# 2023 World Table Tennis Championships

The 2023 World Table Tennis Championships was the 57th edition of World Table Tennis Championships and held in Durban, South Africa.
It was the first such event set to be held in Africa since 1939 Championship held in Egypt.

## Bid

South Africa was chosen as host after defeating Düsseldorf, Germany by 90 to 39 votes.

## Schedule

The tournament was played over nine days.
| Date | 20 May | 21 May | 22 May | 23 May | 24 May | 25 May | 26 May | 27 May | 28 May |
| Men's singles | R128 | R128 | R64 | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F |
| Women's singles | R128 | R128 | R64 | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F |
| Men's doubles | R64 | R64 | R32 | R16 | R16 | QF | SF | F | |
| Women's doubles | R64 | R64 | R32 | R16 | R16 | QF | SF | F | |
| Mixed doubles | R64 | R64 | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | F | | |

## Medal summary
### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Fan Zhendong | Wang Chuqin | Liang Jingkun |
| Men's singles details | Fan Zhendong | Wang Chuqin | Ma Long |
| Women's singles details | Sun Yingsha | Chen Meng | Hina Hayata |
| Women's singles details | Sun Yingsha | Chen Meng | Chen Xingtong |
| Men's doubles details | Wang Chuqin Fan Zhendong | Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon | Lee Sang-su Cho Dae-seong |
| Men's doubles details | Wang Chuqin Fan Zhendong | Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon | Dimitrij Ovtcharov Patrick Franziska |
| Women's doubles details | Chen Meng Wang Yidi | Shin Yu-bin Jeon Ji-hee | Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu |
| Women's doubles details | Chen Meng Wang Yidi | Shin Yu-bin Jeon Ji-hee | Miyu Nagasaki Miyuu Kihara |
| Mixed doubles details | Wang Chuqin Sun Yingsha | Hina Hayata Tomokazu Harimoto | Wong Chun-ting Doo Hoi Kem |
| Mixed doubles details | Wang Chuqin Sun Yingsha | Hina Hayata Tomokazu Harimoto | Kuai Man Lin Shidong |

### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 2 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |

## Participating nations

A total of 306 players from 59 nations participated. China, Germany, Japan, and South Korea had a maximum of five players for each singles event, four players for each doubles event.
| Nation | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total number of players |
| Algeria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Argentina | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Australia | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Austria | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Belgium | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Brazil | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Canada | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Chile | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| China | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Denmark | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Egypt | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| England | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Spain | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| France | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Germany | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Greece | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Hungary | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| India | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Iran | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Italy | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| Japan | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| South Korea | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Luxembourg | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Mexico | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Mauritius | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Portugal | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Qatar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Romania | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 |
| South Africa | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Senegal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Singapore | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Serbia | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Sweden | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Thailand | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Turkey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| United States | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Wales | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 126 | 125 | 116 | 106 | 118 | 306 |
| Nations | 48 | 45 | 40 | 37 | 36 | 59 |