The 2023 World Table Tennis Championships is the 57th World Table Tennis Championships. The final stage of this tournament was held in Durban International Convention Center, South Africa from May 20 to 28, 2023. This is the second time that the World Table Tennis Championships have been held in Cairo, Egypt after 1939.
On May 27th, 2023, Sun Yingsha beat the Japanese player 4:/kloc-0: in the women's singles semi-final, taking the lead in advancing to the final, and Guo Ping locked the women's singles champion in the World Table Tennis Championships ahead of schedule.
On May 28th, 2023, in the women's singles final, Sun Yingsha defeated her teammates 4-2 and won her first world table tennis singles title. The trophy of the women's singles champion in the World Table Tennis Championships is Gi Guest Cup, which was donated by Mr. Gi geist, President of the Hungarian Table Tennis Association.
Prepare for the 2023 World Table Tennis Championships.
On June 28th, 2020, the annual congress of the International Table Tennis Federation was held online for the first time. Durban, South Africa beat Dü sseldorf, Germany, with 90 votes to win the right to host the 2023 World Championships, while the latter won 39 votes. Durban became the second African city to host the World Table Tennis Championships after 1939 Cairo.
On the evening of February 27th, 2023, ITTF announced the final mascot of the 2023 Durban World Table Tennis Championships-hippo "Takuma". On May 30, 2022, the organizing committee of the competition issued the logo of the competition, which adopted the color of the South African flag and incorporated the elements of South Africa's national flower, reflecting the inclusiveness of table tennis to the host country, Africa and the world.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia -2023 World Table Tennis Championships.