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The Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had only been men's singles until the start of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions were canceled until the relaunch in 2007, and now held in odd-numbered years.
The first international tournament was held in January 1926 in Berlin, and the first World Table Tennis Championships was held in December 1926 in London. [5] It was the only event for over 50 years that was run and managed commercially by the ITTF. In 1980, the ITTF World Cups was introduced, followed by the ITTF World Tour in 1996. Until 2003 ...
The 2018 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Paris, France, from 19 to 21 October 2018. It was the 39th edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event, and the third time that it had been staged in Paris. [1] In the final, China's Fan Zhendong defeated Timo Boll of Germany, 4–1, to win his second World Cup title. [2]
Competitive table tennis is popular in East Asia and Europe, and has been [vague] gaining attention in the United States. [63] The most important international competitions are the World Table Tennis Championships, the Table Tennis World Cup, the Olympics and the ITTF World Tour. Continental competitions include the following: European ...
Corbillon Cup for women's team, donated in 1933 by Marcel Corbillon, president of the French Table Tennis Association. The original Cup was won by German team in 1939, and disappeared during Berlin occupation after World War II; the current Corbillon Cup is a replica made in 1949.
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national table tennis associations that use ITTF-approved sponge table tennis rackets. [1] The role of the ITTF includes overseeing rules and regulations and seeking technological improvement for the sport of table tennis.
The 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Weihai, China, from 13 to 15 November 2020.It was the 41st edition of the ITTF-sanctioned event.After series of cancellation of tournaments due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports this year, the ITTF World Cup is one of the three year-end tournaments that conclude the table tennis calendar in 2020.
The 2017 ITTF Men's World Cup was a table tennis competition held in Liège, Belgium, from 20 to 22 October 2017. It was the 38th edition of the ITTF -sanctioned event, and the fourth time that it had been staged in Belgium.