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World Team Championships 2024

16 to 25 February 2024BEXCO, Busan, South Korea

Champions

Women's team champions

China

Beat Japan 3-2 in the final

Men's team champions

China

Beat France 3-0 in the final

How it was won

China won both titles at the World Team Championships in Busan. The men beat France 3-0 in the final, with wins for Wang Chuqin, Fan Zhendong and Ma Long. The women beat Japan 3-2 after trailing 2-1, when Hina Hayata beat Chen Meng and Miu Hirano beat Wang Yidi; Sun Yingsha and Chen then won the last two matches.

China's men came closest to losing in the semi-finals, where South Korea led 2-1 after Jang Woojin beat Wang and Lee Sang Su beat Ma 3-2. Fan and Wang won the last two matches. France reached the final by beating Chinese Taipei 3-1, and Chinese Taipei had knocked out the second seeds, Germany, 3-0 in the quarter-finals.

Matches

  1. Men's team, finalChinaFrance 30

Times are UK time. Times are approximate: matches can start late or run over, so a match may not have started when its time passes. Tap a played match for point by point. Order of play and results from World Table Tennis.

The draw

Seeds shown in grey. Times are UK time. Times are approximate. Scroll sideways to follow each round.

Last 32

1ChinaCHN
BYEBYE
AustriaAUT2
ThailandTHA3
BrazilBRA3
HungaryHUN1
BYEBYE
5South KoreaKOR
8FranceFRA
BYEBYE
LuxembourgLUX0
PortugalPOR3
SwedenSWE3
SlovakiaSVK2
BYEBYE
3GermanyGER
4Chinese TaipeiTPE
BYEBYE
ItalyITA0
IndiaIND3
PolandPOL3
SingaporeSGP0
BYEBYE
6Hong KongHKG
7RomaniaROU
BYEBYE
ChileCHI0
EgyptEGY3
MalaysiaMAS1
CroatiaCRO3
BYEBYE
2JapanJPN

Last 16

1ChinaCHN3
ThailandTHA0
BrazilBRA1
5South KoreaKOR3
8FranceFRA3
PortugalPOR0
SwedenSWE0
3GermanyGER3
4Chinese TaipeiTPE3
IndiaIND1
PolandPOL1
6Hong KongHKG3
7RomaniaROU3
EgyptEGY0
CroatiaCRO0
2JapanJPN3

Quarter-finals

1ChinaCHN3
5South KoreaKOR0
8FranceFRA3
3GermanyGER2
4Chinese TaipeiTPE2
6Hong KongHKG3
7RomaniaROU0
2JapanJPN3

Semi-finals

1ChinaCHN3
8FranceFRA0
6Hong KongHKG0
2JapanJPN3

Final

1ChinaCHN3
2JapanJPN2

Official draw from World Table Tennis, updated 10 November, 02:29.