Table Tennis England (TTE)

The table tennis federation in the United Kingdom

Great Britain has no single table tennis body: each home nation has its own governing association. Table Tennis England (founded 7 November 1921 as the Ping Pong Association, renamed the Table Tennis Association in 1922, the English Table Tennis Association in 1927, and rebranded Table Tennis England in 2014) is the national governing body for England, a member of the ITTF and the European Table Tennis Union. It runs individual, club, school, coach and reciprocal (for players living abroad) membership schemes, oversees national rankings/ratings, a calendar of local-league to national competitions (National Championships, National Cups, National Series, British Clubs Leagues, county championships), coach and official (referee/umpire) certification, and the England and Great Britain performance/Olympic and Paralympic pathways. Scotland and Wales are represented by their own separate national associations.

Getting a licence

A licence is needed to play official table tennis competitions in the United Kingdom.

Players join Table Tennis England online via 'Join or Renew' as an individual, club, school or coach member, or through an affiliated club; free membership options exist, while paid tiers add competition entry, national rankings/ratings and insurance.

The licence page

Competitions and rankings

Other bodies: Table Tennis Scotland, Table Tennis Wales (Table Tennis Association of Wales).

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

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Table Tennis England (TTE)

Getting a licence

Competitions and rankings

The other racket-sport federations in the United Kingdom

The table tennis federation in other countries