On the morning of November 18th, the 2020 National Table Tennis "Amateur King" finals kicked off in the comprehensive training hall of Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center. More than 400 "grass-root masters" from 26 local table tennis association teams across the country Gather in Greentown to discuss and exchange, and compete for the national "amateur king" in each project group.
At the opening ceremony, Liu Guoliang, Chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association and Chairman of the World Table Tennis Professional League Council, made a special trip to congratulate the meeting and announced the start of the competition.
This national table tennis "Amateur King" finals is hosted by the China Table Tennis Association, Henan Sports Bureau, and undertaken by Henan Table Tennis Association. All competitions will end on November 21.
This event has four events: men’s and women’s singles, and men’s and women’s teams. According to the age of the contestants, they are divided into male and female 15-30 years old group, 31-50 years old group, 51-60 years old group, 61-70 More than 400 players from the age group and the group over 71 years old participated in the finals, all from ten teams including Hebei, Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Guizhou, Hainan, Gansu, Chongqing, and Shandong. The "Amateur Kings" in each category that stood out in the provincial and municipal sub-stations.
This time, they gathered in the Greentown competition to compete for the national "amateur kings" in each category. If the 2020 ITTF Finals held in the Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium is the "battlefield" for top professional table tennis players, then this time the national table tennis "Amateur King" will be held at the Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center Comprehensive Training Hall. In the final, the table tennis "grass-roots master" interpreted the amateur and wonderful "show".
saw small table tennis balls flying up and down and happy smiling faces everywhere. Opponents, friends off the court, table tennis enthusiasts from all over the country learned from each other and communicated with each other. Everyone was experiencing what they had not participated in. At the same time of excitement, I also enjoy the health and happiness brought by participating in sports.
Provincial Sports Bureau Director Wan Xu said that in recent years, Henan Province has closely focused on the national strategy of a sports power, a healthy China and a nationwide fitness program. It attaches great importance to sports, especially the development of table tennis, vigorously develops mass table tennis activities, and actively builds table tennis. The atmosphere of ball sports has laid a solid foundation for hosting the national table tennis "Amateur King" finals for two consecutive years. The national table tennis "Amateur King" finals and the ITTF finals go hand in hand and are carried out simultaneously. This is the trust and trust of the Chinese Table Tennis Association in Henan. It will surely promote the popularization of table tennis and the coordinated development of competitive sports, and promote more Many table tennis enthusiasts participate in table tennis and fully feel the charm of "national football"!
Same as last year, the ITTF finals and the national table tennis "Amateur King" finals held at the same time will echo each other and show the excitement of the "Ping Pong Double Tournament", which will help our province table tennis, national table tennis, and world table tennis. To build a platform for ball exchange to further promote the development of the province’s economy and ping-pong undertakings through competitions, and to create a world ping-pong carnival that integrates high-level sports, amateur competitions, and experience entertainment.
Text source: Zhengzhou Daily
Picture source: Event Organizing Committee
Editor: Provincial Sports Bureau Office
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