China wrapped up the women's group stage at the 2026 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships with a flawless record, sweeping past the Republic of Korea 3-0 without dropping a single game on Sunday in London.

World No. 1 Sun Yingsha set the tone right away, dispatching Kim Na-yeong 11-8, 11-4, 11-5. Wang Yidi followed suit, comfortably crushing Park Ga-hyeon 11-5, 11-6, 11-4. Kuai Man then sealed the overall win for China, overcoming Yoo Si-woo 11-6, 11-9, 11-3.

The dominant performance confirmed China's place on top of Group 1, setting up a clash with Poland to open the knockout phase.

It was a different story, however, on the men's side. China fell to Sweden by a nail-biting final margin of 3-2, marking the team's second defeat in the group stage.

Despite needing to battle through a bleeding hand, World No. 1 Wang Chuqin managed to dominate Sweden's Anton Kallberg 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 in the opening match.

Lin Shidong, making his debut, faced a tough challenge against Elias Ranefur. After dropping the first two games 11-9 and 11-6, he stormed back to claim the next two, only to fall in the decider, squandering a 9-7 lead en route to losing 11-9.

The drama continued as Sweden made a strategic substitution, inserting Olympic silver medalist Truls Moregard against Liang Jingkun. After executing valiant efforts to recover from multiple losing positions, and bringing up match point leading 10-9 in the final game, Liang ultimately succumbed 12-10.

Wang was able to rally once again, picking up a second point for China with a solid 12-10, 11-6, 11-4 victory against Ranefur.

But in the crucial deciding match, Kallberg outlasted Lin 12-10, 10-12, 11-8, 11-8, sealing Sweden's third consecutive victory.

After finishing the group stage with a disappointing record of one win and two defeats, the Chinese men's team will face Australia to open the knockout phase.