Competitions
How the WTT tour, the World Championships, the Olympics and national events work, and how to play your first tournament
CompetitionsBrazilian Table Tennis Championships: categories and formatHow Brazil's national table tennis championships work: the CBTM, age and rating categories, the group and knockout format, ranking points and who can enterCompetitionsHow to enter your first table tennis tournamentHow to enter a table tennis tournament: finding events near you, membership and registration, what to bring and what tournament day is likeCompetitionsProfessional table tennis leagues: the biggest around the worldThe top professional table tennis leagues: China Super League, Germany's Bundesliga, Japan's T.League, France's Pro A, India's UTT and MLTT in the USCompetitionsTable tennis at the LA 2028 OlympicsTable tennis at LA 2028: the six events, the return of doubles, the new mixed team event, dates, the LA Convention Center venue and how qualifying worksCompetitionsTable tennis at the Pan American GamesTable tennis at the Pan Am Games: when it started, the seven events, the all-time medal table, Team USA's results and the stars of Santiago 2023CompetitionsTable tennis at Paris 2024: winners and highlightsParis 2024 table tennis results: podiums in all 5 events, Fan Zhendong's gold, Félix Lebrun's bronze and Hugo Calderano's historic fourth placeCompetitionsTable tennis at Tokyo 2020: winners and highlightsTokyo 2020 table tennis results: podiums in all 5 events, Ma Long's second singles gold and Japan's mixed doubles upset in the event's debutCompetitionsTable tennis tournament formats: knockout, round robin and groupsTable tennis tournament formats compared: single elimination, double elimination, round robin and groups plus knockout, with tiebreak rulesCompetitionsTable Tennis World Cup: how it works and who has wonHow the ITTF Table Tennis World Cup works: 48 players, groups of three and a knockout, who qualifies, recent winners and Hugo Calderano's 2025 titleCompetitionsUSATT ratings explained: how your rating goes up and downHow USATT table tennis ratings work: the point exchange chart, expected wins vs upsets, how unrated players get a first rating and rating vs rankingCompetitionsWhat is the ITTF? The International Table Tennis FederationWhat the ITTF is, what ITTF stands for, when it was founded, what it does (rules, ranking, Worlds, approved equipment) and how it relates to WTT and USATTCompetitionsWhat is WTT? The World Table Tennis tour explainedWhat WTT (World Table Tennis) is, how it relates to the ITTF, and how the tour levels work: Grand Smash, Champions, Contender, Feeder and FinalsCompetitionsWorld Table Tennis Championships: history, format and hostsHow the World Table Tennis Championships work: held since 1926, the events and trophies, the format, the odd/even year split and upcoming hostsCompetitionsWorld Team Championships: the Swaythling and Corbillon CupsHow the World Team Table Tennis Championships work: order of play, number of teams, the Swaythling and Corbillon Cups and who has won mostCompetitionsWTT Finals: who qualifies and how the season finale worksHow the WTT Finals work in table tennis: who qualifies, how many players, the knockout format, ranking points and every host city since 2021CompetitionsWTT Grand Smash explainedWhat a WTT Grand Smash is in table tennis, where they are held, draw sizes, ranking points and why they are called the Grand Slams of ping pong