2011 Table Tennis World Cup

The 2015 World Table Tennis Championships will take place in Suzhou, China
from 26th April to 3rd May 2015.

The Chinese Table Tennis Association and the Suzhou government are the hosts and organisers for the 2015 World Championships whilst QOROS are the title sponsor of the event.

The competition will be played in the east coast city of Suzhou, China under the auspices and authority of the International Table Tennis Federation, at the Suzhou International Expo Centre from .

The Opening Ceremony will be held on Saturday 25th April from 14:00 - 15:00 hours at the Grand Theatre of Suzhou Culture and Arts Centre, which is 300 metres from the Suzhou International Expo Centre.

So let's take a closer look at this event...

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Did you know that the World Table Tennis Championships are now...

Separate competitions

The first took place in 1926 in London, England. However, since the year 2000, the Championship has been split into two separate competitions.

Team events are now held in even numbered years, whilst individual events (singles and doubles) are held in odd numbered years.

So 2015 is the year for the individual events to be contested.

Events included in 2015

The 2015 World Table Tennis Championships events are...

• Men's Singles - for the St Bride Vase
• Women's Singles - for the Geist Prize
• Men's Doubles - for the Iran Cup
• Women's Doubles - for the W. J. Pope Trophy
• Mixed Doubles - for the Heydusek Prize

The St. Bride Vase was donated by C.Corti Woodcock in 1929, a member of the exclusive St. Bride Table Tennis Club in London, in honour of Fred Perry winning the title at the 1929 World Championships in Budapest.

The Geist Prize was donated in 1931 by Dr. Gaspar Geist, President of the Hungarian TTA.

The Iran Cup was presented at the 1947 World Championships by the Shah of Iran.

The W.J. Pope Trophy was donated in 1948 by W.J. Pope of England who was the ITTF Honorary General Secretary.

The Heydusek Cup was donated in 1948 by Zdenek Heydusek, Secretary of the Czechoslovakia Association.