Following its motto “Breaking Down Barriers with Table Tennis”, ITTF firmly believes that Table Tennis is not only a matter of competition: it is also a vehicle for positive social change, a healthy worthwhile use of leisure time, an opportunity to bring people together and an excellent tool for social inclusion & social cohesion. Table Tennis has a unique value where people from different ages, gender, skills or physical condition can play together. It is a sport for life and it’s FUN!

In this sense, World Table Tennis Day activities are organized in Paris to promote Table Tennis practice in the deprived neighbourhoods.