Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Ultimate Table Tennis | |
Sport | Table Tennis |
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Founded | 2017 |
First season | 2017 [1] |
Owner(s) | 11Sports |
President | Vita Dani |
Administrator | Table Tennis Federation of India |
No. of teams | 8 |
Country | India |
Most recent champion(s) | Goa Challengers (2024) |
Most titles | Goa Challengers (2023, 2024) |
TV partner(s) | Sports18 [2] |
Streaming partner(s) | JioCinema [3] |
Official website | Website |
Ultimate Table Tennis is a professional level table tennis league in India. [4] Launched in 2017, it consists of 8 teams. [5] The league is held by Table Tennis Federation of India. [6] The 2024 champions are Goa Challengers who defeated Dabang Delhi TTC in the finals.
Falcons TTC won the first season with a 14–9 score against Shazé Challengers. Dabang Delhi TTC won the second season with a 11–7 result against defending champs Falcons TTC. Chennai Lions won their season three victory with an 8–1 score against defending champions Dabang Delhi TTC. Season four saw Goa Challengers winning with an 8–7 game against defenders Chennai Lions.
Goa Challengers defended their title with an 8–2 win over Dabang Delhi TTC in season 5.
A tie is an encounter between 2 teams and consists of 9 matches. Every match consists of three games. Every game is played up to eleven points. The team, that have won the most games of a tie is the winner.
No. | Type | Player A | Player B |
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1 | MS | Foreign | Indian |
2 | WS | Indian | Foreign |
3 | XD | Foreign / Indian | Foreign / Indian |
4 | MS | Foreign | Foreign |
5 | WS | Foreign | Foreign |
6 | MS | Indian | Foreign |
7 | WS | Foreign | Indian |
8 | MS | Foreign | Foreign |
9 | WS | Foreign | Foreign |
Team | City | Debut | Stadium | Coaches | Owner | |
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Ahmedabad SG Pipers | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | 2024 | Jay Modak Francisco Santos | SG Sports Entertainment Private Limited | ||
Bengaluru Smashers | Bengaluru, Karnataka | 2023 | Anshuman Roy Elena Timina | Punit Balan | ||
Chennai Lions | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 2019 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | Subin Kumar Tobias Bergman | Harini Yadav Karishma Yadav | |
Dabang Delhi TTC | Delhi, NCR | 2017 | Thyagaraj Sports Complex | Sachin Shetty Vesna Ojstersek | Radha Kapoor Khanna | |
Goa Challengers | Goa | 2017 | Subhajit Saha Zoltan Batorfi | Shrinivas Dempo Vivek Bhargava | ||
Jaipur Patriots | Jaipur, Rajasthan | 2024 | Somnath Ghosh Ronald Redep | World of Krida Private Limited | ||
Puneri Paltan TT | Pune, Maharashtra | 2019 | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex | Parag Agrawal Jorg Bitzigeio | Insurekot Sports Pvt. Ltd. | |
U Mumba TT | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 2019 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium | Anshul Garg John Murphy | Unilazer Ventures Pvt. Ltd. |
Team | Debut | Dissolved | Owner |
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Falcons TTC | 2017 | 2018 | Rizwan Amlani |
Shazé Challengers | 2017 | 2017 | Vivek Bhargava |
Oilmax-Stag Yoddhas | 2017 | 2017 | Oilmax Energy Pvt Ltd Stag International |
Maharashtra United | 2017 | 2018 | DHFL |
Warriors TTC | 2018 | 2018 | |
RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata | 2017 | 2019 | Sanjiv Goenka Utsav Parekh |
There have been five seasons of Ultimate Table Tennis. Goa Challengers have won the league two times in 2023 and 2024. Dabang Delhi TTC have been in the finals thrice and won it once. Chennai Lions have been in the finals twice and won it once.
Year | Final | Venue | Total teams | ||
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Winner | Result | Runner-up | |||
2017 | Falcons TTC | 14–9 | Shazé Challengers | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai | 6 |
2018 | Dabang Delhi TTC | 11–7 | Falcons TTC | Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata | |
2019 | Chennai Lions | 8–1 | Dabang Delhi TTC | Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi | |
2023 | Goa Challengers | 8–7 | Chennai Lions | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune | |
2024 | Goa Challengers | 8–2 | Dabang Delhi TTC | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai | 8 |
The 2024 Ultimate Table Tennis league saw 48 players, including 16 internationals. Two new teams namely Ahmedabad SG Pipers and Jaipur Patriots made their debut in season 5 of UTT. [7]
Position | Team | Ties | Matches | Points | |
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Played | Won | ||||
1 | Falcons TTC | 5 | 3 | 27 | 78 |
2 | Shazé Challengers | 5 | 4 | 24 | 73 |
3 | Dabang Delhi TTC | 5 | 3 | 28 | 69 |
4 | DHFL Maharashtra United | 5 | 2 | 21 | 64 |
5 | Oilmax-Stag Yoddhas | 5 | 2 | 18 | 61 |
6 | RP-SG Mavericks | 5 | 1 | 17 | 60 |
Position | Team | Ties | Matches | Points | |
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Played | Won | ||||
1 | Dabang Delhi TTC | 5 | 3 | 23 | 63 |
2 | RP-SG Mavericks | 5 | 4 | 20 | 58 |
3 | Falcons TTC | 5 | 4 | 21 | 56 |
4 | Maharashtra United | 5 | 2 | 15 | 49 |
5 | Warriors TTC | 5 | 1 | 13 | 47 |
6 | Empowerji Challengers | 5 | 1 | 13 | 42 |
Position | Team | Ties | Matches | Points | |
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Played | Won | ||||
1 | U Mumba TTC | 5 | 4 | 16 | 44 |
2 | Chennai Lions | 5 | 3 | 14 | 42 |
3 | Goa Challengers | 5 | 3 | 15 | 41 |
4 | Dabang Delhi TTC | 5 | 3 | 13 | 41 |
5 | RP-SG Mavericks | 5 | 1 | 10 | 30 |
6 | Puneri Paltan TT | 5 | 1 | 7 | 27 |
Position | Team | Ties | Matches | Points | |
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Played | Won | ||||
1 | Dabang Delhi TTC | 5 | 3 | 14 | 42 |
2 | Chennai Lions | 5 | 2 | 14 | 41 |
3 | Puneri Paltan TT | 5 | 3 | 14 | 38 |
4 | Goa Challengers | 5 | 2 | 13 | 36 |
5 | Bengaluru Smashers | 5 | 3 | 15 | 35 |
6 | U Mumba TT | 5 | 2 | 8 | 33 |
Position | Team | Ties | Matches | Points | |
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Played | Won | ||||
1 | Bengaluru Smashers | 5 | 4 | 16 | 48 |
2 | Ahmedabad SG Pipers | 5 | 3 | 17 | 42 |
3 | Dabang Delhi TTC | 5 | 3 | 14 | 41 |
4 | Goa Challengers | 5 | 3 | 11 | 37 |
5 | Chennai Lions | 5 | 2 | 13 | 37 |
6 | U Mumba TT | 5 | 2 | 12 | 36 |
7 | Puneri Paltan TT | 5 | 2 | 10 | 31 |
8 | Jaipur Patriots | 4 | 1 | 7 | 28 |
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