International Table
Tennis Federation (ITTF) has confirmed Budapest, Hungary as the sole bidder for
the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships.
The announcement
came after ITTF officials visited the SYMA hall, the venue proposed for the
Championships to determine that it was suitable to host the world's biggest
table tennis event.
At the announcement,
ITTF's CEO Judit FARAGO stated: "As a Hungarian, I am excited to learn
that the Hungarian Table Tennis Association has an intention to bid for the
event. We had inquiries from different countries from four continents, by the
deadline Budapest was the only valid bid received."
"Some potential
bidders finally decided to target the World Team Championships in 2020, also
the ITTF is having a transition period where size of the World Championships is
under review and reduced, which gives good chances for those organisers and
cities which before could not accommodate such a big event (800 players before,
now reduced to approximately 550). This is something new and not very well
known to many. It is now up to the Hungarian Table Tennis Association to make a
good presentation to the AGM delegates, and to convince them that the event may
be allocated to them."
Hungary is regular
organiser of ITTF events. They successfully host an ITTF World Tour and World
Junior Circuit event every year, and Budapest will be the place of this year's
ITTF-European Championships
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