World Table Tennis for Health Festival

What is the World Table Tennis for Health Festival (WTT4HF)?

Read about the highlights of the 2023 edition here

From November 1-5 2023, the Mediterranean island of Crete hosted World Parkinson’s Table Tennis Championships, along with the inaugural World Alzheimer’s Table Tennis Championships and World Table Tennis for Health Congress. Bringing these events together will launch the inaugural World Table Tennis for Health Festival.

The WTT4H Festival grew from the expansion of the growing enthusiasm of the World Parkinson’s Table Tennis Championships and the chance to show the kind of benefits practicing sport can have on other neurological disorders. The event will promotes the positive benefits of playing table tennis on health in general, not only on people with the mentioned diseases, but also for sickness prevention, staying active in general, as part of its larger remit and investment from the ITTF Group and Foundation.

Details about the World Table Tennis For Health festival 2024 will be announced soon!

Click here to know more about the Expression of Interest phase for the World Table Tennis For Health Festival 2025

Contribution to the Global Goals

Target 3.4 By 2030, reduce by one third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.