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The new ITTF selection for the 2010 EMC

Like last year, an ITTF Hopes team will take part in the Eurominichamp’s, from 27 to 29 August 2010 in Schiltigheim.

This selection consists of 9 young athletes chosen from 184 young table tennis players from 41 national federations.

The ITTF World Hopes Team this year will be:

  • 5 girls : Neridee Niño (VENEZUELA), Han Mi Jung (SOUTH KOREA), Insana Makhauri (LATVIA), Ruofei Rao (NEW-ZELAND) et Marie Migot (FRANCE).
  • 4 boys : Filip Ilijevski (CANADA), Victor Hung Ka Tak (HONG-KONG), Christopher Wheeler (SCOTLAND), Aaron Junior Wilson (TRINIDAD and TOBAGO).

The head coach of the team will be a professional coach, Mr Dehan Papic, who currently works in Toronto, and the team captain will be Zita Pidl from Hungary.

Programme for the ITTF World Hopes Team :

  • An 8-day training period in Korea, from 16 to 24 July.
  • A friendly match against Korea on 25 July.
  • Taking part in a new competition, the ‘Korean hopes challenge’ on 26 and 27 July.
  • The Korea Junior International tournament – one of the ‘premium’ competitions in the world junior circuit.
  • The Eurominichamp’s tournament from 27 to 29 August 2010 in Schiltigheim.