Badener AC – Tischtennis

About Badener AC – Tischtennis

The table tennis section of Badener AC plays and trains in the Sporthalle Baden at Waltersdorfer Straße 40. Founded on 9 October 1924, it is by its own account the oldest continuously existing table tennis club in the world; the men's team plays in the Bundesliga.

A hundred years of table tennis in Baden

The first games were played in summer 1924 on a work table in the bakehouse of the Konditorei Mach on Pfarrplatz, and according to the club chronicle the stakes were Cremeschnitten and Schaumrollen (cream slices and cream horns). In October this became the "Pingpong-Sektion des BAC".

• World champions: Erwin Kohn won the world team title in 1936, and Trude Pritzi became world champion in 1937.
• Host: table tennis world championships took place in Baden in 1933 and 1937, and in the 1980s the first ETTU Cup final.
• Bundesliga: since 1962 the club has played 28 seasons in the top division with the men and six with the women.
• Lower Austria: 15 state championship titles for the women's teams and 14 for the men's teams.

For the anniversary in 2024 the hall was renovated and received a new floor that meets international standards.

Joining in

• Youth: training two to three times a week in the afternoon, from beginners' to development training. It is led by Bundesliga player Eric Glod as head coach. New children can try it out free of charge for two weeks; regular training pauses during the summer holidays.
• Seniors and recreational players: twice a week in the morning, for women and men, developed from a fitness programme launched in 2013. The preferred way to register is in person at training. Individual lessons with a coach are available at extra cost.
• Becoming a member: everything about it is on the club website under "Mitglied werden".

Watching and getting there

The Bundesliga home games and tournaments such as the NÖ Nachwuchsliga take place in the hall, and the club livestreams some matches. The hall is around 100 metres from the Baden Landesklinikum stop; for cars there is a short-stay parking zone and a multi-storey car park. The chairman is Andreas Meixner.

Automatically translated from German.

Compiled by our editorial team.