# Table Tennis World Cup

The Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had only been men's singles until the start of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions were canceled until the relaunch in 2007, and now held in odd-numbered years. The competitions are sanctioned by International Table Tennis Federation and classified as R1 in rating weightings, B2 in bonus weightings in the ITTF world ranking.
In the years 2021-2023, the event has been suspended. A new WTT event, WTT Cup Finals, began in 2021, which is the season-ending championship of the WTT. WTT stated that the winners of the WTT Cup Finals would win the prestigious ITTF World Cup trophies in March 2021, but the winners have been actually presented with WTT Cup Finals specific trophies since the inaugural edition, and the event has been renamed to simply WTT Finals since 2023, making it a pure season-ending event.
ITTF World Cup returned with an innovative Mixed Team format in 2023 in Chengdu, and ITTF Singles World Cup returned in 2024, in Macao, China.

## Competitions
### Men's and women's world cups

For 2024 singles world cup, participants of the competition composed of:
* The World Champion.
* The U19 World Champion.
* The top 4 player from each of the 5 continents' (Africa, Asia, Europe, America and Oceania) Continental Cup. If a continent does not have this tournament scheduled in 2024 prior to the World Cup, player selection will be based on the World Ranking.
* 24 additional players shall be selected from the World Ranking.
* There shall be no more 4 players from an association, except an association with players qualified from items World Champion and U19 World Champion may compete with up to 6 players.
For previous editions, participants of the competition are composed of:
* The current holder of the World Cup.
* The World Champion.
* The champion player or the strongest current player from each of the 6 continents (Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, North America and Oceania).
* 1 player from the host association.
* The top 8 players from the world ranking list.
* 2 wild card selections.
** No more than 2 players from an association unless a third is invited as a wild card.
** If the World Champion and the World Cup title holder is the same player, or the host association has a player qualified as title holder or from the world ranking, the vacancy goes to the next highest eligible player on the world ranking list.

### Team World Cup

* Top 7 associations at the preceding World Team Championships.
* If the team of the host association is not on the top 7 list, the team of the host association and 4 teams from continental federations would be represented at the event.

### Mixed Team World Cup

* 18 teams comprising a minimum of three and maximum of four players per gender.
* Each team shall be accompanied by a non-playing coach.
* Maximum 10 teams, the winners of either the men's or women's competitions at the last continental team championship.
* 1 host team if not already qualified.
* Minimum of 7 teams will be determined based on the qualification and seeding list.

## Playing system
### Men's and women's world cups

The 2024 World Cup was divided into 2 stages:
* The 1st stage, Group stage: The 48 players are divided into 16 equal groups, with all the members of a group playing each other, and the group winners advance towards the 2nd stage.
** The highest-ranked player will be placed in Group 1, the 2nd highest in Group 2, the 3rd highest in Group 3 and the 4th highest in Group 4; the remaining players will be drawn into the other groups using a modified snake system 4 at a time in ranking order. Players from the same association will be drawn into separate groups.
** Matches of 1st stage shall be 4 games (result 4-0, 3-1 or 2-2). Final ranking will be determined in terms of Regulation 3.7.5, excluding match points, and based solely on the ratios of wins to losses first in games and then points, as far as is necessary to resolve the order.
* The 2nd Stage- Knockout:
** The draw for players will be as follows:
*** First-place finisher of Group 1 will be placed in position 1.
*** First-place finisher of Group 2 will be placed in position 16.
*** First-place finishers of Groups 3 and 4 will be drawn into positions 8 and 9.
*** First-place finishers of Groups 5 to 16 will be drawn randomly into the remaining positions.
** Matches of stage 2 shall be the best of 7 games.

### Mixed Team World Cup

There will be a total of 56 matches (32 in Stage 1 + 24 in Stage 2). In stage 1 the teams will be divided into 4 groups (2 groups of 4 and 2 groups of 5), with all the members of a group playing each other.
For stage 1, the highest-ranked team will be placed in Group 1, the 2nd highest in Group 2, the 3rd highest in Group 3 and the 4th highest in Group 4; the remaining teams will be drawn into the groups 2 at a time in seeding order, with the exception teams 17 and 18 will be drawn into groups 3 and 4.
In stage 2, the group winners and runners-up from Stage 1 will compete in a single group with all the members of a group playing each other, with the exception that teams having played each other in stage 1 will not play again, but the results will carry forward.

## Former playing system
### Men's and Women's World Cups

The playing system is determined by the executive committee on recommendation by the competition department. The 2009 World Cup was divided into 3 stages. All matches were the best of 7 games.
* The preliminary stage, Intercontinental Cup: The 4 continental representatives from Africa, Latin America, North America and Oceania compete on a group basis. The winner joins the remaining 15 players in the 1st stage.
* The 1st stage, Group stage: The 16 players are divided into 4 equal groups, with all the members of a group playing each other, and the group winners and runners-up advance towards the 2nd stage.
** The highest-ranked player is placed in Group A, the 2nd highest in Group B, the 3rd highest in Group C and the 4th highest in Group D. The remaining players are drawn into the 4 groups at a time in ranking order.
** If there are 2 players from the same association, they will be drawn into separate groups, but the 3rd player from the same association may be drawn into any group.
* The 2nd stage, Knockout:
** Quarter-finals: 4 quarter finals (Q1-Q4) are arranged according to both the groups and the rankings in the 1st stage. Q1-Q4 are as follows: A1 vs. B2, C1 vs. D2, D1 vs. C2, and B1 vs. A2.
** Semi-finals: the matches are winner of Q1 vs. winner of Q2, and winner of Q3 vs. winner of Q4.
** Winners of semi-finals enter the final, with the losers competing for the third place.

### Team World Cup

All team matches are played as the Olympic system with a maximum of 4 singles and 1 doubles. All individual matches of a team match are the best of 5 games.
* Intercontinental Cup: The 4 teams from continental federations not qualified by their ranking at the preceding World Team Championships shall compete in an Intercontinental Cup played in round-robin.
* Knockout: 7 teams qualified from World Team Championships and the host are seeded, based on latest ITTF World Team Ranking. The winner of the Intercontinental Cup play a match against the lowest seeded of the other 8 teams, other than the host association's team. The winner of this match shall promote to final knockout. The top 4 seeds are separated in different matches in quarter-finals.

## Winners
### ITTF World Cup

| Year | Host city | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1980 | Hong Kong | Guo Yuehua | Li Zhenshi | Josef Dvoracek |
| 1981 | Kuala Lumpur | Tibor Klampár | Xie Saike | Guo Yuehua |
| 1982 | Hong Kong | Guo Yuehua | Mikael Appelgren | Xie Saike |
| 1983 | Barbados | Mikael Appelgren | Jan-Ove Waldner | Erik Lindh |
| 1984 | Kuala Lumpur | Jiang Jialiang | Kim Wan | Ulf Bengtsson |
| 1985 | Foshan | Chen Xinhua | Andrzej Grubba | Jiang Jialiang |
| 1986 | Port of Spain | Chen Longcan | Jiang Jialiang | Kim Wan |
| 1987 | Macao | Teng Yi | Jiang Jialiang | Andrzej Grubba |
| 1988 | Guangzhou & Wuhan | Andrzej Grubba | Chen Longcan | Jiang Jialiang |
| 1989 | Nairobi | Ma Wenge | Andrzej Grubba | Mikael Appelgren |
| 1990 | Chiba | Jan-Ove Waldner | Ma Wenge | Chen Longcan |
| 1991 | Kuala Lumpur | Jörgen Persson | Jean-Philippe Gatien | Jan-Ove Waldner |
| 1992 | Ho Chi Minh City | Ma Wenge | Kim Taek-soo | Yoo Nam-kyu |
| 1993 | Guangzhou | Zoran Primorac | Wang Tao | Wenguan Johnny Huang |
| 1994 | Taipei | Jean-Philippe Gatien | Jean-Michel Saive | Zoran Primorac |
| 1995 | Nimes | Kong Linghui | Jörg Roßkopf | Liu Guoliang |
| 1996 | Nimes | Liu Guoliang | Jan-Ove Waldner | Vladimir Samsonov |
| 1997 | Nimes | Zoran Primorac | Kong Linghui | Vladimir Samsonov |
| 1998 | Shantou | Jörg Roßkopf | Kim Taek-soo | Zoran Primorac |
| 1999 | Xiaolan | Vladimir Samsonov | Werner Schlager | Zoran Primorac |
| 2000 | Yangzhou | Ma Lin | Kim Taek-soo | Wang Liqin |
| 2001 | Courmayeur | Vladimir Samsonov | Wang Liqin | Jörg Roßkopf |
| 2002 | Jinan | Timo Boll | Kong Linghui | Zoran Primorac |
| 2003 | Jiangyin | Ma Lin | Kalinikos Kreanga | Wang Liqin |
| 2004 | Hangzhou | Ma Lin | Kalinikos Kreanga | Wang Hao |
| 2005 | Liège | Timo Boll | Wang Hao | Ma Lin |
| 2006 | Paris | Ma Lin | Wang Hao | Wang Liqin |
| 2007 | Barcelona | Wang Hao | Ryu Seung-min | Wang Liqin |
| 2008 | Liège | Wang Hao | Timo Boll | Ma Long |
| 2009 | Moscow | Vladimir Samsonov | Chen Qi | Ma Long |
| 2010 | Magdeburg | Wang Hao | Zhang Jike | Timo Boll |
| 2011 | Paris | Zhang Jike | Wang Hao | Joo Se-hyuk |
| 2012 | Liverpool | Ma Long | Timo Boll | Vladimir Samsonov |
| 2013 | Verviers | Xu Xin | Vladimir Samsonov | Dimitrij Ovtcharov |
| 2014 | Düsseldorf | Zhang Jike | Ma Long | Timo Boll |
| 2015 | Halmstad | Ma Long | Fan Zhendong | Dimitrij Ovtcharov |
| 2016 | Saarbrücken | Fan Zhendong | Xu Xin | Wong Chun-ting |
| 2017 | Liège | Dimitrij Ovtcharov | Timo Boll | Ma Long |
| 2018 | Paris | Fan Zhendong | Timo Boll | Lin Gaoyuan |
| 2019 | Chengdu | Fan Zhendong | Tomokazu Harimoto | Lin Yun-ju |
| 2020 | Weihai | Fan Zhendong | Ma Long | Tomokazu Harimoto |
| 2024 | Macao | Ma Long | Lin Gaoyuan | Tomokazu Harimoto |
| 2024 | Macao | Ma Long | Lin Gaoyuan | Wang Chuqin |

#### WTT finals

| Year | Host city | Gold | Silver | Semi-finalists |
| 2021 | Singapore | Fan Zhendong | Tomokazu Harimoto | Hugo Calderano |
| 2021 | Singapore | Fan Zhendong | Tomokazu Harimoto | Wang Chuqin |
| 2022 | Xinxiang | Wang Chuqin | Tomokazu Harimoto | Dimitrij Ovtcharov |
| 2022 | Xinxiang | Wang Chuqin | Tomokazu Harimoto | Ma Long |
| 2023 | Doha | Wang Chuqin | Fan Zhendong | Lin Gaoyuan |
| 2023 | Doha | Wang Chuqin | Fan Zhendong | Dang Qiu |

### ITTF World Cup

| Year | Host city | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1996 | Hong Kong | Deng Yaping | Yang Ying | Wang Chen |
| 1997 | Shanghai | Wang Nan | Li Ju | Li Chunli |
| 1998 | Taipei | Wang Nan | Li Ju | Chen-Tong Fei-Ming |
| 2000 | Phnom Penh | Li Ju | Wang Nan | Sun Jin |
| 2001 | Wuhu | Zhang Yining | Kim Hyon-hui | Mihaela Steff |
| 2002 | Singapore | Zhang Yining | Li Nan | Tie Ya Na |
| 2003 | Hong Kong | Wang Nan | Niu Jianfeng | Zhang Yining |
| 2004 | Hangzhou | Zhang Yining | Wang Nan | Tie Ya Na |
| 2005 | Guangzhou | Zhang Yining | Guo Yan | Ai Fukuhara |
| 2006 | Urumqi | Guo Yan | Zhang Yining | Li Jiawei |
| 2007 | Chengdu | Wang Nan | Zhang Yining | Guo Yue |
| 2008 | Kuala Lumpur | Li Xiaoxia | Tie Ya Na | Feng Tianwei |
| 2009 | Guangzhou | Liu Shiwen | Guo Yue | Li Xiaoxia |
| 2010 | Kuala Lumpur | Guo Yan | Jiang Huajun | Guo Yue |
| 2011 | Singapore | Ding Ning | Li Xiaoxia | Tie Ya Na |
| 2012 | Huangshi | Liu Shiwen | Elizabeta Samara | Shen Yanfei |
| 2013 | Kobe | Liu Shiwen | Wu Yang | Feng Tianwei |
| 2014 | Linz | Ding Ning | Li Xiaoxia | Kasumi Ishikawa |
| 2015 | Sendai | Liu Shiwen | Kasumi Ishikawa | Petrissa Solja |
| 2016 | Philadelphia | Miu Hirano | Cheng I-ching | Feng Tianwei |
| 2017 | Markham | Zhu Yuling | Liu Shiwen | Cheng I-ching |
| 2018 | Chengdu | Ding Ning | Zhu Yuling | Cheng I-ching |
| 2019 | Chengdu | Liu Shiwen | Zhu Yuling | Feng Tianwei |
| 2020 | Weihai | Chen Meng | Sun Yingsha | Mima Ito |
| 2024 | Macau | Sun Yingsha | Wang Manyu | Chen Meng |
| 2024 | Macau | Sun Yingsha | Wang Manyu | Miwa Harimoto |

#### WTT finals

| Year | Host city | Gold | Silver | Semi-finalists |
| 2021 | Singapore | Sun Yingsha | Wang Yidi | Chen Meng |
| 2021 | Singapore | Sun Yingsha | Wang Yidi | Hina Hayata |
| 2022 | Xinxiang | Sun Yingsha | Chen Meng | Wang Manyu |
| 2022 | Xinxiang | Sun Yingsha | Chen Meng | Wang Yidi |
| 2023 | Nagoya | Sun Yingsha | Wang Yidi | Chen Meng |
| 2023 | Nagoya | Sun Yingsha | Wang Yidi | Chen Xingtong |

### Men's doubles

| Year | Host city | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1990 | Seoul | Kim Taek-soo Yoo Nam-kyu | Steffen Fetzner Jörg Roßkopf | Andrzej Grubba Leszek Kucharski |
| 1990 | Seoul | Kim Taek-soo Yoo Nam-kyu | Steffen Fetzner Jörg Roßkopf | Ilija Lupulesku Zoran Primorac |
| 1992 | Las Vegas | Kim Taek-soo Yoo Nam-kyu | Andrei Mazunov Dmitrij Mazunov | Steffen Fetzner Jörg Roßkopf |
| 1992 | Las Vegas | Kim Taek-soo Yoo Nam-kyu | Andrei Mazunov Dmitrij Mazunov | Kang Hee-chan Lee Chul-seung |

### Women's doubles

| Year | Host City | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1990 | Seoul | Hong Cha-ok Hyun Jung-hwa | Chai Po Wa Chan Tan Lui | Deng Yaping Hu Xiaoxin |
| 1990 | Seoul | Hong Cha-ok Hyun Jung-hwa | Chai Po Wa Chan Tan Lui | Hong Soon-hwa Lee Tae-joo |
| 1992 | Las Vegas | Deng Yaping Qiao Hong | Hong Cha-ok Hyun Jung-hwa | Chai Po Wa Chan Tan Lui |
| 1992 | Las Vegas | Deng Yaping Qiao Hong | Hong Cha-ok Hyun Jung-hwa | Chen Zihe Gao Jun |

### Men's team

| Year | Host city | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1990 | Chiba City | Sweden Mikael Appelgren Erik Lindh Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner | China Chen Longcan Chen Zhibin Ma Wenge Wei Qingguang Yu Shentong | England Sky Andrew Chen Xinhua Alan Cooke Desmond Douglas |
| 1990 | Chiba City | Sweden Mikael Appelgren Erik Lindh Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner | China Chen Longcan Chen Zhibin Ma Wenge Wei Qingguang Yu Shentong | North Korea Kim Guk-chol Kim Song-hui Ri Gun-sang |
| 1991 | Barcelona | China Ma Wenge Wang Hao (born 1966) Wang Tao Xie Chaojie Zhang Lei | Sweden Peter Karlsson Erik Lindh Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner | France Nicolas Chatelain Damien Éloi Jean-Philippe Gatien Olivier Marmurek |
| 1991 | Barcelona | China Ma Wenge Wang Hao (born 1966) Wang Tao Xie Chaojie Zhang Lei | Sweden Peter Karlsson Erik Lindh Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner | North Korea Choi Kyong-sob Kim Guk-chol Kim Song-hui Ri Gun-sang |
| 1994 | Nimes | China Ding Song Lin Zhigang Liu Guoliang Wang Hao (born 1966) | Sweden Mikael Appelgren Peter Karlsson Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner | Belgium Thierry Cabrera Andras Podpinka Philippe Saive Frederic Sonnet |
| 1994 | Nimes | China Ding Song Lin Zhigang Liu Guoliang Wang Hao (born 1966) | Sweden Mikael Appelgren Peter Karlsson Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner | France Patrick Chila Damien Éloi Jean-Philippe Gatien Christophe Legoût |
| 1995 | Atlanta | South Korea Chu Kyo-sung Kim Bong-chul Kim Taek-soo Lee Chul-seung Yoo Nam-kyu | Germany Steffen Fetzner Peter Franz Richard Prause Jörg Roßkopf | Japan Ichiro Imaeda Kōji Matsushita Toshio Tasaki Ryo Yuzawa |
| 1995 | Atlanta | South Korea Chu Kyo-sung Kim Bong-chul Kim Taek-soo Lee Chul-seung Yoo Nam-kyu | Germany Steffen Fetzner Peter Franz Richard Prause Jörg Roßkopf | United States Jim Butler Cheng Yinghua David Zhuang |
| 2007 | Magdeburg | China Chen Qi Ma Lin Wang Hao (born 1983) Wang Liqin | Hong Kong Cheung Yuk Leung Chu Yan Li Ching | Austria Chen Weixing Robert Gardos Bernhard Presslmayer Werner Schlager |
| 2007 | Magdeburg | China Chen Qi Ma Lin Wang Hao (born 1983) Wang Liqin | Hong Kong Cheung Yuk Leung Chu Yan Li Ching | South Korea Joo Sae-hyuk Lee Jung-sam Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min |
| 2009 | Linz | China Ma Long Qiu Yike Xu Xin Zhang Jike | South Korea Joo Sae-hyuk Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min Yoon Jae-young | Germany Patrick Baum Dimitrij Ovtcharov Bastian Steger Christian Süß |
| 2009 | Linz | China Ma Long Qiu Yike Xu Xin Zhang Jike | South Korea Joo Sae-hyuk Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min Yoon Jae-young | Hong Kong Cheung Yuk Jiang Tianyi Leung Chu Yan Tang Peng Tse Ka Chun |
| 2010 | Dubai | China Hao Shuai Ma Long Wang Hao (born 1983) Xu Xin Zhang Jike | South Korea Jeoung Young-sik Joo Sae-hyuk Lee Jung-woo Oh Sang-eun | Austria Chen Weixing Stefan Fegerl Robert Gardos Daniel Habesohn Werner Schlager |
| 2010 | Dubai | China Hao Shuai Ma Long Wang Hao (born 1983) Xu Xin Zhang Jike | South Korea Jeoung Young-sik Joo Sae-hyuk Lee Jung-woo Oh Sang-eun | Germany Patrick Baum Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth Steffen Mengel |
| 2011 | Magdeburg | China Ma Lin Ma Long Wang Hao (born 1983) Wang Liqin Xu Xin | South Korea Joo Sae-hyuk Kim Min-seok Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min | Germany Patrick Baum Ruwen Filus Dimitrij Ovtcharov Bastian Steger |
| 2011 | Magdeburg | China Ma Lin Ma Long Wang Hao (born 1983) Wang Liqin Xu Xin | South Korea Joo Sae-hyuk Kim Min-seok Oh Sang-eun Ryu Seung-min | Japan Kenta Matsudaira Koki Niwa Kaii Yoshida |
| 2013 | Guangzhou | China Ma Long Wang Hao (born 1983) Wang Liqin Xu Xin Zhang Jike | Chinese Taipei Chen Chien-an Chiang Hung-chieh Chuang Chih-yuan Huang Sheng-sheng Wu Chih-chi | Egypt Khalid Assar Omar Assar Mohamed El-beiali El-sayed Lashin Ahmed Saleh |
| 2013 | Guangzhou | China Ma Long Wang Hao (born 1983) Wang Liqin Xu Xin Zhang Jike | Chinese Taipei Chen Chien-an Chiang Hung-chieh Chuang Chih-yuan Huang Sheng-sheng Wu Chih-chi | Japan Kenta Matsudaira Jun Mizutani Koki Niwa |
| 2015 | Dubai | China Fan Zhendong Fang Bo Ma Long Xu Xin Zhang Jike | Austria Chen Weixing Stefan Fegerl Robert Gardos Daniel Habesohn | Chinese Taipei Chen Chien-an Chiang Hung-chieh Huang Sheng-sheng Wu Chih-chi |
| 2015 | Dubai | China Fan Zhendong Fang Bo Ma Long Xu Xin Zhang Jike | Austria Chen Weixing Stefan Fegerl Robert Gardos Daniel Habesohn | Portugal Tiago Apolónia Marcos Freitas João Geraldo João Monteiro |
| 2018 | London | China Fan Zhendong Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Xu Xin Yu Ziyang | Japan Tomokazu Harimoto Koki Niwa Yuya Oshima Jin Ueda | England Paul Drinkhall Tom Jarvis David McBeath Liam Pitchford Sam Walker |
| 2018 | London | China Fan Zhendong Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Xu Xin Yu Ziyang | Japan Tomokazu Harimoto Koki Niwa Yuya Oshima Jin Ueda | South Korea Jeong Sang-eun Jeoung Young-sik Lee Sang-su Lim Jong-hoon |
| 2019 | Tokyo | China Fan Zhendong Liang Jingkun Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Xu Xin | South Korea Cho Dae-seong Jang Woo-jin Jeoung Young-sik Lee Sang-su Lim Jong-hoon | Chinese Taipei Chen Chien-an Liao Chen-ting Lin Yun-ju Peng Wang-wei Wang Tai-wei |
| 2019 | Tokyo | China Fan Zhendong Liang Jingkun Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Xu Xin | South Korea Cho Dae-seong Jang Woo-jin Jeoung Young-sik Lee Sang-su Lim Jong-hoon | Japan Tomokazu Harimoto Takuya Jin Koki Niwa Maharu Yoshimura |

### Performance by nations in men's world team

| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place |
| China | 10 (1991, '94, 2007, '09, '10, '11, '13, '15, '18, '19) | 1 (1990) | 0 |
| South Korea | 1 (1995) | 4 (2009, '10, '11, '19) | 2 (2007, '18) |
| Sweden | 1 (1990) | 2 (1991, '94) | 0 |
| Japan | 0 | 1 (2018) | 4 (1995, 2011, '13, '19) |
| Germany | 0 | 1 (1995) | 3 (2009, '10, '11) |
| Austria | 0 | 1 (2015) | 2 (2007, '10) |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 (2013) | 2 (2015, '19) |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 1 (2007) | 1 (2009) |
| North Korea | 0 | 0 | 2 (1990, '91) |
| England | 0 | 0 | 2 (1990, 2018) |
| France | 0 | 0 | 2 (1991, '94) |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 (1994) |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 1 (1995) |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 1 (2013) |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 (2015) |

### Women's team

| Year | Host city | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1990 | Chiba City | China Chen Zihe Deng Yaping Gao Jun Qiao Hong | North Korea Li Bun-hui Li Mi-suk Yu Sun-bok | Japan Mika Hoshino Miki Kitsukawa Rika Sato Tomoko Shimonaga |
| 1990 | Chiba City | China Chen Zihe Deng Yaping Gao Jun Qiao Hong | North Korea Li Bun-hui Li Mi-suk Yu Sun-bok | South Korea Hong Cha-ok Hong Soon-hwa Hyun Jung-hwa |
| 1991 | Barcelona | China Chen Zihe Deng Yaping Gao Jun Liu Wei Qiao Hong | South Korea Hong Cha-ok Hong Soon-hwa Hyun Jung-hwa | Japan Mika Hoshino Fumiyo Yamashita-Kaizu Rika Sato |
| 1991 | Barcelona | China Chen Zihe Deng Yaping Gao Jun Liu Wei Qiao Hong | South Korea Hong Cha-ok Hong Soon-hwa Hyun Jung-hwa | North Korea Li Bun-hui Li Mi-suk Yu Sun-bok |
| 1994 | Nimes | Russia Galina Melnik Irina Palina Elena Timina | Germany Christina Fischer Elke Schall Jie Schöpp Nicole Struse | China Wang Chen Wu Na Zhang Ling |
| 1994 | Nimes | Russia Galina Melnik Irina Palina Elena Timina | Germany Christina Fischer Elke Schall Jie Schöpp Nicole Struse | Netherlands Gerdie Keen Mirjam Hooman-Kloppenburg Emily Noor Bettine Vriesekoop |
| 1995 | Atlanta | China Deng Yaping Liu Wei Qiao Hong Qiao Yunping Yang Ying | Romania Otilia Bădescu Emilia Elena Ciosu Georgeta Cojocaru | Hungary Csilla Bátorfi Vivien Ello Krisztina Tóth |
| 1995 | Atlanta | China Deng Yaping Liu Wei Qiao Hong Qiao Yunping Yang Ying | Romania Otilia Bădescu Emilia Elena Ciosu Georgeta Cojocaru | South Korea Kim Moo-kyo Park Hae-jung Park Kyung-ae Ryu Ji-hye |
| 2007 | Magdeburg | China Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia Wang Nan Zhang Yining | South Korea Kim Kyung-ah Kwak Bang-bang Lee Eun-hee Park Mi-young | Hong Kong Lau Sui Fei Lin Ling Tie Ya Na Zhang Rui |
| 2007 | Magdeburg | China Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia Wang Nan Zhang Yining | South Korea Kim Kyung-ah Kwak Bang-bang Lee Eun-hee Park Mi-young | Hungary Li Bin Petra Lovas Georgina Póta Krisztina Tóth |
| 2009 | Linz | China Ding Ning Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen | Singapore Feng Tianwei Zena Sim Kai Xin Sun Beibei Wang Yuegu Yu Mengyu | Hong Kong Jiang Huajun Lau Sui Fei Lin Ling Tie Ya Na Zhang Rui |
| 2009 | Linz | China Ding Ning Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen | Singapore Feng Tianwei Zena Sim Kai Xin Sun Beibei Wang Yuegu Yu Mengyu | Japan Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa |
| 2010 | Dubai | China Ding Ning Guo Yan Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen | Singapore Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Sun Beibei Wang Yuegu Yu Mengyu | South Korea Kim Kyung-ah Park Mi-young Seok Ha-jung Yang Ha-eun |
| 2010 | Dubai | China Ding Ning Guo Yan Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen | Singapore Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Sun Beibei Wang Yuegu Yu Mengyu | Japan Hiroko Fujii Ai Fukuhara Kasumi Ishikawa |
| 2011 | Magdeburg | China Ding Ning Fan Ying Guo Yan Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia | Japan Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa | Hong Kong Jiang Huajun Lee Ho Ching Ng Wing Nam Tie Ya Na Yu Kwok See |
| 2011 | Magdeburg | China Ding Ning Fan Ying Guo Yan Guo Yue Li Xiaoxia | Japan Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa | Singapore Feng Tianwei Li Jiawei Sun Beibei Wang Yuegu Yu Mengyu |
| 2013 | Guangzhou | China Chang Chenchen Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen Wu Yang | Japan Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa | Hong Kong Guan Mengyuan Jiang Huajun Lee Ho Ching Ng Wing Nam Tie Ya Na |
| 2013 | Guangzhou | China Chang Chenchen Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen Wu Yang | Japan Ai Fukuhara Sayaka Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa | Singapore Feng Tianwei Isabelle Li Yee Herng Hwee Yu Mengyu |
| 2015 | Dubai | China Chen Meng Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen Zhu Yuling | North Korea Kim Hye-yong Kim Jong Ri Mi-gyong Ri Myong-sun | Japan Sayaka Hirano Yuka Ishigaki Misaki Morizono |
| 2015 | Dubai | China Chen Meng Ding Ning Li Xiaoxia Liu Shiwen Zhu Yuling | North Korea Kim Hye-yong Kim Jong Ri Mi-gyong Ri Myong-sun | Singapore Feng Tianwei Isabelle Li Lim Eunice Yu Mengyu Zhang Wanling |
| 2018 | London | China Chen Xingtong Ding Ning Liu Shiwen Wang Manyu Zhu Yuling | Japan Hina Hayata Miu Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito | Hong Kong Doo Hoi Kem Lee Ho Ching Mak Tze Wing Ng Wing Nam Minnie Soo |
| 2018 | London | China Chen Xingtong Ding Ning Liu Shiwen Wang Manyu Zhu Yuling | Japan Hina Hayata Miu Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito | North Korea Cha Hyo-sim Choe Hyon-hwa Kim Nam-hee Kim Song-i |
| 2019 | Tokyo | China Chen Meng Ding Ning Liu Shiwen Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu | Japan Miu Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito Hitomi Sato | Chinese Taipei Chen Szu-yu Cheng Hsien-tzu Cheng I-ching Liu Hsing-yin Su Pei-ling |
| 2019 | Tokyo | China Chen Meng Ding Ning Liu Shiwen Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu | Japan Miu Hirano Kasumi Ishikawa Mima Ito Hitomi Sato | South Korea Choi Hyo-joo Jeon Ji-hee Shin Yu-bin Suh Hyo-won Yang Ha-eun |

### Performance by nations in women's world team

| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place |
| China | 11 (1990, '91, '95, 2007, '09, '10, '11, '13, '15, '18, '19) | 0 | 1 (1994) |
| Russia | 1 (1994) | 0 | 0 |
| Singapore | 0 | 2 (2009, '10) | 3 (2011, '13, '15) |
| Japan | 0 | 4 (2011, '13, '18, '19) | 4 (1991, 2009, '10, '15) |
| South Korea | 0 | 2 (1991, 2007) | 3 (1995, 2010, '19) |
| North Korea | 0 | 2 (1990, 2015) | 2 (1991, 2018) |
| Romania | 0 | 1 (1995) | 0 |
| Germany | 0 | 1 (1994) | 0 |
| Hong Kong | 0 | 0 | 5 (2007, '09, '11, '13, '18) |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 3 (1990, '95, 2007) |
| France | 0 | 0 | 1 (1990) |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 1 (1994) |
| Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 (2019) |

### Mixed Team

| Year | Host City | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2023 | Chengdu | China Chen Meng Fan Zhendong Lin Gaoyuan Ma Long Sun Yingsha Wang Chuqin Wang Manyu Wang Yidi | South Korea An Jae-hyun Jang Woo-jin Jeon Ji-hee Kim Na-yeong Lee Sang-su Lee Zi-on Lim Jong-hoon Shin Yu-bin | Japan Miwa Harimoto Tomokazu Harimoto Hina Hayata Miu Hirano Miyuu Kihara Kakeru Sone Shunsuke Togami Ryoichi Yoshiyama |
| 2024 | Chengdu | China Kuai Man Liang Jingkun Lin Gaoyuan Lin Shidong Sun Yingsha Wang Chuqin Wang Manyu Wang Yidi | South Korea An Jae-hyun Cho Dae-seong Jang Woo-jin Jeon Ji-hee Kim Na-yeong Oh Jun-sung Shin Yu-bin Suh Hyo-won | Hong Kong Chan Baldwin Doo Hoi Kem Lam Siu-hang Lee Hoi Man Karen Ng Wing Lam Wong Chun-ting Wong Hoi Tung Yiu Kwan To |
| 2025 | Chengdu | | | |
| 2026 | Chengdu | | | |
| 2027 | Chengdu | | | |