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New World Ranking scheme; effective from January 2018

New World Ranking scheme; effective from January 2018 By Neha Aggarwal New World Ranking scheme; effective from January 2018 Primarily introduced to facilitate easier understanding of calculations involved, the new simplified World Ranking will include a clear-cut points system for events and age categories. Most significantly, the new system will encourage players to take part […]

2017 World Table Tennis Day – April 6

2017 World Table Tennis Day – April 6 (Courtesy of Official ITTF Channel Youtube Channel) April 6 is World Table Tennis Day! Make sure you get out your rackets and balls and play some table tennis. Better yet, organise an event, register it at TT4ALL.com for your chance to win great prizes!

2017 Italian Junior & Cadet Open: Gold for Rachel! Congratulations.

2017 Italian Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit (By Bruce Liu) Only two US players entered the ITTF Premium Junior Circuit. They are the twins Joanna and Rachel Sung of Bay Area. They also played the Swedish Junior & Cadet Open a couple of weeks ago and won Silver and Bronze medals at […]

Adam Bobrow, “The Voice of Table Tennis” on board for the next four years

Adam Bobrow, “The Voice of Table Tennis” on board for the next four years (By Neha Aggarwal/ITTF) Adam Bobrow, “The Voice of Table Tennis” on board for the next four years ITTF is delighted to announce that Adam Bobrow will be the official ITTF commentator for all its events until 2020. Yes, the fun loving, […]

2017 Swedish Junior & Cadet Open

2017 Swedish Junior & Cadet Open (Courtesy of Bruce Liu and ITTF) Congratulations to Rachel Sung (Silver) and Joanna Sung (Bronze) at 2017 Swedish Junior & Cadet Open USA’s team results: Junior Boys Singles: Kanak Jha (Round of 16)Junior Girls Singles: Rachel Sung (Round of 16)Cadet Girls Singles: Rachel Sung (Round of 16)Mini-Cadet Boys Singles: Aziz […]

Marketing returns in house, new names join ITTF team

Marketing returns in house, new names join ITTF team Marketing returns in house, new names join ITTF team (by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor) The return of commercial and marketing rights to the International Table Tennis Federation following an agreement last year with TMS International, two new members of staff have been appointed. Jonny Cowan […]

USATT Announces Schedule of 2017 ITTF Hopes Qualifier Events

USATT Announces Schedule of 2017 ITTF Hopes Qualifier Events USATT Announces Schedule of 2017 ITTF Hopes Qualifier Events By USATT USA Table Tennis (USATT) announced today the schedule of domestic and international qualifier events for the 2017 ITTF World Hopes Program. Five regional events will be used to select the representatives from the United States […]

Potential fulfilled, Kenta Matsudaira claims first Men’s Singles triumph

Potential fulfilled, Kenta Matsudaira claims first Men’s Singles triumph Potential fulfilled, Kenta Matsudaira claims first Men’s Singles triumph By Simon Daish / Photo: Helmut Ploberger Japan’s Kenta Matsudaira has picked up his first ITTF World Tour Men’s Singles title, as the former World Junior champion defeated Brazil’s Hugo Calderano (6-11, 11-5, 5-11, 11-7, 11-9, 12-10) in […]

2016 World Cadet Challenge Photos & Results

2016 World Cadet Challenge Photos & Results 2016 World Cadet Challenge Photos & Results Courtesy of ITTF Congratulations to the North American Team on their recent achievements at the 2016 World Cadet Challenge in Shanghai, China! Cadet Boys Singles: ALGUETTI Sharon – Quarterfinal Cadet Girls Singles: WANG Amy – Quarterfinal Cadet Boys Doubles: LIU Victor /  ALGUETTI Sharon […]

ITTF Announces 2016 Star Awards Male & Female Star Nominees

ITTF Announces 2016 Star Awards Male & Female Star Nominees Courtesy of ITTF The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is excited to announce the nominees for the 2016 Male & Female Table Tennis Stars & Star Point, with the winners to be crowned at the 2016 ITTF Star Awards in Doha, Qatar on 8 December […]

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