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Butterfly – Official Ball Sponsor of the World Table Tennis Championships for 2024–2026

 

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Butterfly will be the Official Ball Sponsor of the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals Busan 2024, ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals Doha 2025, and ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals London 2026.

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Butterfly has been providing the tournament with tables and balls as the sponsor of the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships for a long time. Together with ITTF, the organizing committees, and other sponsors, we have been providing our small assistance towards the success of the championships. Through these experiences, Butterfly has shared joy, excitement, and a lot of dramatic moments with various people we worked together.

As the official ball sponsor of these three ITTF World Table Tennis Championships to be held from 2024 to 2026, Butterfly will continue to support the championships by providing the Butterfly Three-Star Ball R40+ to help boost the excitement of the tournaments.

ITTF Group Chief Executive Officer Steve Dainton expressed enthusiasm about the partnership, stating,
“Butterfly has established itself as a steadfast partner in the realm of table tennis, and we are delighted to continue and expand our collaboration with them for the upcoming three World Championships Finals. With the alliance with the World Championships, this partnership is poised to elevate the stature of table tennis.”

Takako Osawa, President and Managing Director of Tamasu Co., Ltd., commented,
“We are honored to announce that the Butterfly Three Star Ball R40+ will be the official ball for the World Table Tennis Championships to be held from 2024 to 2026. We are very happy to support the success of the championships and the excellent play of the top athletes through the official ball and share the fascination of table tennis with fans in various countries and regions around the world.”

About Butterfly Three-Star Ball R40+
With high precision, a constant bounce and reliable trajectory, the new Butterfly Three Star R40+ Ball, now in its third generation of constant improvement, fulfills any expectation a player might ask of his or her equipment.

About Tamasu Co., Ltd.
Tamasu Co., Ltd. is a manufacturer and distributor of table tennis equipment with the brand name of Butterfly. The company is headquartered in Suginami Ward in Tokyo, and its president is Takako Osawa. The brand name “Butterfly” represents our wish that “Imagine that the player is the flower and we would like to be the butterfly flying around the flower providing the necessities”, and based on this wish, Butterfly supports many players around the world. The Butterfly brand and its slogan of “Open the World” with the wish to spread joy throughout the world with table tennis. We are grateful for everyone we have come across to make this possible and will create new encounters with table tennis through products and services unique to Butterfly.

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