The first team to eliminate all of the opponent's cups is the winner. If the team 'makes' a cup - that is, the ball lands in it, and stays in it - the contents of the cup are consumed by the other team and the cup is removed from the table. Each team then takes turns attempting to throw ping-pong balls into the opponent's cups.
The game typically consists of opposing teams of two or more players per side with 6 or 10 cups set up in a triangle formation on each side. Beer pong Drinking Gameīeer pong, also known as Beirut, is a drinking game in which players throw a ping pong ball across a table with the intent of landing the ball in a cup of beer on the other end. For the similar drinking game involving table tennis paddles, see Beer pong (paddle game).
