Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Saturday, April 06, 2002
Shanghai to Host 2005 World Table Tennis Championships
China's biggest city Shanghai had won the right to host the 48th World Table Tennis Championships in 2005, the third time the world premire event of the sport hosted in China, International Table Tennis Confederation announced on Friday in Zagrab.
China's biggest city Shanghai had won the right to host the 48th World Table Tennis Championships in 2005, the third time the world premire event of the sport hosted in China, International Table Tennis Confederation announced on Friday in Zagrab.
Shanghai beat Lausanne of Switzerland by 78-31 in the poll of the ITTC meeting in the capital of Croatia.
The leader of the Shanghai delegation Yao Songping said Shanghai has a long tradition of table tennis, producing 16 world champions.