Just a week before the opening, preparations for the 2022 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals are being finalized. More than 250 athletes will be out in force across the 10 days of table tennis action.

Excitement is building in the city of Chengdu for the only international sports event hosted in China this year; following the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Participants will arrive on Monday 26 September, via special flights chartered by the ITTF.

Before the competition starts, a draw ceremony will take place on Wednesday 28 September. Men’s teams will be drawn into seven groups, women’s into six groups. Placement in the groups will be based on the ITTF World Team Ranking.

Play commences on Friday 30 September and takes place in two stages, a group phase organized on the round robin principle followed by a knockout. A team match is the best of 5 matches with each individual match being the best of 5 games.

Overall, 16 teams in each of the men’s and women’s events qualify for the knockout stage; play starts on Wednesday 5 October. Teams finishing in the first position in each group will be drawn in the seeded positions; the second placed team will be drawn randomly against a group winner or into unfilled seeded positions; additional places will be filled by the highest-ranked third-place group finishers.

The women’s and men’s finals will take place on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 October respectively. Winning teams receive gold medals as well as the commemorative Swaythling and Marcel Corbillon Cups, runners-up will be presented with silver medals, and losing semi-finalists will receive bronze medals.

The 2022 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals Chengdu will be broadcast in over 120 countries and will also be the first-ever edition produced in 4K for the Chinese market. 

A dedicated website was launched today with all information to follow the action in Chengdu: https://worldtabletennis.com/teamseventInfo?eventId=2535 

MEN’S TEAMS:
Australia: LEE Yonghun, LUU Finn, LUM Nicholas, CHAMBERS Dillon
Belgium: ALLEGRO Martin, DEVOS Laurens, LAMBIET Florent, NUYTINCK Cédric, RASSENFOSSE Adrien
Brazil: CALDERANO Hugo, ISHIY Vitor, JOUTI Eric
Canada: LY Edward, WANG Ze Xuan, XU David
China: FAN Zhendong, LIANG Jingkun, LIN Gaoyuan, MA Long, WANG Chuqin
Chinese Taipei: CHUANG Chih-Yuan, HUANG Yan-Cheng, LIAO Cheng-Ting, LIN Yun-Ju, PENG Wang-Wei
Croatia: BAN Ivor, GACINA Andrej, PUCAR Tomislav, ZELJKO Filip
Czech Republic: KOLDAS Tomas, POLANSKY Tomas, VALENTA Jan
Denmark: ANDERSEN Martin, CHRISTENSEN Thor, LIND Anders, RASMUSSEN Tobias
Egypt: ABDELAZIZ Youssef, EL-BEIALY Mohamed, SALEH Ahmed, SHOUMAN Mohamed
England: MCBEATH David, PITCHFORD Liam, WALKER Samuel
France: LEBESSON Emmanuel, LEBRUN Alexis, LEBRUN Felix, ROLLAND Jules
Germany: DUDA Benedikt, MENG Fanbo, QIU Dang, STUMPER Kay, WALTHER Ricardo
Hong Kong, China: LAM Siu Hang, LI Hon Ming, NG Pak Nam, WONG Chun Ting, YIU Kwan To
Hungary: ECSEKI Nandor, LAKATOS Tamas, MAJOROS Bence, SZUDI Adam
India: DESAI Harmeet, GNANASEKARAN Sathiyan, SHAH Manush Utpalbhai, SHETTY Sanil, THAKKAR Manav Vikash
Iran: ALAMIAN Nima, ALAMIYAN Noshad, AMIRI NIA Soroosh, HODAEI Seyedamirhossein, NOROOZI Afshin
Japan: HARIMOTO Tomokazu, NIWA Koki, OIKAWA Mizuki, TOGAMI Shunsuke, YOKOTANI Jo
Kazakhstan: GERASSIMENKO Kirill, KENZHIGULOV Aidos, KURMANGALIYEV Alan, ZHOLUDEV Denis
Mexico: ARCE Dario, GOMEZ Juan Jesus, MADRID Marcos, VILLA José
Poland: GRELA Artur, KUBIK Maciej, KULCZYCKI Samuel, REDZIMSKI Miłosz
Portugal: APOLÓNIA Tiago, FREITAS Marcos, GERALDO João, MONTEIRO João
Puerto Rico: AFANADOR Brian, GONZALEZ Daniel, NARANJO Angel  
Republic of Korea: AN Jaehyun, CHO Daeseong, CHO Seungmin, HWANG Minha, JANG Woojin
Romania: IONESCU Eduard, IONESCU Ovidiu, PLETEA Cristian, SZOCS Hunor
Saudi Arabia: ALIM Azzam, ALKHADRAWI Ali, ALSHAREIF Khalid, ALSUWAILEM Salem, BU SHULAYBI Abdulaziz
Singapore: BEH Kun Ting, CHEW Zhe Yu Clarence, PANG Yew En Koen, QUEK Yong Izaac, WONG Andy
Slovakia: KLAJBER Adam, WANG Yang, ZELINKA Jakub
Slovenia: CVETKO Tilen, HRIBAR Peter, JORGIĆ Darko, KOŽUL Deni
Sweden: FALCK Mattias, KÄLLBERG Anton, KARLSSON Kristian, MOREGARD Truls, PERSSON Jon
Thailand: PASSARA Pattaratorn, SANGUANSIN Phakpoom, TANCHAROEN Sayayut
United States of America: ALTO Earl, LEVINSKI Mishel, LIANG Jishan
Uzbekistan: ANORBOEV Abdulaziz, ISKANDAROV Shokhrukh, KENJAEV Zokhid, KHOLIKOV Elmurod

WOMEN’S TEAMS:
Brazil: TAKAHASHI Bruna, TAKAHASHI Giulia, WATANABE Laura
Canada: NIE Jiayi, LIAO Ivy, HUANG Hui, LIU Crystal
China: CHEN Meng, CHEN Xingtong, SUN Yingsha, WANG Manyu, WANG Yidi
Chinese Taipei: CHEN Szu-Yu, CHENG I-Ching, HUANG Yi-Hua, LI Yu-Jhun, LIU Hsing-Yin
Czech Republic: MATELOVA Hana, SEVCIKOVA Marketa, TOMANOVSKA Katerina
Egypt: ABDELRAZEK Yousra, ALHODABY Mariam, GODA Hana, MESHREF Dina
France: CHASSELIN Pauline, LUTZ Charlotte, PAVADE Prithika, YUAN Jia Nan
Germany: HAN Ying, KAUFMANN Annett, MITTELHAM Nina, SHAN Xiaona, WINTER Sabine
Hong Kong, China: DOO Hoi Kem, LEE Ho Ching, NG Wing Lam, SOO Wai Yam Minnie, ZHU Chengzhu
Hungary: HARTBRICH Leonie, MADARASZ Dora, NAGYVARADI Mercedes
India: AKULA Sreeja, BATRA Manika, CHITALE Diya Parag, GHOSH Swastika, TENNISON Reeth
Iran: ASHTARI Mahshid, HAJILOU Parinaz, RAHIMI Elina, SAFAEI Shima, SHAHSAVARI Neda
Italy: ARLIA Nicole, PICCOLIN Giorgia, VIVARELLI Debora
Japan: HAYATA Hina, ITO Mima, KIHARA Miyuu, NAGASAKI Miyu, SATO Hitomi
Luxembourg: BARBOSA Ariel, DE NUTTE Sarah, GONDERINGER Tessy, NI Xia Lian
Malaysia: LYNE Karen, CHANG Li Sian Alice, HO Ying, TEE Ai Xin
Mexico: BARCENAS Clio, COSSIO Arantxa, GUTIERREZ Lourdes, SILVA Yadira
Poland: BAJOR Natalia, PARTYKA Natalia, WEGRZYN Anna, WEGRZYN Katarzyna
Portugal: SHAO Jieni, MATOS Ines, YU Fu
Puerto Rico: DIAZ Adriana, DIAZ Melanie, RIOS Daniely
Republic of Korea: JEON Jihee, KIM Hayeong, KIM Nayeong, LEE Zion, YOON Hyobin
Romania: CIOBANU Irina, DIACONU Adina, DRAGOMAN Andreea, SAMARA Elizabeta, SZOCS Bernadette
Singapore: GOI Rui Xuan, WONG Xin Ru, ZENG Jian, ZHANG Wanling, ZHOU Jingyi
Slovakia: BALÁŽOVÁ Barbora, KUKULKOVÁ Tatiana, LABOŠOVÁ Ema
South Africa: EDWARDS Lailaa, KALAM Musfiquh, MAPHANGA Zodwa, PATEL Danisha
Sweden: BERGAND Filippa, BERGSTRÖM Linda, HANSSON Matilda, KÄLLBERG Christina
Thailand: PARANANG Orawan, SAWETTABUT Jinnipa, SAWETTABUT Suthasini
United States of America: JALLI Sarah, KE Tiffany, LIN Yi-Shiuan, ZHANG Lily
Uzbekistan: ERKEBAEVA Asel, KHADJIEVA Rozalina, MADALIEVA Sugdiyona, MAGDIEVA Markhabo