Table Tennis and Para Table Tennis

Competition Schedule

Arrival

July 14/16

GTM

July 15/17

Competition

July 16-20/18-20

AWARDS CEREMONY

July 20

Departure

July 21

Rules

Table tennis is a very fast game that requires players to react and move extremely energetically. The game is based on a duel between two players who use rackets to give the ball the right speed and rotation in order to hinder the opponent’s reaction. The set is played until one player has scored 11 points. Usually the game is played with up to 3 sets won, or up to 4 in championship tournaments.

The table tennis table is 274 centimetres long and 152.5 centimetres wide. The net is six inches and the ball weighs 2.7 g and has a diameter of 40 mm.

History

Table tennis comes from England. In the 1980s of the nineteenth century, this sport gained considerable popularity, and wealthier English began to buy equipment for the game and treat this sport as home entertainment. In 1926, the International Table Tennis Federation was established. The first world championship was held in London that same year. The turning point for the popular “ping-pong” was 1988, when table tennis became an official sport on the program of the Olympic Games in Seoul.

Notable Polish representatives

Natalia Bajor – bronze medallist at the European Championships (2019) and European Games (2019)

Lucjan Błaszczyk – European champion (2002), 5-time European Championships silver medallist (1996, 1998, 2002, 2007 ,2009)

Andrzej Grubba – 1988 World Cup winner, 1982 European Champion, 26-time Polish Champion

Natalia Partyka – six-time Paralympic champion (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio De Janeiro 2016×2, Tokyo 2020)

Awards

Place Category Winner title
Trophies
1,2,3,3
Team
European Universities Champion
Medals
1,2,3,3
• Team (athletes, staff)
• Indywidualnie (players)
• European Universities Champion
• European Universities Champion
Other awards
• Fair Play
• MVP
• All-Star Team
• Team
• Player
• Player
• Winner
• MVP
• Best Five Players

Venues