PingPong Arena

Table tennis guides

Short, practical guides to running and scoring table tennis tournaments, for clubs, offices and schools.

Getting started

  • The Challonge alternative built for table tennis

    Looking for a Challonge alternative built for table tennis? Compare live point-by-point scoring, ITTF tie-breaks, account-less scorer links and shareable results.

    6 min read

  • How to choose table tennis tournament software

    A criteria-first guide to picking table tennis tournament software: formats supported, live scoring, setup time, player limits, price, offline resilience, and data export. No ranking, just what to check.

    7 min read

  • How to run a table tennis tournament night

    Plan and run a table tennis tournament night step by step: choose a format, set tables and timing, seed the draw, score live, and share the results.

    8 min read

  • Start your first club night in 2 minutes

    The easiest way to run a club table tennis tournament: pick Classic Groups, add players, and start. This is how to organize a table tennis tournament for a small club, screen by screen, with PingPong Arena's club night results tracking app.

    5 min read

  • Add players fast

    The fastest way to add players to a table tennis tournament: paste a whole roster at once, or use quick-add typeahead against your club directory. A real alternative to a table tennis club standings spreadsheet.

    4 min read

  • Check players in before you start

    How the table tennis check-in app for club night works in PingPong Arena — host tick-off, check in all, and self check-in via a join link — and exactly which plan you need for it.

    5 min read

Formats

  • Table tennis tournament formats explained

    Round-robin, groups, knockout, ladder and doubles: how each table tennis tournament format works, what it is best for, and how to choose by player count and time.

    7 min read

  • How to seed a table tennis draw (snake seeding explained)

    How to seed a table tennis draw so groups stay balanced: why naive seeding stacks one group with all the strong players, and how snake seeding fixes it, with a worked 12-player example.

    6 min read

  • How to run a tournament with an odd number of players

    How to run a tournament with an odd or awkward number of players: how many groups to make, what sizes they should be, how byes work, and a worked split for every field from 5 to 24 players.

    7 min read

  • What is a table tennis league?

    What a table tennis league actually is, how it differs from a one-off tournament, the common formats (divisions, ladders, club nights), how scoring and standings work, and how to join or start one.

    7 min read

  • Choose the right format for your table tennis night

    How to organize a table tennis tournament for a small club: compare Single Match, Classic Groups, Giant Round Robin, Ladder and Doubles, and pick the right wizard card for swiss system vs round robin table tennis club nights.

    5 min read

  • Run a Big Field / Giant Round Robin night (16+ players)

    The easiest way to run a club table tennis tournament for a large, open field: how the Giant Round Robin Big Field variation works, its tier brackets, and the plan limits — an app to track table tennis club ranking end to end.

    5 min read

  • Set up a doubles night

    How to run a doubles table tennis tournament: registering fixed 2-player teams, pasting a roster to auto-pair, and scoring — plus club night results tracking that stays identical to singles.

    4 min read

  • Run a casual ladder

    Table tennis ladder rules for a club, explained: the Kings Table two-way climb, ladder-specific settings, and a live scoring app table tennis club members can drop in and out of at any time.

    5 min read

Running the night

Results & corrections

  • Enter and edit results manually

    How to enter table tennis match scores manually, correct a wrong result, and revert a match to unplayed in PingPong Arena — the club night results tracking app alternative to a standings spreadsheet.

    6 min read

  • How to Correct a Wrong Match Result in PingPongArena

    Correct a wrong table tennis match result or fix a scoring mistake in PingPong Arena with Revert to Unplayed — what it does, when it's blocked, and how to fix a match result tournament app mistake step by step.

    4 min read

  • How Ties for Medal Positions Are Resolved in PingPongArena (Deciders Explained)

    Learn exactly how table tennis ladder tie resolution works in PingPongArena — how ties are broken table tennis tournament after tournament, and what triggers a decider match table tennis app users see in the standings.

    4 min read

Sharing & reports

  • Standings, TV scoreboard, and every display mode in PingPongArena

    PingPongArena is a table tennis club standings spreadsheet alternative with a live TV scoreboard: an app to track table tennis club ranking on a TV, tablet, or laptop, built on the same live scoring app table tennis club nights already run on.

    5 min read

  • Share live standings with players: the read-only PingPongArena link

    PingPongArena's account-less /r/ link is the club night results tracking app table tennis players actually open — the table tennis club standings spreadsheet alternative that works as a live scoring app table tennis club nights can share with anyone, no sign-in required.

    4 min read

  • The tournament report, every section explained

    Every section of the PingPongArena table tennis tournament report explained — from standings to the audit log — plus how to get printable table tennis tournament results as a PDF, a table tennis club standings spreadsheet alternative you can hand out on paper too.

    6 min read

  • Player analytics and coaching insights for your table tennis club

    PingPongArena is a table tennis player analytics app that turns matches from the live scoring app table tennis club nights already run into AI coaching insights table tennis players can actually use — plus one real limitation to know about first.

    4 min read

Plans

  • PingPong Arena vs Score7

    PingPong Arena vs Score7 compared: pricing, live scoring, table-tennis-specific rules, doubles support, languages and signup requirements, sourced from Score7's public site and knowledge base.

    6 min read

  • PingPongArena plans compared: Free, Club, Club Pro, and the single-event pass

    A challonge alternative for table tennis with clear table tennis tournament app pricing: Free, Club, Club Pro, and a one-time Event Pass, compared side by side — how PingPongArena pricing stacks up against Challonge vs sport-specific tournament app choices.

    5 min read

Equipment & extras