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The National Collegiate Table Tennis Association (NCTTA) is a non-profit organization whose aim is to promote competitive table tennis at the collegiate level in the United States and Canada. As of 2012, 155 universities competed in 28 geographical divisions, organized into 6 different regions throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
Contents
Contests (Main Draw)
Co-ed's Teams Contest
The co-ed's team contest consists of at least 4 and a maximum of 8 male or female players from a university competing against another school.
Women's teams contest
The women's teams contest consists of at least 4 and a maximum of 8 female players from a university competing against another school.
Divisional Competition
Throughout an NCTTA season, each division holds several competitions for its member schools during the Fall and Spring. All the member schools in a division play each other at least twice during a season. The champion from each division advances to the National Championship along with several wild card (at-large) selections based on team performance. NCTTA divisions include:
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 Association of College Unions International (ACUI) until 2012. The eight events include Men's Team, Women's Team, Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Paralympic Singles, Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles. Cancelled events include Mixed Doubles, which was cancelled for 2012.
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: