The Latin American Table Tennis Union (LATTU), or Unión Latinoamericana de Tenis de Mesa (ULTM) in Spanish, was one of the
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 ...
continental federations recognized by
International Table Tennis Federation
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is the governing body for all national 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 p ...
(ITTF) before 2021. The ULTM was composed of 37 national or regional table tennis associations, working on the development of table tennis in
Latin America
Latin America or
* french: Amérique Latine, link=no
* ht, Amerik Latin, link=no
* pt, América Latina, link=no, name=a, sometimes referred to as LatAm is a large cultural region in the Americas where Romance languages — languages derived f ...
.
In 2019, the ULTM and the
Northern American Table Tennis Union (NATTU) founded Pan American Table Tennis Confederation. The Confederation was recognised by the ITTF as the continental federation, replacing both the ULTM and the NATTU in 2021.
Members
List of total 37 member associations:
* - Anguilla Table Tennis Association
* - Antigua and Barbuda Table Tennis Association
* - Federación Argentina de Tenis de Mesa
* - Aruba Table Tennis Association
* - Barbados Table Tennis Association
* - Belize Table Tennis Association
* - Federación Boliviana de Tenis de Mesa
* - Confederação Brasileira de Tenis de Mesa
* - Cayman Islands Table Tennis Association
* - Federación Chilena de Tenis de Mesa
* - Federación Colombiana de Tenis de Mesa
* - Federación Costarricense de Tenis de Mesa
* - Federación Cubana de Tenis de Mesa
* - Curaçao Table Tennis Federation
* - Dominica Table Tennis Association
* - Federación Dominicana de Tenis de Mesa Inc.
* - Federación Ecuatoriana de Tenis de Mesa
* - Federación Salvadoreña de Tenis de Mesa
* - Grenada Table Tennis Association
* - Federación Nacional de Tenis de Mesa de Guatemala
* - Guyana Table Tennis Association
* - Association Haitienne de Tennis de Table
* - Federación Nacional de Tenis de Mesa de Honduras
* - Jamaican Table Tennis Association
* - Federación Mexicana de Tenis de Mesa
* - Federación Nicaragüense de Tenis de Mesa
* - Comisión Nacional de Tenis de Mesa de Panama
* - Federación Paraguaya de Tenis de Mesa
* - Federación Peruana de Tenis de Mesa
* - Federación Puertorriqueña de Tenis de Mesa
* - St. Kitts-Nevis Table Tennis Association
* - St. Lucia Table Tennis Association
* - St. Vincent and the Grenadines Table Tennis Association
* - Suriname Table Tennis Federation
* - Trinidad and Tobago Table Tennis Association
* - Federación Uruguaya de Tenis de Mesa
* - Federación Venezolana de Tenis de Mesa
As members of ITTF but NOT affiliated to ULTM:
* - British Virgin Islands Table Tennis Association
* - St. Maarten Table Tennis Federation
Competitions
Continental and regional championships held by ULTM are as follows:
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Latin American Table Tennis Championships The Latin American Table Tennis Championships is a table tennis tournament for Latin America. It was first held in 1978 in Mexico City. The second edition was held in 1980 in Rio de Janeiro. After these two editions the Latin American Championships ...
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Latin American Table Tennis Cup The Latin American Table Tennis Cup is an annual table tennis competition being held since 2011. It consists of Men's and Women's Singles events. Only 12 invited players and no more than 3 players per association are allowed to participate in each e ...
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Latin American Youth Table Tennis Championships
:*Central American Championships, CONCATEME Cup
:*Central American Junior and Cadet Championships
:*Central American Minicadet (U-13) Championships
:*Caribbean Senior Championships
:*Caribbean Junior and Cadet Championships
:*Caribbean Mini-Cadet (U-13) Championships
:*South American Championships
:*South American Junior and Cadet Championships
:*South American Mini-Cadet (U-13) Championships
Competitions organized by ULTM members and other organizations:
*Pan-American Minicadet (U-13) Championships
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Central American and Caribbean Games
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Central American Games
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South American Games (ODESUR Games)
References
External links
Official website of the ULTM(in Spanish)
{{National Members of the International Table Tennis Federation
Table tennis organizations
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 ...
Table tennis in South America
Table tennis in Latin America