National Collegiate Table Tennis Association

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National Collegiate Table Tennis Association
Sport	Table Tennis
Founded	1991
No. of teams	108
Country(ies)	United States Canada
Official website	www.nctta.org

The National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting competitive table tennis at the collegiate level in the United States and Canada. As of 2007, 108 universities competed in 17 geographical divisions throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

1 Contests (Main Draw)
2 Co-ed's Teams Contest
3 Women's teams contest
4 Divisional Meeting
5 National Championship
6 Media
7 Sponsorship
8 External links

[edit] Contests (Main Draw)

Co-ed's Team
Women's Team
Divisional Meeting
National Championship

[edit] Co-ed's Teams Contest

The co-ed's team contest consists of at least 4 male or female players from a university competing against another school.

[edit] Women's teams contest

The women's teams contest consists of at least 4 female players from a university competing against another school.

[edit] Divisional Meeting

Throughout an NCTTA season, each division holds two meetings for its membered schools during the fall and spring. The winners of the two meetings will advance to the national championships in April. NCTTA divisions include:

[edit] National Championship

Around April of each year, the divisional champions from the divisional tournaments compete with each other for the National Championships. This event is held in conjunction to the National Collegiate Singles, and doubles event sponsored by ACUI. The eight events include Men's Team, Women's Team, Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Paralympic (Disabled) Singles, Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.

[edit] Media

The NCTTA has a bimonthly article published in the USATT magazine. The National Collegiate Championships and NCTTA membered schools have been featured on ESPN, Sports Illustrated.

Previous national Champions include: