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Racketlon
Highest governing body	FIR (Fédération Internationale de Racketlon or International Racketlon Federation)
First played	1986
Characteristics
Contact	No
Team members	Single or doubles
Type	Racquet sport
Equipment	Table Tennis Bat, Table Tennis Ball, Badminton Racquet, Shuttlecock, Squash Racquet, Squash Ball, Tennis Racquet & Tennis Ball

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Racketlon is a racquet-sport cousin of the triathlon and decathlon. It combines the four most popular racquetsports in a single match (table tennis, badminton, squash and tennis).

By definition, the game must be built on the concept of a match involving the same two individuals (or pairs in doubles) playing each other in all four sports - with identically formatted sets being played in each sport. The player (or pair) who wins most rallies in total is the winner of the racketlon match.

The sets are played in the following order (from smaller to larger rackets): table tennis, badminton, squash, tennis. Other than short official rules, each of the four sports' matches are governed by their respective international rules.

History

The origins of racketlon can be traced back to Scandinavia in the mid Eighties, where four people representing each of the four racket federations got together in Finland to form a game they called mailapelit - i.e. "racket games". The first Finnish Championships were held in Helsinki in 1986 and the sport rapidly grew and slowly changed to the Racketlon format.^[1]

Growth

Billed as the world's fastest growing sport, in terms of numbers of official players, it has grown by 300% in the last three years, with almost 2000 ranked players from 48 countries.^[2] It's a fun, new enjoyable sport and a great workout.

World Championships and Tour

The first official world championship took place in November 2001, and the World Tour, which takes place in 15 countries, is now in its eighth year (2010). In 2010 the Singles World Champs is in Holland at the end of the year and the Teams in Vienna in September.^{[needs update]}^{[citation needed]}

National Teams Champions

Year	Winner	Runner-up	3rd
2002	Sweden	Finland	Scotland
2003	Sweden	Finland	Scotland
2004	Sweden	Germany	England
2005	Sweden	Austria	Finland
2006	Sweden	Austria	Germany
2007	Sweden	Germany	Finland
2008	Sweden	Finland	Austria
2009	Poland	Austria	Finland
2010	Austria	Finland	Germany