MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Table Tennis Federation Inc. (PTTF) Intercollegiate and Interscholastic Challenge 2025 gets a major boost, exposure-wise, with the matches set to be aired on the Pilipinas Live app.
Tournament organizers were able to reach an agreement with Cignal TV to live stream the tournament in what is considered as the first time that a local table tennis competition will be shown on a major broadcast platform.
The PTTF Intercollegiate and Interscholastic Challenge 2025 will be held from August 28-31 at The Home Court, Ayala Malls Manila Bay in Paranaque City.
“We are thrilled with the opportunity to reach out to more people and grow the sport in the country with the live stream of the tournament,” said PTTF President Ting Ledesma. “This way, more people from different parts of the country and even abroad will be encouraged to take up the sport.”
Tournament organizers are already expecting an increase in the number of participants for this year’s edition. A total of 600 athletes joined last year’s competition that saw University of Santo Tomas capturing seven titles.
There will be eight events in the college division with the Men’s Team — Division 1, Women’s Team — Division 1, Men’s Team — Division 2, Women’s Team — Division 2, Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, and Women’s Doubles.
The high school division will feature the Boys’ Team, Girls’ Team, Boys’ Singles, Girls’ Singles, Boys’ Doubles, and Girls’ Doubles.
The tournament is supported by Topcoms Marketing (official distributor of Mizuno Shoes), Lamtex, Akari, Huaching Foundation, Cara Celine Dormtel, Gold Cross Security Agency, Gatorade, Philippine Sports Commission, and Ayala Malls Manila Bay.
The competition is also backed by Dino Jalandoni, Eric Ongkauko, Bombit Silva, Edison Dy and Mark Andrew Flores.
