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Table Tennis in World Class Awaits in Malmö

The Swedish table tennis fever is holding on tight. Now it's clear that Malmö Arena will host one of the four Grand Smash tournaments on the world tour next year. "It's a dream come true", says Swedish world star Truls Möregårdh.

» Published: December 23 2024

Table Tennis in World Class Awaits in Malmö
Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT

Möregårdh and his national team companions enthralled large parts of the Swedish people during the Olympic Games in Paris last summer.

His individual silver and the men's team medal of the same value awakened a dormant interest in the sport.

"Malmö arena will be electric and I'm glad to compete in front of our incredible fans. Events like Europa Smash are the platform we need to take the sport to new heights," says Möregårdh in a press release.

"High esteem"

The major Swedish successes lately have strongly contributed to the table tennis federation's efforts to land a new major tournament on Swedish soil, two years after the European Championship.

"Grand Smash is one of the largest and finest events in table tennis, in absolute parity with a World Championship. That World Table Tennis (International Table Tennis Federation) chooses to hold the competition in Sweden and the fantastic Malmö arena for the first time it's played in Europe is incredibly exciting but also proof of the high esteem Swedish organizers enjoy," says the Swedish Table Tennis Federation's chairman Dennis Lindahl in a press release.

Tribute to legends

Steve Dainton, WTT's CEO:

"Sweden is synonymous with table tennis greatness and hosting Europe's Grand Smash in Malmö is a tribute to both legends from the past and today's rising stars."

The tournament at Malmö arena takes place on August 14-24. Other Grand Smash-level competitions will be held next year in Singapore (January/February), Las Vegas (July), and Beijing (September/October).

In a Grand Smash, the same number of ranking points are awarded to the winner as at the Olympic Games and World Championship.

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