Today saw the World Team Table Tennis Championships 2016 final take place in Kuala Lumpur, in front of a fully packed out 12,000 seat arena on the 6th March! Absolutely incredible scenes in Malaysia the crowd were electric making the encounter between China and Japan thrilling! Full results and videos below:


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China are the 2016 World Team Champions Photo by: ITTF Flickr

The full China Women's team included Liu Shiwen, Ding Ning, Li Xiaoxia, Zhu Yuling, and Chen Meng. The full Japanese squad consisted of Ai Fukuhara, Kasumi Ishikawa, Mima Ito, Misako Wakamiya and Yui Hamamoto. The final of the World Team Championships saw Liu Shiwen, Li Xiaoxia and Ding Ning take on Ai Fukuhara, Kasumi Ishikawa and Mima Ito.

Full results and videos below:

Match 1: Liu Shiwen vs Ai Fukuhara


Match 2: Li Xiaoxia vs Kasumi Ishikawa


Match 3: Ding Ning vs Mima Ito


Highlights of the FINAL!


Photos from the women's final - via ITTF World Flickr

- The crowd enjoying every minute!

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- Li Xiaoxia victorious after a close encounter against Kasumi Ishikawa!

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- Ding Ning versus rising star Mima Ito!

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- TEAM CHINA, Champions!

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Congratulations to TEAM CHINA winning the World Team Championships! For all the latest news, results, videos and to follow all the action from the World Team Championships click here. To catch up on all the latest highlighted matches from the World Team Champs visit the TTD Video Library.

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