Ultimate Table Tennis

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. It is broadcast by Star Sports.[1][2][3][4][5]

Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT)
FormerlyCEAT Ultimate Table Tennis
SportTable Tennis
Founded2017
Inaugural season2017
AdministratorTable Tennis Federation of India
PresidentVita Dani
No. of teams6
CountryIndia
Most recent
champion(s)		Chennai Lions (1st title)
(2019)
Most titlesChennai Lions, Dabang Delhi TTC and Falcons TTC (1 title each)
TV partner(s)Star Sports(live telecast)
Hotstar, Jio TV(online streaming)
Official websitewww.ultimatetabletennis.in

The current champions are Chennai Lions, who won the title in their debut season after defeating the defending champions Dabang Delhi T.T.C in the season 3 finals in 2019.[6]

Teams

Current teams
Goa Challengers
Puneri Paltan T.T
RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata
U Mumba T.T.
Locations of the six UTT teams
Team City Debut Stadium
Chennai Lions Chennai, Tamil Nadu 2019 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
Dabang Delhi T.T.C Delhi, NCR 2017 Thyagaraj Sports Complex
Goa Challengers Goa 2018 –
Puneri Paltan T.T. Pune, Maharashtra 2019 Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex
RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata Kolkata, West Bengal 2017 Netaji Indoor Stadium
U Mumba T.T. Mumbai, Maharashtra 2019 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium

Owners
Team Owners Indian Head coach Foreign Head coach Kit Manufacturer Kit Sponsor
Chennai Lions Aishwaryaa Rajinikanth Dhanush A Muralidhar Rao Peter Engel
Dabang Delhi T.T.C Do It Sports Sachin Shetty Vesna Ojstersek T10 Sports ART
Goa Challengers Shrinivas Dempo, Vivek Bhargava Arup Basak Bettine Vriesekoop Xiom Devashri Nirman LLP
Puneri Paltan T.T. Insurekot Sports Pvt. Ltd. Parg Agarwal Francisco Santos Shiv-Naresh Kotak
RP-SG Mavericks Kolkata Sanjiv Goenka, Utsav Parekh N Ravichandran Zoltan Batorgi Puma Inox
U Mumba T.T. U Sports Soumyadeep Roy Jiaqi Zheng UpGrad

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 T.T.C. 2018 2018

Tournament seasons and results

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

Winner Result Runner-up
2017 Falcons TTC 14–9 Shazé Challengers Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai 6
2018 Dabang Delhi T.T.C 11–7 Falcons TTC Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata 6
2019 Chennai Lions 8–1 Dabang Delhi T.T.C Thyagaraj Sports Complex, New Delhi 6

References
  1. "All you need to know about Ultimate Table Tennis". ESPN India. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. "All about Ultimate Table Tennis". The Hindu. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  3. "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.
  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. "Ultimate Table Tennis 2019 | Schedule, Teams, Auction & Owners". Kreedon.com. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  6. "Flawless Chennai Lions are new UTT champions – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
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