How to watch: World Team Table Tennis Championships on BBC

World number one Wang Chuqin in action for China at the World Team Table Tennis Championships 2026 [Getty Images]

The 2026 World Team Table Tennis Championships semi-finals and finals take place in London this weekend - and you can follow the action live on the BBC.

The men's and women's team events reach the final four at OVO Arena Wembley on Saturday, after eleven days of group-stage and knockout competition which started with 64 nations competing.

China will be aiming to continue their near total dominance of the sport as their men's and women's teams each attempt to make it 12 titles out of a possible 13 this century.

The event returns to London 100 years after the first World Table Tennis Championships which took place at the Memorial Hall in Farringdon Street in 1926.

Huge upsets needed to end China's dominance

China's men's team have won the past eleven titles at the World Team Table Tennis Championships and have not suffered a defeat since 2000 when they lost in the final to Sweden.

World number one Wang Chuqin led them to a 3-0 victory over South Korea in Friday's quarter-final to set up a tough semi-final against France.

Alex and Felix Lebrun, who won bronze medals in the team event at the last Olympics, were in impressive form for the French as they overcame Brazil to confirm a repeat of the final from the last World Championships.

In the other semi-final, Japan will take on Chinese Taipei who recorded a big upset against top seeds Sweden, winning 3-2 in their quarter-final.

Although China remain heavy favourites to lift the Swaythling Cup - the winners' trophy in London - their opponents may take some encouragement from their surprise defeats in the group stage by Sweden and South Korea.