How to qualify for bundesliga divisions 1 or 2

[KTableTennis]

Hi, I was wondering how one qualifies for the bundesliga. I want to know for both divisions 1 and 2. is it a qualifying event? can anyone enter in the trials? how often are the trials? can you also tell me how this works for the junior teams as well? I am asking because I want to eventually play on a bundesliga team, I am 13 right now. check out my youtube or instagram if you need clarafication on my level usatt level around 2000-2100, ive been playing for a year and a half

 

[Tyce]

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/german-bundesliga.38354/

You mean like in the previous thread?

 

[jk1980]

players dont play bundesliga, but club teams do. You need to join a club that plays in one of these leagues and simply be good enough for them to put them into the respective teams.

 

[Archosaurus]

You're 2100 after a year and a half? Are you being professionally trained full-time?

 

[KTableTennis]

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/topics/german-bundesliga.38354/

You mean like in the previous thread?

? that thread people are talking about the players

 

[Tyce]

? that thread people are talking about the players

? it's your thread asking how to qualify for Bundesliga

 

[KTableTennis]

You're 2100 after a year and a half? Are you being professionally trained full-time?

on a good day I can beat most 2100s, my level is around a solid mid 2000 to 2100. I was just in seattle and I beat 3 different 2100 players that go there. I was playing very well. I train at a club in dc around 5 times a week I have normally 4 private lessons every week, each session is around 2.5 to 3 hours. I train at my house around 3 times a week, training with the ponbot omni s pro, about 2 hours per session. so overall around 20 hours per week. hard to ballence with middle school. but after 8th grade I will be switching to online school to train full time around 5 hours per day 6 days a week

 

[Archosaurus]

on a good day I can beat most 2100s, my level is around a solid mid 2000 to 2100. I was just in seattle and I beat 3 different 2100 players that go there. I was playing very well. I train at a club in dc around 5 times a week I have normally 4 private lessons every week, each session is around 2.5 to 3 hours. I train at my house around 3 times a week, training with the ponbot omni s pro, about 2 hours per session. so overall around 20 hours per week. hard to ballence with middle school. but after 8th grade I will be switching to online school to train full time around 5 hours per day 6 days a week

Sounds like it's doable. You should probably link your YouTube, it's not discoverable.

 

[KTableTennis]

Sounds like it's doable. You should probably link your YouTube, it's not discoverable.

oh sorry https://www.youtube.com/@CholeTableTennis/shorts
getting better with the backhand attacks

 

[boretennis]

players dont play bundesliga, but club teams do. You need to join a club that plays in one of these leagues and simply be good enough for them to put them into the respective teams.

exactly.

i would suggest you try to join a more high profile trainingscamp in germany and let them discover you

 

[KTableTennis]

so its not trials?

 

[chinacurious]

so its not trials?

No. You gotta find a club that wants to hire you. Simple as that.

 

[ShakehandJpenCpenEnjoyer]

A clubmate joined the training camp in Borussia Düsseldorf and met Timo Boll.
If you are lucky maybe you can amaze him if he is there 😋. Next season you had a chance meeting FZD even. (I know it's luck based lol)

Or just email them directly. Your courage will be noted i hope.

 

[KTableTennis]

A clubmate joined the training camp in Borussia Düsseldorf and met Timo Boll.
If you are lucky maybe you can amaze him if he is there 😋. Next season you had a chance meeting FZD even. (I know it's luck based lol)

Or just email them directly. Your courage will be noted i hope.

so I was talking to my coach and what I will probobly do IF I get good enough is train in the us for a while then move to germany and train full time at DTTZ or some other club until I maybe make it onto a lower division bundesliga team like division 4 or 3 then continue to work my way up

 

[Crillo]

I think a good starting point is to become a national team player in your age group. Play WTT Youth tournaments in Europe and show that you are better than the European 13-year-olds. That’s a start. But to become a professional in Germany, you have to be extremely good. The best Swedish 18-year-olds right now don’t win many matches in the top Swedish league per season, and the Bundesliga is a completely different level. Also, drop the obsession with USATT points, they mean nothing. Reach a WTT Youth final in Europe, or even better, in Asia.

 

[KTableTennis]

I think a good starting point is to become a national team player in your age group. Play WTT Youth tournaments in Europe and show that you are better than the European 13-year-olds. That’s a start. But to become a professional in Germany, you have to be extremely good. The best Swedish 18-year-olds right now don’t win many matches in the top Swedish league per season, and the Bundesliga is a completely different level. Also, drop the obsession with USATT points, they mean nothing. Reach a WTT Youth final in Europe, or even better, in Asia.

yes usatt doesnt matter. as a start yes I will be continuing to train hard here in the us and try to make the junior national team. also I am competing in my first wtt youth contender in october

 

[Crillo]

yes usatt doesnt matter. as a start yes I will be continuing to train hard here in the us and try to make the junior national team. also I am competing in my first wtt youth contender in october

That is great! Doha + Dubai? High level but not as brutal as Asia. Good luck!

 

[KTableTennis]

That is great! Doha + Dubai? High level but not as brutal as Asia. Good luck!

https://www.worldtabletennis.com/eventInfo?eventId=3481 this one

 

[KTableTennis]

I trained with a guy who played some matches for a 3rd bundesliga team.
he is a former national team player.
most of the guys there in the 3rd bundesliga have some international experience, national team, etc.

thats cool, my coach also played in 3rd division and moved up to 2nd division for a little bit but then went back down to 3rd

 

[Archosaurus]

I think a good starting point is to become a national team player in your age group. Play WTT Youth tournaments in Europe and show that you are better than the European 13-year-olds. That’s a start. But to become a professional in Germany, you have to be extremely good. The best Swedish 18-year-olds right now don’t win many matches in the top Swedish league per season, and the Bundesliga is a completely different level. Also, drop the obsession with USATT points, they mean nothing. Reach a WTT Youth final in Europe, or even better, in Asia.

I will say that 2100 in a couple years is decent and is a real achievement even with the coaching.

With that in mind, many players are playing at a 2400~ level and younger than 13. It's probably going to be super tough to get into Bundesliga, maybe impossible, but I'd like to see it either way.