TABLE TENNIS
Table Tennis Ireland is the National Governing Body for the sport of Table Tennis in Ireland and is responsible for the management and overall development of all areas of the sport, through the island.
The Irish Table Tennis Association Ltd. T/A Table Tennis Ireland was formed in 1937 and was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee in 1987. Table Tennis Ireland is affiliated to the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and European Table Tennis Union (ETTU).
The objectives of the Association are to promote, foster and regulate table tennis in Ireland, in every legitimate way, to hold competitions, and to arrange representative matches. Table Tennis Ireland has four affiliated Branches that govern the sport at regional and local level.
Table Tennis has been in the Summer Olympic Games since 1988, with singles, doubles and mixed team events for men and women. Athletes from China have dominated the sport, winning a total of 53 medals in 32 events, including 28 out of a possible 32 gold medals, and only failing to at least medal in one event, the inaugural Men’s Singles event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
In 1992 (only), two bronze medals were awarded in each event. Due to China’s dominance in the sport the format was changed for the 2012 Olympics, such that only two competitors from each country can enter (instead of 3). This format makes it such that one country cannot win all three top medals – as has been the case during both the Individual Men’s and Women’s events at the Beijing Olympic tournament, where China dominated and won all 6 medals. In 2008, the doubles events were replaced by team events to lessen the emphasis on doubles play.
National Federation: Table Tennis Ireland
International Federation: International Table Tennis Federation
TABLE TENNIS NEWS
European Games 2023 – List of Sports Agreed
EOC, Krakow-Małopolska agree on preliminary list of sports for European Games The European Olympic Committees (EOC) this weekend welcomed a delegation from Poland to the CONI headquarters in Rome for discussions on the 3rd edition of the European Games (EG), which are scheduled to take place in Krakow-Małopolska in summer 2023. The meeting was led […]
European Games Baku 2015 Sport Qualification Systems
We are pleased to attach the Sports Qualification Documents (version 1.0) for 16 of the sports which are confirmed for the inaugural European Games in Baku 2015. These documents may be liable to some small changes and clarifications by the European Federations and we will inform you of these as they happen. Update: Please click […]
ITTA Coaching Course
This week sees ITTF Tutor Mr. Ahmed Dawlatly in Dublin for a 5 day coach development course leading to the ITTF Level One qualification for successful candidates. 17 coaches from all four provinces are in attendance for this challenging programme, which will improve all of them as coaches. All are active coaches across all strands of […]
Introduction to Table Tennis
There are four table tennis competitions: men’s and women's singles, and men's and women’s team event at the Olympics.
All events follow a knockout (single elimination) format. For both singles competitions each match consists of the best four out seven games to at least 11 points, where the winner must win by at least two points.
There is a one minute break between games when players change ends, however, if both players are ready in less than a minute, play resumes. Each player is also allowed to take one 1-minute timeout per match. If the player who calls the timeout wishes to resume play in less than one minute, then play resumes. For contact details of Irish Table Tennis Association please click on Full story