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Here are the Men's Rosters for the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals London 2026

Luke Scotchie
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Updated
April 27, 2026
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Kanak Jha will lead the United States Men's Team at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals London 2026 (Jörg Fuhrmann).

The rosters for all 64 Men’s teams ahead of the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals London 2026 have been confirmed.

Several of the world’s top male players, including Wang Chuqin (China), Hugo Calderano (Brazil) and Truls Moregardh (Sweden) will compete in this year’s tournament, which starts on Tuesday.

The United States, who will compete in Group 14 alongside Singapore, Côte d’Ivoire and Angola, will be led by U.S. Olympian and Borussia Düsseldorf superstar Kanak Jha. He will be joined by Alex Luo and Major League Table Tennis (MLTT) veterans Jishan Liang, Nandan Naresh and Daniel Tran.

The first stage of the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships rosters will be divided into two groups: Stage 1A (Groups 1-2) and Stage 1B (Groups 3-14). Competition for Stage 1B (Groups 3-16) will run from Tuesday through Friday, and Stage 1A will take place on Saturday and Sunday.

Stage 1A will include the top seven seeds in this year’s tournament, as well as England, the event’s host country. All eight countries competing in Stage 1A will advance to the Round of 32 automatically, with competition determining seeding for the Main Draw.

Those eight teams will be joined in the Main Draw by the winners of each Stage 1B group, as well as the six best-finishing second-place teams. The final four spots will be determined by a knockout round between the remaining second-place finishers.

Stage 1A

Group 1

China
  • Wang Chuqin (ITTF Men's Singles No. 1)
  • Lin Shidong (No. 6)
  • Xiang Peng (No. 16)
  • Zhou Qihao (No. 20)
  • Liang Jingkun (No. 21)
Sweden
  • Truls Moregardh (No. 2)
  • Kristian Karlsson (No. 33)
  • Anton Kallberg (No. 34)
  • Elias Ranefur (No. 70)
  • Mattias Karlsson (No. 78)
‍Republic of Korea
  • Jang Woojin (No. 9)
  • An Jaehyun (No. 22)
  • Oh Junsung (No. 31)
  • Kim Jangwon (NR)
  • Lim Yunoh (NR)
England
  • Tom Jarvis (No. 66)
  • Connor Green (No. 173)
  • Samuel Walker (No. 197)
  • Paul Drinkhall (No. 390)
  • Joseph Hunter (No. 660)

Group 2

France
  • Felix Lebrun (No. 4)
  • Alexis Lebrun (No. 12)
  • Simon Gauzy (No. 19)
  • Flavien Coton (No. 23)
  • Thibault Poret (No. 26)
Japan
  • Tomokazu Harimoto (No. 3)
  • Sora Matsushima (No 8)
  • Shunsuke Togami (No. 18)
  • Yukiya Uda (No. 27)
  • Hiroto Shinozuka (No. 30)
Germany
  • Dang Qiu (No. 10)
  • Benedikt Duda (No 13)
  • Patrick Franziska (No. 17)
  • Dimitrij Ovtcharov (No. 24)
  • Andre Bertelsmeier (No. 68)
Chinese Taipei
  • Lin Yun-Ju (No. 7)
  • Feng Yi-Hsin (No. 74)
  • Kuo Guan-Hong (No. 85)
  • Hung Jing-Kai (No. 139)
  • Hsu Hsien-Chia (No. 251)

Stage 1B

Group 3

Denmark
  • Anders Lind (No. 15)
  • Jonathan Groth (No. 44)
  • Martin Andersen (No. 231)
  • Johan Havsteen (No. 673)
  • Tobias Rasmussen (NR)
Madagascar
  • Fabio Rakotoarimanana (No. 178)
  • Antoine Razafinarivo (No. 252)
  • Mamy Rakotoarisoa (No. 498)
  • Setra Rakotoarisoa (No. 582)
Mexico
  • Rogelio Castro (No. 126)
  • Marcos Madrid (No. 225)
  • Jorge Buenrostro (No. 783)
  • Dario Arce (No. 912)
Mongolia
  • Temuulen Myandal (No. 538)
  • Ankhbayar Bilguun (No. 884)
  • Manlaijargal Munkh-Ochir (No. 909)
  • Enkhtuguldur Bodisuren (NR)
  • Bat Orgil Lodoidamba (NR)

Group 4

Brazil
  • Hugo Calderano (No. 5)
  • Leonardo Iizuka (No. 129)
  • Guilherme Teodoro (No. 148)
  • Felipe Arado (No. 161)
Hungary
  • Csaba Andras (No. 72)
  • Balazs Lei (No. 221)
  • David Szantosi (No. 278)
  • Adam Szudi (No. 469)
Puerto Rico
  • Angel Naranjo (No. 147)
  • Steven Moreno (No. 282)
  • Enrique Rios (No. 288)
  • Jabdiel Torres (No. 504)
Uzbekistan
  • Shokhrukh Iskandarov (No. 417)
  • Diyorbek Dilshodov (No. 434)
  • Sarvarbek Gulomov (No. 553)
  • Zokhid Kenjaev (NR)
  • Jamshchid Rakhimberganov (NR)

Group 5

Slovenia
  • Darko Jorgic (No. 14)
  • Deni Kozul (No. 94)
  • Peter Hribar (No. 337)
  • Bojan Tokic (No. 359)
  • Miha Podobnik (No. 584)
Czechia
  • Lubomir Jancarik (No. 40)
  • Ondrej Kveton (No. 427)
  • Radim Moravek (No. 648)
  • Pavel Sirucek (No. 804)
Spain
  • Alvaro Robles (No. 67)
  • Juan Perez (No. 144)
  • Daniel Berzosa (No. 165)
  • Diego Lillo (No. 213)
  • Alberto Lillo (NR)
Bahrain
  • Rashed Rashed (No. 408)
  • Mohamed Saleh (No. 537)
  • Salman Abuhamda (NR)
  • Mohammed Alaali (NR)
  • Husain Murtadha (NR)

Group 6

Portugal
  • Joao Geraldo (No. 54)
  • Marcos Freitas (No. 89)
  • Tiago Apolonia (No. 137)
  • Joao Monteiro (No. 212)
  • Clement Laine (No. 241)
Algeria
  • Mehdi Bouloussa (No. 71)
  • Stephane Ouaiche (No. 134)
  • Milhane Jellouli (No. 229)
  • Maheidine Bella (No. 244)
  • Sami Kherouf (No. 369)
New Caledonia
  • Jeremy Dey (No. 204)
  • Jerome Morisseau (No. 259)
  • Olivier Clouet (No. 294)
  • Emmanuel Bruchard (NR)
Greece
  • Panagiotis Gionis (No. 169)
  • Ioannis Sgourpoulos (No. 303)
  • Georgios Stamatouros (No. 800)
  • Konstantinos Konstantinopoulos (No. 890)

Group 7

India
  • Manav Thakkar (No. 39)
  • Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (No. 42)
  • Manush Shah (No. 51)
  • Harmeet Desai (No. 83)
  • Payas Jain (No. 133)
Slovakia
  • Lubomir Pistej (No. 118)
  • Yang Wang (No. 172)
  • Jakub Zelinka (No. 296)
  • Adam Klajber (No. 934)
Tunisia
  • Wassim Essid (No. 123)
  • Aboubaker Bourass (No. 473)
  • Youssef Aidli (No. 809)
Guatemala
  • Sergio Carrillo (No. 347)
  • Ricardo Gatica (No. 517)
  • Ian Morales (No. 941)
  • Luis Angel Carrillo Turcios (NR)

Group 8

Croatia
  • Tomislav Pucar (No. 28)
  • Andrej Gacina (No. 88)
  • Filip Zeljko (No. 152)
  • Ivor Ban (No. 153)
  • Frane Kojic (No. 372)
Serbia
  • Dimitrij Levajac (No. 304)
  • Uros Ninkovic (No. 567)
  • Nemanja Dilas (No. 680)
  • Zsolt Peto (No. 694)
Luxembourg
  • Luka Mladenovic (No. 80)
  • Mael Van Dessel (No. 403)
  • Gene Wantz (No. 937)
  • Aaron Sahr (No. 1139)
  • Tom Scholtes (No. 1201)
Qatar
  • Mohammed Abdulwahhab (No. 209)
  • Sultan Al-kuwari (No. 444)
  • Abdullah Abdulwahhab (No. 524)
  • Rawad Alnaser (No. 563)
  • Fahed Almughanne (NR)

Group 9

Romania
  • Iulian Chirita (No. 93)
  • Eduard Ionescu (No. 41)
  • Ovidiu Ionescu (No. 146)
  • Darius Movileanu (No. 115)
  • Andrei Istrate (No. 171)
Argentina
  • Horacio Cifuentes (No. 73)
  • Santiago Lorenzo (No. 150)
  • Francisco Sanchi (No. 163)
  • Gaston Alto (NR)
Benin
  • Abdel-Kader Salifou (No. 100)
  • Farouk Salifou (No. 508)
  • Amir Atanda Adou (No. 682)
  • Geoffroy Badokonon (NR)
Peru
  • Felipe Duffoo (No. 520)
  • Carlos Fernandez (No. 541)
  • Rodrigo Hidalgo (NR)

Group 10

Australia
  • Nicholas Lum (No. 35)
  • Finn Luu (No. 45)
  • Aditya Sareen (No. 64)
  • Hwan Bae (No. 81)
New Zealand
  • Dean Shu (No. 114)
  • Timothy Choi (No. 119)
  • Eli Ho (NR)
Morocco
  • Yassine Theophile (No. 275)
  • Marius Benchat (No. 295)
  • Reda Nemras (No. 370)
  • Salim Karam (No. 796)
Korea DPR
  • Ham Yu Song (No. 455)
  • Ri Jong Sik (No. 381)
  • U Tae Ryong (NR)

Group 11

Egypt
  • Omar Assar (No. 32)
  • Youssef Abdelaziz (No. 58)
  • Mohamed Elbeiali (No. 142)
  • Mahmoud Helmy (No. 170)
  • Badr Mostafa (No. 189)
Kazakhstan
  • Kirill Gerassimenko (No. 59)
  • Alan Kurmangaliyev (No. 162)
  • Iskender Kharki (No. 267)
  • Aidos Kenzhigulov (No. 344)
  • Sanzhar Zhubanov (No. 412)
Thailand
  • Thitaphat Preechayan (No. 280)
  • Phakpoom Sanguansin (No. 725)
  • Sarayut Tancharoen (No. 726)
Türkiye
  • Abdullah Yigenler (No. 151)
  • Ibrahim Gunduz (No. 199)
  • Gorkem Ocal (No. 226)
  • Ziver Gunduz (NR)
  • Haan Isik (NR)

Group 12

Poland
  • Milosz Redzimski (No. 46)
  • Maciej Kubik (No. 156)
  • Marek Badowski (No. 182)
  • Mateusz Zalewski (No. 184)
  • Szymon Kolasa (No. 366)
Chile
  • Gustavo Gomez (No. 106)
  • Eusebio Vos (No. 235)
  • Felipe Olivares (No. 671)
Tahiti
  • Alize Belrose (NR)
  • Hugo Gendron (NR)
  • Kenji Hotan (NR)
Moldova
  • Vladislav Ursu (No. 92)
  • Andrei Putuntica (No. 207)
  • Denis Terna (No. 639)
  • Veniamin Dubrovin (No. 1204)

Group 13

Austria
  • Daniel Habesohn (No. 122)
  • Andreas Levenko (No. 181)
  • Robert Gardos (No. 206)
  • Maciej Kolodziejczyk (No. 297)
  • Zhenlong Liu (No. 326)
Italy
  • John Oyebode (No. 135)
  • Matteo Mutti (No. 175)
  • Tommaso Giovannetti (No. 274)
  • Danilo Faso (No. 317)
Malaysia
  • Wong Qi Shen (No. 179)
  • Choong Javen (No. 526)
  • Hong Yu Tey (No. 688)
Togo
  • Elias Agbodjan (No. 273)
  • Kokou Fanny (No. 594)
  • Kossi Akakpo (No. 641)
  • Atarou Assou (No. 644)
  • Abdoulmadjid Tchassama (NR)

Group 14

United States
  • Kanak Jha (No. 29)
  • Nandan Naresh (No. 157)
  • Jishan Liang (No. 190)
  • Daniel Tran (No. 570)
  • Alex Luo (No. 716)
Singapore
  • Quek Izaac (No. 136)
  • Pang Koen (No. 168)
  • Chua Josh (No. 198)
  • Le Ellsworth (No. 281)
  • Tan Nicholas (No. 334)
Côte d’Ivoire
  • Oba Kizito Oba (No. 494)
  • Ben Moussa Dosso (No. 522)
  • Jean Pierre Bayala (No. 626)
  • Amontchi Hobbah (NR)
  • Odilon Vanie (NR)
Angola
  • Delcio Cassule (No. 514)
  • Elizandro Andre (No. 518)
  • Domingos Manuel (No. 634)

Group 15

Hong Kong
  • Wong Chun Ting (No. 50)
  • Chan Baldwin (No. 76)
  • Lam Siu Hang (No. 95)
  • Yiu Kwan To (No. 194)
  • Kwan Man Ho (No. 222)
Nigeria
  • Quadri Aruna (No. 48)
  • Matthew Kuti (No. 193)
  • Olajide Omotayo (No. 211)
  • Taiwo Mati (No. 238)
  • Muizz Adegoke (No. 331)
South Africa
  • Luke Abrahams (No. 224)
  • Chetan Nathoo (No. 261)
  • Cuten Lodewyk (No. 382)
  • Liam Beukes (No. 386)
Saudi Arabia
  • Abdulaziz Bu Shulaybi (No. 236)
  • Ali Alkhadrawi (No. 245)
  • Salem Alsuwailem (No. 430)
  • Khalid Alshareif (No. 548)
  • Abdulrahman Al Taher (No. 559)

Group 16

Canada
  • Eugene Wang (No. 110)
  • Edward Ly (No. 124)
  • Simeon Martin (No. 350)
  • Laurent Jutras-Vigneault (No. 441)
  • Matteo Martin (NR)
Belgium
  • Adrien Rassenfosse (No. 52)
  • Cedric Nuytinck (No. 104)
  • Martin Allegro (No. 121)
  • Laurens Devos (No. 176)
  • Florent Lambiet (No. 264)
Cameroon
  • Ylane Batix (No. 96)
  • Abdoulaye Mohamed (No. 384)
  • Simon Ebode (No. 385)
Fiji
  • Joshua Yee (No. 292)
  • Guojin Loo (NR)
  • Qi Wang (NR)
  • Vicky Wu (NR)
  • Zhang Zirui (NR)