Nineteen of the top 20 men and most of the top 20 women in the world rankings are heading to London for the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals London 2026 Presented by ACN.
The squad lists are today revealed for the centenary championships at the Copper Box Arena and OVO Arena Wembley, which start in less than three weeks’ time.
And table tennis fans, already anticipating an incredible opportunity to see 64 men’s and 64 women’s teams competing for the top prizes, can now start to plan when they can see their favourite players.
Defending champions China are of course the strongest in terms of world rankings, particularly on the women’s side, where they have the world’s top four players, led by Sun Yingsha, and five of the top eight.
Their nearest challengers are set to be Japan, with whom they have contested the last five team finals. Japan have sprung a major surprise in their team selection, leaving out world No 10 Mima Ito and world No 13 Satsuki Odo. They still have four top-20 players, led by WTT Star Contender London champion Miwa Harimoto. World No 128 Rin Mende, aged 18, is their fifth player.
The other top-20 players selected are Sabine Winter and Ying Han (GER), Shin Yubin (KOR), Adriana Diaz (PUR) and Cheng I-Ching (TPE).
On the men’s side, despite rumours of Fan Zhendong returning to the China line-up, he is not on the list which is headed by world No 1 Wang Chuqin.
The only top-20 player to miss out is Wen Ruibo of China (WR 14) who has been overlooked in favour of world No 23 Zhou Qihao.
Everyone else is there, including world No 2 Truls Moregard, who heads up the Sweden squad, and No 3 Hugo Calderano of Brazil.
Japan have three ranked inside the top 20, led by world No 4 Tomokazu Harimoto, while the Lebrun brothers Felix (WR 6) and Alexis (WR 11) lead a strong French line-up.
Lin Yun-Ju, Jang Woojin and WTT Star Contender London champion Danq Qiu are ranked eight, nine and 10 respectively and are in the squads of Chinese Taipei, Korea Republic and Germany.
The Germans also call on top-20 stars Benedikt Duda and Patrick Franziska, and Korea have No 20 An Jaehyun in their ranks. Anders Lind (Denmark) and Darko Jorgic (Slovenia) are the others from inside the top 20 to be selected by their nations.
Where are the teams playing?
The eight seeded nations, comprising the top seven in the team rankings and hosts England, will be competing at OVO Arena Wembley, starting in Stage 1a from 2 May, so that is the place to head to see those players in action.
The teams competing in Stage 1a are – Men: China, France, Sweden, Japan, Korea Republic, Germany, Chinese Taipei, England; Women: China, Japan, Korea Republic, Germany, Chinese Taipei, France, Romania, England.
There are plenty of exciting players competing at the Copper Box Arena in Stage 1b from 28 April to 1 May, looking to spur their countries to qualify for the knockouts which start at Wembley on 4 May.
World No 3 and World Cup winner Hugo Calderano will lead the Brazil team, while the explosive Anders Lind (WR 16) is sure to be a crowd favourite at the helm of the Denmark team.
Multiple Europe Top 16 champion Darko Jorgic (WR 13) is Slovenia’s spearhead and there are plenty of other players to inspire, including Kanak Jha of the USA, Nigeria’s Quadri Aruna, Omar Assar of Egypt and strong teams from India and Australia, featuring the likes of Manav Thakkar, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Nicholas Lum and Finn Luu.
On the women’s side, Adriana Diaz of Puerto Rico is ranked No 18, Brazil’s Bruna Takahashi is just one place outside the world’s top 20, and there are two of the best teenagers in the world – Egypt’s Hana Goda (WR 22) and Wales and GB’s very own Anna Hursey (WR 33).
With USA, India, Spain and Singapore also boasting players from inside the top 50, there is plenty to enjoy.
Tickets for the Copper Box are only £5 for children and £15 for adults for every session.
Teams in full
Men’s Team
Algeria: Maheidine BELLA, Mehdi BOULOUSSA, Milhane JELLOULI, Sami KHEROUF, Stephane OUAICHE
Angola: Elizandro ANDRE, Delcio CASSULE, Domingos MANUEL
Argentina: Gaston ALTO, Horacio CIFUENTES, Santiago LORENZO, Francisco SANCHI,
Australia: Hwan BAE, Nicholas LUM, Finn LUU, Aditya SAREEN
Austria: Robert GARDOS, Daniel HABESOHN, Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK, Andreas LEVENKO, Zhenlong LIU
Belgium: Martin ALLEGRO, Laurens DEVOS, Florent LAMBIET, Cedric NUYTINCK, Adrien RASSENFOSSE
Benin: Amir Atanda ADOU, Geoffroy BADOKONON, Abdel-Kader SALIFOU, Farouk SALIFOU
Brazil: Felipe ARADO, Hugo CALDERANO, Leonardo IIZUKA, Guilherme TEODORO
Bahrain: Salman ABUHAMDA, Mohammed ALAALI, Husain MURTADHA, Rashed RASHED, Mohamed SALEH
Canada: Laurent JUTRAS-VIGNEAULT, Edward LY, Matteo MARTIN, Simeon MARTIN, Eugene WANG
Chile: Gustavo GOMEZ, Felipe OLIVARES, Eusebio VOS
China: LIANG Jingkun, LIN Shidong, WANG Chuqin, XIANG Peng, ZHOU Qihao
Chinese Taipei: FENG Yi-Hsin, HSU Hsien-Chia, HUNG Jing-Kai, KUO Guan-Hong, LIN Yun-Ju
Cote D’Ivoire: Jean Pierre BAYALA, Ben Moussa DOSSO, Amontchi HOBBAH, Oba Kizito OBA, Odilon VANIE
Cameroon: Ylane BATIX, Simon EBODE, Abdoulaye MOHAMED
Croatia: Ivor BAN, Andrej GACINA, Frane KOJIC, Tomislav PUCAR, Filip ZELJKO
Czechia: Lubomir JANCARIK, Ondrej KVETON, Radim MORAVEK, Pavel SIRUCEK
Denmark: Martin ANDERSEN, Jonathan GROTH, Johan HAVSTEEN, Anders LIND, Tobias RASMUSSEN
Egypt: Youssef ABDELAZIZ, Omar ASSAR, Mohamed ELBEIALI, Mahmoud HELMY, Badr MOSTAFA
England: Paul DRINKHALL, Connor GREEN, Joseph HUNTER, Tom JARVIS, Samuel WALKER
Fiji: Guojin LOO, Qi WANG, Vicky WU, Joshua YEE, ZHANG Zirui
France: Flavien COTON, Simon GAUZY, Felix LEBRUN, Alexis LEBRUN, Thibault PORET
Germany: Andre BERTELSMEIER, Benedikt DUDA, Patrick FRANZISKA, Dimitrij OVTCHAROV, Dang QIU
Greece: Panagiotis GIONIS, Konstantinos KONSTANTINOPOULOS, Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS, Georgios STAMATOUROS
Guatemala: Sergio CARRILLO, Luis Angel CARRILLO TURCIOS, Ricardo GATICA, Ian MORALES
Hong Kong China: CHAN Baldwin, KWAN Man Ho, LAM Siu Hang, WONG Chun Ting, YIU Kwan To
Hungary: Csaba ANDRAS, Balazs LEI, David SZANTOSI, Adam SZUDI
India: Harmeet DESAI, Sathiyan GNANASEKARAN, Payas JAIN, Manush SHAH, Manav THAKKAR
Italy: Danilo FASO, Tommaso GIOVANNETTI, Matteo MUTTI, John OYEBODE
Japan: Tomokazu HARIMOTO, Sora MATSUSHIMA, Hiroto SHINOZUKA, Shunsuke TOGAMI, Yukiya UDA
Kazakhstan: Kirill GERASSIMENKO, Aidos KENZHIGULOV, Iskender KHARKI, Alan KURMANGALIYEV, Sanzhar ZHUBANOV
Korea DPR: HAM Yu Song, RI Jong Sik, U Tae Ryong
Korea Republic: AN Jaehyun, JANG Woojin, KIM Jangwon, LIM Yunoh, OH Junsung
Luxembourg: Luka MLADENOVIC, Aaron SAHR, Tom SCHOLTES, Mael VAN DESSEL, Gene WANTZ
Madagascar: Fabio RAKOTOARIMANANA, Mamy RAKOTOARISOA, Setra RAKOTOARISOA, Antoine RAZAFINARIVO
Morocco: Marius BENCHAT, Salim KARAM, Reda NEMRAS, Yassine THEOPHILE
Malaysia: CHOONG Javen, HONG YU Tey, WONG Qi Shen
Moldova: Veniamin DUBROVIN, Andrei PUTUNTICA, Denis TERNA, Vladislav URSU
Mexico: Dario ARCE, Jorge BUENROSTRO, Rogelio CASTRO, Marcos MADRID
Mongolia: Ankhbayar BILGUUN, Enkhtuguldur BODISUREN, Bat Orgil LODOIDAMBA, Manlaijargal MUNKH-OCHIR, Temuulen MYANDAL
New Caledonia: Emmanuel BRUCHARD, Olivier CLOUET, Jeremy DEY, Jerome MORISSEAU
Nigeria: Muizz ADEGOKE, Quadri ARUNA, Matthew KUTI, Taiwo MATI, Olajide OMOTAYO
New Zealand: Timothy CHOI, Eli HO, Dean SHU
Peru: Felipe DUFFOO, Carlos FERNANDEZ, Rodrigo HIDALGO
Poland: Marek BADOWSKI, Szymon KOLASA, Maciej KUBIK, Milosz REDZIMSKI, Mateusz ZALEWSKI
Portugal: Tiago APOLONIA, Marcos FREITAS, Joao GERALDO, Clement LAINE, Joao MONTEIRO
Puerto Rico: Steven MORENO, Angel NARANJO, Enrique RIOS, Jabdiel TORRES
Qatar: Mohammed ABDULWAHHAB, Abdullah ABDULWAHHAB, Sultan AL-KUWARI, Fahed ALMUGHANNE, Rawad ALNASER
Romania: Iulian CHIRITA, Ovidiu IONESCU, Eduard IONESCU, Andrei ISTRATE, Darius MOVILEANU
Saudi Arabia: Abdulrahman AL TAHER, Ali ALKHADRAWI, Khalid ALSHAREIF, Salem ALSUWAILEM, Abdulaziz BU SHULAYBI
Serbia: Nemanja DILAS, Dimitrije LEVAJAC, Uros NINKOVIC, Zsolt PETO
Singapore: CHUA Josh, LE Ellsworth, PANG Koen, QUEK Izaac, TAN Nicholas
Slovak Republic: Adam KLAJBER, Lubomir PISTEJ, Yang WANG, Jakub ZELINKA
Slovenia: Peter HRIBAR, Darko JORGIC, Deni KOZUL, Miha PODOBNIK, Bojan TOKIC
South Africa: Luke ABRAHAMS, Liam BEUKES, Cuten LODEWYK, Chetan NATHOO
Spain: Daniel BERZOSA, Alberto LILLO, Diego LILLO, Juan PEREZ, Alvaro ROBLES
Sweden: Anton KALLBERG, Mattias KARLSSON, Kristian KARLSSON, Truls MOREGARD, Elias RANEFUR
Tahiti: Alize BELROSE, Hugo GENDRON, Kenji HOTAN
Thailand: Thitaphat PREECHAYAN, Phakpoom SANGUANSIN, Sarayut TANCHAROEN
Togo: Elias AGBODJAN, Kossi AKAKPO, Atarou ASSOU, Kokou FANNY, Abdoulmadjid TCHASSAMA
Tunisia: Youssef AIDLI, Aboubaker BOURASS, Wassim ESSID
Turkiye: Ibrahim GUNDUZ, Ziver GUNDUZ, Hakan ISIK, Gorkem OCAL, Abdullah YIGENLER
USA: Kanak JHA, Jishan LIANG, Alex LUO, Nandan NARESH, Daniel TRAN
Uzbekistan: Diyorbek DILSHODOV, Sarvarbek GULOMOV, Shokhrukh ISKANDAROV, Zokhid KENJAEV, Jamshchid RAKHIMBERGANOV
Women’s Team
Algeria: Tania MORICE, Jade MORICE, Malissa NASRI, Amani TAZEROUTI
Angola: Isabel ALBINO, Kailane SOUSA, Ruth TAVARES
Argentina: Camila ARGUELLES, Ana CODINA, Luciana FRIAS, Alma MARCIAL
Australia: Sanaya BUDDHADASA, Yangzi LIU, Constantina PSIHOGIOS, Jiamuwa WU
Austria: Elina FUCHS, Karoline MISCHEK, Sofia POLCANOVA, Nina SKERBINZ
Barbados: Krystle HARVEY, Kenady KING, Anthonette RILEY
Belgium: Margo DEGRAEF, Lilou MASSART, Julie VAN HAUWAERT
Benin: Lyntia AGUEH, Ziadath AKADIRI, Stecy AMADJI, Madinath YESSOUFOU
Brazil: Victoria STRASSBURGER, Bruna TAKAHASHI, Giulia TAKAHASHI, Laura WATANABE
Canada: Ivy LIAO, Katherine MORIN, Ivy PAN, Mo ZHANG, Sunny ZHANG
Chile: Daniela ORTEGA, Sofia VEGA, Zhiying ZENG
China: CHEN Xingtong, KUAI Man, SUN Yingsha, WANG Manyu, WANG Yidi
Chinese Taipei: CHEN Szu-Yu, CHENG I-Ching, PENG Yu-Han, WU Ying Syuan, YEH Yi-Tian
Congo Democratic: Muteba Peguy DIALUMONA, Kabedi Terfile ILUNGA, Nzangani Nephtalie KINDANDI, Ammadine LITOBAKA
Costa Rica: Maria ARAYA, Victoria Sofia CASTRO SALAS, Amanda JIMENEZ MORAGA, Lucia ZAVALETA
Croatia: Hana ARAPOVIC, Dora COSIC, Ivana MALOBABIC, Andrea PAVLOVIC, Lea RAKOVAC
Czechia: Karin GROFOVA, Hanka KODET, Veronika POLAKOVA, Jana VASENDOVA
Dominican Republic: Eva BRITO, Esmerlyn CASTRO, Yasiris ORTIZ
Egypt: Marwa ALHODABY, Mariam ALHODABY, Farida BADAWY, Hana GODA, Dina MESHREF
England: Tin-Tin HO, Alyssa NGUYEN, Ella PASHLEY, Jasmin WONG, Tianer YU
Ethiopia: Gidey ABRHA, Yordanos DEJENE, Arsema FOGI, Fana FTWI, Feven KINFU
France: Leana HOCHART, Camille LUTZ, Charlotte LUTZ, Prithika PAVADE, Jia Nan YUAN
Germany: Ying HAN, Annett KAUFMANN, Nina MITTELHAM, Yuan WAN, Sabine WINTER
Ghana: Eva ADOM-AMANKWAA, Augustina BAIDOO, Emerald BORTEY, Joanita BORTEYE, Cynthia KWABI
Greece: Elisavet TERPOU, Aikaterini TOLIOU, Dimitra TSEKOURA
Guatemala: Lucia CORDERO, Jenny CUX, Daniela LINARES, Andrea MOSCOSO
Hong Kong China: DOO Hoi Kem, KONG Tsz Lam, LEE Hoi Man, NG Wing Lam, SU Tsz Tung
Hungary: Nora DOHOCZKI, Rebeka NAGY, Judit NAGY, Johanna PETERY
India: Sreeja AKULA, Manika BATRA, Diya CHITALE, Syndrela DAS, Yashaswini GHORPADE
Italy: Nicole ARLIA, Miriam CARNOVALE, Gaia MONFARDINI, Giorgia PICCOLIN, Debora VIVARELLI
Japan: Miwa HARIMOTO, Honoka HASHIMOTO, Hina HAYATA, Rin MENDE, Miyu NAGASAKI
Kazakhstan: Zauresh AKASHEVA, Anel BAKHYT, Zhanerke KOSHKUMBAYEVA, Mariya LUKYANOVA, Sarvinoz MIRKADIROVA
Korea DPR: CHA Su Yong, KIM Kum Yong, PYON Song Gyong
Korea Republic: KIM Nayeong, PARK Gahyeon, SHIN Yubin, YANG Ha Eun, YOO Siwoo
Luxembourg: Sarah DE NUTTE, Xia Lian NI, Melisa SADIKOVIC, Enisa SADIKOVIC
Macau China: CHEONG Chi Hun, CHONG Iok Teng, KUAN Cheok Lam, LEONG On Na, SEAK Hui Li
Madagascar: Edena PREVOT, Harilalao RAHARIJAONA, Hanitra RAHARIMANANA
Malaysia: CHANG Li Sian, HO Ying, LYNE Karen, TEE Ai Xin
Mexico: Marbella ACEVES, Clio BARCENAS, Arantxa COSSIO, Monica MUNOZ
Mongolia: Egshiglen BAT-ERDENE, Bolor-Erdene BATMUNKH, Burenjargal SANJAA, Ankhmaa SER-OD, Baljinnyam UVGUNBURGED
Namibia: Cadence FARMER, Lian GEBAUER, Justina NAMUPOLO
Netherlands: Britt EERLAND, Tanja HELLE, Jie LI, Shuohan MEN
Nigeria: Sukurat AIYELABEGAN, Fatimo BELLO, Ajoke OJOMU, Hope UDOAKA
Poland: Natalia BAJOR, Aleksandra MICHALAK, Katarzyna WEGRZYN, Zuzanna WIELGOS
Portugal: Julia LEAL, Matilde PINTO, Jieni SHAO, Fu YU,
Puerto Rico: Brianna BURGOS, Adriana DIAZ, Edmarie LEON, Kristal MELENDEZ
Romania: Adina DIACONU, Andreea DRAGOMAN, Elizabeta SAMARA, Bernadette SZOCS, Elena ZAHARIA
Rwanda: Chantal HIRWA, Elevine TUMUKUNDE, Mbabazi TWIZERANE
Serbia: Tijana JOKIC, Izabela LUPULESKU, Aneta MAKSUTI, Sabina SURJAN
Singapore: LAI Chloe, LOY Ming Ying, SER Lin Qian, TAN Zhao Yun, ZENG Jian
Slovak Republic: Tatiana KUKULKOVA, Ema LABOSOVA, Barbora VARADY, Dominika WILTSCHKOVA
Slovenia: Lara OPEKA, Katarina STRAZAR, Ana TOFANT, Sara TOKIC
South Africa: Musfiquh KALAM, Danisha PATEL, Jade SASMAN, Rochica SONDAY
Spain: Maria BERZOSA, Camila MOSCOSO, Elvira RAD, Maria XIAO, Sofia-Xuan ZHANG
Sri Lanka: Tamadi Kavindya ALAGIYAWADU, Bimandee BANDARA, Shamalsha HALAWATHAGE, Yoshini JAYAWARDENA, Lesanya KULAPPUWAWADU
Sweden: Nomin BAASAN, Filippa BERGAND, Linda BERGSTROM, Matilda HANSSON, Christina KALLBERG
Switzerland: Fanny DOUTAZ, Enya HU, Rachel MORET, Michelle WU
Thailand: Wanwisa AUEAWIRIYAYOTHIN, Tamolwan KHETKHUAN, Orawan PARANANG, Suthasini SAWETTABUT, Jinnipa SAWETTABUT
Turkiye: Sibel ALTINKAYA, Ece HARAC, Betul Nur KAHRAMAN, Simay KULAKCEKEN, Ozge YILMAZ
Uganda: Judith MIREMBE, Jemimah NAKAWALA, Judith NANGONZI
Ukraine: Tetyana BILENKO, Anastasiya DYMYTRENKO, Veronika MATIUNINA, Margaryta PESOTSKA
USA: Sally MOYLAND, Tashiya PIYADASA, Jessica REYES LAI, Irene YEOH, Lily ZHANG
Uzbekistan: Asel ERKEBAEVA, Arujan KAMALOVA, Adelina KHASANOVA, Mekhriniso NORKULOVA, Diana POLEGAEVA
Wales: Charlotte CAREY, Lowri Elisabeth HURD, Anna HURSEY, Danielle KELLY, Lara WHITTON