Ping Pong Tournaments

The profile of competitive Ping-Pong has been growing rapidly in recent years

How Ping Pong has grown into an Olympic Sport

Competitive Ping-Pong tournaments have been growing rapidly in recent years becoming an Olympic sport in 1988 and being included for the first time in the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England. In 2005, the ITTF has announced that doubles Ping-Pong will only be featured as a part of team events in the 2008 Olympics.

Competitive Ping-Pong is hugely popular in Asia (where it is the national sport of China) and Europe and is growing in popularity throughout the rest of the world.

China continue to dominate most world titles but France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Sweden, and Taiwan also have many world-class players.