2020

The second season of the new strong Japanese top league starts today. I will try to post running results in this thread. Men's Team rosters: T.T Saitama Wong Chun Ting, HKG [S] Kenta Matsudaira [S] Liam Pitchford, ENG [AAA] Takuya Jin [AA] Yuki Hirano [AA] Seiya Kishikawa [AA] Truls...

https://www.ittf.com/2017/05/04/visit-bordeaux-2020-world-veteran-championships-good-hands/ http://www.wvc2020.com/?lang=en Don't miss a unique chance to play your favourite game AND visit the most beautiful country in the world at the same time (says a Frenchman) !!

Was waiting for someone to post this but no luck. Here goes. Nikkan Sports reports that ITTF have decided to introduce video challenge at the World Tour Grand Finals this December, and the WTTC 2020 next March. If the trial runs are successful, then the system will be implemented for Tokyo...

Last weekend saw Ma Long claim gold at the 2019 World Championships. This is the third World Championship title Ma Long has secured in his career, bringing up the question among many fans, does this make Ma Long the greatest table tennis player of all time? Well one person had their say, Liu...

Hi guys! As you know, the race to play singles in the Japan Women's Team has already started. Only the two women with the highest WR on January 1, 2020 will make it. Let this thread serve as both an update and discussion of the very tight race. I made a spreadsheet to keep track of the players'...

News just in at the 2019 ITTF Annual General Meeting in Budapest, the rule for different coloured rubbers has been approved. After the Olympic Games in Tokyo players will be able to use different colour rubbers on their bat, and not use the standard black and red. As quoted by the ITTF: "This...

With the recent news that Ma Long will not be competing in the upcoming Marvellous 12 competition and with his injury woes continuing, the question of whether Ma Long will be able to defend his Olympic crown in Tokyo 2020 is cropping up. Will Ma Long play at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games? Will...

MaLong's injury: Very serious, may affect 2020 olympics. Zhang Lei is CTTF vice chairman, Beijing Team's headcoach, and MaLong's former Coach. He gave an interview on Ma Long's injuries: "Malong's injury is very serious, very. Now I start to worry that he may not be able to join the 2020...

Thomas Weikert said in Shanghai on the opening day of ITTF Museum, for mixed doubles at 2020 Tokyo, each association (up to 3 men and 3 women) can attend 5 events. Previously, it was proposed that each association has to choose 4 out of 5 events. Only 1 mixed doubles pair from each association...

In the latest update on the Team World Cup 2018 page on February 9th, it is announced the former TBC system will be replaced by the new Olympic test playing system. It's gonna be doubles first, followed by 4 singles, and the order of play is fixed after the coin toss, and thus no more...

After 2016 Rio Olympics, a romantic story has been developing cheerfully between Japan and Taiwan. On this Sep. 1st, Japanese famous player, Ai Fukuhara, nicknamed as Ai-Chan, has married Taiwanese handsome player, Chiang Hung-Chieh. On Sep. 21st and 22st, they held two consecutive official...