World Championship of Ping Pong

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.

Not to be confused with World Table Tennis Championships.

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

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

United Kingdom and Ireland

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

International

The tournament is also broadcast live and free on Facebook.

Country/Region Broadcaster
 Australia Fox Sports
 Austria DAZN
 Brazil
 Canada
 Germany
 Italy
 Japan
 Spain
  Switzerland
 United States
 Czech Republic Nova Sport
 Slovakia
 New Zealand Sky Sport
Nordic countries
 NENT

References
  1. Jim White, "Darts king Barry Hearn turns his global sights to table tennis", The Daily Telegraph, 4 January 2013.
  2. "World Championship of Ping Pong is Back!". World Championship of Ping Pong. 13 September 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  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. "Yan is New World Champion of Ping Pong". World Championship of Ping Pong. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  7. "Wang is Met Coaches World Champion of Ping Pong". World Championship of Ping Pong. 28 January 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  8. "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.
  9. "Watch Live • World Championship of Ping Pong". World Championship of Ping Pong. Retrieved 26 January 2019.


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