AFGHANISTAN TABLE TENNIS FEDERATION (ATTF)

Phone.: +93 786487885 | Email: sayed.shah.aminzai@gmail.com

:Background

Introduced among Afghans in 1965 Officially recognized by the Afghan Olympic

Committee in the year 1981 Got membership of the ITTF in the year 2004 Became the 200th member of the ITTF

AFGHANISTAN TABLE TENNIS FEDERATION (ATTF)

Kabul Herat Balkh Baghlan Faryab Jowzjan Nangarhar

Registered Provinces:

• Kandahar• Helmand• Ghazni• Parwan• Paktia• Khost• Bamyan

AFGHANISTAN TABLE TENNIS FEDERATION (ATTF)

There are as many as 25 active clubs with around 320 players in capital Kabul, some f which are: Olypic Committee Club Red Crescent Society Club Kabul Orphanage Club Kabul University Club Azadi Printing Press Club Pol-e-Technic Club etc.

Name and number of the clubs in Kabul:

AFGHANISTAN TABLE TENNIS FEDERATION (ATTF)

There are more than 68 clubs with around 1300 players in other provinces of Afghanistan, most notable of which are:

Kam Air club in Balkh province Rabia Balkhi club in Balkh province Jami club in Herat province Ebn-e-Yamin club in Jowzjan province Abdali club in Kandahar province

Names and number of clubs in other provinces:

AFGHANISTAN TABLE TENNIS FEDERATION (ATTF)

Lack of enough funding to source proper training and practice venue

Lack of equipments Lack of qualified coaches Lack of qualified umpires Lack of enough funding for the ATTF staff to

attend important meetings and events outside Afghanistan

Lack of exposure of Afghan players in international events

Challenges and Constraints:

AFGHANISTAN TABLE TENNIS FEDERATION (ATTF)

Construction of one fully equipped academy in capital Kabul and four academies in four different zones of the country and one office in Kabul.

100 complete sets of standard tables 500 complete sets of rickets 200 field separators 30 sets of chairs for referees 500 kits, upper and trousers 500 bags 500 towels

Requirements:

AFGHANISTAN TABLE TENNIS FEDERATION (ATTF)

Illustration of History of the Afghan Table Tennis

AFGHANISTAN TABLE TENNIS FEDERATION (ATTF)

1976 China-Afghan Players Exchange Experience with Chinese Coach and Players

1976 Pyongyang N Korea-Afghan Team Participating in Asian Table Tennis Championship

1976 Pyongyang North Korea Asian Table Tennis Championship

1976 China-Afghan National Team Friendly Visit to China

1976 Shanghai China-Afghan Players with Chinese TT Friends

1980 Afghan and Russian Players Exchanging Experience

1980 Kabul-Afghan Boys and Girls National Team Players with former USSR National Team Players

1980 Kabul-Former USSR Team in Kabul with Afghan Players

1980 Kabul-Former USSR Team in Kabul for Competitions & Training

1980 Kabul-Belarus National Coach Exchanging Experience with Afghan Players

1979 Kabul-Chinese Coach with Afghan National Team

1982 Slovak Republic-Afghan Players Participating in a Competition and Training

1982 Vloshim Czech Republic-Afghan National Team Players with Czech and Vietnamese Players

Afghan TT President Mr. Seyavash in the Middle with Governor of Balkh Province Mr. Noor on his left Posing for a Photo with Other Afghan TT Players

Afghan TT Players Greeted by HE Governor of Balkh Province - 2009

Afghan Men’s TT Team Posing for a Photo During National Team Selection Tournament Held in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan in the year 2006

Afghan TT President Mr. Seyavash in the Back Watching a Game Played for National Team Selection in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan in the year 2006

Afghan TT President Mr. Seyavash Giving Interview to an Afghan TV Channel During National Team Selection Held in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan in the year 2006

Afghan TT Players Prepare to Compete in a Tournament Using the Equipments Donated by the ITTF- 2006

Afghan TT Players During the National Team Selection Tournament Held in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan in the year 2006

Afghan TT Players Prepare to Compete During National Team Selection Tournament Held in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan in the year 2006

Afghan TT Players Prepare to Compete in a Tournament Staged for National Team Selection Tournament Held in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan

in the year 2006

Secretary General of the Afghanistan Table Tennis Federation Mr. Sayed Shah Aminzai Attending the ITTF Annual General Meeting in Rotterdam, May, 2011

Afghan Delegation in a Group Photo with HE Mr. Adam Sharara, President of the ITTF during the ITTF Annual General Meeting in Rotterdam, May, 2011

Thank You!

Afghanistan Table Tennis Federation |Ghazi Stadium| Kabul, Afghanistan

Phone.: +93 786487885 | Email: sayed.shah.aminzai@gmail.com