ITTF President Thomas WEIKERT and Swedish Table Tennis Association President Petra SORLING were present for the signing for the biggest table tennis event on earth which will be held in Halmstad, Sweden between 29 April to 6 May 2018.

After the signing, ITTF President Thomas WEIKERT stated: “After the success of the 2017 World Championships, we are looking forward to keeping up the momentum at the 2018 edition. Halmstad has presented us their well thought out plans and we are confident it will be a fantastic event and a brilliant promotion of table tennis globally.”

The Liebherr 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships will welcome 72 men’s and 72 women’s team to the historic table tennis country of Sweden to fight to become World Champion.

Swedish Table Tennis Association President Petra SORLING added: “The commercial agreement with the ITTF gives us the platform to achieve all our goals from hosting this prestigious event. We will work hand-in-hand with the ITTF to source for more partners for the World Championships to make it as special as possible.”