The 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships were held in Tokyo from 28 April to 5 May 2014.[1] The Championships was staged in Japan for the seventh time and was the 52nd edition of the team competition.
The first division (Championship Division) comprised 24 teams.[3] The top eighteen teams of the first division and the top two teams of the second division at the 2012 World Team Championships were guaranteed a place in the competition. The other four spots were based on the latest ITTF Computer World Team Ranking before the Championships.