On the evening of May 27th, Beijing time, the ITTF announced the results of the election for the venues of the World Table Tennis Championships from 2026 to 2029. The details are as follows:
2026 Team: London, United Kingdom;
2027 Individual: Astana, Kazakhstan;
2028 Team: Fukuoka, Japan;
2029 Singles: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
As for China (city to be determined), it lost the competition to host the 2029 World Table Tennis Championships Singles, while Brazil is about to host its first World Table Tennis Championships, which is also a historic moment for Latin American table tennis. Brazilian world champion Hugo and others immediately paid attention to and reposted this news.
Friends who follow table tennis know that the World Championships have a long history, having started as early as 1926, nearly a century ago. They originated in Europe and spread to Asia, so these are the two continents that have hosted the World Table Tennis Championships the most times.
In the early years, the American team was also a powerful force in the world table tennis arena, winning many World Table Tennis Championships and medals, but later, with the development of the times, it gradually declined, so the World Table Tennis Championships were not held in the Americas for a long time, until 2021 when they were held in Houston. As for Africa and Oceania, almost no one was interested.
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After the 2025 World Table Tennis Championships in Doha, the ITTF held a council meeting on 26 May to discuss the countries and cities that will host the next few World Table Tennis Championships. According to convention, even-numbered years will feature two team events, while odd-numbered years will feature five individual events. London, England, has already been chosen to host the 2026 championships. which was also the city where the first World Table Tennis Championships were held, and it is very moving to see it return after a hundred years.
In the competition for the venues for the next three competitions, China participated in the competition for the 2029 singles competition, with Ma Long, Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen and their predecessors Xu Yinsheng and Liu Guoliang participating in the recording of a video campaign, but unfortunately, they were ultimately unsuccessful.
As mentioned earlier, the 2029 World Table Tennis Championships will ultimately be held in Brazil, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, which hosted the 2016 Summer Olympics. As for 2027, it will be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, and in 2028, it will be held in Fukuoka, Japan. These two cities hosted the Asian Table Tennis Championships and the Finals last year, respectively, and both have a certain amount of experience.
In recent years, the influence of table tennis has been spreading worldwide. Brazil, a football powerhouse, has produced world champion Hugo, and countries such as Kazakhstan are also becoming increasingly enthusiastic about hosting the event. The decision to host the World Table Tennis Championships is undoubtedly a positive one.
Let’s look forward to these four World Table Tennis Championships!
