World Championship of Ping Pong
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The World Championship of Ping Pong, also known as WCPP, is an annual ping pong tournament that has been held since 2011. The current champion is Andrew Baggaley, who beat Alexander Flemming in the 2020 final to beat Maxim Shmyrev's record of winning three championships, and become the record-breaking four-time champion.
The tournament is promoted by the English sports impresario Barry Hearn, and is distinguished by its use of old-fashioned wooden paddles covered with sandpaper, which are intended to encourage slower ball movement and longer rallies for the entertainment of the live audience.[1]
Finals
[edit]The 2020 championship took place January 25–26, 2019, at Alexandra Palace for the eighth time.[2]
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 |  Maxim Shmyrev
|
3-1 |  Ernesto Ebuen
|
Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas 
|
| 2013 | Maxim Shmyrev
|
3-2 |  Sule Olaleye
|
Alexandra Palace, London 
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| 2014[3] | Maxim Shmyrev
|
3-0 | Ilija Lupulesku
| |
| 2015 [4] |  Andrew Baggaley
|
3-2 |  Alexander Flemming
| |
| 2016 [5] | Andrew Baggaley
|
3-2 | Maxim Shmyrev
| |
| 2017 [6] |  Yan Weihao
|
3-1 | Alexander Flemming
| |
| 2018 [7] | Wang Shibo
|
3-2 | Huang Jungang
| |
| 2019[8] | Andrew Baggaley
|
3-2 | Wang Shibo
| |
| 2020 | Andrew Baggaley
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3-2 | Alexander Flemming
|
Broadcasters
[edit]United Kingdom and Ireland
[edit]The tournament is currently broadcast live on Sky Sports.[9]
International
[edit]The tournament is also broadcast live and free on Facebook.
| Country/Region | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
 Australia
|
Fox Sports |
 Austria
|
DAZN |
 Brazil
| |
 Canada
| |
| Germany
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 Italy
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 Japan
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 Spain
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 Switzerland
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 United States
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 Czech Republic
|
Nova Sport |
 Slovakia
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 New Zealand
|
Sky Sport |
| NENT |
References
[edit]- ^ Jim White, "Darts king Barry Hearn turns his global sights to table tennis", The Daily Telegraph, 4 January 2013.
- ^ "World Championship of Ping Pong is Back!". World Championship of Ping Pong. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ "Barry Hearn will bat table tennis in right direction, claims Scottish No 1", The Courier, 7 January 2014.
- ^ Chris Osborne, "Ping pong: Andrew Baggaley practised for a month to win $20k", BBC, 28 January 2015.
- ^ Phil Shepka, "Andrew Baggaley: UK's least well-known world champion?", BBC, 27 January 2016.
- ^ "Yan is New World Champion of Ping Pong". World Championship of Ping Pong. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ "Wang is Met Coaches World Champion of Ping Pong". World Championship of Ping Pong. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
- ^ "BAGGALEY IS BETVICTOR WORLD CHAMPION OF PING PONG FOR THIRD TIME • World Championship of Ping Pong". World Championship of Ping Pong. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- ^ "Watch Live • World Championship of Ping Pong". World Championship of Ping Pong. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
External links
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