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Olympians Manika Batra, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Manav Thakkar and Harmeet Desai will lead a 10-member Indian contingent at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships 2026 in London, England, on Tuesday.The World Team Table Tennis Championships matches, to be played at the OVO Arena Wembley, will be available to watch on live streaming and live telecast in India.The table tennis tournament features separate men’s and women’s competitions - the Swaythling Cup and the Corbillon Cup, respectively. Each tie consists of up to five singles matches, with the first team to win three rubbers progressing.A total of 64 teams - divided into 16 groups of four - feature in each of the men’s and women’s events.The top two seeded groups, featuring the top seven teams plus hosts England, start in Stage 1a; the remaining teams play in Stage 1b.All eight teams from Stage 1a progress to Stage 2, which features knockout games. However, they still play group games to determine the seedings in the next stage.Meanwhile, from Stage 1b, the 14 group winners and six best second-placed teams qualify for Stage 2.The remaining eight second-placed teams play an extra preliminary round of matches to determine four further qualifiers.The knockout rounds begin from the round of 32, culminating in the finals.India’s men, led by world No. 38 Thakkar, are drawn alongside Slovakia, Tunisia and Guatemala in Group 7 of Stage 1b. The women’s team, spearheaded by world No. 49 Batra, will face Ukraine, Uganda and Rwanda in Group 6 of Stage 1b.The World Team Table Tennis Championships were first staged as a standalone competition in 2000. Since then, the People’s Republic of China have dominated the event.Sweden won the men’s competition in 2000 while Singapore bagged the women’s crown in 2010. China have won all the remaining editions and titles.The World Team Table Tennis Championships 2026 will conclude on May 10.World Table Tennis Championships 2026: India squadMen’s team: Manav Thakkar, Manush Shah, G Sathiyan, Harmeet Desai, Payas JainWomen’s team: Manika Batra, Yashaswini Ghorpade, Diya Chitale, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Syndrela DasWhere to watch World Team Table Tennis Championships 2026 live in IndiaLive streaming of the World Team Table Tennis Championships 2026 will be available on WTT website. The event will be telecast on Eurosport TV channels in India.World Team Table Tennis Championships 2026 scheduleApril 28, TuesdayMen's and women's team groups Round 1April 29, WednesdayMen's and women's team groups Round 1 and 2April 30, ThursdayMen's and women's team groups Round 2 and 3May 1, FridayMen's and women's team groups Round 3Men's and women's team preliminary roundsMay 2, SaturdayMen's and women's team seeding groups Round 1Men's and women's team seeding groups Round 2May 3, SundayMen’s and women’s team seeding groups Round 3May 4, MondayMen’s and women’s team Round of 32May 5, TuesdayMen’s and women’s team Round of 32May 6, WednesdayMen’s and women’s team Round of 16May 7, ThursdayMen’s and women’s team Quarter-finalsMay 8, FridayMen’s and women’s team Quarter-finalsMay 9, SaturdayMen’s and women’s team Semi-finalsMay 10, Sunday
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