In which countries is table tennis booming in popularity?

SFF_lib said:

In the recent WTTC it is great to see Germany, Japan and Korea have produced a few significant challenges to the Chinese domination. These countries are traditionally strong in table tennis.

I wonder is there other countries where table tennis is actually becoming more popular?

I know Brazil has a large table tennis player base. Apart from that I don't know any other country.

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SFF_lib said:

I guess celebrity effect is strong. But Japan has always been strong in tt. Is tt more

Japan has always been strong in tt. Celebrity effect works well. Does Japan run tt academy like in China?

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SFF_lib said:

Being an influential country in the ME it is a good news tt is becoming popular in Iran. Is there any regional tt championship? In Asia they run it.

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SFF_lib said:

From the Philippines? It's surprising because Ian Lariba as a tt player was the flag bearer for Rio Olympic. So I think he must represent a popular sport in the Philippines.

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Takkyu_wa_inochi said:

The JOC Elite Academy is where many young and promising athletes from various disciplines train. When they are among the "chosen", basically they get education, coaches, facilities, food, accommodation etc... for free...

Of course, if the results are not satisfying they receive the kick in the butt...

The academy is rather new, and they have a web page that you can check.

Harimoto and Hirano are both members of the academy, but there are some other players as well, i would have to dig to find the list

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