70 million watched the Volkwagon Cup 2011 final!!

Yes its true! A staggering 70 million people tuned into the Chinese channel CCTV5 to watch Wang Hao defeat Timo Boll in the epic Volkswagon Cup 2011 Final!

These figures are very promising for the sport, and who knows how high they are going to be for the Olympics 2012! Train hard guys!

Click HERE to read the main article on the Volkwagon Cup 2011

Image from: CCTV5 TV Channel

 

[Tom]

I hope it means table tennis is getting more popular !

 

[Don]

this is great maybe my dream of watching table tennis matches on a regular basis on U.S. television might come a reality.

 

[BrokenSuit]

The population of china is 1.3 billion and 70 million is but a small fraction. Table tennis is the national sport of China. If a english football team reach the final of the champions league the proportion of viewers watching the game in england would most likely be higher.

All i am pointing out is that 70 million is a rather stylised fact. 70 million is alot of people - would be the whole of the UK watching.