# 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships

The 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championships was held in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia from 28 February to 6 March 2016.

## Seeding

The top sixteen teams of the first division and the top two teams of the second division at the 2014 World Team Championships were guaranteed a place in the first division, along with the top six placed teams in the world rankings not already qualified.
| Qualification | Men's team | Women's team |
| Top sixteen in 2014 | China Germany Chinese Taipei Japan Austria South Korea Portugal Singapore  Greece Croatia Poland Sweden France Russia Ukraine North Korea | China Japan Singapore Hong Kong North Korea Romania Germany Netherlands  Ukraine South Korea Belarus Chinese Taipei Hungary Poland Czech Republic Austria |
| Top two of the 2nd Division in 2014 | England Italy | Brazil Sweden |
| ITTF World Team Ranking | Hong Kong Belarus Denmark Czech Republic Romania Malaysia | Russia Spain Thailand France United States Malaysia |

## Schedule

Five individual events were contested. Qualification rounds were held from 26–27 April.
* Rounds in Main Draw
* Finals
| Date | 28 February | 29 February | 1 March | 2 March | 3 March | 4 March | 5 March | 6 March |
| Men's team | GS | GS | GS | GS | 1/8 final | QF | SF | F |
| Women's team | GS | GS | GS | GS | 1/8 final, QF | QF, SF | SF | F |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | England (ENG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's team details | China Fan Zhendong Fang Bo Ma Long Xu Xin Zhang Jike | Japan Kenta Matsudaira Jun Mizutani Koki Niwa Yuya Oshima Maharu Yoshimura | South Korea Jang Woo-jin Jeong Sang-eun Joo Sae-hyuk Jung Young-sik Lee Sang-su |
| Men's team details | China Fan Zhendong Fang Bo Ma Long Xu Xin Zhang Jike | Japan Kenta Matsudaira Jun Mizutani Koki Niwa Yuya Oshima Maharu Yoshimura | England Alan Cooke (coach) Paul Drinkhall Liam Pitchford Sam Walker |
| Women's team details | China Chen Meng Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen Zhu Yuling | Japan Ai Fukuhara Yui Hamamoto Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito Misako Wakamiya | North Korea Cha Hyo-sim Kim Song-i Ri Mi-gyong Ri Myong-sun |
| Women's team details | China Chen Meng Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen Zhu Yuling | Japan Ai Fukuhara Yui Hamamoto Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito Misako Wakamiya | Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu Cheng Hsien-tzu Cheng I-ching Lin Chia-hui Liu Hsing-yin |

## Results
### Men's team

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | China | 3 | | |
| | | Sweden | 0 | | |
| Croatia | 0 | Sweden | 0 | | |
| Sweden | 3 | | | | |
| Sweden | 3 | | | China | 3 |
| | | | | South Korea | 0 |
| North Korea | 0 | | | South Korea | 0 |
| Portugal | 3 | | | | |
| Portugal | 3 | Portugal | 1 | | |
| | | South Korea | 3 | | |
| | | | | | | China | 3 |
| | | | | | | Japan | 0 |
| | | Japan | 3 | | | | |
| | | Hong Kong | 1 | | | | |
| Austria | 1 | Hong Kong | 1 | | | | |
| Hong Kong | 3 | | | | | | |
| Hong Kong | 3 | | | Japan | 3 | | |
| | | | | England | 1 |
| Poland | 2 | | | England | 1 |
| England | 3 | | | | |
| England | 3 | England | 3 | | |
| | | France | 2 | | |

### Women's team

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | China | 3 | | |
| | | Netherlands | 0 | | |
| Austria | 2 | Netherlands | 0 | | |
| Netherlands | 3 | | | | |
| Netherlands | 3 | | | China | 3 |
| | | | | Chinese Taipei | 0 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | | | Chinese Taipei | 0 |
| Ukraine | 2 | | | | |
| Ukraine | 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | | |
| | | Hong Kong | 2 | | |
| | | | | | | China | 3 |
| | | | | | | Japan | 0 |
| | | Singapore | 2 | | | | |
| | | North Korea | 3 | | | | |
| Romania | 0 | North Korea | 3 | | | | |
| North Korea | 3 | | | | | | |
| North Korea | 3 | | | North Korea | 1 | | |
| | | | | Japan | 3 |
| South Korea | 0 | | | Japan | 3 |
| Germany | 3 | | | | |
| Germany | 3 | Germany | 0 | | |
| | | Japan | 3 | | |