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]

Location of the Championships

Edition	Year	Host	Dates	Nations	Competitors	Most gold medals	Ref
I	1990	Assen	15–21 July	35	226	Germany (14)	[2]
II	1998	Paris	24–30 October	39	292	France (10)	[3]
III	2002	Taipei	15–22 August	45	319	China (8)	[4]
IV	2006	Montreux	22 September–1 October	48	346	China (14)	[5]
V	2010	Gwangju	25 October–3 November	46	296	China (14)	[6]
VI	2014	Beijing	6–15 September	45	304	China (14)	[7]

All-time medal count

1990-2014

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	51	21	18	90
2	France	33	24	43	80
3	Germany	32	18	25	75
4	South Korea	18	20	17	55
5	Poland	10	13	9	32
6	Austria	7	12	12	31
7	Spain	7	5	8	29
8	Czech Republic	6	11	8	25
9	Sweden	5	10	17	32
10	Slovakia	5	9	6	20
11	Netherlands	5	7	8	20
12	Norway	4	5	2	11
13	Japan	3	4	6	13
	Russia	3	4	6	13
15	Hong Kong	3	3	2	8
16	United Kingdom	2	5	9	16
17	Belgium	2	3	7	12
18	Denmark	2	3	2	7
19	Finland	2	2	6	10
20	Serbia	2	1	5	8
21	Chinese Taipei	1	8	9	18
22	Turkey	1	4	4	9
23	Ukraine	1	3	7	11
24	Jordan	1	3	3	7
25	Switzerland	1	2	3	6
26	Israel	1	2	2	5
27	United States	1	1	7	9
28	Mexico	1	1	1	3
29	Croatia	1	0	2	3
30	Italy	0	4	8	12
31	Hungary	0	3	3	6
32	Yugoslavia	0	1	5	6
33	Brazil	0	0	3	3
	Ireland	0	0	3	3
35	Argentina	0	0	2	2
	Slovenia	0	0	2	2
37	Australia	0	0	1	1
	Egypt	0	0	1	1
	Indonesia	0	0	1	1
	Iran	0	0	1	1
	Thailand	0	0	1	1

See also

• International Table Tennis Federation
• Table tennis at the Summer Paralympics
• World Table Tennis Championships

References

1. "One Family, One Sport, the Reality Realised in Korea". ittf.com. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
2. 1990 World Championships
3. 1998 World Championships
4. 2002 World Championships
5. 2006 World Championships
6. 2010 World Championships
7. 2014 World Championships

External links

• Para table tennis web page at ITTF web site