5th PingPongParkinson World Championship Press Conference
7th PPP WC 2026
in Hanover, Germany
7th PPP WC 2026
in Hanover, Germany
5th PingPongParkinson World Championship – PPPWC 2024 will be held under the Honorary Patronage of the President of the Republic of Slovenia Nataša Pirc Musar, PhD.
5th PPPWC 2024: Slovenia Hosts World Ping Pong Championship for Parkinson’s Patients
Slovenia is hosting the 5. PingPongParkinson World Championship for Patients with Parkinson’sPlaying and regular practice of ping pong have been improving the psychophysical condition of Parkinson’s patients for the past five years. A pioneer in the development of this type…
Five players with at least three gold medals at the top of the perpetual leaderboard
After the end of the 4th PingPongParkinson World Championship, there have been some movements at the top of the perpetual leaderboard. With his renewed three-pack, Thorsten Flues has clearly taken the lead with now six titles. He has never won…
Thorsten Flues remains undefeated at Parkinson World Championships
On the last day of competition at the 4th PPP World Championships in Wels, Thorsten Flues (GER) dominated all three finals almost at will. After marching through the mixed competition alongside Silke Kind (GER) and through the doubles alongside Thorsten…
Six players still in the race for three titles
The fourth competition day of the PPP World Championships started in Wels with very sad news: The oldest of the 286 participants, 84-year-old Italian Antonio Perrone, had died in the hotel on Friday night. On Tuesday and Wednesday, he had…
Thorsten Flues and Ilya Rozenblat continue their winning streak
On the third tournament day of the 4th PingPongParkinson World Championships in Wels, the wheat was separated from the chaff. In the singles, almost half of the participants have been eliminated after the group phase of the main and consolation…
Rie Koyama and Thorsten Flues remained without losing a game in the doubles and mixed
The second day of the tournament in Wels started in the morning of Wednesday with the doubles matches in the three men’s and women’s classes. In the seven preliminary round groups of Men I, the three top-seeded pairs Peter Derheld/Jesper…
First match day ended with a few surprises
After the end of the accreditation, the final number of participants in the 4th PingPongParkinson World Championships in Wels is now known. After some players cancelled their participation in the last days, 286 players from 23 TT associations finally started…
Das Swiss Parkinson Team fährt an die Weltmeisterschaft – Ziel ist, möglichst viele «Parkies» an die Platte holen – luzernerzeitung.ch
Für die Parkinson-Tischtennis-WM bereitet sich das Schweizer Nationalteam in Luzern vor. Den Sieg haben manche bereits mit der Teilnahme eingefahren, andere wollen Edelmetall.
Will the men’s final be between Flues and Rozenblat?
A broad field will compete for the title in the men’s I singles. All the previous individual world champions will be competing here. Hamid Ezzat-Ahmadi, Ilya Rozenblat (both USA) and Holger Teppe (Germany) have won in Pleasantville in 2019, where…
Draws, fixtures and results
The tournament programme website has now been activated. It can also be accessed via the link “Draws & Results” on the menu bar: Here you will find the draws, the match schedules and the results of the PingPongParkinson World Championship…