Chengdu to host the ITTF Women's World Cup and the Men's World Cup

Sichuan Gymnasium will host the ITTF Women's World Cup from October 18 to 20, and the Men's World Cup from November 29 to December 1. The ITTF is going to launch these two events in the same city following Hangzhou 15 years ago, and the two events will be the top-level international table tennis single event sports before Tokyo2020 Olympic Games.

More than 200 athletes, coaches and technical officials from 26 countries and regions will partake in these events, including Olympic champions Ma Long and Liu Shiwen, world champions Zhu Yuling and Fan Zhendong, and the world's top players Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Timo Boll, Hirano Miu, and Harimoto Tomokazu who will gather in Chengdu to compete for top honors.