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The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national table tennis associations that use ITTF-approved sponge table tennis rackets. [1] The role of the ITTF includes overseeing rules and regulations and seeking technological improvement for the sport of table tennis.
Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988, [3] with event categories in both men's and women's singles, and men's and women's teams since replacing doubles in 2008. Table tennis is governed by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), founded in 1926, and specifies the official rules in the ITTF handbook. [4]
The 1st World Table Tennis Championships were held in London from December 6 to December 11, 1926. [1] [2] The championships were originally held as the European Championships which was the same year that the International Table Tennis Federation was formed. It was retrospectively designated as the first World Championships. [3]
Geist Prize for women's singles, donated in 1931 by Dr. Gaspar Geist, president of the Hungarian Table Tennis Association; Doubles competition: Iran Cup for men's doubles; first presented at the 1947 World Championships by the Shah of Iran; W.J. Pope Trophy for women's doubles; donated in 1948 by the ITTF honorary general secretary W.J. Pope
The ITTF-Oceania Cup is an annual table tennis event held by the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF). The event features men's and women's singles tournaments, with the winners qualifying for the table tennis World Cup.
Montagu was a champion table tennis player, representing Britain in matches all over the world. He also helped to establish and finance the first world championships in London in 1926. Montagu founded the International Table Tennis Federation that same year, and was president of the group for more than forty years, not retiring until 1967.
The Table Tennis Federation of India is the governing body for table tennis in India. The TTFI was established in 1926, and was a founding member of the International Table Tennis Federation . TTFI's members includes 32 state units and 37 institutions.
It was founded as the Table Tennis Association in 1921. [3] The organisation was known as the English Table Tennis Association between 1927 and 2014 and has been affiliated to the ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) since 1927. [4] [5] Table Tennis England is based at Milton Keynes, having moved from Hastings in March 2014. [6]