PongWorld Activities

PongWorld was a proud sponsor of the Front Range Open Tournament held in Colorado U.S.A. on October 25, 2008. View the results and action photos.

Scene from the 2008 Front Range Open

PongWorld helped organize a table tennis tournament in Fort Collins, Colorado. Known as the Fort Collins 2001 Open Table Tennis Tournament, it was a great event for beginning and advanced players alike.

2010

Timo Boll and Wang Yue Gu Win the 2010 China vs World

July 4, 2010

 

The two best Swedish teams battle for Gold

May 5, 2010

Watch the two best Swedish teams of 2010, Eslövs AI versus Söderhamns UIF, battle for the title of the Swedish League.

Chinese youth excel at the 2010 Volkswagen China versus the World Tournament in Japan • July 1, 2010

A recently launched ITTF program aims to bring table tennis to Colombian kids in empoverished neighborhoods. Known as "Ping Pong Paz", the program is a joint venture between Peace and Sports, ITTF, and Colombianitos with the support of Butterfly and the Colombian Table Tennis Federation.

World Champions Relinquish Top Spots

China’s Wang Hao and Zhang Yining, the winners of the 2009 World Championships and listed at no. 1 throughout the past year have relinquished their exalted positions. Ma Long, 21 years old, moves into the top spot on the men’s list, while 18 year old Liu Shiwen takes the no. 1 women's spot.   read more...

photo courtesy
of the ITTF

2009

Michael Maze of Denmark amazing at European Championships

For the first time, Michael Maze of Denmark won the European Championships this year in Stuttgart, Germany. He beat out Werner Schlager for the title while dropping only one game in the final match.   read more...

photo courtesy
of the ITTF

North America hopes to lose 'basement' image • Dec 28, 2009

2006

US Nationals 2006 Men: David Zhuang d. Ilija Lupulesku Women: Wang Chen d. Jasna Reed

PongWorld photo

2005

Men: Wang Liqin (CHN) def. Timo Boll (GER)
Women: Guo Yue (CHN) def. Chang Chenchen (CHN)

Men: Samsonov Vladimir (BLR) def. Schlager Werner (AUT)
Women: Tie Yana (HKG) def. Sun Bei Bei (SIN)

Men: Kuzmin Fedor (RUS) def. Ko Lai Chak (HKG)
Women: Li Jia Wei (SIN) def. Lin Ling (HKG)

2005 Volkswagen 48th World Table Tennis Championships Shanghai, China

Men's Winner: Wang Liqin, China Women's Winner: Zhang Yining, China

2004

2004 Killerspin Open
Chicago, USA

Men:
Jan-Ove Waldner def. Joo Se Hyuk
Women
Wang Chen def. Mihaela Steff

2003

2003 US Nationals
Las Vegas, USA

Men:
Ilija Lupulesku d. Mark Hazinski
Women
Jasna Reed d. Tawny Banh

2003 Pro Tour Grand Finals
Guangzhou, China

Men:
Wang Hao (CHN) d. Hao Shuai (CHN)
Women
Niu Jiangfeng (CHN) d. Zhang Yining (CHN)

2003 Women's World Cup
Hong Kong

Wang Nan (CHN) d. Zhang Yining (CHN)

2003 Men's World Cup
Jiangyin, China

Ma Lin (CHN) d. Kreanga Kalinikos (GRE)

2003 Pro Tour US Open
Fort Lauderdale, USA

Men:
Aleksandar Karakasevic (YUG) d. Olivier Marmurek (FRA)
Women
Aya Umemura (JPN) d. Wang Chen (USA)

2003 Pro Tour Brazil Open
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Men:
Chuan Chih-Yuan (TPE) d. Jens Lundqvist (SWE)
Women
Tie Yana (HKG) d. Aya Umemura (JPN)

2003 Liebherr World Championships
Paris, France

Men:
Werner Schlager (AUT) d. Joo Se Hyuk (KOR)
Women
Wang Nan (CHN) d. Zhang Yining (CHN)

2003 Liebherr European Championships
Courmayeur, Italy

Men's Team:
1) Belarus 2) Germany 3) Czech Rep. 4) Sweden
Women's Team
1) Italy 2) Croatia 3) Romania 4) Hungary

2003 Pro Tour Qatar Open
Doha, Qatar

Men's Final:
Vladimir Samsonov (BLR) d. Alexei Smirnov (RUS)
Women's Final
Tamara Boros (CRO) d. Viktoria Pavlovich (BLR)

16th Asian Championships
Bangkok, Thailand

Men's Team:
1) China 2) Taipei 3) Korea 4) Hong Kong 5) Japan
Women's Team:
1) China 2) Hong Kong 3) Singapore & Japan 5) Malaysia

2002

2002 Grand Finals
Stockholm, Sweden

Men's Final:
Chuan Chih-Yuan (TPE) d. Kreanga Kalinikos (GRE)
Women's Final:
Zhang Yining (CHN) d. Guo Yue (CHN)