/20211126/3056407/1|title=Busan to host World Table Tennis Championships in 2024|website=[[The Dong-A Ilbo]]|date=26 November 2021|access-date=26 September 2022|archive-date=5 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205190358/https://www.donga.com/en/article/all/20211126/3056407/1|url-status=live}}</ref>

==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, 6 for the Americas, 10 for Asia, 11 for Europe, and 2 for Oceania. Numbers are according to the "2020 BoD Proposition 28".
[[File:马龙世乒赛后总结：最好的表现、发挥和最稳定的心态是胜利的前提.webm|thumb|[[China News Service]] video about the Chinese team performance.]]
Host nation – spot is guaranteed. If the host nation is already qualified through the Continental Stage, the host quota will be reallocated to the ITTF WTR Oct 2023.

Intercontinental Stage – As per the decision of the ITTF Council, in Bangkok on 23 August 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 [[continent]]s as follows: Africa 1, the Americas 1, Asia 1, Europe 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WTTTC_2024_Qualification_20240929-official-.pdf|title=Qualification Pathway|website=ittf.com|date=1 October 2023|access-date=14 February 2024|archive-date=10 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010183024/https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/WTTTC_2024_Qualification_20240929-official-.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
!style="width: 240px;"|Qualification
!style="width: 180px;"|Men's team
!style="width: 180px;"|Women's team
|-
|Host nation
|{{KOR}}
|{{KOR}}
|-
|Africa (5)<br />[[2023 African Table Tennis Championships|2023 African Championships]] (4) and world team ranking (1)
|{{EGY}}<br />{{NGR}}<br />{{ALG}}<br /><s>{{TUN}}</s><br />{{MAD}}
|{{EGY}}<br />{{NGR}}<br />{{ALG}}<br /><s>{{TUN}}</s><br /><s>{{MRI}}</s>
|-
|Americas (7)<br />[[2023 Pan American Table Tennis Championships|2023 Pan American Championships]] (4) and world team ranking (3)
|{{BRA}}<br />{{CAN}}<br />{{CHI}}<br />{{PUR}}<br />{{USA}}<br /><s>{{ARG}}</s><br />{{CUB}}
|{{USA}}<br />{{BRA}}<br />{{CHI}}<br />{{PUR}}<br />{{CAN}}<br />{{MEX}}<br /><s>{{ARG}}</s>
|-
|Asia (11)<br />[[2023 Asian Table Tennis Championships|2023 Asian Championships]] (10) and world team ranking (1)
|{{CHN}}<br />{{TPE}}<br />{{IND}}<br />{{JPN}}<br />{{IRI}}<br />{{SGP}}<br />{{KAZ}}<br />{{HKG}}<br />{{THA}}<br />{{MAS}}<br />{{KSA}}
|{{CHN}}<br />{{HKG}}<br />{{JPN}}<br />{{THA}}<br />{{IND}}<br />{{SGP}}<br />{{KAZ}}<br />{{IRI}}<br />{{UZB}}<br />{{TPE}}<br />{{MAS}}
|-
|Europe (12)<br />[[2023 European Table Tennis Championships|2023 European Championships]] (8) and world team ranking (4)
|{{SWE}}<br />{{GER}}<br />{{FRA}}<br />{{POR}}<br />{{HUN}}<br />{{CRO}}<br />{{BEL}}<br />{{DEN}}<br />{{SLO}}<br />{{ENG}}<br />{{POL}}<br />{{SVK}}
|{{GER}}<br />{{ROU}}<br />{{FRA}}<br />{{POR}}<br />{{ITA}}<br />{{ESP}}<br />{{SWE}}<br />{{SVK}}<br />{{HUN}}<br />{{LUX}}<br />{{POL}}<br />{{AUT}}
|-
|Oceania (3)<br />[[2023 Oceanian Table Tennis Championships|2023 Oceanian Championships]] (2) and world team ranking (1)
|{{AUS}}<br />{{NZL}}<br /><s>{{TAH}}</s>
|{{AUS}}<br /><s>{{NZL}}</s><br /><s>{{TAH}}</s>
|-
|Intercontinental quota (1)<br />world team ranking
|{{ROU}}
|{{CZE}}
|-
|Reallocation
|{{AUT}}<br />{{CZE}}<br />{{SRB}}
|{{CUB}}<br />{{CRO}}<br />{{RSA}}<br />{{SRB}}<br />{{UKR}}
|}

==Schedule==
The draw took place on 16 January 2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ittf.com/2024/01/16/ittf-world-team-championships-finals-2024-draw-sets-the-stage-for-an-electrifying-showdown-in-busan/|title=ITTF World Team Championships Finals 2024 Draw Sets the Stage for an Electrifying Showdown in Busan|website=ittf.com|date=16 January 2024|access-date=16 January 2024|archive-date=16 January 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116223029/https://www.ittf.com/2024/01/16/ittf-world-team-championships-finals-2024-draw-sets-the-stage-for-an-electrifying-showdown-in-busan/|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! Event↓/Date → || Fri 16 || Sat 17 || Sun 18 || Mon 19 || Tue 20 || colspan=2|Wed 21 || Thu 22 || Fri 23 || Sat 24 || Sun 25
|-
| [[2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team|Men's team]] || colspan="5" style="background: #b0e0e6"|Group || style="background: #fadfad"|<small>1/16</small> F || style="background: #fadfad"|<small>1/8</small> F || colspan=2 style="background: #fadfad"|QF || style="background: #fadfad"|SF || style="background: #ffd700"|F
|-
| [[2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team|Women's team]] || colspan="5" style="background: #b0e0e6"|Group || style="background: #fadfad"|<small>1/16</small> F || style="background: #fadfad"|<small>1/8</small> F || style="background: #fadfad"|QF || style="background: #fadfad"|SF || style="background: #ffd700"|F ||
|}

==Medal summary==
===Medal table===
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = KOR
 | flag_template  = flagcountry
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_CHN = 2 | silver_CHN = 0 | bronze_CHN = 0
 | gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 1
 | gold_JPN = 0 | silver_JPN = 1 | bronze_JPN = 0
 | gold_TPE = 0 | silver_TPE = 0 | bronze_TPE = 1
 | gold_HKG = 0 | silver_HKG = 0 | bronze_HKG = 1
 | gold_KOR = 0 | silver_KOR = 0 | bronze_KOR = 1 | host_KOR = yes
}}

===Medalists===
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=1}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | Men's team <br />{{DetailsLink|2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Men's team}}
| rowspan="2" | {{CHN}}<br />[[Fan Zhendong]]<br />[[Wang Chuqin]]<br />[[Ma Long]]<br />[[Liang Jingkun]]<br />[[Lin Gaoyuan]]
| rowspan="2" | {{FRA}}<br />[[Félix Lebrun]]<br />[[Alexis Lebrun]]<br />[[Simon Gauzy]]<br />[[Jules Rolland (table tennis)|Jules Rolland]]<br />[[Lilian Bardet]]
| {{KOR}}<br />[[Jang Woo-jin]]<br />[[Lim Jong-hoon]]<br />[[Lee Sang-su]]<br />[[An Jae-hyun]]<br />[[Park Gyu-hyeon]]
|-
| {{TPE}}<br />[[Lin Yun-ju]]<br />[[Kao Cheng-jui]]<br />[[Chuang Chih-yuan]]<br />[[Feng Yi-hsin]]<br />[[Huang Yan-cheng]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | Women's team <br />{{DetailsLink|2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships – Women's team}}
| rowspan="2" | {{CHN}}<br />[[Sun Yingsha]]<br />[[Wang Yidi]]<br />[[Chen Meng]]<br />[[Wang Manyu]]<br />[[Chen Xingtong]]
| rowspan="2" | {{JPN}}<br />[[Hina Hayata]]<br />[[Mima Ito]]<br />[[Miwa Harimoto]]<br />[[Miu Hirano]]<br />[[Miyuu Kihara]]
| {{FRA}}<br />[[Jia Nan Yuan]]<br />[[Prithika Pavade]]<br />[[Camille Lutz]]<br />[[Audrey Zarif]]<br />[[Charlotte Lutz]]
|-
| {{HKG}}<br />[[Zhu Chengzhu]]<br />[[Doo Hoi Kem]]<br />[[Lam Yee Lok]]<br />[[Ng Wing Lam]]<br />[[Lee Ho Ching]]
|}

==References==
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