# 2021 World Table Tennis Championships

The 2021 World Table Tennis Championships was held in Houston, United States from 23 to 29 November. It was the 56th edition of the championships and the first time the competition was held in the United States. Houston became the host by beating Agadir, Morocco in 2019.
The International Table Tennis Federation originally planned regional and continental stage events for the qualification purpose of the Championships finals in Houston. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no regional and continental stage events were held before the Championships finals. The ITTF decided the qualifications were mainly based on the world rankings published on 8 June (week 23) and 25 June (week 24). Six member associations (China, Japan, Chinese Taipei, Germany, South Korea and Hong Kong) were eligible to have five entries in singles events and four players in doubles events (with a maximum of two combined pairs with another member association).
Five individual events were contested. All events were played as a single-elimination tournament. The first round of singles events had 128 places and doubles events had 64 places. Singles matches were best of seven games and doubles matches were best of five. Reigning champions Ma Long, Liu Shiwen and Xu Xin did not defend their titles at the event as China opted to send younger players in preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

## Schedule

The 2021 World Championships was scheduled for seven days. Draws took place on 21 November.
| Date | 23 Nov | 24 Nov | 25 Nov | 26 Nov | 27 Nov | 28 Nov | 29 Nov |
| Men's singles | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | QF | SF | F |
| Women's singles | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | QF | SF | F |
| Men's doubles | | R1 | R2 | R3 | QF | SF | F |
| Women's doubles | | R1 | R2 | R3 | QF | SF | F |
| Mixed doubles | R1 | | R2 | R3 | QF | SF, F | |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (United States)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 4 | 1 | 5.5 | 10.5 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Luxembourg (LUX) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | United States (USA)* | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Fan Zhendong | Truls Möregårdh | Liang Jingkun |
| Men's singles details | Fan Zhendong | Truls Möregårdh | Timo Boll |
| Women's singles details | Wang Manyu | Sun Yingsha | Chen Meng |
| Women's singles details | Wang Manyu | Sun Yingsha | Wang Yidi |
| Men's doubles details | Mattias Falck Kristian Karlsson | Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon | Liang Jingkun Lin Gaoyuan |
| Men's doubles details | Mattias Falck Kristian Karlsson | Jang Woo-jin Lim Jong-hoon | Yukiya Uda Shunsuke Togami |
| Women's doubles details | Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu | Mima Ito Hina Hayata | Chen Meng Qian Tianyi |
| Women's doubles details | Sun Yingsha Wang Manyu | Mima Ito Hina Hayata | Ni Xialian Sarah de Nutte |
| Mixed doubles details | Wang Chuqin Sun Yingsha | Tomokazu Harimoto Hina Hayata | Lin Yun-ju Cheng I-ching |
| Mixed doubles details | Wang Chuqin Sun Yingsha | Tomokazu Harimoto Hina Hayata | Lin Gaoyuan Lily Zhang |