DOHA: The International Table Tennis Federation is thrilled to announce the creation of the ITTF Doubles World Cup, a landmark new competition approved by the ITTF Executive Board that will bring Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles together on the world stage. The event will take place in 2027.
The announcement means that every LA28 Olympic table tennis event now has an equivalent on the World Cup stage: the ITTF Men’s and Women’s World Cup covering Singles, the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup, and now the ITTF Doubles World Cup spanning Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles.
At Los Angeles 2028, Men’s Doubles and Women’s Doubles will return to the Olympic programme for the first time since Athens 2004, joining Mixed Doubles, introduced at Tokyo 2020, to complete a full Doubles lineup.
The ITTF Doubles World Cup is the sport’s new premier doubles competition, giving the world’s best doubles players a World Cup stage to call their own.
“Doubles is returning to the Olympic Games, and the ITTF Doubles World Cup is how we rise to meet that moment, giving the world’s best doubles players the World Cup stage they deserve, and building the pathway to Los Angeles. In our centenary year, we are not just celebrating 100 years of table tennis. We are building the next 100,” commented Petra Sörling, ITTF President and IOC Member
