Chengdu was praised by ITTF for hosting this competition.
The World Table Tennis Championships, referred to as the "World Table Tennis Championships", was founded by the International Table Tennis Federation, and is called the three major table tennis events in the world together with the Olympic Games and the World Cup. The event is held every two years, in which odd years are individual events and even years are team events. The World Table Tennis Championships have been held in Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Suzhou. In the 56th World Table Tennis Team Championship in 2022, it is estimated that there will be 64 teams (32 men's teams and 32 women's teams) from various countries and regions, with high specifications, high level and large scale.
Chengdu has a very deep mass base of table tennis. In recent years, it also held an international table tennis competition, which won high praise from ITTF and China Table Tennis Association. The China Table Tennis Open held in Chengdu for four consecutive years has become a model of ITTF Tour. Chengdu Division also defeated Tokyo, Incheon, Doha, Qatar, Berlin and other highly competitive cities, becoming the only city in the world to win the "Best Division of the ITTF World Tour" award in 20 16.
20 18 women's table tennis world cup and 20 19 men's and women's table tennis world cup were both held in Chengdu, which fully reflected ITTF's trust in Chengdu. Under this background, with the support of China Table Tennis Association, ITTF was proposed to bid for the 56th World Table Tennis Team Championship in 2022.