Umpire Invitation for 20th Asian Games and 5th Asian Para Games 2026

Deadline: 2nd May 2025 (Friday) @ 2.00 pm

Dear Friends,

The ATTU Technical and Umpires Committee, in cooperation with the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Organising Committee (AINAGOC), cordially invite Member Associations of ATTU to nominate International Umpires (IU) for the 20th Asian Games and 5th Asian Para Games table tennis competition to be held in Toyota City, Japan. The period of the Asian Games is from 23rd September to 1st October 2026 while the period of the Asian Para Games is from 16th to 23rd October 2026. The exact dates of arrival of technical officials in Nagoya shall be confirmed later.

A total of twenty (20) and twenty-seven (27) overseas International Umpires will be invited for the Asian Games and Asian Para Games respectively.

Free hospitality shall be provided during the period and a daily allowance of UDS 100 per day shall be paid. ANINAGOC shall provide economy class air passage for all invited umpires to Tokyo or Nagoya (preferred) and local transportation to the hotel.

Associations may nominate up to two (2) International Umpires for the Asian Games and up to two (2) International Umpires for the Asian Para Games. All nominated umpires should be on the list of active umpires published by ATTU. Among the two nominated umpires, at least one of the nominations should be an International Umpire who has achieved Gold Badge or Blue

Badge status with the other nomination being International Umpires (White Badge) who have been active internationally for the past two years.

For the Asian Para Games, preference will be given to those umpires with experience of officiating in Para table tennis events. During the selection process, preference will also be given to Gold Badge or Blue Badge umpires.

This is an open invitation to all Member Associations of the ATTU and therefore not all nominated umpires may be accepted. Names of IUs being accepted will be submitted to AINAGOC for final approval and appointment.

The closing date for nominations is 2nd May 2025 (Friday), 2.00 pm.

You are kindly requested to carefully read the instructions, and then to complete the details via the online form. Late submissions will not be considered.

Thank you for your support.

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NOMINATION FORM - 20th Asian Games and 5th Asian Para Games 2026