(by Steve Hopkins / Photo by ITTF) Guaynabo, Puerto Rico was host to the Universal 2019 ITTF Pan America Cup. Sixteen participants were invited and seeded based upon World Ranking. Four players were seeded into the semifinals, and then the rest of the field are placed in 3-person round robins with the winner advancing to […]
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EURO 16 Recap: Ovtcharov is Back
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Montreax, Switzerland was host to the 2019 CCB Europe Top 16 Cup. This annual invitational brings the top 16 men and women in Europe together for a two-day tournament. Timo Boll, Mattias Falck, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, and Liam Pitchford were the top four seeds for the men, but only two escaped their opening […]
Pan American Cup Day 2: Top Seeds Shine
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Guaynabo, Puerto Rico is host to the Universal 2019 ITTF Pan America Cup. Sixteen participants were invited and seeded based upon World Ranking. Four players were seeded into the semifinals, and then the rest of the field are placed in 3-person round robins with the winner advancing to the knock-out rounds. The […]
EURO 16 Update Day 1: Boll/Ovtcharov Advance, Other Top Seeds Fall
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Montreax, Switzerland is host to the 2019 CCB Europe Top 16 Cup. This invitational brings the top 16 men and women in Europe together for a two-day tournament. Timo Boll, Mattias Falck, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, and Liam Pitchford were the top four seeds for the men, but only two escaped their opening match. […]
EURO 16 Preview
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) Montreax, Switzerland is host to the 2019 CCB Europe Top 16 Cup. This invitational brings the top 16 men and women in Europe together for a two-day tournament. Timo Boll, Mattias Falck, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, and Liam Pitchford are the top four seeds for the men. Sofia Polcanova, Bernadetter Szocs, Elizabeta Samara and […]
Pan Am Cup Day 1: Upsets by USA and Canada
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins / Photo by ITTF) Guaynabo, Puerto Rico is host to the Universal 2019 ITTF Pan America Cup. Sixteen participants were invited and seeded based upon World Ranking. Four players were seeded into the semifinals, and then the rest of the field are placed in 3-person round robins with the winner advancing to […]
ITTF February Rankings: China Top Three in Both Lists, USA’s Jha in Top 50
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) With hype building in the United States for the Super Bowl this weekend, the ITTF published an article about table tennis viewership in China. For the biggest event of our biggest sport, Nielsen ratings generally show about a 43% viewership number (103 million viewers) – meaning almost half of the TVs on […]
WAB Featured Club: Canadian Elite Table Tennis Training Centre
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The Canadian Elite Table Tennis Training Centre (“Elite”) is a table tennis club and training centre in Mississauga, Ontario. Mississauga is just to the West of Toronto, about 30 kilometers from the city center. The facility is just off the Ontario 401 Express, easily accessible to the greater Toronto area. The […]
2019 Butterfly Pong Planet Open
Posted onDate: April 27-28, 2019Location: Pong Planet – 848 Brittan Ave, San Carlos, CA 9407 ENTRY DEADLINE: All entries must be RECEIVED BY April 20, 2019. Slots are limited to ensure tournament quality. Late entries may be accepted with a $15 late fee. No refund after the deadline. No entry will be accepted without an entry […]
Picking Football Winners…. with Table Tennis Logic (SuperBowl Edition)
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) It’s no surprise to anyone reading this post that my sport doesn’t make headlines in the US. Because of this, I like to find table tennis angles to most of the big sporting events. In early January, I used table tennis logic to pick the winner in the Clemson-Alabama College Football National Championship game […]
Push with Purpose and Placement
April 20, 2026
(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame So often players push just to keep… Read More
Simeon Martin – 1 Forehand Loop, 1 Backhand Loop
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(by: Bowmar Sports) In this Butterfly Training Tips, Simeon Martin is executing a numbered based Forehand and Backhand… Read More
Great News: Texas Table Tennis Upcoming Head Coach Koji Itagaki
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(By Texas Table Tennis Club) Koji Itagaki coached TSV Bad Königshofen of Table Tennis Bundesliga since 2016. Under… Read More
Portland Paddlers Win MLTT Season 3
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(by Steve Hopkins) Why is there a Golden Game? For Moments Like These. With the entire season hanging… Read More
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club
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(by Steve Hopkins) Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club (SPTTC) is located in Bellevue, Washington, off of highway SR-520… Read More
Angel Naranjo is Central American & Caribbean Champion
April 19, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) After anchoring Team Puerto Rico to a win earlier in the week, Angel… Read More
Anav Gupta Among Surprise Winners at US Junior National Ranking II
April 19, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins) The 2026 US Junior National Ranking Tournament II wrapped up last week at HITTA in… Read More
World Team Championships: Preview
April 19, 2026
(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) One hundred years after the inaugural World Championships were held in London (1926),… Read More
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