ITTF confirms new three-year collaboration with Eurosport to cover world-class events in build up to Tokyo 2020

March 29, 2018
1:53 pm
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Eurosport to broadcast over 120 hours of the ITTF World Tour over the next three years

The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is excited to announce that it has extended its partnership with Eurosport which will continue to show the sport’s major events until 2020.

The Europe-wide deal will see Eurosport broadcast all ITTF’s major events including the ITTF World Championships ITTF Men’s and Women’s World Cups ITTF World Tour Platinum and the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals.

Eurosport will broadcast over 120 hours of live action delayed coverage and highlights over the next three years across its two television channels and online at eurosport.com as well as the Eurosport App.

As part of the collaboration which began in 2014 Eurosport will continue to promote the ITTF’s events and commercial partnerships in Europe.

Laurent Prud’homme SVP Rights Acquisitions at Eurosport said: “We are thrilled to continue our partnership with the ITTF and to have the opportunity to offer world-class table tennis to millions of viewers across the continent.

“As Home of the Olympics in Europe Eurosport has a strong tradition of showcasing Olympic sports all-year round and we are pleased this agreement will contribute to this.

“With the biggest events of the world tour to be broadcast on Eurosport our viewers will be able to watch the very best table tennis on the journey to Tokyo 2020.”

Matt Pound Head of Media at ITTF added: “Since taking its commercial rights in house in 2017 the ITTF has made commercial and media growth a priority for all our products and partnerships like this one with Eurosport is a testament to the new strategy. We are thrilled to renew our relationship with the number one sport destination in Europe with Eurosport continuing to promote table tennis across the continent leading up to 2020.”

The agreement which runs for the period 2018-2020 includes the following events: ETTU European Table Tennis Championships Table Tennis Top 16 ITTF Team World Cup ITTF World Team Championships ITTF Men’s World Cup ITTF Women’s World Cup ITTF World Tour Platinum Events ITTF World Tour Finals

Key table tennis events broadcast on Eurosport in 2018:

24-25 March: ITTF World Tour Platinum Event German Open Bremen
29 April–6 May: ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships
2-3 June: ITTF World Tour Platinum Event China Open Shenzhen
21-22 July: ITTF World Tour Platinum Event Korean Open Incheon
29-30 September: ITTF Women’s World Cup Chengdu China
6-7 October: ITTF World Tour Platinum Event Austrian Open Linz
20-21 October: ITTF Men’s World Cup Paris France
10-11 November: ITTF World Tour Platinum Event Australian Open Gold Coast
TBC: ITTF World Tour Grand Finals

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