Table Tennis Organizations

Table Tennis Organizations

• International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)

The International Table Tennis Federation reports table tennis news from around the world and keeps track of tournaments, rankings and results. They manage and keep the rules and regulations up-to-date and strive to improve the game for more attention. They were formed in 1926 when the first tournament was first held in Berlin. They hold many tournaments around the world such as the Table Tennis World Championships.

http://www.ittf.com

 

• Official USA Table Tennis Site (USATT)

The USA Table Tennis is part of ITTF and was founded in 1933. This is the United States’ organization to promote and govern Table Tennis within the country and is made up with more than 300 American Clubs.

http://www.usatt.org

 

• Canadian Table Tennis Association (CTTA)

This association keeps track of all the Canadian Table Tennis players and reports news and winners from across Canada in all important matches.

http://www.ctta.ca

 

• English Table Tennis Association (ETTA)

Started in 1922 in England as just the Table Tennis Association and officially formed in 1927 with the adding of “English”.

http://www.englishtabletennis.org.uk

 

• Olympics

The Olympics are held every four years and recently, Table Tennis has been gaining more and more popularity as a competitive sport.

http://www.olympic.org

There are many site changes from year to year as the countries that the Olympics will be held in, will develop them.

Here are some recent ones:

The 2006 Winter Olympics will be held in Turin, Italy.

http://www.torino2006.org

The 2004 Summer Olympics were held in Athens, Greece

http://www.athens2004.com

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