Ping Pong Tables for Tournament Play

There are many ways to have a good time with your ping pong table. Family and friends getting together to have a good time, a church, school or at home. One of the questions that always comes up when everyone gets together is what do we do? How are we all going to play and compete?

The answer is inevitably, "we will have a tournament". We that is great but setting up a tournament is hardly common knowlege. So here are some tips to help you next time everyone is standing around the ping pong table looking far a way to get started.

What is the time frame? How much time is available to play? Determine the start time and desired finish time for the tournament. In our example, you will have 13 total games. Most games will go to 21. Most games should last about 20-minutes and you should be able to start a game every hour. This will give you a good amount of playing time.

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Give each team with a number from one to eight. Try to set up teams based on skill level by placing weak players with strong ones.

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Divide the teams to form the prelimary round. The first four teams would be in "Pool A". The second four teams would be in "Pool B." The winner from each pool that will advance to the final game.

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The teams in the first group are to play each other once.

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The teams in the second group are to play each other once.

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After all teams in each group have played each other (total of 12 games), the winner of each group is determined by which team has the most wins. If there is a tie, the winner is determined by which team won in head-to-head competition.
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The winners of each group advance to the championship game.

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The winner of the championship game is the tournament champion.

Of course the time to complete the tournament will be determined by the total of the individual games. If you have more than one ping pong table you will find that the progress will be much faster.

With the above information, there should be no reason not to be able to put your ping pong table to great use. Go forward and play till you drop!