Sport | Table Tennis |
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Founded | 2017 |
First season | 2017 |
Owner(s) | 11sports |
President | Vita Dani |
Administrator | Table Tennis Federation of India |
No. of teams | 6 |
Country | India |
Most recent champion(s) | Chennai Lions (1st title) (2019) |
Most titles | Chennai Lions, Dabang Delhi TTC and Falcons TTC (1 title each) |
TV partner(s) | Sports18 [1] |
Streaming partner(s) | JioCinema |
Official website | Official website |
The Ultimate Table Tennis is a professional level table tennis league in India. It was launched in 2017 and contested by 6 teams. It is organized by 11Sports promoted by Niraj Bajaj and Vita Dani and held under the aegis of Table Tennis Federation of India. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The current champions are Chennai Lions, who won the title in their debut season after defeating the defending champions Dabang Delhi TTC in the season 3 finals in 2019. [7]
Team | City | Debut | Stadium | |
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Chennai Lions | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 2019 | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium | |
Dabang Delhi TTC | Delhi, NCR | 2017 | Thyagaraj Sports Complex | |
Goa Challengers | Goa | 2017 | – | |
Puneri Paltan TT | Pune, Maharashtra | 2019 | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex | |
U Mumba TT | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 2019 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium | |
Bengaluru Smashers | Bengaluru, Karnataka | 2023 | TBD |
Team | Owners | Indian Head coach | Foreign Head coach | Kit Manufacturer | Kit Sponsor |
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Chennai Lions | Harini Yadav, Karishma Yadav | Somnath Ghosh | Jorg Bitzigeio | ||
Dabang Delhi TTC | Radha Kapoor Khanna | A Muralidhara Rao | Slobodan Grujic | T10 Sports | ART |
Goa Challengers | Shrinivas Dempo, Vivek Bhargava | Parag Agarwal | Elena Timina | Xiom | Devashri Nirman LLP |
Puneri Paltan Table Tennis | Insurekot Sports Pvt. Ltd. | N Ravichandran | Zoltan Batorfi | Shiv-Naresh | Kotak |
Bengaluru Smashers | Punit Balan | Sachin Shetty | Vesna Ojstersek | ||
U Mumba TTC | U Sports | Anshul Garg | Francisco Santos | UpGrad |
Team | Debut | Dissolved | Owner |
---|---|---|---|
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 three seasons so far with three different winners. Falcons TTC and Dabang Delhi TTC have been in finals two times.
Season | Final | Final venue | Number of 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 | 6 |
2019 | Chennai Lions | 8:1 | Dabang Delhi TTC | Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi | 6 |
2023 | Goa Challengers | 8:7 | Chennai Lions | Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, Pune | 6 |
A tie is an encounter between two teams and consists of nine 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 |
---|---|---|---|
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 | Players (male) | Players (female) | Coaches |
---|---|---|---|
Falcons TTC | Par Gerell, Liam Pitchford, Sanil Shetty, Arjun Ghosh | Wu Yang, Lee Ho Ching, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Priyadarshini Das | Francisco Santos, Soumyadeep Roy |
Shazé Challengers | Li Ping, Andrej Gacina, Soumyajit Ghosh, Manav Thakkar | Han Ying, Petrissa Solja, Mouma Das, Moumita Datta | Elena Timia, A. Muralidhara Rao |
Dabang Smashers TTC | Marcos Freitas, Kou Lei, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, A. Amalraj | Hu Melek, Tetyana Bilenko, Madhurika Patkar, Mousumi Paul | Ilija Lupulesku, N. Ravichandran |
DHFL Maharashtra United | Wong Chun Ting, Joao Monteiro, Harmeet Desai, Ronit Bhanja | Liu Jia, Fu Yu, Krittwika Sinha Roy, Pooja Sahasrabudhe | Ferenc Karsai, Arup Basak |
Oilmax-Stag Yoddhas | Panagiotis Gionis, Quadri Aruna, Jubin Kumar, Abhishek Yadav | Doo Hoi Kem, Polina Mikhailova, Manika Batra, Selena D Selvakumar | Vesna Ojstersek, Sandeep Gupta |
RP-SG Mavericks | Tiago Apolonia, Stefan Fegerl, Sharath Kamal, Birdie Boro | Sofia Polcanova, Sabine Winter, Archana Kamath, Amrutha Pushpak | Peter Engel, Sachin Shetty |
Pos. | Team | Ties played | Ties won | Matches won | Team points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Falcons TTC | 5 | 3 | 27 | 78 |
2 | Shazé Challengers | 5 | 4 | 24 | 73 |
3 | Dabang Smashers 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 |
Stage | Venue | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Games | Matches |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round robin | Chennai | 13 July | RP-SG Mavericks | Falcons TTC | 12:15 | 3:6 |
14 July | Shazé Challengers | Dabang Smashers TTC | 15:12 | 5:4 | ||
15 July | Oilmax-Stag Yoddhas | DHFL Maharashtra United | 12:15 | 3:6 | ||
16 July | Dabang Smashers TTC | Falcons TTC | 14:13 | 5:4 | ||
17 July | Oilmax-Stag Yoddhas | Shazé Challengers | 15:12 | 4:5 | ||
18 July | DHFL Maharashtra United | RP-SG Mavericks | 16:11 | 6:3 | ||
19 July | Oilmax-Stag Yoddhas | Falcons TTC | 5:22 | 1:8 | ||
20 July | Dabang Smashers TTC | RP-SG Mavericks | 13:14 | 6:3 | ||
Delhi | 21 July | Shazé Challengers | Falcons TTC | 16:11 | 5:4 | |
22 July | DHFL Maharashtra United | Dabang Smashers TTC | 11:16 | 1:8 | ||
23 July | Oilmax-Stag Yoddhas | RP-SG Mavericks | 16:11 | 6:3 | ||
24 July | DHFL Maharashtra United | Shazé Challengers | 12:15 | 4:5 | ||
25 July | Oilmax-Stag Yoddhas | Dabang Smashers TTC | 13:14 | 4:5 | ||
Mumbai | 26 July | DHFL Maharashtra United | Falcons TTC | 10:17 | 4:5 | |
27 July | Shazé Challengers | RP-SG Mavericks | 15:12 | 4:5 | ||
Play off, Semifinal | 28 July | Falcons TTC | DHFL Maharashtra United | 14:5 | 5:2 | |
Play off, Semifinal | 29 July | Shazé Challengers | Dabang Smashers TTC | 14:9 | 5:3 | |
Play off, Final | 30 July | Falcons TTC | Shazé Challengers | 14:9 | 4:3 |
No. | Type | Player A | Player B |
---|---|---|---|
1 | WS | Indian | Foreign |
2 | MS | Foreign | Indian |
3 | XD | Foreign or Indian | Foreign or Indian |
4 | MS | Foreign | Foreign |
5 | WS | Foreign | Foreign |
6 | MS | Indian | Foreign |
7 | WS | Foreign | Indian |
Team | Players (male) | Players (female) | Coaches |
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Dabang Smashers TTC | Yoshida Masaki, Cedric Nuytinck, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Sanish Ambekar | Sakura Mori, Adriana Diaz, Archana Kamath, Manika Batra | Andrei Filimon, Sachin Shetty |
RP-SG Mavericks | Kou Lei, Mattias Karlsson, Harmeet Desai, Siddhesh Pande | Doo Hoi Kem, Sabine Winter, Ayhika Mukherjee, Mouma Das | Elena Timina, Arup Basak |
Falcons TTC | Liam Pitchford, Alvaro Robles, Sanil Shetty, Ronit Bhanja | Bernadette Szocs, Matilda Ekholm, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Priyagarshini Das | Vesna Ojstersek, Soumyadeep Roy |
Empowerji Challengers | Simon Gauzy, Tiago Apolonia, Manav Thakkar, Arjun Ghosh | Lee Ho Ching, Georgina Pota, Divya Deshpande, Prapti Sen | Peter Engel, A. Muralidhara Rao |
Maharashtra United | Kristian Karlsson, Joao Monteiro, Anthony Amalraj, Utkarsh Gupta | Elizabeta Samara, Lily Zhang, Madhurika Patkar, Selena D Selvakumar | Francisco Santos, N. Ravichandran |
Yoddhas Warriors TTC | Quadri Aruna, Chuang Chih-Yuan, Sharath Kamal, Ravindra Kotiyan | Sofia Polcanova, Hana Matelova, Pooja Sahasrabudhe, Sreeja Akula | Ferenc Karsai, Sandeep Gupta |
Pos. | Team | Ties played | Ties won | Matches won | Team points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dabang Smashers 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 |
Stage | Venue | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Games | Matches |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round robin | Pune | 14 June | Maharashtra United | Falcons TTC | 10:11 | 2:5 |
15 June | Empowerji Challengers | RP-SG Mavericks | 8:13 | 3:4 | ||
16 June | Warriors TTC | Dabang Smashers TTC | 7:14 | 1:6 | ||
17 June | Maharashtra United | RP-SG Mavericks | 10:11 | 3:4 | ||
18 June | Dabang Smashers TTC | Falcons TTC | 17:4 | 6:1 | ||
19 June | Warriors TTC | Empowerji Challengers | 14:7 | 5:2 | ||
Delhi | 20 June | Dabang Smashers TTC | RP-SG Mavericks | 8:13 | 3:4 | |
21 June | Maharashtra United | Empowerji Challengers | 6:15 | 1:6 | ||
22 June | Warriors TTC | Falcons TTC | 6:15 | 1:6 | ||
23 June | Maharashtra United | Dabang Smashers TTC | 12:9 | 5:2 | ||
24 June | Falcons TTC | Empowerji Challengers | 15:6 | 5:2 | ||
25 June | Warriors TTC | RP-SG Mavericks | 11:10 | 4:3 | ||
Kolkata | 26 June | Empowerji Challengers | Dabang Smashers TTC | 6:15 | 1:6 | |
27 June | Maharashtra United | Warriors TTC | 11:10 | 4:3 | ||
28 June | RP-SG Mavericks | Falcons TTC | 10:11 | 3:4 | ||
Play off, Semifinal | 29 June | Dabang Smashers TTC | Maharashtra United | 11:10 | 4:3 | |
Play off, Semifinal | 30 June | RP-SG Mavericks | Falcons TTC | 10:11 | 4:3 | |
Play off, Final | 1 July | Dabang Smashers TTC | Falcons TTC | 11:7 | 4:2 |
No. | Type | Player A | Player B |
---|---|---|---|
1 | WS | Foreign or Indian | Foreign or Indian |
2 | MS | Foreign or Indian | Foreign or Indian |
3 | XD | Foreign or Indian | Foreign or Indian |
4 | MS | Foreign or Indian | Foreign or Indian |
5 | WS | Foreign or Indian | Foreign or Indian |
Team | Players (male) | Players (female) | Coaches |
---|---|---|---|
Chennai Lions | Tiago Apolonia, Sharath Kamal, Anirban Ghosh | Petrissa Solja, Madhurika Patkar, Yashini Sivansakar | Peter Engel, A. Muralidhara Rao |
Dabang Delhi TTC | Jon Persson, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Parth Virmani | Bernadette Szocs, Krittwika Sinha Roy, Naina | Vesna Ojstersek, Sachin Shetty |
Goa Challengers | Alvaro Robles, Amalraj Anthony, Siddhesh Pande | Cheng I-Ching, Archana Kamath, Shruti Amrute | Elena Timina, Arup Basak |
Puneri Paltan Table Tennis | Chuang Chih-Yuan, Harmeet Desai, Ronit Bhanja | Sabine Winter, Ayhika Mukherjee, Selena Selvakumar | Francisco Santos, Parag Agrawal |
RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata | Benedikt Duda, Sanil Shetty, Manush Shah | Matilda Ekholm, Manika Batra, Prapti Sen | Zoltan Batorfi, N. Ravichandran |
U Mumba TT | Kirill Gerassimenko, Manav Thakkar, Jeet Chandra | Doo Hoi Kem, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Moumita Dutta | Jiaqi Zheng, Soumyadeep Roy |
Pos. | Team | Ties played | Ties won | Matches won | Team points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 Table Tennis | 5 | 1 | 7 | 27 |
Stage | Venue | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Games | Matches |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round robin | Delhi | 25 July | Dabang Delhi TTC | Puneri Paltan Table Tennis | 7:8 | 2:3 |
26 July | Chennai Lions | U Mumba TTC | 6:9 | 2:3 | ||
27 July | RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata | Goa Challengers | 4:11 | 0:5 | ||
28 July | Chennai Lions | Puneri Paltan Table Tennis | 10:5 | 3:2 | ||
29 July | Dabang Delhi TTC | U Mumba TTC | 9:6 | 3:2 | ||
30 July | RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata | Puneri Paltan Table Tennis | 11:4 | 5:0 | ||
31 July | Chennai Lions | Goa Challengers | 8:7 | 3:2 | ||
1 August | RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata | U Mumba TTC | 6:9 | 2:3 | ||
2 August | Dabang Delhi TTC | Goa Challengers | 7:8 | 2:3 | ||
3 August | Puneri Paltan Table Tennis | U Mumba TTC | 6:9 | 1:4 | ||
4 August | Dabang Delhi TTC | RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata | 10:5 | 3:2 | ||
5 August | U Mumba TTC | Goa Challengers | 11:4 | 4:1 | ||
6 August | Chennai Lions | RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata | 11:4 | 4:1 | ||
7 August | Puneri Paltan Table Tennis | Goa Challengers | 4:11 | 1:4 | ||
8 August | Chennai Lions | Dabang Delhi TTC | 7:8 | 2:3 | ||
Play off, Semifinal | 9 August | U Mumba TTC | Dabang Delhi TTC | 7:8 | 2:3 | |
Play off, Semifinal | 10 August | Chennai Lions | Goa Challengers | 8:7 | 3:2 | |
Play off, Final | 11 August | Dabang Delhi TTC | Chennai Lions | 1:8 | 0:3 |
No. | Type | Player A | Player B |
---|---|---|---|
1 | MS | Foreign or Indian | Foreign or Indian |
2 | WS | Foreign or Indian | Foreign or Indian |
3 | XD | Foreign or Indian | Foreign or Indian |
4 | MS | Foreign or Indian | Foreign or Indian |
5 | WS | Foreign or Indian | Foreign or Indian |
Team | Players (male) | Players (female) | Coaches |
---|---|---|---|
Bengaluru Smashers | Kirill Gerassimenko, Sanil Shetty, Ankur Bhattacharjee | Natalia Bajor, Manika Batra, Poymantee Baisya | Vesna Ojstersek, Sachin Shetty |
Chennai Lions | Benedikt Duda, Sharath Kamal Achanta, Payas Jain | Liu Yangzi, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Prapti Sen | Jörg Bitzigeio Somnath Ghosh |
Dabang Delhi TTC | Jon Persson, Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Anirban Ghosh | Barbora Balazova, Ayhika Mukherjee, Sreeja Akula | Slobodan Grujic, A Muralidhara Rao |
Goa Challengers | Alvaro Robles, Amalraj Anthony, Harmeet Desai | Suthasini Sawettabut, Reeth Tennison, Krittwika Roy | Elena Timina, Parag Agrawal |
Puneri Paltan TTC | Omar Assar, Manush Shah, Snehit SFR | Hana Matelova, Archana Kamath, Anusha Kutumbale | Zoltan Batorfi, N Ravichandran |
U Mumba TT | Quadri Aruna, Manav Thakkar, Sudhanshu Grover | Lily Zhang, Mouma Das, Diya Chitale | Francisco Santos, Anshul Garg |
Pos. | Team | Ties played | Ties won | Matches won | Team points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dabang Delhi TTC | 5 | 3 | 14 | 42 |
2 | Chennai Lions | 5 | 2 | 14 | 41 |
3 | Puneri Paltan TTC | 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 |
Stage | Venue | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Games | Matches |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round robin | Pune | 13 July | Puneri Paltan TTC | Chennai Lions | 5:10 | 1:4 |
14 July | U Mumba TT | Bengaluru Smashers | 10:5 | 3:2 | ||
15 July | Dabang Delhi TTC | Goa Challengers | 5:10 | 1:4 | ||
16 July | Chennai Lions | U Mumba TT | 7:8 | 2:3 | ||
17 July | Puneri Paltan TTC | Goa Challengers | 8:7 | 3:2 | ||
18 July | Bengaluru Smashers | Dabang Delhi TTC | 5:10 | 1:4 | ||
19 July | Goa Challengers | U Mumba TT | 9:6 | 4:1 | ||
20 July | Chennai Lions | Bengaluru Smashers | 7:8 | 2:3 | ||
21 July | Dabang Delhi TTC | Puneri Paltan TTC | 7:8 | 2:3 | ||
22 July | Goa Challengers | Chennai Lions | 4:11 | 1:4 | ||
23 July | Puneri Paltan TTC | Bengaluru Smashers | 7:8 | 2:3 | ||
24 July | Dabang Delhi TTC | U Mumba TT | 11:4 | 4:1 | ||
25 July | Bengaluru Smashers | Goa Challengers | 9:6 | 3:2 | ||
26 July | Chennai Lions | Dabang Delhi TTC | 6:9 | 2:3 | ||
27 July | U Mumba TT | Puneri Paltan TTC | 5:10 | 0:5 | ||
Play off, Semifinal | 28 July | Dabang Delhi TTC | Goa Challengers | 7:8 | 2:3 | |
Play off, Semifinal | 29 July | Chennai Lions | Puneri Paltan TTC | 8:3 | 3:0 | |
Play off, Final | 30 July | Goa Challengers | Chennai Lions | 8:7 | 2:3 |
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