The Ultimate Table Tennis, India’s premier table tennis league will kick off its 4th season on 13th July. The matches will take place at the Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex. Since its start in 2017, UTT has significantly changed the landscape of Indian table tennis. With the goal of revolutionising fan engagement through the first-ever immersive and interactive virtual experience for table tennis enthusiasts, Ultimate Table Tennis Season 4 has partnered with metaverse solution provider Aatral. Here are all the things you need to know before UTT season 4 begins.
Squads
Bengaluru Samshers
Manika Batra, Kirill Gerassimenko, Sanil Shetty, Natalia Bajor, Poymantee Baisya and Jeet Chandra
Chennai Lions
Achanta Sharath Kamal, Yangzi Liu, Benedikt Duda, Sutirtha Mukherjee, Payas Jain and Prapti Sen
Goa Challengers
Suthasini Sawettabut, Harmeet Desai, Alvaro Robles, T Reeth Rishya, Krittwika Sinha Roy and Anthony Amalraj
Dabang Delhi TTC
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Sreeja Akula, Barbora Balazova, Ayhika Mukherjee, Anirban Ghosh and Jon Persson
Puneri Paltan Table Tennis
Omar Assar, Manush Shah, Archana Kamath, Snehit SFR, Anusha Kutumbale and Hana Matelova
U Mumba TT
Manav Thakkar, Lily Zhang, Aruna Quadri, Diya Chitale, Mouma Das and Sudhanshu Grover
Format
The teams will play each team once in a round-robin format. In a tie, there will be five matches. These five matches will be Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Mixed Doubles, Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles in this order. Each match will consist of three games of 11 points each. To win a tie a team would need to win eight or more than eight games.
After the league stage teams, the top 4 teams will move into the semi-finals stage. The 1st placed team will play the 4th placed team while the 2nd and 3rd placed teams will the other semi-final.
Fixtures
Puneri Paltan vs Chennai Lions, 13th July
U Mumba vs Bengaluru Smashers. 14th July
Dabang Delhi vs Goa Challengers, 15th July
Chennai Lions vs U Mumba. 16th July
Puneri Paltan vs Goa Challengers, 17th July
Bengaluru Smashers vs Dabang Delhi, 18th July
Goa Challengers vs U Mumba, 19th July
Chennai Lions vs Bengaluru Smashers, 20th July
Dabang Delhi vs Puneri Paltan, 21st July
Goa Challengers vs Chennai Lions, 22nd July
Puneri Paltan vs Bengaluru Smashers, 23rd July
Dabang Delhi vs U Mumba, 24th July
Bengaluru Smashers vs Goa Challengers, 25th July
Chennai Smashers vs Dabang Delhi, 26th July
U Mumba vs Puneri Paltan, 27th July
Semi-final 1, 28th July
Semi-final 2, 29th July
Final, 30th July
Where to watch UTT Season 4?
Matches will be telecasted on Sports 18 and Sports 18 Khel. Live streaming of the games will also be available on Jio Cinema. All matches will begin at 7:30 PM (IST)
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