When shooting, players must keep their elbows behind the edge of the table. Typically, 2 beer cans are used to fill up 10 cups. Set Upġ0 cups in a pyramid-like formation on your team’s side of a standard 2meter (8-foot) table.įill each cup with your desired amount of beer/alcoholic beverage. The team that successfully buckets all of the opponent’s cups wins the game. If both teammates balls land in cups, the balls are rolled back and they get to shoot again. Once a ball lands in a cup, the cup is taken away and the opponent then drinks the contents of the cup. Each team takes turn throwing a table tennis ball into the other team’s cups. Beer Pong is generally played by teams of two.