ITTF Mixed Team World Cup 2025: Indian squad, schedule, format, live streaming info
The ITTF Mixed Team World Cup is set to be held at the Sichuan Gymnasium in Chengdu, China, from November 30 to December 7.
Commonwealth Games double gold medallist Manika Batra, alongside Asian Games bronze medallist Manav Thakkar will lead an eight-member Indian contingent.
In addition to Manika and Manav, Olympian Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is also a part of the Indian squad set to compete in Chengdu.
It is the third edition of the tournament but this one is more significant as the mixed team format will make its debut at the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.
Indian table tennis team: Manav Thakkar, Akash Pal, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Payas Jain, Manika Batra, Diya Chitale, Yashaswini Ghorpade, Swastika Ghosh.
Where to watch the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup?
The ITTF Mixed Team World Cup will be streamed live for free on the ITTF World YouTube channel in India. The ITTF Mixed Team World Cup will not be telecast live on any TV channel in India.
India’s group-stage schedule (Timings in IST)
November 30, Sunday: 2:30 p.m. onwards – India vs Croatia
December 1, Monday: 9:30 a.m. onwards – India vs Japan
December 2, Tuesday: 9:30 a.m. onwards – India vs Australia
Overall schedule (Timings in IST)
November 30, Sunday: 8:30 a.m. onwards – Stage 1: Round 1 group matches
December 1, Monday: 7:30 a.m. onwards – Stage 1: Round 2 group matches
December 2, Tuesday: 7:30 a.m. onwards – Stage 1: Round 3 group matches
December 3, Wednesday: 10:30 a.m. onwards – Stage 2: Round 1 group matches
December 4, Thursday: 7:30 a.m. onwards – Stage 2: Round 2 group matches
December 4, Thursday: 2:30 p.m. onwards – Stage 2: Round 3 group matches
December 5, Friday: 10:30 a.m. onwards – Stage 2: Round 4 group matches
December 6, Saturday: 7:30 a.m. onwards – Stage 2: Round 5 group matches
December 6, Saturday: 2:30 p.m. onwards – Stage 2: Round 6 group matches
December 7, Sunday: 7:30 a.m. onwards – Stage 3: Semifinals
December 7, Sunday: 2:30 p.m. – Stage 3: Bronze medal match
December 7, Sunday: 4:30 p.m. – Stage 3: Final
Format
A total of 16 teams have been divided equally into four groups for Stage 1. Top two teams from each group will progress to Stage 2 which will comprise a single pool of eight teams.
Teams that have already faces each other in the first stage will not meet again in Stage 2. Instead, the result of their first-stage encounter will be carried forward. All other teams will play each other once in the second stage, following which the top four move on to the semifinals.
Each tie will follow a first-to-eight games system. All individual matches in a tie will be played in a best-of-three games format. Once a team wins eight games, the tie ends.
The tie will begin with mixed doubles followed by women’s singles and men’s singles. Players who feature in mixed doubles match will not be allowed to play in subsequent singles fixtures. If needed, women’s and men’s doubles matches will be played, with the order of the final two rubbers decided by the captain of the lower-ranked team.
Groups
Group 1: China, Egypt, Hong Kong China, Chile
Group 2: Japan, India, Australia, Croatia
Group 3: South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Sweden, USA
Group 4: Germany, France, Romania, Brazil
Published on Nov 30, 2025