Ultimate Table Tennis is hosting its inaugural season in 2017 to promote and enhance Table Tennis as a Sport in India. After the successful impact of India Open 2017 held in New Delhi in February 2017, Ultimate Table Tennis will achieve its goal in realizing the potential of Table Tennis in India. The league will play a pivotal role in achieving this objective by working in cohesion with the stakeholders: Table Tennis Federation of India, The Franchises and The Broadcaster.
General Format of play
Each Team will play 9 Matches(4Men's singles,4 Women's singles,1 Mixed doubles) in a Tie with each Match comprising 3 Games. Consequently, each Tie shall comprise 27 Games.
- Each Game shall have Players compete with each other to score 11 points first. In the event that scores are level at 10-all, then the 11th point will be a Golden Point and that shall decide the winner of the Game. Whichever individual/pair scores 11 points and is termed as the winner of each Game shall receive one point towards the Team’s total for each such Game that is won.
- The winning Team in a Tie shall be decided by the number of total Games won i.e. total points won in the relevant Tie, meaning a Team that wins 14 or more Games out of the 27 Games shall be termed as the Winner of that respective Tie with variations for League Ties and Play-Off Ties.
- The tentative order of play for each Tie is listed in the table below. However, this is subject to change by ESPL at its discretion if required. The order of play for a Tie may particularly be changed for the Play-Off Ties.
