Review
World Champions since 1926
Werner Schlager from Austria was the last non-Chinese World Champion in singles. He took the title in Paris in 2003. In the 1990ies the Swedish men’s team had hot matches against the leading table tennis nation in the world. Will anyone be able to stop the Chinese squad in Düsseldorf?
Hall of fame
From London to Kuala Lumpur
1926
London (ENG)
Men
Team
HUN
Singles
JACOBI Roland (HUN)
Doubles
JACOBI Roland / PECSI Daniel (HUN)
Women
Team
-
Singles
MEDNYANSZKY Maria (HUN)
Doubles
-
Mixed
MECHLOVITS Zoltan / MEDNYANSZKY Maria (HUN)
1928
Stockholm (SWE)
Men
Team
HUN
Singles
MECHLOVITS Zoltan (HUN)
Doubles
LIEBSTER Alfred / THUM Robert (AUT)
Women
Team
-
Singles
MEDNYANSZKY Maria (HUN)
Doubles
MEDNYANSZKY Maria (HUN) / FLAMM Fanchette (AUT)
Mixed
MECHLOVITS Zoltan / MEDNYANSZKY Maria (HUN)
1929
Budapest (HUN)
Men
Team
HUN
Singles
PERRY Fred (ENG)
Doubles
BARNA Victor/SZABADOS Miklos (HUN)
Women
Team
-
Singles
MEDNYANSZKY Maria (HUN)
Doubles
METZGER Erika/RUSTER Mona (GER)
Mixed
KELEN Istvan/SIPOS Anna (HUN)
1930
Berlin (GER)
Men
Team
HUN
Singles
BARNA Victor (HUN)
Doubles
BARNA Victor/SZABADOS Miklos (HUN)
Women
Team
-
Singles
MEDNYANSZKY Maria (HUN)
Doubles
MEDNYANSZKY Maria/SIPOS Anna (HUN)
Mixed
SZABADOS Miklos/MEDNYANSZKY Maria (HUN)
1931
Budapest (HUN)
Men
Team
HUN
Singles
SZABADOS Miklos (HUN)
Doubles
BARNA Victor/SZABADOS Miklos (HUN)
Women
Team
-
Singles
MEDNYANSZKY Maria (HUN)
Doubles
MEDNYANSZKY Maria/SIPOS Anna (HUN)
Mixed
SZABADOS Miklos/MEDNYANSZKY Maria (HUN)
1932
Prag (CZE)
Men
Team
CZE
Singles
BARNA Victor (HUN)
Doubles
BARNA Victor/SZABADOS Miklos (HUN
Women
Team
-
Singles
SIPOS Anna (HUN)
Doubles
MEDNYANSZKY Maria/SIPOS Anna (HUN)
Mixed
BARNA Victor/SIPOS Anna (HUN)
1933
Baden (AUT)
Men
Team
HUN
Singles
BARNA Victor (HUN)
Doubles
BARNA Victor/GLANCZ Sandor (HUN
Women
Team
-
Singles
SIPOS Anna (HUN)
Doubles
MEDNYANSZKY Maria/SIPOS Anna (HUN)
Mixed
KELEN Istvan/MEDNYANSZKY Maria (HUN)
1934
Paris (FRA)
Men
Team
HUN
Singles
BARNA Victor (HUN)
Doubles
BARNA Victor/SZABADOS Miklos (HUN)
Women
Team
GER
Singles
KETTNEROVA Marie (CZE)
Doubles
MEDNYANSZKY Maria/SIPOS Anna (HUN)
Mixed
SZABADOS Miklos/MEDNYANSZKY Maria (HUN)
1935
Wembley (ENG)
Men
Team
HUN
Singles
BARNA Victor (HUN)
Doubles
BARNA Victor/SZABADOS Miklos (HUN)
Women
Team
CZE
Singles
KETTNEROVA Marie (CZE)
Doubles
MEDNYANSZKY Maria/SIPOS Anna (HUN)
Mixed
BARNA Victor/SIPOS Anna (HUN)
1936
Praha (CZE)
Men
Team
AUT
Singles
KOLAR Stanislav (CZE)
Doubles
BLATTNER Robert/Mc CLURE James (USA)
Women
Team
CZE
Singles
AARONS HUGHES Ruth (USA)
Doubles
KETTNEROVA Marie /SMIDOVA Marie (CZE)
Mixed
HAMR Miloslav/KLEINOVA Gertrude (CZE)
1938
Wembley (USA)
Men
Team
HUN
Singles
VANA Bohumil (CZE)
Doubles
Mc CLURE James/SCHIFF Sol (USA)
Women
Team
CZE
Singles
PRITZI Gertrude (AUT)
Doubles
DEPETRISOVA Vlasta/VOTRUBCOVA Vera (CZE)
Mixed
BELLAK Laszlo (HUN)/WOODHEAD Wendy (ENG)
1937
Baden (AUT)
Men
Team
USA
Singles
BERGMANN Richard (AUT)
Doubles
BLATTNER Robert/Mc CLURE James (USA)
Women
Team
USA
Singles
AARONS HUGHES Ruth (USA) and PRITZI Gertrude (AUT) - Co-Champs
Doubles
DEPETRISOVA Vlasta/VOTRUBCOVA Vera (CZE)
Mixed
VANA Bohumil/VOTRUBCOVA Vera (CZE)
1939
Cairo (EGY)
Men
Team
CZE
Singles
BERGMANN Richard (ENG)
Doubles
BARNA Victor/BERGMANN Richard (ENG)
Women
Team
GER
Singles
DEPETRISOVA Vlasta (TCH)
Doubles
BUSSMANN Hilde/PRITZI Gertrude (GER)
Mixed
VANA Bohumil/VOTRUBCOVA Vera (CZE)
1947
Paris (FRA)
Men
Team
CZE
Singles
VANA Bohumil (TCH)
Doubles
SLAR Adolf/VANA Bohumil (TCH)
Women
Team
ENG
Singles
FARKAS Gizella (HUN)
Doubles
FARKAS Gizella (HUN)/PRITZI Gertrude (AUT)
Mixed
SOOS Ferenc/FARKAS Gizella (HUN)
1948
Wembley (ENG)
Men
Team
CZE
Singles
BERGMANN Richard (ENG)
Doubles
STIPEK Ladislav/VANA Bohumil (TCH)
Women
Team
ENG
Singles
FARKAS Gizella (HUN)
Doubles
FRANKS Margaret/THOMAS-DACE Vera (ENG)
Mixed
MILES Richard/THALL Thelma (USA)
1949
Stockholm (SWE)
Men
Team
HUN
Singles
LEACH Johnny (ENG)
Doubles
ANDREADIS Ivan TOKAR Frantisek (CZE)
Women
Team
USA
Singles
FARKAS Gizella (HUN)
Doubles
FARKAS Gizella (HUN)/ELLIOT Helen (SCO)
Mixed
SIDO Ferenc/FARKAS Gizella (HUN)
1950
Budapest (HUN)
Men
Team
CZE
Singles
BERGMANN Richard (ENG)
Doubles
SIDO Ferenc/SOOS Ferenc (HUN)
Women
Team
ROU
Singles
ROZEANU Angelica (ROU)
Doubles
BEREGI Dora (ENG)/ELLIOT Helen (SCO)
Mixed
SIDO Ferenc/FARKAS Gizella (HUN)
1951
Wien (AUT)
Men
Team
CZE
Singles
LEACH Johnny (ENG)
Doubles
ANDREADIS Ivan/VANA Bohumil (CZE)
Women
Team
ROU
Singles
ROZEANU Angelica (ROU)
Doubles
ROWE Diane/ROWE Rosalind (ENG)
Mixed
VANA Bohumil (CZE)/ROZEANU Angelica (ROU)
1952
Bombay (IND)
Men
Team
HUN
Singles
SATOH Hiroji (JPN)
Doubles
FUJII Norikazu/HAYASHI Tadaki (JPN)
Women
Team
JPN
Singles
ROZEANU Angelica (ROU)
Doubles
NARAHARA Shizuki/NISHIMURA Tomie (JPN)
Mixed
SIDO Ferenc (HUN)/ROZEANU Angelica (ROU)
1953
Bukarest (ROU)
Men
Team
ENG
Singles
SIDO Ferenc (HUN)
Doubles
KOCZIAN Jozsef/SIDO Ferenc (HUN)
Women
Team
ROU
Singles
ROZEANU Angelica (ROU)
Doubles
FARKAS Gizella (HUN)/ROZEANU Angelica (ROU)
Mixed
SIDO Ferenc (HUN)/ROZEANU Angelica (ROU)
1954
Wembley (ENG)
Men
Team
JPN
Singles
OGIMURA Ichiro (JPN)
Doubles
DOLINAR Zarko/HARANGOZO Vilim (YUG)
Women
Team
JPN
Singles
ROZEANU Angelica (ROU)
Doubles
ROWE Diane/ROWE Rosalind (ENG)
Mixed
ANDREADIS Ivan (CZE)/FARKAS Gizella (HUN)
1955
Utrecht (NED)
Men
Team
JPN
Singles
TANAKA Toshiaki (JPN)
Doubles
ANDREADIS Ivan/STIPEK Ladislav (TCH)
Women
Team
ROU
Singles
ROZEANU Angelica (ROU)
Doubles
ROZEANU Angelica/ZELLER Ella (ROU)
Mixed
SZEPESI Kalman/KOCZIAN Eva (HUN)
1956
Tokyo (JPN)
Men
Team
JPN
Singles
OGIMURA Ichiro (JPN)
Doubles
OGIMURA Ichiro/TOMITA Yoshio (JPN)
Women
Team
ROU
Singles
OKAWA Tomie (JPN)
Doubles
ROZEANU Angelica/ZELLER Ella (ROU)
Mixed
KLEIN Erwin/NEUBERGER Leah (USA)
1957
Stockholm (SWE)
Men
Team
JPN
Singles
TANAKA Toshiaki (JPN)
Doubles
ANDREADIS Ivan/STIPEK Ladislav (CZE)
Women
Team
JPN
Singles
EGUCHI Fujie (JPN)
Doubles
MOSSOCZY Livia/SIMON Agnes (HUN)
Mixed
OGIMURA Ichiro/EGUCHI Fujie (JPN)
1959
Dortmund (GER)
Men
Team
JPN
Singles
JUNG KUO-TUAN (CHN)
Doubles
MURAKAMI Teruo/OGIMURA Ichiro (JPN)
Women
Team
JPN
Singles
MATSUZAKI/Kimiyo (JPN)
Doubles
NAMBA Taeko/YAMAIZUMI Kazuko (JPN)
Mixed
OGIMURA Ichiro/EGUCHI Fujie (JPN)
1961
Bejing (CHN)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
CHUANG TSE-TUNG (CHN)
Doubles
HOSHINO Nobuya/KIMURA Koji (JPN)
Women
Team
JPN
Singles
CHIU CHUNG-HUI (CHN)
Doubles
ALEXANDRU Maria/PITICA Georgita (ROU)
Mixed
OGIMURA Ichiro/MATSUZAKI Kimiyo (JPN)
1963
Praha (CZE)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
CHUANG TSE-TUNG (CHN)
Doubles
CHANG SHIH-LIN/WANG CHIH-LIANG (CHN)
Women
Team
JPN
Singles
MATSUZAKI Kimiyo (JPN)
Doubles
MATSUZAKI Kimiyo/SEKI Masako (JPN)
Mixed
KIMURA Koji/ITO Kazuko (JPN)
1965
Ljublijana (YUG)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
CHUANG TSE-TUNG (CHN)
Doubles
CHUANG TSE-TUNG/HSU YIN-SHENG (CHN
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
FUKAZU Naoko (JPN)
Doubles
CHENG MIN-CHIH/LIN HUI-CHING (CHN)
Mixed
KIMURA Koji/SEKI Masako (JPN)
1967
Stockholm (SWE)
Men
Team
JPN
Singles
HASEGAWA Nobuhiko (JPN)
Doubles
ALSER Hans/JOHANSSON Kjell (SWE)
Women
Team
JPN
Singles
MORISAWA Sachiko (JPN)
Doubles
HIROTA Shaeko/MORISAWA Sachiko (JPN
Mixed
HASEGAWA Nobuhiko/YAMANAKA Noriko (JPN)
1969
Munich (GER)
Men
Team
JPN
Singles
ITOH Shigeo (JPN)
Doubles
ALSER Hans/JOHANSSON Kjell (SWE)
Women
Team
URS
Singles
KOWADA Toshiko (JPN)
Doubles
GRINBERG Svetlana RUDNOVA Zoja (URS)
Mixed
HASEGAWA Nobuhiko/KONNO Yasuko (JPN)
1971
Nagoya (JPN)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
BENGTSSON Stellan (SWE)
Doubles
JONYER Istvan/KLAMPAR Tibor (HUN)
Women
Team
JPN
Singles
LIN HUI-CHING (CHN)
Doubles
CHENG MIN-CHIH/LIN HUI-CHING (CHN)
Mixed
CHANG SHIH-LIN/LIN HUI-CHING (CHN)
1973
Sarajewo (YUG)
Men
Team
SWE
Singles
HSI EN-TING (CHN)
Doubles
BENGTSSON Stellan/JOHANSSON Kjell (SWE)
Women
Team
KOR
Singles
HU YU-LAN (CHN)
Doubles
ALEXANDRU Maria (ROU)/HAMADA Miho (JPN)
Mixed
LIANG KO-LIANG/LI LI (CHN)
1975
Kalkutta (IND)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
JONYER Istvan (HUN)
Doubles
GERGELY Gabor/JONYER Istvan (HUN)
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
PAK Yung Sun (PRK)
Doubles
ALEXANDRU Maria (ROU)/TAKAHASHI Shoko (JPN)
Mixed
GOMOZKOV Stanislav/FERDMAN Tatjana (URS)
1977
Birmingham (ENG)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
KOHNO Mitsuru (JPN)
Doubles
LI CHEN-SHIH/LIANG KO-LIANG (CHN)
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
PAK Yung Sun (PRK)
Doubles
PAK Yong Ok (PRK)/YANG Ying (CHN)
Mixed
SECRETIN Jacques/BERGERET Claude (FRA)
1979
Pyongyang (PRK)
Men
Team
HUN
Singles
ONO Seiji (JPN)
Doubles
STIPANCIC Anton/SURBEK Dragutin (YUG)
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
GE Xinai (CHN)
Doubles
ZHANG Deying/ZHANG Li (CHN)
Mixed
XIE Saike/HUANG Junqun (CHN)
1981
Novi Sad (YUG)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
GUO Yuehua (CHN)
Doubles
CAI Zhenhua/LI Zhenshi (CHN)
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
TONG Ling (CHN)
Doubles
CAO Yanhua/ZHANG Deying (CHN)
Mixed
XIE Saike/HUANG Junqun (CHN)
1983
Tokyo (JPN)
Men
Team
-
Singles
GUO Yuehua (CHN)
Doubles
KALINIC Zoran/SURBEK Dragutin (YUG)
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
CAO Yanhua (CHN)
Doubles
DAI Lili/SHEN Jianping (CHN)
Mixed
GUO Yuehua/NI Xialian (CHN
1985
Göteborg (SWE)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
JIANG Jialiang (CHN)
Doubles
APPELGREN Mikael/CARLSSON Ulf (SWE)
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
CAO Yanhua (CHN)
Doubles
DAI Lili/GENG Lijuan (CHN)
Mixed
CAI Zhenhua/CAO Yanhua (CHN)
1987
New-Dehli (IND)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
JIANG Jialiang (CHN)
Doubles
CHEN Longcan WEI Qingguang (CHN)
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
HE Zhili (CHN)
Doubles
HYUN Jung Hwa/YANG Young Ja (KOR)
Mixed
HUI Jun/GENG Lijuan (CHN)
1989
Dortmund (GER)
Men
Team
SWE
Singles
WALDNER Jan-Ove (SWE)
Doubles
FETZNER Steffen/ROSSKOPF Jörg (FRG)
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
QIAO Hong (CHN)
Doubles
DENG Yaping/QIAO Hong (CHN)
Mixed
YOO Nam Kyu/HYUN Jung Hwa (KOR)
1991
Chiba (JPN)
Men
Team
SWE
Singles
PERSSON Jörgen (SWE)
Doubles
VON SCHEELE Thomas/KARLSSON Peter (SWE
Women
Team
KOR
Singles
DENG Yaping (CHN)
Doubles
CHEN Zihe/GAO Jun (CHN)
Mixed
WANG Tao/LIU Wei (CHN)
1993
Goteborg (SWE)
Men
Team
SWE
Singles
GATIEN Jean-Philippe (FRA)
Doubles
LU Lin/WANG Tao (CHN)
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
HYUN Jung Hwa (KOR)
Doubles
LIU Wei/QIAO Yunping (CHN)
Mixed
WANG Tao/LIU Wei (CHN)
1995
Tinajin (CHN)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
KONG Linghui (CHN)
Doubles
LU Lin/WANG Tao (CHN)
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
DENG Yaping (CHN)
Doubles
DENG Yaping/QIAO Hong (CHN)
Mixed
WANG Tao/LIU Wei (CHN)
1997
Manchester (ENG)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
WALDNER Jan-Ove (SWE)
Doubles
KONG Linghui/LIU Guoliang (CHN)
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
DENG Yaping (CHN)
Doubles
DENG Yaping/YANG Ying (CHN)
Mixed
LIU Guoliang/WU Na (CHN)
1999
Eindhoven (NED)
Men
Team
-
Singles
LIU Guoliang (CHN)
Doubles
KONG Linghui/LIU Guoliang (CHN)
Women
Team
-
Singles
WANG Nan (CHN)
Doubles
LI Ju/WANG Nan (CHN)
Mixed
MA Lin ZHANG/Yingying (CHN)
2000
Kuala Lumpur (MAS)
Men
Team
SWE
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Mixed
-
2001
Osaka (JPN)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
WANG Liqin (CHN)
Doubles
WANG Liqin/YAN Sen (CHN)
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
WANG Nan (CHN)
Doubles
LI Ju/WANG Nan (CHN)
Mixed
QIN Zhijian/YANG Ying (CHN)
2003
Paris (FRA)
Men
Team
-
Singles
Werner Schlager (AUT)
Doubles
WANG Liqin/YAN Sen (CHN)
Women
Team
-
Singles
WANG Nan (CHN)
Doubles
WANG Nan/ZHANG Yining (CHN)
Mixed
MA Lin/WANG Nan (CHN)
2004
Doha (QAT)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Mixed
-
2005
Shanghai (CHN)
Men
Team
-
Singles
WANG Liqin (CHN)
Doubles
KONG Linghui/WANG Hao (CHN)
Women
Team
-
Singles
ZHANG Yining (CHN)
Doubles
WANG Nan/ZHANG Yining (CHN)
Mixed
WANG Liqin/GUO Yue (CHN)
2006
Bremen (GER)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Mixed
-
2007
Zagreb (HRV)
Men
Team
-
Singles
WANG Liqin (CHN)
Doubles
CHEN Qi/MA Lin (CHN)
Women
Team
-
Singles
GUO Yue (CHN)
Doubles
WANG Nan/ZHANG Yining (CHN)
Mixed
WANG Liqin/GUO Yue (CHN)
2008
Guangzhou (CHN)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Mixed
-
2009
Yokohama (JPN)
Men
Team
-
Singles
WANG Hao (CHN)
Doubles
WANG Hao/CHEN Qi (CHN)
Women
Team
-
Singles
ZHANG Yining (CHN)
Doubles
GUO Yue/LI Xiaoxia (CHN)
Mixed
Li Ping/CAO Zhen (CHN)
2010
Moscow (RUS)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Women
Team
SIN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Mixed
-
2011
Rotterdam (NED)
Men
Team
-
Singles
ZHANG Jike (CHN)
Doubles
MA Long/XU Xin (CHN)
Women
Team
-
Singles
DING Ning (CHN)
Doubles
GUO Yue/LI Xiaoxia (CHN
Mixed
Zhang Chao/CAO Zhen (CHN)
2012
Dortmund (GER)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Mixed
-
2014
Tokyo (JPN)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Mixed
-
2013
Paris (FRA)
Men
Team
-
Singles
ZHANG Jike (CHN)
Doubles
CHEN Chien-An/CHUANG Chih-Yuan (TPE)
Women
Team
-
Singles
LI Xiaoxia (CHN)
Doubles
GUO Yue/LI Xiaoxia (CHN)
Mixed
KIM Hyok Bong/KIM Jong (PRK)
2015
Suzhou (CHN)
Men
Team
-
Singles
MA Long (CHN)
Doubles
XU Xin/ZHANG Jike (CHN)
Women
Team
-
Singles
DING Ning (CHN)
Doubles
LIU Shiwen/ZHU Yuling (CHN)
Mixed
XU Xin/YANG Haeun (CHN/KOR)
2016
Kuala Lumpur(MAS)
Men
Team
CHN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Women
Team
CHN
Singles
-
Doubles
-
Mixed
-
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