World Para Table Tennis Championships
The World Para Table Tennis Championships are the world championships for para table tennis where athletes with a disability compete. They are organised by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) on a four-year rotation with the Paralympic Games (every four years).
The first edition was held in 1990 in Assen, Netherlands, the second in 1998, from that the championships was held every four years.[1]
Locations
| Individual and Team | Individual | Team |
|---|
| Edition | Year | Host | Dates | Nations | Competitors | Most golds won | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1990 |  Assen |
15–21 July | 35 | 226 |  Germany (14) |
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| 2 | 1998 |  Paris |
24–30 October | 39 | 292 | France (10) |
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| 3 | 2002 | .svg){kind=small} Taipei |
15–22 August | 45 | 319 |  China (8) |
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| 4 | 2006 |  Montreux |
22 September–1 October | 48 | 346 | China (14) |
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| 5 | 2010 |  Gwangju |
25 October–3 November | 46 | 296 | China (14) |
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| 6 | 2014 | Beijing |
6–15 September | 45 | 304 | China (14) |
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| 1 | 2017 |  Bratislava |
17–20 May | 34 | 247 |  Russia (3) |
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| 7 | 2018 |  Lasko |
15–21 October | 56 | 330 | South Korea (4) |
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All-time medal count
As 2018 (including medals won at the 2017 team championships)
| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 54 | 25 | 27 | 106 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 35 | 29 | 49 | 113 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 33 | 20 | 30 | 83 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 22 | 22 | 19 | 63 |
| 5 |  Poland (POL) | 13 | 16 | 13 | 42 |
| 6 |  Spain (ESP) | 9 | 6 | 11 | 26 |
| 7 |  Austria (AUT) | 7 | 12 | 14 | 33 |
| 8 |  Sweden (SWE) | 7 | 11 | 18 | 36 |
| 9 |  Czech Republic (CZE) | 6 | 11 | 9 | 26 |
| 10 | Slovakia (SVK) | 6 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 12 | Russia (RUS) | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 13 |  Turkey (TUR) | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 |
| 14 |  Norway (NOR) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 13 |
| 15 |  Belgium (BEL) | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 |
| 16 |  Serbia (SRB) | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 17 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 |
| 18 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 5 | 14 | 22 |
| 19 |  Japan (JPN) | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 20 |  Hong Kong (HKG) | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| 21 |  Denmark (DEN) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 22 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 |
| 23 |  Italy (ITA) | 2 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| 24 |  Finland (FIN) | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 |
| 25 |  Jordan (JOR) | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 26 |  Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 27 |  Israel (ISR) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 29 |  United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 30 |  Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 31 |  Mexico (MEX) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 32 |  Hungary (HUN) | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 33 |  Yugoslavia | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 34 |  Thailand (THA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 35 |  Bulgaria (BUL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
 Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
 Ireland (IRL) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 39 |  Egypt (EGY) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Slovenia (SLO) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 41 |  Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Iran (IRI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (42 entries) | 248 | 251 | 350 | 849 | |
See also
- International Table Tennis Federation
- Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics
- World Table Tennis Championships
References
- ^ "One Family, One Sport, the Reality Realised in Korea". ittf.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
- ^ 1990 World Championships
- ^ 1998 World Championships
- ^ 2002 World Championships
- ^ 2006 World Championships
- ^ 2010 World Championships
- ^ 2014 World Championships
- ^ "2017 ITTF Para Table Tennis World Team Championship Info". International Table Tennis Federation. 8 April 2019.
- ^ "2018 World Championships". International Para Table Tennis Federation. 17 March 2019.
External links
- Para table tennis web page at ITTF web site