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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.
Although both a "Table Tennis Association" and a "Ping Pong Association" existed by 1910, [12] a new Table Tennis Association was founded in 1921, and renamed the English Table Tennis Association in 1926. [13] The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) followed in 1926. [1] [14] London hosted the first official World Championships in 1926.
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]
Five individual events, which include men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's double and mixed doubles, are currently held in odd numbered years. The World Team Table Tennis Championships, which include men's team and women's team events, were first their own competition in 2000. The Team Championships are held in even numbered ...
International Table Tennis Federation, an international sports governing body for all national table tennis associations Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ITTF .
In 1926, The ITTF was founded by William Henry Lawes of Wymondham, England. The nine founding members were Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, India, Sweden and Wales. The first international tournament was held in January 1926 in Berlin, and the first World Table Tennis Championships was held in December 1926 in London ...
This page lists the members inducted in the ITTF Hall of Fame [1] [2] [3] – founded in 1993 – in the order as they appear in the official hall of fame maintained by the International Table Tennis Federation. [4] The ITTF Hall of Fame includes both table tennis players and officers. [5]
Pages in category "International Table Tennis Federation" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .