The City of Durban has been awarded hosting rights for the ITTF World Table Tennis Championship in 2023. It is the first time that a World Table Tennis Championship is being held in South Africa and the first time on the African continent since Cairo, Egypt, in 1939. The event is among the first major (sport) competitions to be awarded to Durban since the city was stripped of the 2022 Commonwealth Games after failing to provide the required financial guarantees.
The International Table Tennis Federation’s (ITTF) is the World governing body for all 226 affiliated national table tennis associations. The ITTF is responsible for the organization of numerous international competitions, including the World Table Tennis Championships that has continued since 1926.
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