Headis, Header Table Tennis

In 2008 the German wide tournament series was founded. There are around 10 -12 tournaments per year where men, women and youth are separately battling for points and ranking positions in the world - ranking. At the end of the year the most successful player of the HEADIS-Cup series gets awarded. Each tournament itself is ranked, depending on the size of the tournament from one to five stars. The number of stars multiplies with 40 equals the amount of points the winner gets. There is only one five star event each year, the HEADIS worldchampionship, which is going to be held for the fourth time 2010 in Göttingen. 2007 it took place in Kaiserslautern, 2009 at the University of Saarbrücken where more than 120 participants of 6 nations played. Top ranked players as well as qualifiers of the first day of the event this year the 30th of July qualify for the worldchampionship at the 31st of July. The worldchampion 2008 and 2009 is Marvin Löscher (Nickname: Marvelous 96) from Barsinghausen (Hannover).
Since 2007 the number of players is constantly growing. From 60 participants 2007 there were more than 400 participants 2009 at the tournaments and a couple thousand recreationally. At the time Germany is the dominant HEADIS nation but there are more players from Luxembourg, France, Spain and England. The first HEADIS club is "HEADIS United Saarbrücken" in Saarbruecken, which was founded in 2007. 1. HSC Minerva Dresden is the first east German club. There are also HEADIS departments at traditional clubs such as TV Fechingen 1895 e.V. (Saarbruecken), FC Brünninghausen 1927 e.V. in Dortmund and SpVgg Erlangen e.V..