# Ultimate Table Tennis

Ultimate Table Tennis is a professional level table tennis league in India. Launched in 2017, it consists of 8 teams. The league is held by Table Tennis Federation of India. 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

| Team | City | Debut | Stadium | Coaches | Owner |
| 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. |

### 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 |

## Seasons 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 | Final | Final | Venue | Total teams |
| Year | Winner | Result | Runner-up | Venue | Total teams |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Goa Challengers | 8–2 | Dabang Delhi TTC | Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai | 8 |

## Team squads
### Season 1 (2017)

| Team | Players | Players | Coaches |
| Team | Male | 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 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 D. 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)

| Team | Players | Players | Coaches |
| Team | Male | Female | Coaches |
| 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 Priyagarshini 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)

| Team | Players | Players | Coaches |
| Team | Male | 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 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 | Players | Coaches |
| Team | Male | Female | Coaches |
| 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 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.
| Team | Players | Players | Coaches |
| Team | Male | Female | Coaches |
| 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 |

## Points table
### Season 1

| Position | Team | Ties | Ties | Matches | Points |
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Matches | Points |
| 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 | Ties | Matches | Points |
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Matches | Points |
| 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 | Ties | Matches | Points |
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Matches | 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 TT | 5 | 1 | 7 | 27 |

### Season 4

| Position | Team | Ties | Ties | Matches | Points |
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Matches | Points |
| 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 | Ties | Matches | Points |
| Position | Team | Played | Won | Matches | Points |
| 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 |