Ultimate Table Tennis
Current season, competition or edition: 2025 Ultimate Table Tennis | |
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| Sport | Table Tennis |
|---|---|
| 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) | U Mumba TT (2025) |
| Most titles | Goa Challengers (2023, 2024) |
| Broadcaster(s) | Star Sports |
| Streaming partner(s) | Hotstar |
| Official website | Website |
Ultimate Table Tennis is a professional level table tennis league in India.[2] Launched in 2017, it consists of 8 teams.[3] The league is held by Table Tennis Federation of India.[4] 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.
Format
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Teams
Current teams
Jaipur Patriots
Kolkata Thunder Blades
Pune Jaguars
U Mumba TT
Locations of the eight UTT teams
| Team | City | Debut | Coaches | Owner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmedabad SG Pipers | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | 2024 |  Somnath Ghosh Chris Pfeiffer | Mahesh Bhupathi | |
| Chennai Lions | Chennai, Tamil Nadu | 2019 | Soumyadeep Roy Jorg Bitzigeio | S Rangarajan Rekha Murthy GS Ravi Vinay Chandra | |
| Dabang Delhi TTC | Delhi, NCR | 2017 | Raman Subramanian Julien Girard | Radha Kapoor Khanna | |
| Goa Challengers | Goa | 2019 | Parag Agrawal Elena Timina | Shrinivas Dempo Vivek Bhargava | |
| Jaipur Patriots | Jaipur, Rajasthan | 2024 | Sachin Shetty Pavel Rehorek | World of Krida Private Limited | |
| Kolkata Thunder Bladers | Kolkata, West Bengal | 2025 | Jubin Kumar Tobias Bergman | Uneecops Group MVikas Group | |
| Pune Jaguars | Pune, Maharashtra | 2025 | Subhajit Saha Vesna Ojstersek | Punit Balan | |
| U Mumba TT | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 2019 | Jay Modak John Murphy | Unilazer Ventures Pvt. Ltd. | |
Former teams
| 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 |
| Puneri Paltan TT | 2019 | 2024 | Insurekot Sports Pvt. Ltd. |
| Bengaluru Smashers | 2024 | 2024 | Punit Balan |
Editions and results
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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Result | Runners 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 |
| 2025 | U Mumba TT | 8–4 | Jaipur Patriots | EKA Arena, Ahmedabad | |
Squads
Season 1 (2017)
| Team | Players | Coaches | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | ||
| Falcons TTC | Par Gerell  Liam Pitchford Sanil Shetty Arjun Ghosh |  Wu Yang  Lee Ho Ching Sutirtha Mukherjee Priyadarshini Das | .svg.png){kind=small} Francisco Santos Soumyadeep Roy |
| Shazé Challengers | Li Ping  Andrej Gaćina Soumyajit Ghosh Manav Thakkar | Han Ying Petrissa Solja Mouma Das Moumita Datta | Elena Timina 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 Selvakumar | Vesna Ojsteršek 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 |
Season 2 (2018)
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Season 3 (2019)
| Team | Players | Coaches | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | ||
| 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 Jaiswal | Vesna Ojsteršek Sachin Shetty |
| Goa Challengers |  Álvaro Robles Amalraj Anthony Siddhesh Pande |  Cheng I-Ching Archana Kamath Shruti Amrute | Elena Timina Arup Basak |
| Puneri Paltan TT | 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 Datta | Jiaqi Zheng Soumyadeep Roy |
Season 4 (2023)
| Team | Players | Coaches | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | ||
| Bengaluru Smashers | Kirill Gerassimenko Sanil Shetty Ankur Bhattacharjee |  Natalia Bajor Manika Batra Poymantee Baisya | Vesna Ojsteršek Sachin Shetty |
| Chennai Lions | Benedikt Duda Sharath Kamal Payas Jain | .svg.png){kind=small} 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 Grujić A Muralidhara Rao |
| Goa Challengers | Álvaro Robles Amalraj Anthony Harmeet Desai |  Suthasini Sawettabut Reeth Tennison Krittwika Sinha Roy | Elena Timina Parag Agrawal |
| Puneri Paltan TTC |  Omar Assar Manush Shah Snehit Suravajjula | 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 |
Season 5 (2024)
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.[5]
| Team | Players | Coaches | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | ||
| Bengaluru Smashers | Alvaro Robles Amalraj Antony Jeet Chandra | Lily Zhang Manika Batra Taneesha Kotecha | Elena Timina Anshuman Roy |
| Ahmedabad SG Pipers | Lilian Bardet Manush Shah Jash Modi | Bernadette Szocs Pritha Vartikar Reeth Rishya | Francisco Santos Jay Modak |
| Dabang Delhi TTC | Andreas Levenko Sathiyan Gnanasekaran Yashansh Malik | Orawan Paranang Diya Chitale Lakshita Narang | Vesna Ojsteršek Sachin Shetty |
| U Mumba TT | Quadri Aruna Manav Thakkar Akash Pal | Maria Xiao Sutirtha Mukherjee Kavyasree Baskar | John Murphy Anshul Garg |
| Goa Challengers |  Mihai Bobocica Harmeet Desai Sudhanshu Grover | Liu Yangzi Yashaswini Ghorpade Sayali Wani | Zoltan Batorfi Subhajit Saha |
| Puneri Paltan TT | João Monteiro Anirban Ghosh Ankur Bhattacharjee | Nina Mittelham Ayhika Mukherjee Yashini Sivashankar | Jorg Bitzigeio Parag Agrawal |
| Jaipur Patriots |  Cho Seungmin Snehit Suravajjula Ronit Bhanja | Suthasini Sawettabut Sreeja Akula Moumita Dutta | Ronald Redep Somnath Ghosh |
| Chennai Lions | Jules Rolland Sharath Kamal Abhinandh PB |  Sakura Mori Mouma Das Poymantee Baisya | Tobias Bergman Subin Kumar |
Season 6 (2025)
| Team | Players | |
|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | |
| Ahmedabad SG Pipers | Snehit Suravajjula Ricardo Walther Divyansh Srivastava | Manika Batra Yashini Sivashankar Giorgia Piccolin |
| Chennai Lions | ||
| Dabang Delhi TTC | ||
| Goa Challengers | ||
| Jaipur Patriots | ||
| Kolkata Thunder Blades | ||
| Pune Jaguars | ||
| U Mumba TT | ||
League standings
Season 1
| Position | Team | Ties | Matches | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 2
| Position | Team | Ties | Matches | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 3
| Position | Team | Ties | Matches | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 4
| Position | Team | Ties | Matches | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Season 5
| Position | Team | Ties | Matches | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 28 |
Season 6
| Position | Team | Ties | Matches | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Played | Won | ||||
| 1 | Ahmedabad SG Pipers | ||||
| 2 | Chennai Lions | ||||
| 3 | Dabang Delhi TTC | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 4 | Goa Challengers | ||||
| 5 | Jaipur Patriots | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Kolkata Thunder Blades | ||||
| 7 | Pune Jaguars | ||||
| 8 | U Mumba TT | ||||
References
- ^ "Ultimate Table Tennis: India's first-ever professional league for the sport to begin from 13 July". Sportskeeda. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "All you need to know about Ultimate Table Tennis". ESPN India. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "All about Ultimate Table Tennis". The Hindu. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "Ultimate Table Tennis 2018: Captains of six teams unveil trophy as tournament set to begin on Thursday". Firstpost. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ Sportstar, Team (20 August 2024). "Ultimate Table Tennis 2024: Preview, schedule, squads, streaming info and all you need to know about UTT season 5". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 20 August 2024.