
Coronavirus Impact on Table Tennis
Last Updated - 31 March 2020
World Table Tennis Championships 2020
The table tennis world team championships have been postponed again after ITTF, the sport’s governing body, suspended all planned international events until June 30 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The world team championships in Busan, South Korea, had already been delayed from May 22-29 to June 21-28, reports Xinhua news agency. The ITTF met on the weekend to make the postponement decision and it will propose new dates this week. The ITTF said it was freezing rankings lists as of this month and would consider adjustments to qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, which have been postponed to next year. Previously - ITTF has also taken measures and postponed the WTTC following the confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Busan, Korea Republic. 2020 World Table Tennis Championships postponed due to COVID-19
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