The first discipline was played out completely: In the "Mixed Doubles" N. Singrün and M. Binder (Germany) won in a very close match against M. Güthling and T. Hufnagel (Germany) the match for the first place with 16:15.
The match for the third place was won by H. Jansen and H. Freitag (Germany) against K. Kumar and A. Babu (India) with 44:22.
Since about 10:15 a.m. the matches of the group phase in the discipline "Singles" are running.
30. September
The games have begun: the first day of the World Cup
The games have begun: the first day of the World Cup
Stefan Edelmann
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30. September 2023
It is Saturday, 30.09.2023: The fifth World Ringtennis Championship is officially open and the first matches in the discipline "Mixed" have already been played.
In the meantime, in addition to all participating teams, the public relations team has also arrived in South Africa completely. Via this homepage as well as the Instagram live ticker embedded above, all interested parties worldwide will receive up-to-the-minute information on the results of the World Ringtennis Championships.
26. September
Press kit about German team for the 5th World Tenniquoits Championships
Press kit about German team for the 5th World Tenniquoits Championships
Mario Müller
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26. September 2023
On September 26, the German national team, including officials and supporters, will start their journey to South Africa for the fifth World Tenniquoits Championships. All relevant information is now summarized in a press kit specially prepared for this major event. In addition to the sport itself, the individual national players are also presented. The press kit, beautifully designed by the new TK public relations officer Alexander Wiß, is an innovation that has never been seen before in the DTB sport of Ringtennis before world championships. Link to press kit
19. September
Tournament program of the 2023 World Cup published
Tournament program of the 2023 World Cup published
Mario Müller
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19. September 2023
After consultation with the organizer World Tenniquoits Federation, the Pretoria Organizing Committee has published the sporting program. The 2023 World Cup week will start on Saturday, September 30th at 9:00 a.m. with the Opening Ceremony. From 11:00 a.m., the Mixed Doubles will be the first official World Cup 2023 discipline for which each national team can now register up to 8 pairings according to an internal ranking. The supreme discipline of Women's and Men's Singles is scheduled for the following day, Sunday, October 1st from 9:00 a.m. After a day of rest for the national players, Women's and Men's Doubles will be played on Tuesday, October 3rd. The team competitions for national teams and for the U23 junior national teams, which are particularly popular in South Africa, will start as early as Thursday, October 5th from 3:00 p.m. The sporting highlight will be the 17th Test Match between long-term rivals South Africa and Germany on Saturday, October 7th at 1:00 p.m. In addition to the official 2023 World Cup disciplines, the organizers have also announced Open Tournaments and U23 competitions. The Players' Night Function on Tuesday evening, October 3rd and a rest day on Wednesday, October 4th, which all delegations will spend together at Dinokeng Game Reserve in search of the 'Big Fives', are additional cultural highlights. Link to the tournament program
17. September
Last endurance and heat test at the German Championships
Last endurance and heat test at the German Championships
Mario Müller
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17. September 2023
The players of the German national team passed the final endurance test three weeks before the 5th Ring Tennis World Championships. Even more important for national coach Timo Hufnagel: There were no new injuries at the 74th German Championships from September 8th to 10th in Rossdorf after Team Germany had to do without the reigning individual world champions Nicole Brose and Fabian Ziegler in Pretoria. With very high temperatures of around 30 degrees Celsius in late summer, the ultimate individual discipline was not only about national titles, but also about the German ranking for the individual World Championships. In the women's final, Naemi Singrün turned the tables and won 35:34 against defending champion Henrike Jansen. The preliminary round game between the two equal opponents ended with a one-point victory for Henrike. In the men's final, Maurice Binder played an almost perfect second half against Timo and was clearly the stronger player on the field in the comfortable 46:21 victory. In addition to the singles, the World Cup disciplines of mixed and alternating doubles were played in Rossdorf, as well as the fourth discipline, the classic doubles.
Results 74th German Championships 8.- 10. September 2023 in Rossdorf
Place
Name
Women's singles
1
Naemi Singrün
2
Henrike Jansen
3
Valerie Hässlich
Men's singles
1
Maurice Binder
2
Timo Hufnagel
3
Hendrik Freitag
Mixed
1
Henrike Jansen/ Hendrik Freitag
2
Elisa Kolonko/ Maurice Binder
Women's Doubles alternating
1
Naemi Singrün/Britt Abrecht
2
Valerie Hässlich/Michaela Güthling
Men's Doubles alternating
1
Timo Hufnagel/ Maurice Binder
2
Thomas Tregel/Felix Schultess
03. September
Germany determines its leadership structure for the 2023 World Ringtennis Championships
Germany determines its leadership structure for the 2023 World Ringtennis Championships
Mario Müller
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03. September 2023
A good 5 weeks before the departure to Johannesburg, the Technical Committee determined the leadership structure for its multi-member World Championships 2023 delegation at a special virtual meeting on August 21. The highest management body of the DTB sport Ringtennis confirmed the intensive preparatory work of national coach Timo Hufnagel, who held countless personal talks with the candidates. With Nina Krust (28 years) a physiotherapist steeled in numerous hard handball games is available to the team. Team Manager Silke von Aschwege (49 years old) has already organized the flights for the delegation. Team Captain Women is Michaela Güthling (34 years), who was elected by the team after the cancellation of Nicole Brose due to injury, as well as Hendrik Freitag (25 years). The two coaches Timo Hufnagel (45 years) and Hendrik Freitag have successfully led the national players through the preparation period, which was extended twice due to World Cup cancellations. Klaus Riehm (59 years old) was even up for consideration as head of delegation; however, he is now taking on the difficult position of Umpire. Alexander Wiss (21 years old) is responsible for public relations and can rely on the support of Stefan Edelmann, who manages the homepage for the South African organizers and will thus disseminate the results worldwide. Head of delegation is Axel Runkel (59 years old), who already led the World Championship delegations in 2014 and 2018.
Function
Name
Delegation Leader
Axel Runkel
Team Manager
Silke von Aschswege
Team Coach
Timo Hufnagel
Team Coach U23
Hendrik Freitag
Umpire
Klaus Riehm
Public Relations
Alexander Wiss
Physiotherapist
Nina Krust
02. September
5 participating nations at the 5th Ringtennis World-Championships
5 participating nations at the 5th Ringtennis World-Championships
Mario Müller
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02. September 2023
With this, organizer South Africa can be satisfied after only 8 months of preparation: Five nations from four continents are participating from September 30 to October 7 in Pretoria. Besides the three WTF founding members host South Africa, world champion Germany and India, Hong Kong and USA have entered some individual competitors. World Cup debutant Hong Kong is sending four players, making it the 10th nation to actively compete in world title matches. Admission of the new Ringtennis friends from the Chinese Special Administrative Region to the World Tenniquoits Federation previously is considered a formality. The USA will again be represented by a singles competitor who already wore 'Stars and Stripes' at the last World Championships. Painfully missed will be the Basque Country, Belarus and Canada, who will not be able to participate after the postponement of the 2023 World Championships. Since the Ringo-country Poland will not make the long journey to the Cape, as it did in 2014, the competition organizers canceled the Ringo competition on October 5. South Africa Ringtennis brought new momentum to the event with their idea of U23 Tri-Nations Championships in the individual disciplines and team competition. The large Indian and German delegations will ensure a record number of participants for World Championships in Ringtennis.
26. August
The travel dates of the German and Indian delegation
The travel dates of the German and Indian delegation
Mario Müller
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26. August 2023
A large part of the German delegation will travel by Lufthansa flight on Tuesday evening, September 26 at 10:05 p.m. on an overnight direct flight to Johannesburg, where arrival is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning after a 10-hour flight. National coach Timo Hufnagel attaches great importance to a reasonable acclimatization to the altitude of 1,300 meters and average temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius in the capital. Since it is not possible for everyone to arrive so early for professional reasons, the vast majority of the remaining delegation members will arrive at the official WM2023 hotel by check-in time on the day before the week of competition. The return flight will leave on Sunday evening at 9 pm with hopefully some trophies in the suitcase; the German delegation is expected back in Frankfurt/M on Monday morning, 9 October at 5:35.
The Indian delegation of more than 50 people will take a different route. For cost reasons, they will arrive later and travel back one day earlier on Saturday morning, October 7 from and to Bombay with Ethiopian Airlines with a stopover in Addis Ababa. The Indians will therefore finish their team competitions already on Friday and thus miss the award ceremony and closing event.
For more than 25 years Mario Müller has accompanied the office of the press spokesman of the sport of Ringtennis in the DTB. He has also made a very valuable contribution to the communication in the context of the upcoming World Championships in South Africa as an important link between all nations. A large part of the news articles on this homepage were written by him.
From 08 to 10 September 2023, the German Championships will be held in Rossdorf. At this championship weekend, the successor Alexander Wiss will officially take over from Mario Müller.
At this point we would like to sincerely thank Mario for his tireless efforts over the past 25 years!
21. August
The South African World Championships Memorabilia Internet Shop
The South African World Championships Memorabilia Internet Shop
Mario Müller
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21. August 2023
The South African ringtennis players have always had a soft spot for devotional objects to remember great events for a long time. For their home World Cup in 2023 they have come up with something very special: 26 different “World Championships memorabilia” are on display in an online shop, which users can purchase. From drinking cups, caps, key rings up toT-shirts or earrings - all with the official WC2023 logo - useful memorabilia worth €2 to €30 are on offer. The sale of these merchandising products will benefit a good cause. The 'Club 500', a kind of South African circle of friends for ring tennis, manages the income. Link to the shop
14. August
Nothing will happen in Pretoria 2023 without the name “Kruger”.
Nothing will happen in Pretoria 2023 without the name “Kruger”.
Mario Müller
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14. August 2023
The last name Kruger is very common in South Africa. Not only the world-famous game reserve and the national currency Rand are named after the founding father of the South African Republic, Paul Kruger. No wonder, then, that Theuns Kruger and daughter Louise, two of the four leading figures on the Local Organizing Committee, answer to this name. The other two are the internationally better known Jeanette de la Rey and Yolanda van Staden. With wife Riana, Theuns ensures as tournament director that the competitions will run smoothly. With Vanessa Luus, the Metropolitans have installed a safety officer. Young Brandon Norton takes care of the good sound and the technology on the facility. The German Stefan Edelmann has made himself available to take care of the official homepage. All in all, the eight-member committee has a pleasingly large amount of female power!
On his Facebook page India’s U23 coach Murali has posted recent moving pictures from the joint training camp with the national team. Since Wednesday, July 26, the elite Indian players have been preparing at the District Sports Complex in Baramati in the Western Indian state of Maharashtra. Due to the heat, the 9-day training camp is held indoors. The training sessions are led by the national coaches Shyam Sundar and Murali, who received their appointment certificates on the spot. The complete A and B team including some experienced top players with World Cup experience are invited. Team Captain Men Govindarajan will be playing his fourth World Cup. The Tennikoit Federation of India has announced to the South African organizers that it will come to Pretoria with an XXL delegation of over 50 participants.
13. May
A total of 53 Germans fly to South Africa for the World Tenniquoits Championships!
A total of 53 Germans fly to South Africa for the World Tenniquoits Championships!
Mario Müller
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13. May 2023
About two weeks before the official registration of the teams for the fifth World Tenniquoits Championships in Pretoria, it is certain that the German delegation including a supporter group will fly into South Africa in record numbers. Only Tatjana Schutte (RTG Weidenau) from the team originally nominated for the home World Championships will miss the postponed world title matches for private reasons. National coach Timo Hufnagel has nominated Kaja Stöhrer (TV Kieselbronn) instead. With 8 team world champions and 8 rookies, Team Germany will tackle the project of defending the title. Klaus Riehm (TSV Neubiberg), Silke von Aschwege (ESG Karlsruhe) and a handball physiotherapist from Pforzheim will join the coaching staff. A small team of 11 adult junior players (5 male and 6 female players) has been designated for the additional competitions for U23 teams organized by host South Africa. Among them are Elisa Kolonka (TV Kieselbronn) and Alexander Wiß (TV Rübenach), who are designated as substitutes for the national team. The 30-member German delegation plans to arrive three days before the competitions start to adjust to the altitude of over 1,300 meters. More than 20 family members, club members and ringtennis fans plan to accompany and support the team!
The schedule for the World Cup in South Africa has been set. You can find the planning of the individual days below in the section Schedule. In addition, the logo for the 2023 World Cup was determined in an exciting competition. The designer of the logo is Danie Kruger.
9 Ringtennis-friends from the 3 top nations, Germany, South Africa and India have participated in all four World Championships so far! Who will be there for the fifth time in Pretoria 2023? The three experienced players Maximilian Speicher (1st from right), Richter van Tonder (2nd from right) and Timo Hufnagel (3rd from right) have already been nominated for their World Championships 2023 teams. Hein van der Lith (4th from right) is part of the 'Protea' delegation as Team Coach Assistant. B.S.Nagaraj (3rd from left) as Chairman of the Selection Committee is crucial for the nomination of Team India. Roland Funk (1st from left) will join the event as a supporter again.The 2023 group photo of the record participants will probably look a lot like the one above from the World Cup 2018.
The World Cup originally planned for Koblenz (Germany) will take place in South Africa. The postponement will also result in an adjustment of the time frame: The World Cup will be held in Pretoria near Johannesburg from September 29 to October 8, 2023.
