History of this site for 2007

Date	Change
31 December 2007	Official January ranking list that will be used for Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games selection. It does not include the point adjustment for men class 5 and 10, the adjusted ranking list will be published by selection officer. Added ranking points, ratings and results of the US Open 2007.
27 December 2007	Update of the preview of the ranking list that will be used for Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games selection. It does not include the point adjustment for men class 5 and 10, the adjusted ranking list is published quarterly by selection officer. Added ranking points , ratings and results of the 9^th Trofeo del Mediterraneo. Added ranking points, ratings and results of the African Championships. Added ranking points, ratings and results of the Croatia Open.
7 December 2007	List of umpires selected for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
6 December 2007	Player list of US Open.
4 December 2007	Player list of African Championships (there maybe additionnal players).
25 November 2007	Announcement of review of classification. During the Italian open tournament in Lignano a review of the class of Alain Pichon occurred. In the European Championships a protest against that decision was launched by Poland. Pending the time until the athlete has been seen again he is placed back in the previous class. The reclassification assessment must have taken place before the end of the year according to the time schedule of the selection officer. The results will be announced.
21 November 2007	9^th Trofeo del Mediterraneo: team list and players without team partners .
20 November 2007	Thanks to Salatiel Rufino for a picture of Guilherme Riggio Ifanger .
18 November 2007	Added ranking points, ratings and results of the Asia & Oceania Championships. Update of the preview of the ranking list that will be used for Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games selection. It does not include the point adjustment for men class 5 and 10, the adjusted ranking list is published quarterly by selection officer.
14 November 2007	Player list of the Croatia Open. Added singles results of Asian Championships.
13 November 2007	Partial results of Asian Championships.
12 November 2007	Added ranking points, ratings and results of the Atlantic Cup 2007. Update of the preview of the ranking list that will be used for Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games selection. It does not include the point adjustment for men class 5 and 10, the adjusted ranking list is published quarterly by selection officer.
8 November 2007	Added new 2008 tournaments to calendar.
7 November 2007	Team matches were missing in ranking points of Copa Tango V: this is fixed now.
5 November 2007	Update of the preview of the ranking list that will be used for Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games selection. It does not include the point adjustment for men class 5 and 10, the adjusted ranking list is published quarterly by selection officer. Added ranking points, ratings and results of the Copa Tango V .
1 November 2007	New pictures of Federica Cudia, Claire Robertson, Sylvie Dejonckheere , Scott Robertson, Julian Pagnotta, Michael Cunningham , Marc Ledoux, Benoit Despineux. Thanks to Rafael Marn for a picture of Mateja Pintar . Important announce in organizers page about the new Factor 40 tournaments.
31 October 2007	Players list of the 9^th Trofeo del Mediterraneo, the entries are now closed. New pictures of Malgorzata Grzelak, Katarzyna Pitry, Natalia Partyka , Sebastian Powrozniak and Miroslaw Kowalski.
28 October 2007	TD report of IWAS Games. Player list of Tango Cup V. Invitation and 1^st entry form of Al Watani championships. New contact address for Croatia.
26 October 2007	Thanks to Fabio Bellassai for a picture of Raimondo Alecci .
24 October 2007	List of players of Asian Championships. 2^nd entry form of African Championships. Calendar updated with Atlantic Cup documents. Update of the preview of the ranking list that will be used for Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games selection. It does not include the point adjustment for men class 5 and 10, the adjusted ranking list is published quarterly by selection officer. Added ranking points , ratings and results of the European Championships .
7 October 2007	Selection officer Nico Verspeelt presents the adjusted ranking list for Beijing 2008 selection. It's a preview that will be complete in January 2008. It implements the adujstments defined in selection criteria which impact combined classes: men 4-5, men 9-10 and women 6-7. Next update will be the final one in January.
6 October 2007	New address for Italian table tennis.
5 October 2007	2^nd entry form and online payment for US Open.
1 October 2007	October ranking list: I forgot to remove points of 2005 Panam championships, it's fixed now. Added ranking points, ratings and results of the Lignano Master Open .
30 September 2007	TD report of 3^rd German Open. 2^nd entry form for US Open. October ranking list is available.
27 September 2007	There were errors in medals of Open and some singles events of IWAS Games .
26 September 2007	Update of the preview of the ranking list that will be used for Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games selection. Added ranking points, ratings and results of the IWAS Games . Added ranking points, ratings and results of the 3^rd German Open .
25 September 2007	Player list of the European Championships.
23 September 2007	Added Open Al Watani club championships to calendar.
12 September 2007	Information on how to fly to Croatian Open 2007. Warning:the Tetra Open Cologne (TOC) has been canceled by the organizing committee .
9 September 2007	TD report of Liguria Cup. Report on Hong Kong Open.
8 September 2007	List of players of Lignano Master Open 2007.
6 September 2007	TD report of ParaPanam Games.
3 September 2007	September 8^th is the deadline for entering the classification seminar which will be held in Slovenia during European Championships. New dates for Romania Open 2008: June 11-15. TD report for Hong Kong Open. Thanks to Luigi Sciannameo for a picture of Marisa Nardelli . Thanks to Peter Kolb for a picture of Werner Burkhardt . Update of the preview of the ranking list that will be used for Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games selection. It does not include the point adjustment for men class 5 and 10, the adjusted ranking list is published quarterly by selection officer. Added ranking points, ratings and results of the Liguria Cup .
26 August 2007	The entries for Lignano Tournament 2007 are closed, 213 players and 24 Countries, here is the summary .
18 August 2007	Update of the preview of the ranking list that will be used for Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games selection. It does not include the point adjustment for men class 5 and 10, the adjusted ranking list is published quarterly by selection officer. Added ranking points, ratings and results of the Para Panamerican Games .
17 August 2007	Open and singles results of Para Panamerican Games.
16 August 2007	Calendar updated with documents for Liguria Cup. Added 7 tournaments to 2008 calendar.
12 August 2007	Calendar updated with IWAS Games documents and Tango Cup second entry form
10 August 2007	List of players of German Open.
9 August 2007	General information and 2^nd entry form of Croatia Open. Summary of the entries of TOC 2007 (K�ln) after the 1^st entry deadline. The entries are not closed yet, the deadline will be the October, 1^st.
8 August 2007	Thanks to Dan-Ole Lilje for a photo of Peter Rosenmeier .
8 August 2007	New contact and new web site for Denmark.
1 August 2007	German Open entry summary after second entry form. Calendar updated with Atlantic Cup's documents.
27 July 2007	Update of the preview of the ranking list that will be used for Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games selection. It does not include the point adjustment for men class 5 and 10, the adjusted ranking list is published quarterly by selection officer.
26 July 2007	Results of the Hong Kong Open.
23 July 2007	Added classification form for European Championships.
17 July 2007	List of players of Liguria Cup. Added table tennis contact for Turkey.
13 July 2007	2^nd entry form for Lignano Master Open. Warning, there was an error in the IBAN number in first entry form. Presentation of table tennis for disabled performed as a part of a ITTF's world table tennis championship in Zagreb on May, 24^th 2007. US Open press release .
7 July 2007	TD report of Polish Open.
6 July 2007	Selection officer Nico Verspeelt presents the adjusted ranking list for Beijing 2008 selection. It's a preview that will be complete in January 2008. It implements the adujstments defined in selection criteria which impact combined classes: men 4-5, men 9-10 and women 6-7. It will be updated after each official ranking lists: October and January.
4 July 2007	Calendar updated with documents of Asian & Oceanian TT Championships 2007. List of players and competition guide of Hong Kong Open.
3 July 2007	General information of Parapan-American 2007. Entries for 3^rd German Open are now closed: 30 countries and 269 players, see details.
2 July 2007	There was an error in Irish Open ranking points , the SM2 matches have been counted twice.
1 July 2007	July ranking list is available. Preview of the ranking list that will be used for Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games selection. It must not be used for seeding in tournaments. It does not apply the point adjustment for men class 5 and 10, this will be managed by selection officer. Added ranking points, ratings and results of Polish Open . I updated the July ranking list.
30 June 2007	Extended deadlines for Lignano Master Open. First entry form: July, 20^th and second entry form: August, 25^th. Results of Polish Open.
28 June 2007	The Tournament for men’s standing classes scheduled to be held in Kish Island in the Islamic Republic of Iran has unfortunately been cancelled. This has been necessitated by the small entry of players. For those of you who have paid entry fees to the NPC of the IR Iran, please make contact with the organisers about refunds and we are sure that you will be assisted. We apologise for the inconvenience caused and thank the organisers for their hard work.
23 June 2007	Added ranking points, ratings and results of Serbia Open . TD reports for Slovakia Open , Serbia Open and HIT Open Kranjska Gora . Invitation and 1^st entry form of Lignano Master Open.
17 June 2007	Added ranking points, ratings and results of Romania Open . Added ranking points, ratings and results of Slovak Open .
13 June 2007	Added ranking points, ratings and results of Slovakia Open . Added ranking points, ratings and results of Romania Open . Added ranking points, ratings and results of Irish Open . Added ranking points, ratings and results of Arafura Games .
11 June 2007	Thanks to Rudolf Bretz, our web site has now German menus.
6 June 2007	Deadline for 2^nd entry form of Kish Island Open has been extended to June, 14^th.
4 June 2007	List of players of Serbia Open.
3 June 2007	Complete results from Slovakia Open .
2 June 2007	Open and singles results from Slovakia Open .
30 May 2007	TD report of Arafura Games.
22 May 2007	TD report of Romanian International TT Open. Final entry form in PDF or in XLS for European Championships. First entry form of TOC 2007 (K�ln).
19 May 2007	Updated list of players of Slovak Open.
17 May 2007	Invitation to TOC 2007. Added list of certified umpires to organizers section.
15 May 2007	TD report for Irish Open. TD inspection report of TOC 2007 (K�ln). General information and 1^st entry form of US Open. TD report Czech Open. New deadlines for Agrigento: first entry form on 30^th of June and second entry form on 20^th of September.
13 May 2007	General information about 2007 Regional Championships and Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games . general information and 1^st entry form of Copa Tango V.
6 May 2007	List of players of Slovak Open. Added ranking points, ratings and results of Open HIT in Kranjska Gora.
24 April 2007	List of players of Arafura Games.
23 April 2007	Partial results of Irish Open .
20 April 2007	2^nd entry form and 1^st entry summary of Hong Kong Open.
19 April 2007	List of players of Slovak Open.
15 April 2007	List of players of 1^st Open Hit Kranjska Gora. Added classification seminar form for Asian & Oceanian TT Championships.
13 April 2007	The 2^nd entry form for the European Championships will be published on May, 15^th.
11 April 2007	Added vectorial versions of the IPTTC logo in the organizers page to allow easier printing in large scale.
9 April 2007	Added ranking points, ratings and results of Czech Open .
2 April 2007	German Open's web site is now available in 4 languages: English, French, Spain (new) and German.
1 April 2007	April ranking list is available.
31 March 2007	Players list of Irish Open. Added ranking points, ratings and results of Jordan Open .
27 March 2007	Report by Ela Madejska about a coaching seminar held in Egypt.
26 March 2007	Players list of Czech Open. Thanks to Pablo Perez for a picture of Porfirio Hern�ndez.
21 March 2007	Added documents for African championships to calendar.
15 March 2007	Added Atlantic's Cup to calendar.
13 March 2007	The ranking points of US Open were wrong due to several matches missing in singles, please verify the new points. The change will be published in April ranking list.
12 March 2007	New place and date for African regional Championships added to calendar .
10 March 2007	Players list of Jordan Open. Classification seminar form for European Championships.
8 March 2007	Communication from Jiri Danek, tournament officer. After the deadline of 1^st entry of Iranian Open 2007, Organizer had only 17 registered players. It wasn't enough for the organization of an IPTTC tournament. Organizers asked me to move their tournament some months later. After consulting Alison Burchell, TD and Silas Chiang, Asia & Oceania Representative, we agreed that we really need a tournament in this region and we proposed new dates: August 1-6. Added US Open 2007 to calendar.
28 February 2007	The America�s regionals 2007 will be in a multisport games in Rio de Janeiro. As the OC decided not to charge any fee to the participants, the entries are limited but with a higher number than in the past editions (128 Players). The Americas Table Tennis Committee settled up a system to allocate the slots per country: English version , version en Español .
27 February 2007	Minutes of a meeting of the IPC Table Tennis STC held in January 2007 in Bonn.
17 February 2007	Added Hong Kong Open documents to calendar. Please read this important note about the regional championships 2009, the deadline for sending the (new) application form has been set to June, 30^th this year. Additionally, here is a summary of basic conditions required for a regional championship.
16 February 2007	Arafura games have been approved as a factor 20 tournament. The Arafura Games is an open invitational event to all countries. There was some confusion because it will incorporate the Oceania Paralympic Championships (2 tournaments in 1 basically). All entries will be competing for Arafura Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, but only those athletes that hold an IPC classification from within the Oceania Region will receive Oceania Paralympic Medals (or both) depending on where they finish.
14 February 2007	Important clarifications from selection officer about regional championships. Updated documents and added web site of European championships 2007 in calendar.The deadline for 1^st entry form is still March, 1^st.
13 February 2007	Updated information on "Therapeutic Use Exemption" and Anti-Doping Control. Updated invitation for Agrigento with new fax number, hotel name, etc... Thanks to Andrey Orlov, our web site has now Russian menus.
10 February 2007	Updated version of the IPTTC rulebook and a summary of changes.
4 February 2007	The IPTTC is pleased to announce that with the support of Donic , we have approved the Waldner SC table for use in IPTTC tournaments. If you are interested in purchasing this, please contact your local Donic supplier or Peter Becker at donic-Peter.Becker@t-online.de. Thanks to Edimilson Matias, our web site has now Spanish menus. If you want to do the same for your language, it's not a big effort, just contact me. There is an incomplete German version that needs someone to finish it.
2 February 2007	The regional championships for Africa, as part of the All Africa Games, has been taken off our tournament calendar. This has been necessitated by the fact that unlike in 2003, the Supreme Council of Sport in Africa on the recommendation of the organisers in Algeria decided not to include table tennis and 2 other Paralympic sports but to include 2 new team sports. Thus the IPTTC is searching for a new candidate to host the event as a matter of urgency. If you are interested, please ensure that your NPC makes contact with our Tournament Officer as soon as possible.
30 January 2007	Added Arafura games 2007 to calendar. Added information and 1^st entry form of Croatia Open.
22 January 2007	Added IWAS games 2007 to calendar.
17 January 2007	1^st entry form for 1^st men Iranian Open. 2^nd entry form for 1^st Open Hit Kranjska Gora.