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Little ball, big events: we have been sponsoring table tennis teams and stars for many years.
Timo Boll
Dimitrij Ovtcharov
On the ball with ARAG: world stars Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov
We’re proud of Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov, our excellent German table-tennis players, both of whom wear our logo during important international competitions as ARAG brand ambassadors. We are pleased to support this exceptional German table tennis duo as their personal sponsors and look forward to generating new impulses for this high-speed sport in Germany and the international arena.
“Only two exceptional players from countries other than China have made it to the top of the world table tennis rankings in the past 17 years: Timo Boll, who has topped the list three times already, and Dimitrij Ovtcharov, who ascended the Mount Olympus of table tennis in January 2018. ARAG is pleased and proud to support these two exceptional athletes as they strive for further impressive successes,” says Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender, Chairman and CEO of ARAG SE.
Devoted to our home team: we sponsor record-holding German league champion Borussia Düsseldorf
Borussia Düsseldorf’s flagship is its professional team – which plays in the Table Tennis Champions League at ARAG Center Court, in the table-tennis Bundesliga and in the German Cup Championship competition. This team is an enrichment for the sports city of Düsseldorf and the home city of our Group.
Borussia Düsseldorf boasts a brilliant success record, and we proudly celebrate every victory – made in Düsseldorf: 30 German championship titles, 26 German Cup victories and 15 wins in European competition. Thus Borussia Düsseldorf is not only the record-holding national champion but also one of the most successful club teams in Europe, with a total of 71 titles. And we have been a proud sponsor since 2001.
“We value the local roots of Borussia Düsseldorf and our ARAG family enterprise, the club’s consistent dedication to success and its international standing. And we appreciate the fact that several generations have experienced the joy that sports can bring,” says Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender, Chairman and CEO of ARAG SE.
Did you know that the German Table Tennis Federation unites some 554,000 active members in over 9,100 clubs in Germany? We happily serve as the main sponsor for leisure and professional athletes in small clubs all over the country as well as the various national teams. That is a point of honor for our family enterprise.
Mini-Championships
We have served since 2010 as the main sponsor of the mini-championships hosted by the German Table Tennis Federation – one of the most successful recreational sports programs for children in Germany. All children up to age twelve are eligible to take part, regardless of how often they have played table tennis before – and they all have lots of fun.
Nearly 1.4 million girls and boys have taken part in more than 52,000 local competitions since 1983. The next national final will take place in Berlin in May 2019. And we’ll be there as a proud sponsor!