The revolutionary sport, which was invented in New Zealand in 1979 and sees six players compete in two teams of three around a circular table, will be exhibited at the event, being held at London's Alexandra Palace on January 4-5.

Played in Australia as a serious sport alongside traditional table tennis, triples ping pong allows for a far greater range of shot directions, exciting angles and longer spectacular rallies.

The wooden net is specially designed to enhance the triples game, sloping in the centre to increase the sense of competition and challenge.

The T3 ping pong table can be used for the traditional triples format of the game or the new Chaos Theory which sees two teams of six competing of either side
of the table ©T3 PingPong


The sport will run alongside the two-day, 64-player annual World Championship, which sees the top ping pong players from across the globe battle it out for a share of a $100,000 (£61,700/€73,800) prize fund.

In order to increase interest amongst the audience, triples ping pong will provide members of the audience the opportunity to try out the sport for themselves, with the public able to participate in the standard triples format or the newly introduced "chaos theory".

These new rules see 12 players compete in two teams of six with an additional ball in play to add to the chaos and excitement of the sport.

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