World Veteran Table Tennis Championships 2023

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Official website of the World Veteran Table Tennis Championships 2023:

https://www.wvc2023.com/index.php

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The evolution of the of participant*s number and countrie*s number represented:

Year Location Country Participants Countries
1982 Gothenburg Sweden 450 21
1984 Helsinki Finland 650 36
1986 Rimini Italy 1100 38
1988 Zagreb Croatia 1650 45
1990 Baltimore USA 1100 46
1992 Dublin Ireland 1300 48
1994 Melbourne Australia 1800 49
1996 Lillehammer Norway 1950 49
1998 Manchester England 1400 53
2000 Vancouver Canada 1850 57
2002 Lucerne Switzerland 2750 63
2004 Yokohama Japan 2384 47
2006 Bremen Germany 3650 59
2008 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 1378 52
2010 Hothot China 2065 51
2012 Stockholm Sweden 3335 66
2014 Auckland New Zealand 1640 58
2016 Alicante Spain 4602 82
2018 Las Vegas USA 3964 86
2020 Bordeaux FRA cancelled (CORONAVIRUS pandemic)
2022 Muscat OMN 1182 70 (requires final confirmation)

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For the first-time ever, mixed doubles events will be introduced!

The ITTF and the OTTA have agreed to introduced as a pilot test this new event at the 2023 World Veteran Table Tennis Championships.