Dream Sports Foundation Teams Up with UTT to Launch “Dream UTT Juniors” Tournament

Pratiksha Ghosh 

New Delhi, May 19 2025 – In a significant step towards nurturing young sporting talent in India, Dream Sports Foundation (DSF) has partnered exclusively with Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) to launch Dream UTT Juniors, a first-of-its-kind under-15 table tennis league experience for budding athletes.

As the official Youth Development Partner of UTT, DSF will introduce the inaugural edition of Dream UTT Juniors, aiming to provide emerging table tennis players with early exposure to a professional league environment. The tournament is scheduled to take place alongside the sixth season of the UTT league in Ahmedabad, running from May 29 to June 8.

Harsh Jain, the CEO and Co-founder of Dream Sports, highlighted the initiative’s broader vision and says “At Dream Sports, our goal has always been to ‘Make Sports Better”.

UTT, under the leadership of Vita Dani and Niraj Bajaj, has helped India’s table tennis scene reach new heights globally. But to truly elevate the sport, we must begin at the grassroots. Dream UTT Juniors is a major step toward that — providing young athletes the platform they need to shine on the biggest stages, including the 2030 Youth Olympics and the 2036 Olympics.

Echoing the sentiment, Vita Dani, Co-promoter of UTT, said, “This partnership with DSF represents a shared commitment to strengthening Indian sport at its roots. With Dream UTT Juniors, we’re not just creating a youth tournament, but paving the way for India’s future champions to grow within a world-class ecosystem.”

The competition will feature the top 8 boys and top 8 girls selected from the recently concluded Dream Sports Championship Table Tennis 2025, a national-level U-15 tournament jointly organized by DSF and the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI). These 16 promising players have been drafted into the eight UTT franchises, giving them the chance to compete and train within the elite structure of India’s premier table tennis league.

This initiative builds on the momentum generated by DSF’s earlier youth-focused efforts and is expected to serve as a critical stepping stone in India’s long-term sporting development strategy.