Like last year, an ITTF Hopes team will take part in the Eurominichamp’s, from 27 to 29 August 2010 in Schiltigheim.
This selection consists of 9 young athletes chosen from 184 young table tennis players from 41 national federations.
The ITTF World Hopes Team this year will be:
- 5 girls : Neridee Niño (VENEZUELA), Han Mi Jung (SOUTH KOREA), Insana Makhauri (LATVIA), Ruofei Rao (NEW-ZELAND) et Marie Migot (FRANCE).
- 4 boys : Filip Ilijevski (CANADA), Victor Hung Ka Tak (HONG-KONG), Christopher Wheeler (SCOTLAND), Aaron Junior Wilson (TRINIDAD and TOBAGO).
The head coach of the team will be a professional coach, Mr Dehan Papic, who currently works in Toronto, and the team captain will be Zita Pidl from Hungary.
Programme for the ITTF World Hopes Team :
- An 8-day training period in Korea, from 16 to 24 July.
- A friendly match against Korea on 25 July.
- Taking part in a new competition, the ‘Korean hopes challenge’ on 26 and 27 July.
- The Korea Junior International tournament – one of the ‘premium’ competitions in the world junior circuit.
- The Eurominichamp’s tournament from 27 to 29 August 2010 in Schiltigheim.