Tag: table tennis
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Most National Associations of any Sport
Lausanne, May 16, 2014: The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) now has 220 National Associations, which is the equal most of any sport in the world. The ITTF Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Tokyo, Japan earlier this month accepted Mali and US Virgin Islands to join the ITTF family, which brings the ITTF equal…
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The Chinese men’s and women’s team defended
Tokyo, May 4, 2014: The Chinese juggernaut rolled on in front of a capacity crowd of 9000 in Yoyogi Gymnasium to win their 19th World Team Table Tennis Championships titles. In the Chinese men’s team who were the top seeds, which consisted of the world’s top three players, headed into the finals as title favourites,…
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ITTF Board of Directors Approve Changes
Tokyo, May 2, 2014: History was made today in Tokyo, Japan, as the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Board of Directors made some significant decisions on the future of the World Table Tennis Championships. On the back of the success of the mixed nation pairs on the GAC Group ITTF World Tour recently, it has…
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Four team’s hard work and persistence paid off
Tokyo, May 3, 2014: England and Italy were successful in jumping up from the men’s second division to the Championship Division, while Brazil and Sweden will be joining the world’s best teams at the 2016 ITTF World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Team England’s Liam Pitchford was the key to England returning to the Championships…
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Upsets in Knockout Stage of ITTF World
Tokyo, May 2, 2014: The action is heating up at the ZEN-NOH 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships, with the knockout stage beginning on day five in Tokyo, Japan. The capacity crowd at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium was shocked with a handful of upset results in the round-of-16 matches. The biggest upset of the day…
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Hosts Japan Avoids Favorites China in Main Draw
Tokyo, Japan, May 1, 2014 – Japan looks on course to secure a place in the finals of the ZEN-NOH 2014 World Team Table Tennis Championships, after a good draw ensured that they will not meet top seeds China until then. The Japanese emerged top of Group C of the men’s event after recovering from…
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Korea Republic Playing for Their People at ITTF World
Tokyo, Japan, April 29, 2014: Korea Republic dominated their opponents at the 2014 ZEN-NOH World Team Table Tennis Championships today, with both the men’s and women’s teams remaining unbeaten after day two of the proceedings. The men’s team defeated Spain 3-0, while the women’s team beat France 3-0 as well, with yesterday’s near upset by…
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Greece silences home crowd with day one upset
Tokyo – Japan, Apr 28, 2014: Greece’s Kalinikos KREANGA, Gionis PANAGIOTIS and Konstantinos PAPAGEORGIOU beat Japan’s Jun MIZUTANI, Seiya KISHIKAWA and Kenta MATSUDAIRA 3-2, a result that raised eyebrows even amongst the Greek players themselves. Home crowd hopes were dealt a huge dent today as the Japanese men’s national team suffered a shocking defeat by…
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Henzell & Lay Qualify for ITTF Men’s and Women’s World Cups
Bendigo, Australia , April 23, 2014: Australia has made a clean sweep of the 14 gold medals available to them at the K-Sports ITTF-Oceania Cup and Championships, which concluded on Monday 21 April 2014, in Bendigo, Australia. William HENZELL and Jian Fang LAY won the prestigious Oceania Cup singles titles, which automatically qualifies them to…
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13 Year Old Japanese Duo Create History
Magdeburg, Germany, Mar 31, 2014: Japanese 13 year olds Mima ITO and Miu HIRANO have created table tennis history by winning the women’s doubles event at the GAC Group 2014 ITTF World Tour Super Series German Open, which concluded today in Magdeburg, Germany. The victory means that the dynamic duo are the youngest ever pair…