(Fighting against New Crown Pneumonia) The World Table Tennis Championships in Busan will be postponed again until the end of September

China News Agency, Beijing, April 7th ITTF announced on the 7th that the 2020 World Table Tennis Team Championships will be postponed again and will be tentatively scheduled for September 27 to October 4 in Busan, South Korea.

The World Table Tennis Championships have been established for a long time and are the oldest in ITTF and the most important event of the year. Affected by the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the team championship originally scheduled for March 22-29 had previously been postponed until June 21-28. However, on March 29, the ITTF Executive Committee met again and decided to suspend all ITTF events and activities before June 30, 2020.

The International Table Tennis Federation said that it has been working closely with the Korean Table Tennis Association led by Liu Chengmin and representatives of Busan City to discuss the tentative date of the World Table Tennis Team Tournament, and the new date of the World Table Tennis Tournament will be September 27. Until October 4, and agree to negotiate other alternative dates if necessary.

The ITTF also said that it will continue to closely monitor the global epidemic situation with the Korean Table Tennis Association, putting the safety and health of participating players, coaches, fans, staff and relevant parties first. "If the situation does not improve, you may further adjust the event schedule."

The Busan World Table Tennis Championship is an important event for the Chinese table tennis team to prepare for the Tokyo Olympics. The list of entries was announced in January this year. The male team players are Ma Long, Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Liang Jingkun, Wang Chuqin. , Sun Yingsha, Ding Ning, Zhu Yuling. After the Qatar Open ended in March, the National Table Tennis Team has been training in Macau for preparations. (Finish)