The ITTF World Table Tennis Championship Finals 2023, is all set to take place very soon, check out the full schedule, how to watch live and other event details in Durban
Going into the competition, the People’s Republic of China are currently the defending champions in four of the five events.
ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Durban 2023, schedule, date, time, venue, live stream
China’s national table tennis team departed on Thursday for the 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Durban, South Africa. The Finals will kick off from May 20 to 28 and the draw ceremony will be held on May 18. Good luck, #TeamChina!#TableTennis #pingpong #卓球 pic.twitter.com/OnlxIoEnnZ
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2023 ITTF WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS@DurbanICC@SportArtsKZN
The draw for the 2023 ITTF WORLD TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS FINALS taking place in Durban, KZN#WorldTableTennisChampionships#WTTC pic.twitter.com/HgOgUSNYYi— Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (@SportArtsCultur) May 18, 2023
2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals（GMT+2）
5/20
25:50 MD-R64
T8 宇田/戸上-Marcos MADRID🇲🇽/Jishan LIANG🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/bmwzMFMfQp— xRu🍀🏹 (@5j6m6xxxR) May 19, 2023
The 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals will take place in Durban, South Africa, from 20 – 28 May.
So far, Chinese athletes have won the singles world titles at every edition of the competition ever since 2003. Sweden are the favourites to beat China having lost out in the final during the last two editions.
The upcoming competition in Durban will feature around 600 athletes across five events. The five events are:
- Men’s singles
- Women’s singles
- Men’s doubles
- Women’s doubles
- Mixed doubles
While Sweden’s Kristian Karlsson/Mattias Falck are the reigning men’s doubles champions, China are the defending champions in the rest.
2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals full schedule
Given below is the full schedule for the 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships with all timings times listed in local South Africa Standard Time (UTC +2 hours):
| Saturday 20 May | |
| Sessions begin at 10:00, 13:30, 18:30 | Men’s singles round of 128 |
| Women’s singles round of 128 | |
| Men’s doubles round of 64 | |
| Women’s doubles round of 64 | |
| Mixed doubles round of 64 | |
| Sunday 21 May | |
| Sessions begin at 10:00, 13:30, 18:30 | Men’s singles round of 128 |
| Women’s singles round of 128 | |
| Men’s doubles round of 64 | |
| Women’s doubles round of 64 | |
| Mixed doubles round of 64 | |
| Monday 22 May | |
| Sessions begin at 11:00, 13:30, 18:30 | Men’s singles round of 64 |
| Women’s singles round of 64 | |
| Men’s doubles round of 32 | |
| Women’s doubles round of 32 | |
| Mixed doubles round of 32 | |
| Tuesday 23 May | |
| Sessions begin at 11:00, 13:30, 18:30 | Men’s singles round of 64 |
| Women’s singles round of 64 | |
| Men’s doubles round of 16 | |
| Women’s doubles round of 16 | |
| Mixed doubles round of 16 | |
| Wednesday 24 May | |
| Sessions begin at 11:00, 13:30, 18:30 | Men’s singles round of 32 |
| Women’s singles round of 32 | |
| Men’s doubles round of 16 | |
| Women’s doubles round of 16 | |
| Mixed doubles quarter-finals | |
| Thursday 25 May | |
| Sessions begin at 11:00, 13:30, 18:30 | Men’s singles round of 16 |
| Women’s singles round of 16 | |
| Men’s doubles quarter-finals | |
| Women’s doubles quarter-finals | |
| Mixed doubles semi-finals | |
| Friday 26 May | |
| 13:00 | Mixed doubles final |
| 14:00 | Men’s singles quarter-finals, women’s singles quarter-finals, men’s doubles semi-finals, women’s doubles semi-finals |
| 18:30 | Men’s singles quarter-finals, women’s singles quarter-finals |
| Saturday 27 May | |
| 13:00 | Women’s singles semi-finals |
| 14:30 | Men’s doubles final |
| 17:00 | Men’s singles semi-finals |
| 18:30 | Women’s doubles final |
| Sunday 28 May | |
| 13:00 | Women’s singles final |
| 14:00 | Men’s singles final |
2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships how to watch live
Fans can watch all the matches in the upcoming 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships live on the World Table Tennis live stream and through the ITTF’s broadcast partners globally.
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