The team from the India Community Center in Milpitas, CA defeated the best teams from leagues around the country to capture their second straight team league national championship. In the final they defeated the team from the Maryland Table Tennis Center 5-2.

LATTF second place finisher Seagulls (Gilbert TTC) lost a close match in the quarterfinals 5-3 to the New York Table Tennis Club (NYTTC). NYTTC was led by current national team member Shao Yu, who won his 3 singles matches in the best of 9 singles format. In what proved to be the turning point of the team contest, Edward Ko (NYTTC) narrowly defeated Tim Nasseir (Gilbert TTC) at deuce in the fifth, to tie things up at 3 apiece. NYTTC won the next two matches to secure the win.

In the semifinals, LATTF Division 1 champion Valley Boys (USA Valley TTC) were defeated by the team from the Maryland Table Tennis Center, 5-1. The Maryland team was led by four-time national champion Cheng Yinghua. Ben Johnson defeated youngster John Hsu in the second match to even the team contest at 1-1, after which things went downhill for the USA Valley team, which lost the next four matches in straight games.

The final saw defending national champion ICC take on Maryland TTC. Despite wins from Cheng Yinghua and Raghu Nadmichettu (MDTTC) over Singh Thounaojam (ICC), ICC’s Shen Hailong and Anal Kashyap proved too strong and ICC went on to win 5-2.

Quarterfinals

NYTTC defeated Gilbert TTC 5-3

• Yang (Andy) Liu lost to Earl Alto 1-3 (9, 7, -8, 8)
• Edward Ko lost to Brana Vlasic 1-3 (5, -4, 9, 11)
• Yu Shao defeated Tim Nasseir 3-1 (-11, 9, 8, 8)
• Yang (Andy) Liu lost to Brana Vlasic 0-3 (8, 8, 10)
• Yu Shao defeated Earl Alto 3-0 (8, 8, 10)
• Edward Ko defeated Tim Nasseir 3-2 (11, -9, -12, 9, 10)
• Yu Shao defeated Brana Vlasic 3-0 (14, 7, 5)
• Yang (Andy) Liu defeated Tim Nasseir 3-1 (9, 8, -10, 2)

Semifinals

ICC defeated NYTTC by default

Maryland TTC defeated USA Valley TTC 5-1

• Raghu Nadmichettu defeated Konstantin Chernomorskiy 3-1 (3, -9, 9, 5)
• John Hsu lost to Ben Johnson 0-3 (4, 2, 8)
• Yinghua Cheng defeated Masaru Hashimoto 3-0 (7, 8, 9)
• Raghu Nadmichettu defeated Ben Johnson 3-0 (9, 10, 5)
• Yinghua Cheng defeated Konstantin Chernomorskiy 3-0 (8, 9, 5)
• John Hsu defeated Masaru Hashimoto 3-0 (9, 9, 9)

Finals

ICC defeated Maryland TTC 5-2

• Singh Thounaojam lost to Yinghua Cheng 0-3 (8, 5, 6)
• Hailong Shen defeated Nathan Hsu 3-1 (5, -8, 9, 8)
• Anal Kashyap defeated Raghu Nadmichettu 3-0 (10, 6, 10)
• Hailong Shen defeated Yinghua Cheng 3-0 (11, 8, 9)
• Singh Thounaojam lost to Raghu Nadmichettu 0-3 (6, 2, 8)
• Anal Kashyap defeated Nathan Hsu 3-0 (5, 4, 5)
• Hailong Shen defeated Raghu Nadmichettu 3-1 (7, -9, 6, 10)