Everyone Everywhere–College Table Tennis by the Numbers
The 2026 NCTTA College Table Tennis Championships covers North America with our student athletes coming from Canada, Puerto Rico and the United States. Here is a snapshot of the event:
248 Student-Athletes
22 Coaches
49 Colleges and Universities, including 4 from Canada and 1 from Puerto Rico
113 different majors
79% STEM majors
73% are undergraduate students
23 countries represented including the USA; China, India and Brazil being the most popular international areas
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)
NCTTA is a true representation of how global our sport is: “Everyone, Everywhere.”
About the 2026 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 and Collegiate Peakapong Singles.
PongSpace, Peaka Pong, Major League Table Tennis, Nittaku and Paddle Palace will sponsor the event.
Watch the event on live stream starting Friday, April 10th on https://www.nctta.org/champs/2026/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