Chinanews Client, January 20. According to ITTF news, the first WTT Middle East tournament of the World Table Tennis Federation (WTT) will be held in Qatar from March 3-13, 2021.
The Lusar Stadium in Doha will welcome two events, namely the WTT Regular Challenge and the WTT Star Challenge.
In these two events, national table tennis players Xu Xin, Liu Shiwen and Sun Yingsha will lead the game.
List of regular season participants.
The WTT Regular Challenge will be held from March 3 to March 6, 2021, and the WTT Star Challenge will be held from March 8 to March 13, 2021.
The Middle East Tournament is the first official event to enter the new era of WTT. Its goal is to completely change the sport of table tennis, and always focus on players and fans.
List of participants in the challenge.
In view of the fact that this tournament is the first tournament held for most professional players after a long off-season, the WTT board of directors has decided to increase the bonus of the Middle East tournament, which is paid by the WTT World Table Tennis Federation.
The total prize money is 600,000 US dollars, of which the WTT Regular Challenge (Doha) total prize is 200,000 US dollars, and the WTT Star Challenge (Doha) total prize money is 400,000 US dollars.
Regular season schedule.
Star match schedule.
The ITTF stated that the WTT tournament always puts the safety of the participants in the first place, and the Middle East tournament will use strict testing measures to deal with the new crown epidemic.
The WTT World Table Tennis Federation continues to follow the development of the global epidemic situation and makes adjustments when necessary.
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