Ho Chi Minh city hosts 34th National Table Tennis Championship

(VNF) - From May 10th-15th, the 34th National Table Tennis Championship (PetroVietnam - Ca Mau Fertilizer Cup 2016) is taking place at the Ho Xuan Huong Sporting Event Hall, District 3, Ho Chi Minh city.

The tour is co-organised by Nhan Dan (People) Daily Newspaper, General Department of Sports and Physical Training, Vietnam Table-tennis Federation, and Ho Chi Minh city Department of Culture and Sports.

As many as 138 athletes of 17 men’s team and 16 women’s team will compete in the men's team, women's team, men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles. For the men's and women's teams, all teams will compete in a round-robin format to select the best teams for the elimination round.

In addition to seven sets of medals for seven categories, the organizing panel will present two prizes to the best young men and women, as well as vote for the tournament beauty.

Apart from checking quality in training, the event is also a good chance for General Department of Sports and Physical Training to seek outstanding players for the national squad to play in international tours.

The national table-tennis squad is set to play at the Golden racket Table-tennis tour this July, and ASEAN tour later this year.

Experts said that this year’s Championship will be very exciting as it sees most of the best players, including Dinh Quang Linh, Le Tien Dat (Military), Doan Kien Quoc (Khanh Hoa), Tran Tuan Quynh (Hanoi T&T), Mai Hoang My Trang (Ho Chi Minh Petrosetco), Nguyen Thi Viet Linh (Public Security), and Nguyen Thi Nga (Hanoi). The Military delegation demonstrates its power in the men's team category, while the men's singles category is expected to challenge fan’s hearts by the performance of Quang Linh, Tien Dat and Kien Quoc.

For the very first time, the organizers are offering the Miss Table-tennis prize to encourage female players, especial young.

In the first day of competition on May 10th, in the qualifying round for men’s team, 3-0 was the final results for games between Ho Chi Minh city - Da Nang, Vinh Long - Hanoi, Military 1 - Lam Dong, and Hai Duong 2 - Hanoi 1. While in the women’s team, Military thrashed Tien Giang 3-0, Long An beat Dong Nai 3-2, and Ho Chi Minh city 1 won 3-2 over Tay Ninh./.

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