Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation
Formation1976
HeadquartersDhaka, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali

The Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation is the national federation for table tennis and is responsible for governing the sport in Bangladesh.[1] National Professor Jamilur Reza Choudhury was the founder president of the federation.[2]

History

The federation was established in 1972, and became an affiliate of the Asian Table Tennis Federation and World Table Tennis Federation.that year. It is the third most popular sport in the country, after football and cricket.[3] In November 2019, top table tennis players of Bangladesh demanded the resignation of the vice-president of the Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation, Khandokar Hasan Monir, with allegations of mismanagement.[4]

References

  1. ^ "National TT from Feb 22". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Gregorian become champions in first ever inter-club table tennis". Dhaka Tribune. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  3. ^ Faroqi, Gofran. "Table Tennis". Banglapedia. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Table tennis players versus Monir". The Daily Star. 1 August 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.


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