World Champions and Silver Medallists Back in Action in Doha

From May 17 to 25, the Swedish national team will compete at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Doha, Qatar. The event features five disciplines and brings together the world’s top players in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. Singles matches are played best of seven sets, while doubles are best of five.

This marks the 58th edition of the individual World Championships and the first time the tournament is held in Qatar. The country previously hosted the Team World Championships in 2004. The Lusail Multipurpose Hall (with two tables) will serve as the main venue, while the Qatar University Sports Complex (six tables) will be used as a supplementary venue during the first four days.

China continues to dominate the all-time medal standings with an impressive 434 medals, while Sweden holds sixth place with 43. The most recent non-Chinese world champions were Kristian KARLSSON and Mattias FALCK, who captured the men’s doubles title in 2021. In men’s singles, the last non-Chinese champion was Werner SCHLAGER (Austria) in 2003, and in women’s singles, Hyun Jung-Hwa (South Korea) remains the most recent non-Chinese winner, dating back to 1993. Sweden also boasts recent individual success: FALCK won silver in 2019, followed by Truls MÖREGÅRDH’s silver in 2021.

The reigning world champions heading into Doha are:

  • Fan ZHENDONG (men’s singles)
  • Sun YINGSHA (women’s singles)
  • Wang CHUQIN / Fan ZHENDONG (men’s doubles)
  • Chen MENG / Wang YIDI (women’s doubles)
  • Wang CHUQIN / Sun YINGSHA (mixed doubles)

The top seeds at this year’s championships include:

  • Lin SHIDONG (China, men’s singles)
  • Sun YINGSHA (China, women’s singles)
  • Alexis LEBRUN / Félix LEBRUN (France, men’s doubles)
  • Satsuki ODO / Sakura YOKOI (Japan, women’s doubles)
  • Lin SHIDONG / Kuai MAN (China, mixed doubles)

The Swedish team:

  • Truls MÖREGÅRDH
  • Anton KÄLLBERG
  • Mattias FALCK
  • Kristian KARLSSON
  • Linda BERGSTRÖM
  • Stina KÄLLBERG
  • Filippa BERGAND

Mixed doubles:

  • Kristian KARLSSON / Stina KÄLLBERG
  • Mattias FALCK / Linda BERGSTRÖM

Men’s doubles:

  • Truls MÖREGÅRDH / Anton KÄLLBERG
  • Mattias FALCK / Kristian KARLSSON

Women’s doubles:

  • Linda BERGSTRÖM / Stina KÄLLBERG

All players will also compete in singles. The delegation also includes national coach Peter BLOMQVIST, assistant coach Marcus SJÖBERG.

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