The first quarter-finalists are known at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals London 2026 Presented by ACN.

France and Japan men, and China and Japan women, all safely advanced from the Round of 16, while the only seeds to fall were Chinese Taipei women, defeated 3-2 by Hong Kong China.

Japan women, the second seeds, were the first through, the trio of Miwa Harimoto, Honoka Hashimoto and Hina Hayata outclassing Luxembourg’s Sarah De Nutte, Enisa Sadikovic and Ni Xia Lian without dropping a game.

The first men’s team through were eighth seeds Chinese Taipei. On paper, they had a tough tie against No 9 ranked Denmark, and the matches were well contested before Chinese Taipei went through 3-0.

Feng Yi-Hsin edged out Jonathan Groth having fought back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 (5-11, 5-11, 11-7, 11-8, 13-11) on his third match point. Lin Yun-Ju then recovered from losing the first game to Anders Lind to win in four, and it was also four for Kuo Huan-Hong against Tobias Rasmussen.

China men, seeded five, fell behind to Romania as Eduard Ionescu defeated the out-of-form Liang Jingkun 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-6). But Wang Chuqin beat Iulian Chirita 5, 10, 5 and Lin Shidong got past Ovidiu Ionescu 9, 6, 4 to put China in front, and it was then 3-1 (11-8, 8-11, 11-3, 11-4) for Wang against Eduard Ionescu.

The shock result was the last match to finish in the first set of four and saw Hong Kong China send Chinese Taipei out of the tournament.

Doo Hoi Kem beat Peng Yu-Han 3-1 (11-3, 10-12, 11-7, 11-8) to put Hong Kong in front, but Yeh Yi-Tian levelled as she beat Su Tsz Tung 3-2 (9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-7).

Ng Wing Lam won Match 3 for Hong Kong, 3-1 (6-11, 11-2, 15-13, 11-5) against Chen Szu-Yu, but Yeh completed a double by beating Doo 3-2 (11-5, 8-11, 4-11, 1-9, 11-7). It was left to Su to defeat Peng 3-0 (13-11, 11-9, 11-4) to see Hong Kong China home.

In the second set of four matches today, top seeds China women hurried past Sweden 3-0, conceding no more than seven points in any of the nine games. Wang Manyu was particularly severe on Christina Kallberg in Match 2, winning 11-5, 11-0, 11-3.

Seventh seeds Korea Republic women needed four matches against Singapore, Shin Yubin taking a double including the match-clinching 3-1 (10-12, 11-5, 11-9, 11-8) result against  Zeng Jian.

Kazakhstan men, host nation of the Worlds next year, took the first match off fourth seeds Japan as Kirill Gerassimenko upset Sora Matsushima 3-1 (5-11, 11-8, 14-12, 11-7), but then saw Japan hit back to take the next three 3-0, including a double for Tomokazu Harimoto, who sealed the result 3-0 (9, 9, 5) against Gerassimenko.

France men defeated Portugal 3-1 in the quarter-finals two years ago, but this time it was 3-0 to the second seeds in the Round of 16. Alexis Lebrun needed four against Tiago Apolonia, as did Flavien Coton over Joao Geraldo, but it was 3-0 for Felix Lebrun against Marcos Freitas.

Eight Round of 16 matches remain in the second session today, including England men versus Brazil at 7.30.