Bundesliga（）is the top league in the German table tennis league system.
The first Bundesliga was held in the 1966/1967 season with 8 teams. Since then the Bundesliga has been held every season with a varying number of teams. In the 2025/2026 season, 12 teams will participate in Bundesliga.
Current Rules 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.Bundesliga Rules（PDF）
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. GameFormHomeAwayG1 solo 1st player2nd playerG2solo 2nd player 1st playerG3solo3rd player3rd playerG4solo1st player or a substitute1st player or a substituteG5doubledouble playersdouble 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.
Teams in Season 2025/2026 In the 2025/2026 season, there will be the following 12 teams competing in the Bundesliga. TeamCityResult 24/251. FC Saarbrücken-TT Saarbrücken 3ASC Grünwettersbach Karlsruhe 7Borussia Düsseldorf Düsseldorf 1BV Borussia 09 Dortmund Dortmund 9Post SV Mühlhausen Mühlhausen 10SV Werder Bremen Bremen 6TSV Bad Königshofen Bad Königshofen 4TTC OE Bad Homburg 1987 Bad Homburg 11TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell Fulda 5TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt Reichshof 8TTC Zugbrücke GrenzauHöhr-Grenzhausen 12TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen Ochsenhausen 2 (C) Here "P" means that the team is promoted from Bundesliga 2 and "C" means the team is the champion.
Championship Statistics The data is taken from the corresponding German Wikipedia. NumberTeamSeasons33Borussia 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, 20246TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau 1987, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2001, 20025TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen1997, 2000, 2004, 2019, 20254ATSV Saarbrücken1983, 1984, 1985, 19892TTC Frickenhausen 2006, 20072TTC Altena1973, 19761VfL Osnabrück196811. FC Saarbrücken-TT20201SV Werder Bremen20131Müller Würzburger Hofbräu20051SSV Reutlingen 0519771Mettmanner TV19721TuSa 08 Düsseldorf1967
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