2017 World Table Tennis Championships Launches Website and Opens Ticket Sales

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The Liebherr 2017 World Table Tennis Championships have launched their official website and opened ticket sales for the biggest table tennis event on earth, which will be held in Dusseldorf, Germany from 29 May to 5 June 2017.

The Liebherr 2017 World Table Tennis Championships, that will be held at Messe Düsseldorf, is set to be the biggest table tennis event ever, expecting over 4,000 accredited people and more than 55,000 spectators to witness the crowning of the 2017 World Champions.

The biggest table tennis stars will be on show such as defending champion and Olympic champion MA Long, super star ZHANG Jike, Japanese queen of table tennis Ai FUKUHARA and local favorites Dimitrij OVTCHAROV & Timo BOLL.

The official website, WTTC2017.com, is available in both German and English, and will be the one-stop shop for table tennis enthusiasts around the world to know more about the event, as well as book their tickets for the World Championships.

Other than tournament related information, fans can get involved at the World Championships by find out more about fun activities at the Messe Düsseldorf organized especially for them throughout the eight-days of the tournament on the official website.

In addition to WTTC2017.com, fans can also follow the latest and updates of the World Championships on the newly launched Facebook.com/ITTFWorldChamps page as well as ITTF World Championships microsite: http://bit.ly/ITTFWorlds2017.

Fans can now book their tickets to the eight-days table tennis extravaganza here: http://www.wttc2017.com/en/tickets.html

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