Everywhere and Anywhere

Everywhere and Anywhere

By Willy Leparulo
Press Committee Member

NCTTA’s 2025 Championships has schools represented from all sorts of areas in North America and student-athletes from “Everywhere and Anywhere” it seems!
College Table Tennis by the numbers has always been very unique, and presented here is a snapshot of the event:

248 student-athletes
32 coaches
50 Colleges and Universities including a record 5 from our friends in Canada
Over 100 different academic disciplines
More than 25 countries represented; USA and China leading the way, including other countries like South Africa, Canada, Brazil and New Zealand

The competition itself is equally impressive:

80 Men’s Singles (full event)
40 Women’s Singles (full event)
24 Coed Teams (full event)
16 Women’s Teams (full event)
32 Men’s Doubles (full event)
16 Women’s Doubles (full event)
104 Volunteers (staff)

The NCTTA is a microcosm of our global sport that welcomes anyone from “Everywhere and Anywhere”.

About 2025 NCTTA College Table Tennis Championships

The championships are hosted by the National Collegiate Table Tennis Association and GoRockford (Rockford Convention and Visitors Bureau). The event crowns national champions in Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles, Men’s/Coed Teams, and Women’s Teams. Also this year a first in NCTTA’s history is the Collegiate National Team trials on Thursday April 3rd for the 2025 World University Games.
PongSpace, Peaka Pong, Stiga and Paddle Palace will sponsor the event.
Watch the event on live stream starting Friday, April 4th on http://www.nctta.org/champs/2025/video.html

About NCTTA

The National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) is a non-profit organization established exclusively to promote the sport of table tennis at the college level. As the national governing body for college table tennis in the United States and Canada, NCTTA organizes elite intercollegiate competitions throughout North America. www.nctta.org

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