Tennikoit

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Tennikoit

Tennikoit, a.k.a. "Ring tennis" at the 2010 World Championships (women's doubles)
Nicknames	Ring tennis, tenniquoits
First played	unclear more immediate ancestor likely the game of deck tennis some sources claim a German origin[1]
Characteristics
Contact	No
Team members	Singles Doubles Mixed Doubles
Mixed-sex	Separate men's and women's competitions Mixed teams: 1 male 1 female
Type	Indoor or outdoor
Equipment	Rubber ring
Presence
Olympic	No
Paralympic	No
World Games	No

Tennikoit, also called ring tennis or tenniquoits, is a sport played on a tennis-style court, with a circular rubber ring ("tennikoit", c.f. the game quoits) hurled over a net separating the two players, with each endeavoring to catch and return the hurled ring into the opponent's court. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor courts.

A number of disciplines exist. "Singles" is a two-player game requiring two opposing players. "Doubles" is a four-player game requiring two teams opposing each other where each team consists of two players each. In "Mixed Doubles", one male player and one female form a team.^[2]

The sport is played in 14 countries.^[3] It is particularly popular in Germany, South Africa, Brazil, Venezuela and the Subcontinent nations of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.