Kathmandu: The South Asian Youth Table Tennis Tournament will begin in Kathmandu on Thursday.<\/p>\n
A total of 85 table tennis players from six countries, including host Nepal, are participating in the tournament organised by the All Nepal Table Tennis Association. At a press conference held in Kathmandu on Wednesday, General Secretary of the Association, Kuber Prakash Singh, shared that all South Asian countries except Bhutan will participate in the tournament.<\/p>\n
The four-day tournament, which follows the Asian Table Tennis Union’s annual calendar, will be held at the National Table Tennis Training Centre in Lainchaur, Kathmandu.<\/p>\n
The tournament will see athletes compete for 14 gold medals in the U-19 and U-15 age groups in team events, singles, doubles and mixed doubles. The tournament also serves as a qualifying event for the Asian Junior Table Tennis to be held in Uzbekistan, table tennis head coach Mohandas Basukala said.<\/p>\n
Accordingly, the teams that come first and second in the U-19 team competition will automatically be selected for the Asian Junior Table Tennis. Countries that are unable to qualify through this tournament will be provided with a ‘quota’ for participation through wild cards, with equal numbers of male and female players in the U-15 age group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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