Hong Kong and China Opens postponed due to COVID-19

March 21, 2020
10:53 am
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Due to the ongoing uncertainty caused by COVID-19 the 2020 ITTF World Tour Hong Kong and China Opens have been postponed.

With the spread of COVID-19 across different parts of the world over recent weeks the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) confirms that the following events have been postponed:

2020 ITTF World Tour Hong Kong Open originally scheduled for 5-10 May in Hong Kong China (HKG)
ITTF World Tour Platinum China Open originally scheduled for 12-17 May in Shenzhen (CHN)

The ITTF is working with the Hong Kong Table Tennis Association (HKTTA) and Chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA) to find new suitable dates for each of the events whilst closely monitoring the situation.

Further updates will be forthcoming when more information comes to hand.

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