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At the Annual General Meeting of the International Table Tennis Federation,
on the occasion of the GAC GROUP 2011 World Table Tennis Championships,
Adham Sharara, ITTF President, was delighted to announce that the membership
had grown to 215 affiliated nations.
The figure represents the continued and phenomenal world-wide push by the
International Table Tennis Federation to ensure that every nation on the
planet plays table tennis.
It includes 100% coverage of Oceania and makes the International Table
Tennis Federation the only International Federation to have members in every
nation across a whole continent.
Newly Elected Nations
Wallis and Futuna, Curacao, Tokelau, Antigua-Barbuda, Mozambique and British
Virgin Islands are the newly elected members.
Curacao replaces Netherlands Antilles which is no longer recognized as one
nation but separate islands; Curacao is one of those islands.
Above Basketball
The move places table tennis above basketball and just seven nations away
from over-taking volleyball (222 members).
Adham Sharara ITTF President said: "I am vey proud of this achievement and
it shows how strong our development programme is as we continue to grow each
year." | w***z
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