World Championship of Ping Pong 2013

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World Championship of Ping Pong, 5-6th January 2013, Alexandra Palace, London, England

The first major event of 2013 will be the World Championship of Ping Pong whereby 128 players (both men and women) compete over two days for a $100,000 prize-fund. The sport is ping pong using old-style hardbats. Televised live on Sky Sports. This unique competition will have a staggering $100,000 prize!

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Event Format

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Prize Fund

Winner $20,000 x 1 $20,000
Runner-Up $10,000 x 1 $10,000
Semi-Finalists $5,000 x 2 $10,000
Qtr Finalists $2,500 x 4 $10,000
Last 16 $1,500 x 8 $12,000
Last 32 $750 x 16 $12,000
Last 64 $500 x 32 $16,000
Non-qualifiers with one win $300 x 32 $9,600

We can use this thread as a means to display all the latest results, videos and news from this spectacular event! Do you know anyone who is playing in the event?
 

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Here I was the 2011 version. You can see how the players play :)

This was Trevor Runyan's (USA) first round match against the Russian It was best of 3 and the game score is 1-1 when this video starts.*

Las Vegas 2011 world championship using sand paper paddles. The winner of the match below went on to win overall.

 

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gavin rumgay will be playing..View attachment 3289

copied from one of the players joining..

and this is a video from two players in the picture from the philippines


So happy Gavin will play cannot wait to watch him. Did players like Gavin have to qualify do you know?

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It's a fun event however I do have an opinion to share here. Seldom table tennis is shown on Sky Sport, but THIS event makes it to the TV. Tbh people probably watch this and never want to watch table tennis again, I watched it last year and from my perspective it was pretty awful. If an effort can be made to get this on TV then I have to ask why it is that we don't have more normal table tennis on there! :p
 
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It's a fun event however I do have an opinion to share here. Seldom table tennis is shown on Sky Sport, but THIS event makes it to the TV. Tbh people probably watch this and never want to watch table tennis again, I watched it last year and from my perspective it was pretty awful. If an effort can be made to get this on TV then I have to ask why it is that we don't have more normal table tennis on there! :p
Indeed. It is a fun event and no more, but it is a shame for real table tennis that this stuff gets taken serious by TV and such. This hardbat thing is like beachvolleyball is to regular volleyball. Dan described it pretty well in the topic: "We can use this thread as a means to display all the latest results, videos and news from this spectacular event! Do you know anyone who is playing in the event?" It is nice to do in your spare time, but in my opinion not worth the attention it gets.
 
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Indeed. It is a fun event and no more, but it is a shame for real table tennis that this stuff gets taken serious by TV and such. This hardbat thing is like beachvolleyball is to regular volleyball. Dan described it pretty well in the topic: "We can use this thread as a means to display all the latest results, videos and news from this spectacular event! Do you know anyone who is playing in the event?" It is nice to do in your spare time, but in my opinion not worth the attention it gets.

hehe Hey William, long time :D
 
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My friend Egle Adomelyte is playing, she recently won the Women's European Championships last week so I am routing for her! :) She has just posted this picture on Instagram below

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