Chinanews client, Beijing, January 11. According to the official news from the ITTF, the ITTF, the China Table Tennis Association, and the Chengdu World Table Tennis Championships Organizing Committee jointly confirmed that the 2022 World Table Tennis Team Championships will be held on April 17, 2022. It will be held in Chengdu on the 26th.
Steve Denton, CEO of the ITTF Group, said, "I have great confidence in Chengdu to host the World Table Tennis Championships. The city has hosted top-level table tennis events many times and has been working closely with the ITTF. Looking forward to it. Once again hosting a safe and meaningful World Table Tennis Championships in the beautiful Sichuan Province."
The competition will be held at the newly established Chengdu High-tech Sports Center, which was completed last year and is a large, modern, multi-functional and top-notch gymnasium.
At that time, 40 men's and women's teams will gather on the field to carry out strong dialogues.
According to the ITTF, the competition will be held in the form of a "bubble" and strict closed management procedures will be implemented.
Liu Guoliang, Executive Vice Chairman of the ITTF and Chairman of the China Table Tennis Association, said: "The World Table Tennis Championships is the most important event of the ITTF every year, and one of the events that attracts the attention of fans around the world. The World Table Tennis Championships are held in Chengdu, which is bound to attract From the perspective of global fans, this is a two-way promotion of a table tennis match and the city of Chengdu. Chengdu has rich experience in organizing table tennis events. It has successfully held the ITTF Men's and Women's World Cup and Open Championships many times before. Chengdu, I believe that it can once again set off a wave of world table tennis in Chengdu."
With the 2020 Busan World Table Tennis Team Championships not held as scheduled, it has been four years since the last World Table Tennis Team Championships.
The Chinese team won the men's and women's team championships at the 2018 World Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, Sweden.
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