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Odisha all set to host Asian Table Tennis Team Championships

Published By : admin | September 7, 2025 10:10 AM
Odisha all set to host Asian Table Tennis Team Championships

Bhubaneswar, Sept 7: After successfully hosting hockey, athletic, rugby, football and Table Tennis international events now the Odisha Table Tennis Association (OTTA) in association with the Odisha Government is all set to host the ITTF-ATTU 28th Asian Table Tennis Team Championships 2025 from 11-15 October 2025 at Kalinga Stadium here.

It will be the first time Odisha stages an Asian-level table tennis event, the honour follows its successful organisation of the 2019 Commonwealth Table Tennis Championships in Cuttack.

Team Events will be divided into two divisions, 1st division and champion division.  Based on the number of entries, all teams excluding the top 6 teams from the last Asian Championships will be divided into groups of 3 or 4 teams. In the first stage, all groups play in a round robin system to determine their positions.

In the second stage, group winners play in a progressive knock-out system to determine the joint top 2 teams that directly enter the Champion Division. Teams finishing second, third and fourth (depending on the number of teams in the group) in the groups shall play in separate progressive knock-out systems to decide their final positions.

The Champion Division consists of the top 6 teams from the last Asian Championships and the top 2 teams from the 1st Division. Play starts directly in a progressive knock-out system to determine the final positions.

The ITTF-ATTU 28th Asian Table Tennis Team Championships 2025 is a qualification event to the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals 2026.

For long Odisha celebrated as the land of art, culture, and temples, Odisha has now emerged as the sporting hub of India. Over the past decade, the state has invested heavily in infrastructure, pioneered a unique public-private model for athlete development, and consistently hosted international sporting events.

Odisha’s journey as a sporting powerhouse began in 2017, when the state stepped in to host the Asian Athletics Championships within just 90 days after Ranchi pulled out. The seamless execution of that event at Kalinga Stadium earned nationwide acclaim and laid the foundation for what is now widely known as the “Odisha Model.”