Major honours
Most of Czech table tennis's record belongs to the Czechoslovak era. A founding ITTF member from 1926, the country won its first Swaythling Cup in 1932 and added titles in 1939 and the postwar years of 1947, 1948 and 1951 for five men's team titles overall. In the women's game, Marie Kettnerová won consecutive world singles titles in 1934 and 1935 and the team won the Corbillon Cup three times. Bohumil Váňa, world men's singles champion in 1938 and 1947, broke Hungary's long grip on the title, and in 1936 Stanislav Kolář won on home soil in Prague. That same 1936 Prague Championships also produced a single rally lasting over two hours that gave rise to the expedite rule. Since Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, the program has drifted from the world summit but remains a steady presence on the European circuit.
Record comparison
Bars are scaled to the strongest team in this list.
Club legends
Rivalry
Between the wars this was the country that most often broke Hungary's stranglehold, and the two nations' World Championship meetings formed the axis of Central European table tennis.