Just a week before the opening, preparations for the 2022 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals are being finalised.

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 in to seven groups, women’s in to six groups. Placement in the groups will be based on the ITTF World Team Ranking.

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

Overall, 16 teams in each of the men’s and women’s events qualify for the knockout stage; play starting on Wednesday 5 October. Teams finishing in first position in each group will be drawn in the seeded positions; 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.

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