ITTF suspends all activities provisionally until end of April

March 13, 2020
10:23 am
Member Associations

In light of the rapid spread of COVID-19 around the world the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has decided to suspend all activities provisionally until the end of April 2020. Following the declaration by the World Health Organization of COVID-19 as a pandemic and the increased number of international travel restrictions the ITTF has decided to suspend all activities provisionally with the health and safety of athletes coaches officials and fans as the top priority.

The suspension comes into effect from Monday 16th March 2020 and relates to all ITTF sanctioned events High Performance and Development activities and ITTF Foundation activities that had been due to start between the above date and the end of April 2020.

The ITTF Executive Committee will hold an emergency meeting on Monday 16th March to discuss the situation further and an announcement will be made next week regarding the ITTF World Tour Hong Kong and China Opens.

The ITTF has also recommended to all Continental Associations to follow the ITTF’s decision.

For any queries related to COVID-19 and how it affects ITTF activities please contact competitions@ittf.com.

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