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By Patrick Lujan
Guam takes center stage this week as it hosts the 2012 World Cadet Challenge, a table tennis tournament comprised of the world’s best junior table tennis players from 34 different countries.
Officials from the International Table Tennis Federation along with Governor of Guam, Hon.Eddie Calvo declared the games open this Tuesday morning at the University of Guam Field House with the opening ceremony.
The tournament has turned the Field House into a world-class looking facility with top-of-the-line table tennis equipment and a huge administrative stage that rivals any world tournament layout.
Team events take over the next two days with the medal rounds starting around 4 p.m. Wednesday.
Athletes will take a competition day off on Thursday before the individual competition starts up Friday morning culminating in individual medal rounds slated for Sunday at 4 p.m.
Admission is free and live streaming of the medal rounds can be seen on www.guamsportsnetwork.com.
Regions Participating
Africa: Cote d’Ivoire, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Congo
Asia: China, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Thailand
Europe: Poland, Sweden, Russia, Hungary, England, Romania, Switzerland, Croatia
Latin America: Argentina, Ecuador, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Spain
North America: USA, Canada
Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Cook Islands
Guam
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