Newspaper Articles Featuring PongWorld

NW Indiana Times Article
"A Passion for Ping Pong" , March 7, 2003

Seattle Times Article
Read the article "Bouncing back: Ping-Pong may be on the upswing at US workplaces", a very interesting article on the growing popularity of table tennis in US workplaces such as Microsoft and Boeing, as well as "What do you call it?".

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.

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...

Michael Maze of Denmark action photo
photo courtesy
of the ITTF

2006

US Nationals 2006

Men: David Zhuang d. Ilija Lupulesku

Women: Wang Chen d. Jasna Reed

PongWorld photo

2005

2005 Pro Tour Panasonic China Open

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

2005 Pro Tour Liebherr Croatian Open

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

2005 Pro Tour Liebherr Slovenian Open

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)

2001

European Championships - 2001 Teams

Men 1) Sweden, 2) Germany, 3) France/Austria
Women 1) Romania, 2) Germany, 3) Sweden/Hungary

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