Real Federación Española de Tenis de Mesa (RFETM)

The table tennis federation in Spain · Royal Spanish Table Tennis Federation

The Real Federación Española de Tenis de Mesa (RFETM), founded 20 March 1942 and registered in the CSD's Registro de Asociaciones Deportivas (no. 42) since 1981, is Spain's national governing body for table tennis and a member of the ITTF and the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU). It is structured around regional federations (federaciones autonómicas) which affiliate clubs and players, and it runs national leagues (including Liga Iberdrola Superdivisión Femenina and Superdivisión Masculina), national and zonal championships across age categories, a national ranking/classification system, referee training (CTNA) and a national coach school (Escuela Nacional de Entrenadores). It also runs a dedicated Para table tennis classification system.

Getting a licence

A licence is needed to play official table tennis competitions in Spain.

Licences/registrations are processed online through the federation's licence portal, normally via a club or the player's regional (autonomous-community) federation.

The licence page

Competitions and rankings

From the federation’s own website and its international federation, checked in September 2026.

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Real Federación Española de Tenis de Mesa (RFETM)

Getting a licence

Competitions and rankings

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