Editing Table tennis (section)

== Governance ==
{{Main category|Table tennis organizations}}
[[File:Natalia Partyka WTTC2016.jpeg|thumb|right|[[Natalia Partyka]], one of the few players who [[List of athletes who have competed in the Paralympics and Olympics|have competed in both the Paralympics and Olympics]]]]

Founded in 1926, the [[International Table Tennis Federation]] (ITTF) is the worldwide [[Sport governing body|governing]] body for table tennis, which maintains an international ranking system in addition to organizing events like the [[World Table Tennis Championships]].<ref name="USATTabout"/>  In 2007, the governance for [[para table tennis|table tennis for persons with a disability]] was transferred from the [[International Paralympic Committee]] to the ITTF.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The ITTF Classification Code|url=http://www.ipttc.org/classification/ITTF-Classification-Code-final-March-2010.pdf |publisher=ITTF |access-date=6 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910233215/http://www.ipttc.org/classification/ITTF-Classification-Code-final-March-2010.pdf|archive-date=10 September 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

On many continents, there is a governing body responsible for table tennis on that continent. For example, the [[European Table Tennis Union]] (ETTU) is the governing body responsible for table tennis in Europe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ettu.org/level1.php?id=1|title=ETTU - European Table Tennis Union|publisher=European Table Tennis Union|access-date=28 August 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921025619/http://www.ettu.org/level1.php?id=1|archive-date=21 September 2010}}</ref> There are also national bodies and other local authorities responsible for the sport, such as [[USA Table Tennis]] (USATT), which is the national governing body for table tennis in the United States.<ref name=USATTabout/>