China table tennis was introduced from Japan in 1904.
At the beginning of the 20th century, shortly after the Meiji Restoration in Japan, many Japanese enterprises set up commercial organizations in coastal cities of China to sell a lot of goods to the China market. Therefore, table tennis was introduced to China along with business contacts and frequent exchanges between Japanese industrial and commercial circles.
10 In 904, Wang Daowu, the owner of a stationery store in Shanghai, bought10 sets of table tennis equipment from Japan. From then on, table tennis was introduced to China.
The development of table tennis in the world and the heyday of table tennis in Europe (1926 ~ 195 1 year)
18 World Table Tennis Championships will be held from 1926 to 195 1 * *. The participating teams mainly came from Europe, among which Hungary scored the most outstanding, winning 57.5 championships. At this stage, the European team has an absolute advantage.
Japan dominates world table tennis (1952 ~ 1959)
Japan Table Tennis Association 1928 joined ITTF, and 1952 participated in the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time and won four championships in one fell swoop. 2 1 to the champion of the men's team in the 25th World Table Tennis Championships. The advantage of table tennis has shifted from Europe to Asia.
The Rise of Table Tennis in China (196 1 ~ 1969)
65438-0959 China athlete Rong Guotuan won the first World Table Tennis Championship for China in the men's singles competition of the 25th World Table Tennis Championships. From 196 1 to 1965, China won the championship of 1 1 with its unique style of play. Among them, in the 28th championship from 65438 to 0965, China won the championship five times, reaching the first peak in the history of table tennis in China.
The revival of table tennis in Europe and the competition between Europe and Asia (197 1 ~ 1979)
At the 32nd World Table Tennis Championships, the Swedish men's team broke the team championship record that Asia has maintained for 20 years. China won the men's and women's team championships again in the 33rd and 34th World Table Tennis Championships.
In the 35th World Table Tennis Championships, Europe revived, and Hungary won the Swislin Cup. Yugoslavia won the men's doubles championship.
Team China climbed the world peak (198 1 year-1988).
198 1 China set an unprecedented record for a country to win all the championships in 55 years at the 36th World Table Tennis Championships. In the next three World Table Tennis Championships, he won six world championships three times in a row.
The World Beats China (199 1- Up to now)
Since 1988 table tennis entered the Olympic Games, the professionalization of table tennis in Europe has developed rapidly. In the 4 1 World Table Tennis Championships, the European men's team included the top five teams.
At the 43rd World Table Tennis Championships in Tianjin 1995, China won seven championships in all competitions. At the 44th World Table Tennis Championships, the men's and women's teams in China once again maintained their honor and won six gold medals. China won all the championships in the 45th World Table Tennis Championships and the 48th, 49th and 50th World Table Tennis Championships from 65438 to 0999.
The Development of Table Tennis in China China Table Tennis is recognized as the "national game" of China in the world.
Since Rong Guotuan 1959 won the first world championship, the China table tennis team has won more than 100 world championships for the motherland in the past 50 years, including all the gold medals in the four World Table Tennis Championships and the two Olympic Games, creating an immortal history that is rare in the world sports world.
Table tennis has formed a virtuous circle of popularization-improvement-popularization-improvement in China. According to statistics, at present, the population who often plays table tennis in China is about 6.5438+million.
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