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Bundesliga (table tennis)

BundesligaGerman: Tischtennis-Bundesliga) is the top league in the German table tennis league system.

The first Bundesliga was held in the 1966-67 season with 8 teams. Since then the Bundesliga has been held every season with a varing number of teams. In the 2024-25 season, 12 teams will participate in Bundesliga.[1]

Current Rules

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A season is divided into two phases: the Rankings and the Playoffs. Prior to the start of the season, each team will need to confirm the registration of 3 to 6 players and the positions of these players, i.e. 1st player, 2nd player, 3rd player, 4th player, 5th player, 6th player. where the 4th to 6th down players are substitutes.[2]

All matches are group matches, where each group match is divided into 5 games in a 3 sets to 2 wins system. The first four games are solos and the fifth games are doubles, with the 1st player not being allowed to play in the doubles. The players for the double in each match shall be determined at the end of the second game of this match.[2]

Game Form Home Away
G1 solo 1st player 2nd player
G2 solo 2nd player 1st player
G3 solo 3rd player 3rd player
G4 solo 1st player or a substitute 1st player or a substitute
G5 double double players double players

In the Ranking Phase, each team will play a home and away group match against every other team in Bundesliga.

The top 4 teams in the ranking phase advance to the playoff phase, which consists of two rounds. The winner of the playoff rounds wins the Bundesliga title.

In the first playoff round, the 1st ranked team plays the 4th ranked team and the 2nd ranked team plays the 3rd ranked team. Up to three matches will be played between each pair of teams facing each other in the first playoff round, with the team firstly losing two matches being eliminated. The first two matches alternating between home and away, with the team with the higher ranking in the rankings designating the venue for the first match, and the third team match taking place at the home of the team with the higher ranking in the ranking phase.

The second playoff round, also known as the final, is held at a neutral venue and only one match is played.[2]

Teams in Season 2024-2025

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In the 2024-25 season, there will be the following 12 teams competing in the Bundesliga.[3]

Team City Result 23-24
Borussia Düsseldorf Düsseldorf 2 (C)
TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen Ochsenhausen 6
Post SV Mühlhausen Mühlhausen 5
1. FC Saarbrücken-TT Saarbrücken 1
TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau Höhr-Grenzhausen 9
TSV Bad Königshofen Bad Königshofen 3
TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt Reichshof 7
TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell Fulda 10
ASC Grünwettersbach Karlsruhe 8
SV Werder Bremen Bremen 4
TTC OE Bad Homburg 1987 Bad Homburg P
BV Borussia 09 Dortmund Dortmund P

Here "P" means that the team is promoted from Bundesliga 2 and "C" means the team is the champion.

Championship Statistics

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The data is taken from the corresponding German Wikipedia.

Number Team Seasons
33 Borussia Düsseldorf 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
6 TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau 1987, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2002
4 TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen 1997, 2000, 2004, 2019
4 ATSV Saarbrücken 1983, 1984, 1985, 1989
2 TTC Frickenhausen 2006, 2007
2 TTC Altena 1973, 1976
1 VfL Osnabrück 1968
1 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT 2020
1 SV Werder Bremen 2013
1 Müller Würzburger Hofbräu 2005
1 SSV Reutlingen 05 1977
1 Mettmanner TV 1972
1 TuSa 08 Düsseldorf 1967

References

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  1. ^ "Tischtennis Bundesliga". ttbl.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-05.
  2. ^ a b c Bundesliga Rules(PDF)
  3. ^ "Tischtennis Bundesliga - Teams". ttbl.de (in German). Retrieved 2024-08-05.