World Para Table Tennis Championships

The World Para Table Tennis Championships are the world championships for para table tennis where athletes with a disability compete. They are organised by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) on a four year rotation with the Paralympic Games (every four years).

The first edition was held in 1990 in Assen, Netherland, the second in 1998, from that the championships was held every four years.^[1]

Location of the Championships

Edition	Year	Host	Dates	Nations	Competitors	Most gold medals
I	1990	Assen	15–21 July	35	226	Germany (14)
II	1998	Paris	24–30 October	39	292	France (10)
III	2002	Taipei	15–22 August	45	319	China (8)
IV	2006	Montreux	22 September–1 October	48	346	China (14)
V	2010	Gwangju	25 October–3 November	46	296	China (14)
VI	2014	Beijing	6–15 September	45	304	China (14)

International table tennis

Olympic Games Youth Olympic Games World Championships World Team Championships World Cup World Tour World Tour Finals World Junior Championships World Para Championships

Africa	ATTF – African Championships All-Africa Games

Asia	ATTU – Asian Championships Asian Cup Euro-Asia Cup Asian Games East Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

Europe	ETTU – European Championships Europe Top-12 Euro-Asia Cup European Youth Championships

Latin America	ULTM – Latin American Championships Latin American Cup Pan-American Games

North America	NATTU – North American Championships Pan-American Games

Oceania	OTTF – Oceania Championships

Others	China vs. World Challenge Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Championships Lusophony Games Universiade

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)