World Championship of Ping Pong

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Not to be confused with World Table Tennis Championships.

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

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The 2020 championship took place January 25–26, 2019, at Alexandra Palace for the eighth time.[2]

Year Champion Score Runner-up Venue
2011 Russia Maxim Shmyrev 3-1 Philippines Ernesto Ebuen Palms Casino Resort, Las Vegas United States
2013 Russia Maxim Shmyrev 3-2 Nigeria Sule Olaleye Alexandra Palace, London United Kingdom
2014[3] Russia Maxim Shmyrev 3-0 United States Ilija Lupulesku
2015 [4] England Andrew Baggaley 3-2 Germany Alexander Flemming
2016 [5] England Andrew Baggaley 3-2 Russia Maxim Shmyrev
2017 [6] China Yan Weihao 3-1 Germany Alexander Flemming
2018 [7] China Wang Shibo 3-2 China Huang Jungang
2019[8] England Andrew Baggaley 3-2 China Wang Shibo
2020 England Andrew Baggaley 3-2 Germany Alexander Flemming

Broadcasters

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United Kingdom and Ireland

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The tournament is currently broadcast live on Sky Sports.[9]

International

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The tournament is also broadcast live and free on Facebook.

Country/Region Broadcaster
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Fox Sports
File:Flag of Austria.svg Austria DAZN
File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil
File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany
File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
File:Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Nova Sport
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Sky Sport
Nordic countries
 NENT

References

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  1. ^ Jim White, "Darts king Barry Hearn turns his global sights to table tennis", The Daily Telegraph, 4 January 2013.
  2. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ "Barry Hearn will bat table tennis in right direction, claims Scottish No 1", The Courier, 7 January 2014.
  4. ^ Chris Osborne, "Ping pong: Andrew Baggaley practised for a month to win $20k", BBC, 28 January 2015.
  5. ^ Phil Shepka, "Andrew Baggaley: UK's least well-known world champion?", BBC, 27 January 2016.
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  9. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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