The national table tennis women's team defeated the Japanese team 3:2 at the Busan World Table Tennis Championships. This is the sixth consecutive championship in this event.

The Chinese team will compete with the French team for the championship in the men's team on the 25th. The day of the competition coincided with the Lantern Festival, and the Chinese fans at the scene shouted "Happy Lantern Festival" to the Chinese team players in unison and sang the song "Flowing Red Flag". Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming also came to watch the game.