The team competitions were canceled until the relaunch in 2007, and now held in odd-numbered years.
WTT stated that the winners of the WTT Cup Finals would win the prestigious ITTF World Cup trophies in March 2021, but the winners have been actually presented with WTT Cup Finals specific trophies since the inaugural edition, and the event has been renamed to simply WTT Finals since 2023, making it a pure season-ending event.
ITTF World Cup returned with an innovative Mixed Team format in 2023 in Chengdu, and ITTF Singles World Cup returned in 2024, in Macao, China.
The playing system is determined by the executive committee on recommendation by the competition department.
[4] All team matches are played as the Olympic system with a maximum of 4 singles and 1 doubles.