As part of the LIEBHERR World Table Tennis Championships in Paris-Bercy (all results and detailed reports can be found at www.ittf.com) the Canadians Adham Sharara was elected for another four years as President of the ITTF, which he heads since 1999.

He won a crucial vote against the Italian ETTU President Stefano Bosi with 149:55 votes.

Sharara will continue to focus on growth and development and at the same time presented with Bonaire (Netherlands Antilles) the 218th recognized national association under the roof of the second largest sports federation in the world (behind volleyball  with 220 nations).

The next host cities of major ITTF events are also fixed since the ITTF Annual Congress of Paris:

2014: World Team Championships in Tokyo
2015: Individual World Championships in Suzhou
2016: World Team Championships in Kuala Lumpur
2017: Individual World Championships (venue open)
2018: World Team Championships in Halmstad