2016 World Veteran Table Tennis Championships

Posted on May 23, 2016

2016 World Veteran Table Tennis Championships

Day one of the 2016 World Veteran Table Tennis Championships is underway. A record number of table tennis players, 4,600 players aged 40 & over from 80 associations, will compete through Sunday, May 29th at the Institución Ferial Alicantina IFA (Alicante Exhibition Institute), one of Spain’s major exhibition centers. The venue floor not only features professional flooring, it holds 300 Butterfly ITTF-approved Centrefold 25 tables.

View the schedule, draws & results and more at the official website, WVC2016.com.

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