History of this site for 2005


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23 December 2005 Preview of January 2006 ranking list that will be used for World Championships selection has been updated, read comments .
Thanks to Ivo Drinovec for a picture of Mateja Pintar .
Results of the elections of Africa/Middle-East Best Players 2005.
22 December 2005 TD report of US Open 2005 (Las Vegas).
Calendar updated with documents for 1st Serbia Open.
IPC article on Japanese table tennis player Tomoko Fukuzawa accused of purposefully misleading classifiers.
Preview of January 2006 ranking list that will be used for World Championships selection has been updated, read comments .
Calendar updated with documents for Panazol Tetra Tournament.
21 December 2005 Calendar updated with documents for 2nd Tetra Open of Cologne.
Preview of January 2006 ranking list that will be used for World Championships selection has been updated, read comments .
Added ranking points, ratings and results of US Open .

20 December 2005 Thanks to Pablo Perez for pictures of Emmanuel Dal Pan and Karim Boumedouha.
Thanks to Edimilson Matias Pinheiro for a picture of Alexandre Caldeira .
Thanks to Arturo Marin for pictures of Alfonso Diaz and Cristian Dettoni.
19 December 2005 Initial inspection report on venue and accommodation of the 6th Asian & Oceania Table Tennis Championships, Korea, 2007.
TD report on Ottobock Korea Open 2005.
Minutes of the African-Middle East regional table tennis assembly.
TD reports of 2nd International Etna's Cup and 8th Trofeo del Mediterraneo .
18 December 2005 Preview of January 2006 ranking list that will be used for World Championships selection has been updated, read comments .
Added ranking points, ratings and results of Africa/Middle-East Championships .
17 December 2005 Added results of Africa/Middle-East Championships .
16 December 2005 Preview of January 2006 ranking list that will be used for World Championships selection has been updated, read comments .
Added ranking points, ratings and results of Etna's Cup .
Added ranking points, ratings and results of Copa Tango III .
Thanks to Olivier Picot for a picture of Anne Barnéoud .
14 December 2005 Calendar updated with documents for Irish Open 2006.
11 December 2005 For an unknown reason the points of 2003 A/ME championships were kept in January 2006 preview ranking list.
10 December 2005 Preview of January 2006 ranking list that will be used for World Championships selection has been updated, read comments .
Added ranking points , ratings and results of Trofeo del Mediterraneo .
Added ranking points, ratings and results of Montreux tournament .
Added ranking points, ratings and results of Stockholm Games .
Calendar updated with documents for Hungarian Open 2006.
27 November 2005 Added or updated pictures in players' profiles for Barabas Balazs , Giuseppe Vella, Julius Lampacher, Maxime Thomas , Michel Terrefond, Nobuhiro Minami, Rolf Zumkehr , Thorsten Grünkemeyer, Audrey Le Morvan, Bernadette Darvand , Christiane Pape , Claire Mairie, Dzaier Neil, Eimear Breathnach , Fanny Bertrand, Florence Gossiaux, Gudrun Hoegemann , Marie-Christine Fillou , Monika Sikora, Monique Sirgant, Rosa Zaugg , Thu Kamkasomphou.
Thanks to Paul Karabardak for a picture of himself.
Thanks to Georges-Emmanuel Moutiez for pictures of Cyril Hernandez and Teddy Gaudry.

23 November 2005 Calendar updated with documents of Liverpool.
TD report of German Open.
Thanks to Alberto Garcia and Pablo Perez for pictures of Amalio Castillo and Jaume Franch.
Thanks to Domenico Scatena for a picture of himself.
22 November 2005 Added Hungarian Open to calendar.
17 November 2005 List of players of US Open and a communiqué from organizers: "We appreciate all those who responded. We are sorry for those we could not accept, but we hope to see you next year.".
13 November 2005 List of players of Catania and Agrigento.
10 November 2005 Added ranking points, ratings and results of 2005 OttoBock Korea Open TT Championships .
9 November 2005 TD report of Stockholm Games - Solna 2005.
8 November 2005 Press release of US Paralympic Table Tennis Championships in Las Vegas.
6 November 2005 Thanks to Sean O'Neill and Mike Armstrong for pictures of Mitch Seidenfeld , Douglas Younan, Bob Bowlander and Ed Levy .
Error in points of 2nd City of Cape Town T.T. Open Championships : the single matches of team events were missing.
4 November 2005 Preview of January 2006 ranking list that will be used for World Championships selection has been updated.
Added ranking points, ratings and results of 2nd City of Cape Town T.T. Open Championships .
31 October 2005 Preview of January 2006 ranking list that will be used for World Championships selection has been updated.
Added ranking points, ratings and results of World IWAS Games - Tribute to Peace .
Added ranking points, ratings and results of Women Islamic Games .
30 October 2005 Calendar updated with World Championships 2006 documents.
List of players of Stockholm Games, Montreux 2005 and Copa Tango III .
19 October 2005 TD report of IWAS World Games – Tribute to Peace 2005.
16 October 2005 Added 3 new 2006 tournaments to calendar: Irish Open, Serbia Open and German Open.
15 October 2005 The detailed results of 1st German Open are available on their web site .
Thanks to Andreas Nau for a picture of himself.
8 October 2005 Thanks to Elena Zalbide for a picture of Giovanni Rodriguez Granados .
Added a preview of January 2006 ranking list that will be used for World Championships selection.
Added ranking points, ratings and results of 1st German Open in Wuppertal.
7 October 2005 Second entry form for Copa Tango III.
TD report of 4th Women Islamic Games 2005.
Second entry form for US Open in Las Vegas.
6 October 2005 Please visit the nice web site from Americas TT Committee. Read official announcement .
List of players of Montreux 2005.
TD report of European Championships 2005.
1 October 2005 October ranking list is available.
Added ranking points , ratings and results of European Championships .
Added ranking points, ratings and results of Taipei Open .
30 September 2005 Report on ATTC visit to Barbados schools of TT for the Disabled.
October ranking list is available.
Added ranking points , ratings and results of European Championships .
Added ranking points, ratings and results of Taipei Open .
29 September 2005 Players profiles have been updated with results of Taipei Open and European Championships .
List of players for German Open.
9 September 2005 Agenda of the European table tennis Assembly.
Calendar updated with new tournament "I Juegos Juveniles Parapanamericanos" and documents of Agrigento, Catania and Stockholm.
Thanks to Pablo Perez and David Alonso for a picture of Miguel Angel Valle .
6 September 2005 Following our SAEC meeting held in Mar del Plata in July 2005, there are some requirements that we would like to reinforce relating to our tournaments. These requirements are in our regulations but for ease of reference... Read more .
2 September 2005 Second entry form of Montreux 2005.
Due to a lack of candidates, the classification seminar in Cape Town is canceled.
1 September 2005 Players list and program for European Championships.
30 August 2005 Thanks to Pablo Perez for pictures of Lea Gadg , Clara Podda and Tomás Piñas.
The organizers of Trofeo del Mediterraneo 2005 have decided to make a special discount for any registration by women players: the entry fee will be euro 260,00 instead of euros 370,0
Invitation and entry form of Mexican Open
List of players of Tribute to Peace World Wheelchair & Amputee Games.
Approval and entry forms of Copa Tango III.
Added Lasko 2006 to calendar and few approvals.
Thanks to Simone Gaffino for a picture of himself.
Minutes of the ATTC meeting in Mar Del Plata.
Thanks to Christopher Puls for a picture of himself.
Thanks to Trevor Julian for a picture of Rebecca Julian.
2nd entry form updated with new bank account details for Cape Town tournament.
Added ranking points, ratings and results of Parapanamerican TT Championships .
9 August 2005 Selection procedure for World Championships 2006 in Montreux.
6 August 2005 Added 3 new tournaments to 2006 calendar.
2nd entry form for Cape Town tournament.
4 August 2005 Added list of best players of Americas 2005.
30 July 2005 Added 1st entry form for Women Islamic Games to calendar.
20 July 2005 TD report and other documents from ASP championships in Kuala Lumpur.
17 July 2005 Added ranking points, ratings and results of CPISRA Games .
Added ranking points, ratings and results of Slovakia Open .
12 July 2005 TD reports of Slovakia Open , World Singles Cup and CP ISRA CP-ISRA World Championships .
5 July 2005 Players list of Pan-American championships.
2 July 2005 Important clarification from selection officer Nico Verspeelt about entries for regional championships.
1 July 2005 Classsification seminar form for tribute to Peace World Games in Rio de Janeiro.
World ranking list of July is online.
30 June 2005 Added 3 new 2006 tournaments to calendar.
29 June 2005 Added ranking points, ratings and results of Asia/South Pacific championships .
28 June 2005 Added ranking points, ratings and results of Jesolo .
An ITTF article about Liebherr Brazilian Open 2005 and 2 paralympians: Edmilson PINHEIROS and William ALMEIDA.
26 June 2005 TD report of Lasko.
24 June 2005 Added documents for Parapanamerican Table Tennis Championships to calendar .
22 June 2005 A message from IPC Sport Competition Manager about tournament entries.
Added ranking points, ratings and results of Norwegian Open .
16 June 2005 Current ratings now exclude players with a large standard deviation, previously they were not ranked but still listed and it was confusing for most people.
13 June 2005 TD report of Norwegian Open.
12 June 2005 Spanish translation of the explanation on how works the rating system.
Fixed ranking points, ratings and results of Czech Open where quarter final matches were missing.
10 June 2005 Added documents for Parapanamerican Table Tennis Championships to calendar .
Implemented the rule of 30 months of inactivty to ratings. A player who has not played in the last 30 months does not appear in ratings.
8 June 2005 List of players for Slovak Open .
Added ranking points, ratings and results of Czech Open .
7 June 2005 List of players for Oslo and Kuala Lumpur.
Some nice pictures from Jesolo taken by Pablo Pérez.
6 June 2005 New pictures of following players: Updated calendar with documents of Taipei Open and Rio.
Africa/Middle-East championships: the deadline for first entry form has been extended to July, 1st.
30 May 2005 World Singles Cup for standing players: China wins the 2 titles!
See ranking points, ratings and results .
27 May 2005 Updated calendar with documents of Sicily tournaments.
TD report of Czech Open.
25 May 2005 French translation of the explanation on how works the rating system.
23 May 2005 TD report of Emmen tournament.
Due to the withdraw from Jose Luis VIVANCO (MEX), François SERIGNAT (FRA) is selected for the World Singles Cup, see latest selection .
Updated calendar with documents of Cape Town tournament.
20 May 2005 Added ranking points, ratings and results of Irish Open .
19 May 2005 TD report of Hong Kong tournament.
Updated profiles of French players with results of open championshps and tetra championships.
18 May 2005 Updated list of players for Jesolo .
Due to the withdraw of Richard CSEJTEY from SVK, Olivier CHATEIGNER from FRA is now selected for the World Singles Cup.
Thanks to Polychronis Politsis for a picture of himself.
Thanks to Benoit Dumont for a picture of himself.
Thanks to Francisco Eugênio Sales for a picture of Antonio Carlos Melo .
12 May 2005 Results of first round of the open event were not included in Torino ranking points and ratings, it's now fixed.
11 May 2005 Thanks to Karim Boumedouha for a picture of himself.
10 May 2005 Added ranking points, ratings and results of Hong Kong tournament .
Added ranking points, ratings and results of Torino tournament .
8 May 2005 Added Mexican Open to calendar.
List of players for Czech Open .
Thanks to Marc Ledoux for a picture of himself.
7 May 2005 TD report of Irish Open 2005.
6 May 2005 TD report of Polish Open 2005
List of players for Torino.
3 May 2005 Results of 2nd Open Terme Lasko .
List of players for Jesolo .
2 May 2005 Thanks to Wendy Schrijver for a picture of herself.
30 April 2005 Added rating page.
28 April 2005 Published second entry form documents and umpires invitation for European Championships in calendar.
24 April 2005 Linked Peter Rosenmeier's profile page to his personal web site.
23 April 2005 Added a link and comment to organizers section to present the Excel programs written by Dr.Wu,Chi-Shih to help organizers and referees making the draw.
22 April 2005 Added World Championships 2006 to calendar
Thanks to Edimilson Matias for a picture of himself.
19 April 2005 Added ranking points and results of Polish Open.
18 April 2005 Calendar updated with documents of Asia and South Pacific Championships.
15 April 2005 Added the simple steps for the organization of an ipttc tournament to the organizers section.
14 April 2005 List of players for Lasko.
Added ranking points and results of Emmen tournament.
11 April 2005 Calendar updated with documents of Stockholm Games.
List of players for Hong Kong tournament, Irish Open and Polish Open.
9 April 2005 Calendar updated with a note on teams in Norwegian Open.
8 April 2005 Calendar updated with second entry form of Jesolo.
6 April 2005 Our web site is now localized in Portuguese and French, these translations are uncomplete, Edimilson Matias did the Portuguese version and will translate also documents. If your browser is configured for one of these 2 languages, you will see the interface in your language. For the others languages, the english version will be displayed. If you would like to translate into another language, do not hesitate to contact me .
Report and photo of seminar on technical and umpiring of table tennis in Manila.
4 April 2005 New address for Russian table tennis contact.
1 April 2005 April ranking list is available.
31 March 2005 Added ranking points and results of Hungarian Open.
28 March 2005 Calendar updated with documents of Montreux and a new tournament Copa Tango III.
24 March 2005 Calendar updated with entry forms of Torino and US Open.
23 March 2005 Edimilson Matias kindly wrote a Portuguese translation of the CP ISRA TD inspection report. I am in the process of internationalizing the web site. Hopefully once technical problems are solved, we will get a Portuguese version of this site (menus, page titles, ..).
List of players of Emmen's tournament.
Calendar updated with invitation for World CPISRA Games and classification seminar for Parapanamerican TT Championships.
Portuguese version of Americas TT Committee report.
16 March 2005 Added classification seminar form to Africa/Middle-East championships.
New address for Taipei table tennis contact.
14 March 2005 Clarifications about participation to regional championships of class 11 players.
9 March 2005 Calendar updated with documents for Polish Open.
8 March 2005 Calendar updated with documents for Torino and some minor updates.
Added Women Islamic Games to calendar.
3 March 2005 Calendar updated with documents for Cairo, Ostrava and Hong Kong.
26 February 2005 Updated addresses with new email address for Austria.
23 February 2005 Calendar updated with Slovak Open approval, second entry form of Lasko and classifiers appointment.
Updated addresses with new email address for Japan.
New address and phone number for Leandro Olvech .
21 February 2005 Calendar updated with classification seminar information of Kuala Lumpur, documents for Wuppertal and few approvals.
10 February 2005 Minutes of IPTTC SAEC meetings in Athens and Bonn.
Americas TT committee report.
Massive update of the calendar and addition of a new tournament in Korea.
4 February 2005 Calendar updated with few approved tournaments.
18 January 2005 Added Americas championships and US open to calendar.
Calendar updated with Hong Kong and Wuppertal documents.
17 January 2005 The bank account data was uncomplete in 2nd Open Terme Lasko first entry form , it's now fixed.
12 January 2005 Calendar updated with Jesolo documents.
11 January 2005 Added TD reports for Copa Tango II and Etna's Cup.
9 January 2005 Added TD report of Agrigento.
8 January 2005 Published January ranking list.
4 January 2005 Added results and ranking points of Toluca.
3 January 2005 Thanks to Gabriel Copola for a new picture of himself.
2 January 2005 Added Hong Kong 2005 to calendar.
Added results and ranking points of Cairo.