Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle is one of Munich’s most history charged sport facilities and is about to set another chapter to its history book, while becoming the venue of the Munich 2022 table tennis programme. It was built to host the basketball games for the 1972 Olympics. Since then, the hall has served as a venue for a variety of events – from a filming location for the cult classic Rollerball, to hosting the 1983 Eurovision song contest. Currently, it is the home of the FC Bayern Basketball team.

Whether singles, doubles or mixed doubles and regardless of men or women, the rules in table tennis are uniform. To win a set, a player or team needs eleven points and at least a two-point lead. Serving is also simple: after two serves in a row, the serve moves to the other side of the table and therefore to the opponent. At a tie at 10:10, the serve is alternated after each point. Depending on the event, three (best of five) or four (best of seven) winning sets are needed to decide the match. In Munich, all doubles will be played as best of five, while the singles will be contested in best-of-seven format from the main draw onwards.