Oceania Table Tennis Federation
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The Oceania Table Tennis Federation (OTTF) is a table tennis organization found on 1st June 1977, recognized by International Table Tennis Federation
International Table Tennis Federation
The International Table Tennis Federation is the governing body for all national table tennis associations.-Founding history:The ITTF was founded in 1926, the nine founding members being Austria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England, Germany, Hungary, India, Sweden and Wales...

 (ITTF) as its continental federation in Oceania
Oceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...

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Discussions began at the Commonwealth
Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...

 Table Tennis Championships held in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, 1975. Seven foundation members were New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...

, Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...

, Fiji
Fiji
Fiji , officially the Republic of Fiji , is an island nation in Melanesia in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island...

, New Caledonia
New Caledonia
New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...

 and Tahiti
Tahiti
Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...

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Members

There are 24 affiliated member associations.

Member associations: - American Samoa Table Tennis Association - Table Tennis Australia
Table Tennis Australia
Table Tennis Australia is the National Sporting Organisation for the Sport of Table Tennis in Australia and is affiliated with both the ITTF which oversees the international governance and development of Table Tennis and the OTTF which oversees the sport development at a regional level.- Players...

 - Cook Islands Table Tennis Association - Federated States of Micronesia Table Tennis Association - Fiji Table Tennis Association - Guam Table Tennis Association - Kiribati Table Tennis Association - Marshall Islands Table Tennis Association - Nauru Table Tennis Association - Ligue Caledonienne de Tennis de Table - Table Tennis New Zealand - Niue Table Tennis Association - Norfolk Island Table Tennis Association - Marianas Table Tennis Association - Palau Table Tennis Association - Papua & New Guinea Table Tennis Association - Samoa Table Tennis Association - Solomon Islands Table Tennis Association - Federation Tahitienne de Tennis de Table - Tokelau Table Tennis Association - Tonga Amateur Table Tennis Association - Tuvalu Table Tennis Association - Vanuatu Table Tennis Federation - Wallis & Futuna Table Tennis Association

Competitions

Competitions held by OTTF:
  • Oceania Championships
  • Oceania Cup
  • South Pacific Cup
  • Oceania Cadet Challenge

Competitions held by other organizations:
  • Pacific Games
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