The World Table Tennis Championships (abbreviated as "World Table Tennis Championships" in English) are hosted by the ITTF, and each competition is hosted by the Table Tennis Association authorized by the ITTF, which has a wide influence. The World Table Tennis Championship includes seven events: men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles and mixed doubles, and men's and women's team events. The first session was held in London, England from 1926 to 65438+February, and it was changed to be held every two years from the 25th session of 1959. It is the highest-level world table tennis competition sponsored by the International Table Tennis Federation and has a wide influence. Together with the table tennis World Cup and the Olympic Games, it is called "the three major table tennis events". ?
"1September 2, 972 to1September 3, the first Asian table tennis championship was held in Beijing, China. 3 1 countries and regions sent teams to participate in the competition. In this tournament, China won the women's team and women's singles titles. In order to celebrate this tournament, the General Post Office of the Ministry of Communications issued this set of stamps and issued 1 first day covers, which made the first day covers that had been suspended for six years since the Cultural Revolution reappear. " China won seven titles in the last (46th) World Table Tennis Championships. This achievement enabled China to win a record 90 championships in the history of the World Table Tennis Championships. From 1959, when Rong Guotuan won the first world championship for China, to the end of the 46th World Table Tennis Championships, China * * * won 90 championships, greatly surpassing the second-ranked Hungarian team.
By the end of the last World Table Tennis Championships (46th session), China team had won 13 men's team champion, 12 men's singles champion, 10 men's doubles champion, 14 women's team champion, 14 women's singles champion and 14. Japan won 48 championships in previous World Table Tennis Championships, ranking third; The Czech team won 29 championships and Romania won 20 championships, ranking fourth and fifth respectively.