The 2025 FISU Summer Games will feature Table Tennis competitions from 17-24 July 2025, set to take place in Essen, Germany. 

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With winning smashes played in the blink of an eye and defending players often pushed five or more metres back from the table, the sport on the small table packs a mighty punch. Popularised in England and revolutionised in Asia, the early years of table tennis as a FISU World University Championships sport were dominated by Republic of Korea and Japan, until the entry of China in 1984. Their strong form continued into the sport’s debut at the FISU World University Games in 2001 through to the most recent edition in Chengdu, when Chinese players won all seven gold medals in front of rapturous home crowds. Can the tables be turned in Rhine-Ruhr?

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Check out the sport information page for more information. 

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