Ultimate Table Tennis

Table tennis league in India

Ultimate Table TennisCurrent season, competition or edition:
2025 Ultimate Table Tennis

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

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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

## Teams

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### Current teams

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Ahmedabad SG Pipers

Chennai Lions

Dabang Delhi TTC

Goa Challengers

Jaipur Patriots

Kolkata Thunder Blades

Pune Jaguars

U Mumba TT

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Locations of the eight UTT teams

Team  | City  | Debut  | Coaches  | Owner

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| 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

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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
Puneri Paltan TT | 2019  | 2024  | Insurekot Sports Pvt. Ltd.
Bengaluru Smashers | 2024  | 2024  | Punit Balan

## Editions and results

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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  | 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

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### Season 1 (2017)

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Team  | Players  | Coaches

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Male  | Female
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 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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Team  | Players  | Coaches

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Male  | Female
Dabang Delhi 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
Álvaro Robles
Sanil Shetty
Ronit Bhanja |  Bernadette Szocs
Matilda Ekholm
Sutirtha Mukherjee
Priyadarshini Das |  Vesna Ojsteršek
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
João 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

### Season 3 (2019)

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Team  | Players  | Coaches

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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)

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Team  | Players  | Coaches

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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 |  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)

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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

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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)

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Team  | Players

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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

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### Season 1

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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

### Season 2

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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

### Season 3

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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

### Season 4

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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

### Season 5

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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 | 5  | 1  | 7  | 28

### Season 6

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Position  | Team  | Ties  | Matches  | Points

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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

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ "All you need to know about Ultimate Table Tennis". ESPN India. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
3. ^ "All about Ultimate Table Tennis". The Hindu. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
4. ^ "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.
5. ^ 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.

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