The Pan American Table Tennis Cup is an annual
table tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...
competition held in the Americas since 2017. It consists of men's and women's singles events. Only 16 invited players and no more than 2 players per association are allowed to participate in each event. Since its inception, it is recognised as the qualification event for the
Table Tennis World Cup
The Table Tennis World Cup has been held annually since 1980. There had been only men's singles until the inauguration of women's singles in 1996 and team competitions in 1990. The team competitions, the World Team Cup, were canceled until the rela ...
. The competitions are organized as a joint effort of the
Latin American Table Tennis Union and the
Northern American Table Tennis Union. The event is sanctioned by the
International Table Tennis Federation
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national table tennis associations. The role of the ITTF includes overseeing rules and regulations and seeking technological improvement for the sport of table tenni ...
(ITTF).
Results
Men's singles
Women's singles
Medal table
See also
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Pan American Table Tennis Championships
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Table tennis at the Pan American Games
References
{{Panamerican Championships
Table tennis competitions
Table tennis in Latin America
Table tennis in North America
Table tennis in South America
Sports competitions in the Americas
Recurring sporting events established in 2017