What is ITTF? What does ITTF do?

Table tennis is a sport that we are all very familiar with. At the same time, many people like playing table tennis, but few people know ITTF. So, what is ITTF here? What does ITTF do?

What is ITTF?

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) was founded in Berlin on 1926. At present, there are 186 members of the association, belonging to the European Table Tennis Federation, the Asian Table Tennis Federation, the African Table Tennis Federation and the South American Table Tennis Federation recognized by ITTF. ITTF is a member of the Federation of International Sports Federations. From 65438 to 0988, table tennis was listed as an Olympic event, including men's and women's singles and men's and women's doubles. 20 1 1 World Table Tennis Championships On May 10, local time, ITTF annual meeting was held during the World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam. At the meeting, President shalala announced that ITTF's member associations have increased by five, reaching 2 15 countries and regions, achieving steady growth year by year. This figure is also an affirmation of ITTF's global promotion.

What does ITTF do?

The World Table Tennis Professional League (WTT) aims to help ITTF upgrade and transform its competition system and business system in an all-round way, give full play to the potential of table tennis, further enhance the world influence of table tennis, and thus stand out from other sports. ITTF stressed that WTT Council will be the representative and leading body of WTT facing the public and market in the future, which represents the views of all major world table tennis participants and ensures that everyone's voice can be heard and everyone will work together for the same goal.

Liu was elected as the executive vice president.

On the morning of 2021165438+1October 25th, Beijing time, the 202 1 ITTF conference was held in Houston, USA. Liu Chenggong, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the World Table Tennis League and Chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, was elected as the executive vice chairman of the ITTF. In his previous campaign speech, Liu said that he started playing table tennis at the age of 6 and has been committed to the cause of table tennis for nearly 40 years. "I grew up on the court, won almost all the honors I could get in my career, and experienced unimaginable setbacks and hardships. Table tennis is an indispensable part of my life. " Liu said that because he has experienced various roles such as athlete, coach, chairman of China Table Tennis Association and chairman of WTT Council, he has a deep understanding and cognition of table tennis, and he also knows what everyone in this industry needs and how to help them.

Where is the headquarters of ITTF?

As of 202 1, 10, ITTF is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. The International Table Tennis Federation 1926 12 was established in London. It is an international individual sports organization composed of table tennis associations from various countries and regions. The chairman's office is located in Beijing, China, and the administrative center is located in Britain. ITTF is a member of the Federation of International Sports Federations. Table tennis was listed as an Olympic event on 1988, including men's and women's singles and men's and women's doubles. In 2000, ITTF Special Congress and Congress decided to move ITTF headquarters from Hastings, England to Lausanne, Switzerland. ITTF President shalala told reporters that the headquarters moved to Lausanne to make ITTF "closer to the International Olympic Committee and the Olympic Movement".