What are the countries that play table tennis?

Answer 1

There are 218 countries that play Table Tennis and are members of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) in 2013.

The ITTF groups the countries into 6 continents...

There are 48 in Africa, 45 in Asia, 58 in Europe, 40 in Latin America, 3 in North America and 24 in Oceania.

(North America consists of USA, Canada and Bermuda)

Answer 2

The game of table tennis has its roots in lawn tennis.

When lawn tennis became very popular in the 1870s & 1880s, game makers tried to emulate its success by developing indoor versions of the game.

So there were card games, board & dice games, rackets & balloon games and even tiddledy winks tennis games.

But the first use of the name Table Tennis occurred on a board and dice game by J.H.Singer of New York around 1884 and it's also known that a game of Table Tennis was offered in the 1887 game catalogue of George S. Parker, founder of the famed Parker Brothers in America.

But the first action game of tennis on a table was in 1890, so it was David Foster of England who is the founder/inventor of table tennis in 1890.

Answer 3

Italy, Spain, Portugal and Switzerland.

Answer 4

Britain during the 1880s

Answer 5

china

Answer 6

China