Balkan Senior Table Tennis Championships-2025 (Balkan Table Tennis Championships, official name — 50th Balkan Senior Table Tennis Championships) was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 3 to 7 September 2025. The Balkan Table Tennis Championships 2025 was organized by the Türkiye Masa Tenisi Federasyonu (Turkish Table Tennis Federation) under the auspices and direction of the Balkan Table Tennis Union (BTTU).
The championship featured 7 medal events: men’s and women’s singles and team competitions, men’s and women’s doubles, and mixed doubles.
Participants
Balkan Senior Table Tennis Championships-2025 is open to all members of the Balkan Table Tennis Union. All players must be eligible to represent their associations in accordance with I.T.T.F and E.T.T.U. regulations.
Each association may enter only 1 team in each team event.
Playing System
C.11.1. Team events
C.11.1.1. First stage will be played in preliminary groups on round-robin basis.
C.11.1.2. Number of preliminary groups will be determined by COMPETITION MANAGER after conclusion of Final entries.
C.11.1.3. Second stage will be, by default, played on Knock-out basis to determine all positions. C.11.1.4. Detailed playing system for second stage shall be develop and proposed at Jury Meeting before the start of the Championships BY COMPETITION MANAGER
C.11.1.5. The order of play shall be A v X, B v Y, C v Z, A v Y, B v X and the match shall end when a team has won 3 individual matches, each the best of 5 games. Draw forABC or XYZ will be held before the start of the match.
C.11.2. Allocation of match points and ranking order in groups
C.11.2.1. In group, 2 match points shall be awarded for a win, 1 for a loss in a played match and 0 for a loss in a non-played or unfinished match, and the ranking order shall be determined primary by the numbers of match points gained.
C.11.2.2. Where 2 or more teams in a group have gained the same numbers of match points, their positions shall be determined by the results only of matches between them, taking successively the numbers of match points and the ratios of wins to losses in individual matches, game and points, as far as is necessary to determine the order.
C.11.2.3. If after any step the positions of one or more teams have been determined while others are still equal, the results of matches in which those teams took part shall be excluded from any further calculations needed to resolve the equalities in accordance with the procedure of C.11.1.3.1 and C.11.1.3.2. C.11.2.4. Where 2 or more teams have gained the same number of match points and have the same ratios of wins to losses in individual matches, games and points, their relative positions shall be decided by lot.
C.11.3. Individual events
C.11.3.1. Single events shall be played on two stages, preliminary groups and Main draw, with matches determined by the best of 5 games in preliminary groups BY 3,4 OR 5 PLAYERS and with matches determined by the best of 7 games in a Main draw.
C.11.3.2. Double Events shall be played on Knock-out basis (single elimination) with matches determined by the best of 5 games.
C.11.3.3. Players not qualified for Main draw will participate in a Consolation event, when it is possible to organize, which be played on a Knock-out basis with matches determined by the best of 5 games.
Useful links
Balkan Senior Table Tennis Championships-2025 – link to the Balkan Senior Table Tennis Championships-2025 tournament page on the BTTU website
50th BALKAN SENIOR TABLE TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS - Prospectus – tournament prospectus on the BTTU website
50. BALKAN SENIOR TABLE TENIS CHAMPIONSHIPS (03.-07.09.2025. ISTANBUL - TUR) - List of players – tournament player list on the BTTU website
50. Balkan Senior Table Tennis Championships (03-07.09.2025. Istanbul, TUR) - Results – tournament results on the BTTU website
TTBG – link to the YouTube channel with matches from the Balkan Senior Table Tennis Championships-2025
