The T.League (Japanese: Tリーグ; Romaji: T.Rīgu) or Nojima T.League (Japanese: ノジマTリーグ) is the premier table tennis league of Japan which began in 2018. It is the first professional table tennis league in Japan.[1] There are twelve teams, six each for men and women.

Teams

Men's teams

NamePrefectureHead coach
T.T. Saitama (T.T彩たま)Saitama PrefectureJapan Ryūsuke Sakamoto (坂本竜介)
Kinoshita Meister Tokyo (木下マイスター東京)TokyoGermany Qiu Jianxin (邱建新)
Kanazawa Port (金沢ポート)Kanazawa
Shizuoka Jade (静岡ジェード)Shizuoka
Okayama Rivets (岡山リベッツ)Okayama PrefectureJapan Kōsuke Shiraga (白神宏佑)
Ryukyu Asteeda (琉球アスティーダ)Okinawa PrefectureJapan Kazuhiro Chang (張一博)

Women's teams

NamePrefectureHead coach
Kinoshita Abyell Kanagawa (木下アビエル神奈川)Kanagawa PrefectureRui Nakazawa (中澤鋭)
Top Otome Pingpongs Nagoya (トップおとめピンポンズ名古屋)Aichi PrefectureJapan Hideo Fujikawa (藤川英雄)
Nissay Red Elf (日本生命レッドエルフ)Osaka PrefectureJapan Yasukazu Murakami (村上恭和)
Nippon Paint Mallets (日本ペイントマレッツ)Osaka PrefectureJapan Takahiro Mihara (三原孝博)
Kyushu Asteeda (九州アスティーダ)Fukuoka PrefectureJapan Kawatsura Hajime (川面創)
Kyoto Kaguyalyze (京都カグヤライズ)Kyoto PrefectureJapan Haruhiko Ikebukuro (池袋 晴彦)

Stadiums

Format and rules

Each team match features one doubles match and at least three singles matches. If the score after four matches is 2–2, an extra-time, single-game "victory match" will determine the winner.[1] T.League rules differ from international table tennis rules.[2]

Match 1DoublesBest of 3Score starts at 6–6 for the final game
Play to 11 points only (i.e. 11–10 wins) for non-final games
Match 2SinglesBest of 5
Match 3
Match 4
"Victory match"1 game

Match 1 players may not play in Match 2. Matches 2, 3, and 4 must feature different players for both teams.[2]

Results

Men's division

SeasonWinnerRunner-upMVPBest doubles pair
2018–19[3][4]Tokyo
(14W–7L)		Okayama
(12W–9L)		Season & 2nd half: Japan Jun Mizutani[5] (Tokyo)
1st half: Japan Tomokazu Harimoto[6] (Tokyo)		Japan Masataka Morizono
Japan Jin Ueda (Okayama)
2019–20
Finals not held		Tokyo
(15W–6L)		Ryukyu
(11W–10L)		Season & 1st half: China Hou Yingchao[7] (Tokyo)
2nd half: Japan Takuya Jin[8] (Saitama)		Japan Kenta Tazoe
Japan Yukiya Uda (Tokyo)[9]

Women's division

SeasonWinnerRunner-upMVPBest doubles pair
2018–19[3][4]Nissay
(18W–3L)		Kanagawa
(13W–8L)		Season & 1st half: Japan Hina Hayata[6] (Nissay)
2nd half: Japan Kasumi Ishikawa[5] (Kanagawa)		China Chang Chenchen
China Jiang Hui (Nissay)
2019–20
Finals not held		Nissay
(14W–7L)		Kanagawa
(13W–8L)		Season & 2nd half: Japan Sakura Mori (Nissay)[9]
1st half: Thailand Suthasini Sawettabut[7] (Nippon Paint)		South Korea Yang Ha-eun
Japan Rika Suzuki (Nagoya)

References

  1. 1 2 Nagatsuka, Kaz (October 23, 2018). "T.League primed to kick off inaugural season". The Japan Times. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "About Tリーグ". T.League (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 "ノジマＴリーグ 2018-2019シーズン 順位表". T.League (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  4. 1 2 "ノジマTリーグ 2018-2019シーズン　優勝 および シーズン表彰 受賞記念グッズ 受注販売開始のお知らせ". T.League (in Japanese). Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  5. 1 2 "「ノジマＴリーグ 2018-2019シーズン後期　ノジマMVP賞」を 男子・水谷隼（KM東京）、女子・石川佳純（KA神奈川）が受賞". T.League (in Japanese). 13 March 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  6. 1 2 "「ノジマＴリーグ 2018-2019シーズン前期　ノジマMVP賞」を 男子・張本智和（KM東京）、女子・早田ひな（日本生命）が受賞". T.League (in Japanese). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
  7. 1 2 "ノジマＴリーグ 2019-2020シーズン レギュラーシーズン　「ノジマＴリーグ 2019-2020シーズン前期　ノジマMVP賞」を男子・ホウ エイチョウ（KM東京）女子・サウェータブット スターシニー（ニッペM）が受賞". T.League (in Japanese). 23 January 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "「ノジマＴリーグ 2019-2020シーズン後期　ノジマMVP賞」を男子・神 巧也（T.T彩たま）、女子・森 さくら（日本生命）が受賞" (in Japanese). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  9. 1 2 "ノジマＴリーグ 2019-2020シーズン　リーグ表彰". T.League (in Japanese). 15 May 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2020.

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