The finals of the World Table Tennis Team are finalized and we will meet in Busan at the end of February next year

　　China News Service, July 11th ITTF announced in the early hours of Beijing time that the 2020 Busan World Table Tennis Team Championships will be held in Busan, South Korea from February 28 to March 7, 2021.

　　The ITTF Executive Committee held another meeting on the 10th to discuss the latest situation of the new coronary pneumonia epidemic. The results of the discussion included that the 2020 World Table Tennis Team Championship, originally scheduled to be held from March 22-29 this year, will be held from February 28 to March 7, 2021 in Busan, South Korea, which is already the third in the event. The postponement was postponed until June 21-28. With the development of the epidemic, the season was postponed to September 27-October 4.

　　Last month, the ITTF said that due to the risk that multiple teams could not enter South Korea in September this year, it requested the tournament organizing committee to re-select the date. Since then, the two sides have been discussing the specific game time. Until the 10th of this month, the ITTF held the Executive Committee again, and finally determined the time of the event. From February 28 to March 7 next year, if the epidemic situation is alleviated according to the expectations of all parties, the competition of the team will be Staged in Busan as scheduled.

　　In addition, as the possibility of holding international events according to the original plan continues to decrease, ITTF will respond to changing international tourism restrictions and try to create protected safety in the form of "event bubbles" for the remainder of 2020 The environment holds events or regional events.

　　The meeting also announced that a new timetable has been set for the "Ping Pong House" tender project that was postponed indefinitely in late March. In the next few days, the bidding team will get in touch with the cities that were interested in bidding to inform the relevant information. On August 28, the ITTF Executive Committee will meet again, and more updated notices about the new crown epidemic will be released. (Finish)