How it was won
China won the first Mixed Team World Cup, in Chengdu. There was no final: the title was decided by a round-robin second stage, which China won, with South Korea taking silver and Japan bronze.
The event used a new format in which men and women play in the same team. A tie is made up of a mixed doubles, a women's singles, a men's singles and women's and men's doubles, each played over three games, and the first team to win eight games takes the tie.