Thanks to the generous donors worldwide and the ITTF Group, #TableTennisUnited Fund has supported over 100 initiatives globally since the beginning of the pandemic, and it will continue to be the backbone of the table tennis community, for better and for worse.
Celebrating the universality and the social aspect of table tennis, the Swaythling Club International (SCI) is a strong ally we are happy to have. With their focus mainly on the ex-champions and players, the club is now reaching out to a younger audience with the hope to promote table tennis among the youth.
World Table Tennis Day (WTTD) 2022 is back! The annual celebration on April 6 since 2015 also marks the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace. WTTD has established itself as a symbol of social inclusiveness and the day on which we celebrate our favourite sport.
The ITTF Foundation is looking for enthusiastic organisers to help us further promote WTTD 2022. Applications for the Promoter Initiative are open from October 6 to December 6, 2022.
Participants of the first Tables 4 ALL test course have built eight tables during their stay in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, between August 31 to September 7. The hand-crafted tables will be donated to local schools to breaking down barriers to access table tennis and equipment, as well as solidarity through the sport.
Three days of actions and networking at Horst-Korber-Sportzentrum Berlin crowned many Parkinson’s World champions and left life-long friendship between players across continents. The ITTF Foundation has released a 6-minute documentary that captured the best moments of the tournament.
ITTF Foundation joined the International Platform on Sport and Development (sportanddev) in a campaign that aims to reshape sport to better serve the humankind and demonstrate the contribution of sport and physical activity at this critical time.
Three Afghan athletes will compete in WTT Star Contender Doha and the Asian Table Tennis Championships when the two events start later this month at the Lusail Sports Arena in Qatar.
Thanks to the generous doners worldwide and the ITTF Group, the #TableTennisUnited Fund has helped local clubs in the Philippines and Ghana to keep youngsters off the street and in school.
After the success in New York 2019, the ITTF Parkinson’s World Table Tennis Championships (PWTTC) this year saw 135 athletes from 21 countries competing for medals in our favourite sport from September 9 to 11 in Berlin, Germany.
