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Giving the game a leg-up

Beijing crowd gets its kicks, as teqball looks to tap Chinese market

By XING WEN | China Daily | Updated: 2024-10-01 08:17
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Hungary's Krisztina Acs deftly sent the soccer ball soaring through the air toward her male teammate, Csaba Banyik, who, with lightning reflexes and a sudden burst of energy, raised his leg high above his shoulder to deliver a swift roundhouse kick.

Instead of firing the ball toward a goal, it spun over a clear plastic divider and onto the opposite side of an oddly curved ping-pong table.

This is mixed-doubles teqball — a Hungarian-born fusion of soccer and table tennis that has been around for more than a decade.

It's played on a curved tabletop that measures three meters in length, is 1.7 meters wide, 0.76 meters high, and is bisected by a rigid "net".

Typically, the game is contested in three-set matches, with doubles competitions being more popular than singles. Participants use a slightly underinflated ball and, similar to soccer, are allowed to strike it with any part of their body except their hands.

Phakpong Dejaroen of Thailand in action at the Teqball World Series Beijing on Sept 22. [Photo/China Daily]

With its non-contact nature and gender-equitable competitions, it has been gaining popularity around the globe.

Currently, this soccer-based sport boasts over 5,000 athletes in more than 150 countries and regions, with over 2,000 clubs established worldwide.

On Sept 22, the Teqball World Series Beijing, which attracted more than 120 contestants from 16 countries, wrapped up in Beijing's Olympic Forest Park.

The event, co-hosted by the International Federation of Teqball (FITEQ), Beijing Olympic City Development Association (BODA), Beijing Sports Federation and the government of Chaoyang district, was the highest-paying stop in the history of the Teqball World Series, with a total prize purse of $60,000.

"Among the domestic events I've participated in, this competition featured the highest number of high-level foreign players," said Subiyinuer Abudureheman, a player from Urumqi, capital of China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, who took part in the mixed doubles.

Salman Alibrahim from Kuwait expressed his admiration for the spacious outdoor competition venue.

"I love the vibes here. The weather is great, and there are many spectators," said the 25-year-old.

He transitioned from playing soccer to become a professional teqball player due to the limited popularity of the sport in Kuwait.

"Very few people in Kuwait play teqball. Many are unaware of this sport. I want to focus on promoting it among more people in my country," he added.

Apor Gyorgydeak, 24, the world No 1"teqer" from Romania, continued to demonstrate his dominance in the game by claiming the men's singles title.

"I'm happy that I managed to extend my undefeated streak, and my plan is to keep it up until the end of the year," he said.

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