The invention is directed on the one hand to a celluloid-free table-tennis ball, preferably having a diameter of 38.5 to 48 mm, a weight of between 2.0 and 4.5 grams and a shell thickness (approximately) of between 0.20 mm and 1.30 mm, the shell being composed of plastic whose principal constituent is an organic, non-crosslinked polymer which in its main chain has not only carbon atoms but also heteroatoms; and on the other hand also to a method of manufacturing a table-tennis ball of this kind, where mostly in a first step two or more shell parts are manufactured, these shell parts being assembled in a subsequent step.
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