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Berlin Hosts First Joint Bundesliga Table Tennis Home Matchday

The champions paired matches to test audience growth, drawing over 1,500 fans in a league split by attendance.

Overview

  • TTC Berlin Eastside swept ESV Weil 6-0 in the morning at Berlin’s Sportforum Hohenschönhausen.
  • Borussia Düsseldorf beat TTC Rhönsprudel Fulda-Maberzell 3-1 in the afternoon to complete the double bill.
  • More than 1,500 tickets were sold in advance, far above the 200–300 spectators who typically attend Eastside home matches.
  • Borussia Düsseldorf transported competition tables and hall flooring to Berlin to enable the joint home date.
  • Timo Boll cited Berlin’s vibrant outdoor scene as a talent pool, and Borussia manager Andreas Preuss said mixed teams are not expected soon but called for closer alignment of the men’s and women’s leagues.