Thirteen clubs submit TTBL 2026/27 licence applications, TSV Windsbach included

The Table Tennis Bundesliga confirmed on Feb. 26, 2026 that “A total of thirteen clubs have submitted their licence applications for the upcoming 2026/27 season in the Table Tennis Bundesliga (TTBL) by the deadline.” The applicant group comprises the twelve clubs already active in the current TTBL season and one applicant from the 2nd Bundesliga, TSV Windsbach.

The league said “the first stage of the licensing process for the coming season is now complete. In the coming weeks, the thirteen applicants will now undergo the licensing review process, in which the clubs' legal, personnel, administrative, infrastructural and financial criteria will be examined.” That review window begins immediately and will assess each applicant across those five explicit categories; the TTBL fragments supplied do not specify exact thresholds or a final decision date.

TSV Windsbach’s licence application carries distinct sporting contingencies. “In sporting terms, TSV Windsbach must finish first or second in the 2nd Bundesliga at the end of the current 2025/26 season in order to qualify for promotion. If it finishes third, it will face a relegation play-off against the twelfth-placed team in the TTBL.” TSV Windsbach currently leads the 2nd Bundesliga table with a four-point lead over second place, and “there are still five match days remaining in League 2.” Those five remaining fixtures will decide whether Windsbach secures automatic promotion, drops into a promotion play-off, or falls short.

The licence announcement appeared on the TTBL news page alongside standard site elements and partner branding. Page labels include News and Bundesliga and corporate notation TTBL Sport GmbH, with editorial pieces credited to TTBL Redaktion. Partner logos shown in the fragments list Liebherr, DONIC, Ensinger, BCM, Riddle, ASS Ich bin dein Auto and Solitus. The same news page also ran roster and interview items including the headline “Interview with Ruwen Filus (TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell): ‘Our setback has made the play-off race very tight’” and contract news such as “Romain Ruiz verlängert und bleibt zwei weitere Jahre in Bergneustadt.”

The immediate operational picture is clear: administrative eligibility checks will be carried out in the coming weeks, while the sporting fates that affect promotion and relegation will be decided on the table by the end of the 2025/26 season. Watch the five remaining 2nd Bundesliga match days for Windsbach’s trajectory and the TTBL licensing-review timetable for which of the thirteen applicants meet the legal, personnel, administrative, infrastructural and financial requirements to compete in Germany’s top division in 2026/27.