As the popularity of the game spread, two rival organisations were set up in England with the "Table Tennis Association" and the "Ping Pong Association" formed within days of each other in 1901.
Soon after this time in the history of table tennis though, it's thought that the game fell out of favour.
But by the 1920s it was back in fashion, particularly in Europe, and Englishman Ivor Montagu was instrumental in reviving the "Ping Pong Association" in 1921 - reformed as the "Table Tennis Association" in 1922 (later adding the prefix "English") - and forming the "International Table Tennis Federation" (ITTF) in 1926.
Soon after this time in the history of table tennis though, it's thought that the game fell out of favour.
But by the 1920s it was back in fashion, particularly in Europe, and Englishman Ivor Montagu was instrumental in reviving the "Ping Pong Association" in 1921 - reformed as the "Table Tennis Association" in 1922 (later adding the prefix "English") - and forming the "International Table Tennis Federation" (ITTF) in 1926.
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