Table tennis

By Julia Rodríguez Terrén

  • Origins in England

    Origins in England
    It was in England, in the late 19th century, that table tennis made its appearance. Taking inspiration from lawn tennis, the first players belonged to middle-class Victorian society. The first game would have been played using a champagne cork as a ball, cigar boxes as bats and books for the net. At that point, table tennis was seen as a mere distraction for the wealthy classes.

  • First game on a table

    First game on a table
    Englishman David Foster, introduced the fisrt game of tennis table on a table because he was attracted by its wide appeal

  • First national championships

    First national championships
    In 1897, the fisrt national championships were organised in Hungary

  • First celluloid ball

    First celluloid ball
    James Gibb during his trip yo United States brought back the first celluloid ball, which was a lot lighter than the rubber balls.

  • First official World Championship

  • First bats covered in rubber

    First bats covered in rubber
    E.C. Gould, a British enthusiast of the game, introduced the first bats covered in rubber and rubberized pimples.

  • First European Championships

  • Table Tennis Association

    The Table Tennis Association was created in Englan.

  • World Championships in London

  • International Federation of Tennis Table

  • French Table Tennis Federation

  • First participation of France

    The French would participate for the first taime in Budapest

  • Tennis Table in Asia

    The tennis table became integral to the countries of Asia in 1950s
  • Period: to

    The Japanese had the domain

    The Japanese excelled at the World Team Championships. This domination was bolstered by the introduction of foam, which transformed classic bats. The Japanese have provided several world champions, including the likes of Hiroji Sato, with their impressive results in 1956 in Tokyo.

  • Hiroji Sato

    Hiroji Sato
    He had impressive results at Tokyo.

  • Zhuang Zedong, world champion

    Zhuang Zedong, world champion

  • Zhuang Zedong, world champion

    Zhuang Zedong, world champion

  • Zhuang Zedong, world champion

    Zhuang Zedong, world champion

  • Olympic sport in Seoul

    Olympic sport in Seoul

  • Number of players was estimated to be over 260 million.

  • Four chinese players and on german leading the world ranking

    This players were Ma Long, Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Zhang Jike and Dimitrij Ovtcharov.