2021 REPORT Celebrating & Sharing Our PASSION for TABLE TENNIS! EVENT REPORT Intro Message
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4ALL 2021 REPORT Celebrating & sharing our PASSION for TABLE TENNIS! EVENT REPORT Intro message April 6, 2021, marked the seventh World Table Tennis Day (WTTD) and the second one in times of Covid-19 and its forcing measures and restrictions all around the globe. Nonetheless, the Table Tennis family did not lack determination, flexibility and creativity to organise memorable physical, digital or blended WTTD events. The originality of the events had no limits: from Russia, where a Table Tennis table was set up on top of a fortress, to a two-hour event with dance, music with adapted lyrics to promote FEMpowerment and a generational Table Tennis game with female-only participants in Argentina, to a drawing contest in the Slovak Republic, to first WTTD also proved its popularity and universality Together we are stronger. Together we can time events ever held in Cambodia and Korea DPR. through the ITTF Foundation’s very first online move forward. Gender equality and inclusion, main event: A 24-hour stream with live and are we there yet? In a nutshell: No. But we With female empowerment being the focus of pre-recorded sessions offered a variety of are proud of every step we’ve taken. We will WTTD 2021, inclusion was also shown by the fun-filled, sweat-inducing and educational continue and deepen our work towards specific topics of the events. There were a lot of possibilities for everyone, everywhere. achieving this goal and we are happy to events seeking to make Table Tennis more My sincere gratitude goes out to all WTTD 2021 count you in. accessible to women and girls and raising Promoters, organisers and passionate table tennis awareness of gender inequalities such as in Tahiti players, as well as to the three entities of the ITTF “Engage, speak up, step up, be focused, or Nigeria. Iran went one step further by helping Group: This year went down in history as a be strong, be determined and be you. Let’s #FEMpower all year long, not only children in a child labour context and those coming significant milestone since gender balance and on the March 8 or April 6.” from a background of illegal immigration, to find a female empowerment in Table Tennis have way out of their situations using our sport. been addressed comprehensively and Leandro Olvech holistically for the first time across the ITTF ITTF Foundation Director As a novelty in 2021, we piloted our first ever Group by introducing various activities, events, [email protected] WTTD Promoters Initiative in order to support and actions, always shining the spotlight on dedicated people around the world, thus creating women in Table Tennis. an impact on gender equality through Table Tennis in their local communities. 2 2021 WTTD Celebrations Map GREENLAND USA Watch the WTTD 2021 Celebrations video here! ICELAND SWEDEN RUSSIA FINLAND CANADA FAROE ISLANDS NORWAY ESTONIA SCOTLAND LATVIA DENMARK LITHUANIA IRELAND ISLE ENGLAND OF BELARUS MAN NETHERLANDS POLAND WALES GERMANY GUERNSEY C.I. BELGIUM UKRAINE JERSEY LUXEMBOURG CZECH REP. KAZAKHSTAN MONGOLIA FRANCE AUSTRIA SLOVAK REP. LIECHTENSTEIN MOLDOVA SWITZERLAND HUNGARY SLOVENIA CROATIA ROMANIA SERBIA MONACO BOSNIA- KOREA DPR HERZEGOVINA BULGARIA UZBEKISTAN KYRGYZSTAN ANDORRA MONTENEGRO KOSOVO SAN MARINO NORTH PORTUGAL ITALY ALBANIA MACEDONIA GEORGIA KOREA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SPAIN ARMENIA TURKMENISTAN TAJIKISTAN REPUBLIC JAPAN GREECE TURKEY AZERBAIJAN GIBRALTAR MALTA CHINA BERMUDA CYPRUS SYRIA TUNISIA LEBANON I R A N AFGHANISTAN MOROCCO PALESTINE IRAQ ISRAEL JORDAN KUWAIT PAKISTAN NEPAL BHUTAN ALGERIA LIBYA BAHRAIN HONG CHINESE TAIPEI MEXICO QATAR KONG BAHAMAS EGYPT UNITED ARAB BANGLADESH CUBA SAUDI MACAO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ARABIA EMIRATES MYANMAR CAYMAN PUERTO ANGUILLA ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA INDIA LAOS ISLANDS HAITI RICO BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS MAURITANIA JAMAICA US VIRGIN ISLANDS ST. MAARTEN OMAN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS MALI BELIZE CAYMAN ISLAND DOMINICA W.I. NIGER NORTHERN GUATEMALA BONAIRE CAPE VERDE SENEGAL ERITREA THAILAND HONDURAS ARUBA CURAÇAO ST. LUCIA CHAD YEMEN VIETNAM MARIANA BARBADOS GAMBIA SUDAN ST. VINCENT BURKINA FASO PHILIPPINES ISLANDS MARSHALL EL SALVADOR NICARAGUA GRENADA GUINEA-BISSAU CAMBODIA GUINEA BENIN DJIBOUTI ISLANDS TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO GUAM COSTA RICA SIERRA LEONE TOGO NIGERIA VENEZUELA SOUTH ETHIOPIA SRI PANAMA GUYANA GHANA CENTRAL SUDAN LANKA LIBERIA AFRICA PALAU MICRONESIA SURINAME CÔTE MALAYSIA BRUNEI COLOMBIA D'IVOIRE CAMEROON SOMALIA UGANDA EQUATORIAL GUINEA MALDIVES SÃO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE GABON KENYA SINGAPORE ECUADOR RWANDA NAURU KIRIBATI CONGO BRAZZAVILLE CONGO BURUNDI SEYCHELLES DEMOCRATIC PAPUA TANZANIA INDONESIA NEW GUINEA SOLOMON COOK ISLANDS ISLANDS TUVALU BRAZIL ANGOLA MALAWI COMOROS EAST TOKELAU TAHITI PERU WALLIS AND ZAMBIA MOZAMBIQUE TIMOR SAMOA FUTUNA BOLIVIA VANUATU AMERICAN NAMIBIA ZIMBABWE MADAGASCAR FIJI SAMOA MAURITIUS ISLANDS NIUE BOTSWANA NEW PARAGUAY CALEDONIA TONGA CHILE SWAZILAND AUSTRALIA LESOTHO SOUTH AFRICA NORFOLK ISLAND URUGUAY ARGENTINA EVENTS and HOME COUNTRIES * NEW 313 CELEBRATIONS in 98 and TERRITORIES ZEALAND *This number includes the 24-hour live stream. 3 56 6 Italy 146 Continental 5 Belgium Top 5 Russia 108 India Organisers 3 Albania 8 Pakistan 3 England 5 Nepal These numbers do not include Europe 3 France 3 Bhutan the 24-hour livestream. 3 Kosovo Asia 3 Thailand 3 Turkey 3 United Arab Emirates 2 Austria 2 Iran 2 Bulgaria 2 Malaysia 2 Estonia 2 Tajikistan 2 Germany 1 Afghanistan 2 Netherlands 1 Indonesia 2 Scotland 1 Jordan 1 Andorra 1 DPR Korea 1 Croatia 1 Lebanon 1 Denmark 1 Maldives 1 Greece 1 Philippines 7 1 Hungary 1 Qatar 1 1 4 USA Ireland Singapore 1 Latvia 1 Uzbekistan 3 Canada 1 Malta 1 Montenegro North America 1 Slovak Republic 1 Spain 1 Sweden 1 Ukraine 47 12 6 Australia 9 Jamaica 2 Fiji Islands 5 Venezuela 47 1 New Zealand 4 Colombia 1 Solomon Islands 4 Ecuador 13 Ethiopia 1 Tahiti 7 Nigeria 4 El Salvador Oceania 1 Tonga 3 Argentina 4 Ghana 3 Costa Rica 3 Botswana 2 Guyana 3 Uganda COMPARATIVE TABLE 2 Peru 2 Burundi 1 Antigua and Barbuda 2 Kenya CONTINENT 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Africa 1 Barbados 2 Lesotho Africa 14 13 39 64 69 198 47 1 Bonaire 2 South Africa 1 Brazil 2 Togo Asia 35 61 126 140 275 562 146 1 Algeria 1 Grenada Europe 50 68 215 288 470 1075 56 1 Guatemala 1 Comoros Latin America 1 Haiti 1 Rwanda & the Caribbean 36 29 35 63 74 766 47 Latin America & the Caribbean 1 Honduras 1 Senegal North America 12 7 20 13 15 95 7 1 Mexico 1 Sierra Leone 1 Paraguay 1 Tanzania Oceania 13 17 15 11 19 74 12 1 Tunisia 4 24h stream On the day, where we all share and spread the love for our sport, we did not let anything dampen our WTTD-spirits. Instead, we were bringing the event to everyone, everywhere who could not organise an event themselves or who wanted to go beyond their own event to celebrate April 6. Top 5 Countries and Territories watching Together with the whole ITTF Group, we organised a 24-hour online stream on 1 Philippines April 6 from12:00am to 11:59 (UTC+1), which included seminars and India presentations on gender equality in and through Table tennis, iconic Table 2 Tennis matches and various live sessions: 3 Pakistan • Meet-and-greets with Table Tennis idols Liam Pitchford and Clarence Chew; • Workouts to stay physically active with Elke Schall and Rachael Milligan; 4 Cambodia • Coaching sessions to improve skills with Paulina Vega & Andy Pereira, United States of America Emeric Martin, Rashid Omar & Majd Ablooshi, Sarah de Nutte, and Segun 5 Toriola in Spanish, French, Arabic and English respectively; • And entertaining sessions with Adrian Leigh and Adam Bobrov. The online stream was shared on all ITTF Groups’ Facebook accounts and the ITTF Foundation’s YouTube account with a total reach of 381,898 people making the ITTF Foundation’s first online main event popular and universal, but also showing the long way to go towards achieving gender balance and equity. Gender of Viewers 95.75 % male 4.25 % female 5 WTTD Promoters Initiative Introduction In order to achieve a more profound and lasting initiative to spread the spirit of the WTTD even impact on gender equality, the Promoters further and to contribute to the empowerment Where are the Promoters from? Initiative has been established for the first time of girls and women in their home countries and since the WTTD's creation. The idea behind it was territories through their events. Africa to have people worldwide, who are passionate Asia In total, the initiative counted on 47 Promoters about Table Tennis and social issues such as Europe gender inequality. Because ultimately, the people across 34 different countries and territories. who are there know best where the problem From dedicated young female student players Latin America points lie, what barriers exist in their federation, to workers from sports-related NGOs or North America club, culture and community, and perhaps how presidents of clubs and associations, the Oceania best to overcome them. With the support and initiative offered us a diverse range of people guidance of the ITTF Foundation, almost 50 and backgrounds eager to make a positive and 0 3 6 9 12 15 UZBEKISTAN dedicated women and men took part in this lasting change in their communities. 6 One aim of the initiative was to create an WTTD opportunity for involved women to host a WTTD Promoters event to feel empowered by assuming the Overview responsibilities of organising and running a WTTD, while also being a role model for younger girls and women in the club or community. At the same time, the Promoters were expected to contribute to spread awareness of gender inequality through their ideas for the WTTD, to raise awareness in the community and to find approaches to solve the problem.