Successful start of the Europe Youth Series new season: Croatia Open Sees Record Participation

February 27, 2024
4:10 pm
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Last year the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) launched the Europe Youth Series aiming to provide young players with valuable tournament experience and ample match opportunities. Following its inaugural season the Series has garnered widespread acceptance as demonstrated by the impressive figures from the second edition of the Europe Youth Series – Croatia Open held in Osijek.

The tournament in Osijek which took place last week set a new participation record with 149 players from 18 associations in attendance.

One of the primary motivations behind the inception of this event was to offer players the chance to compete in numerous matches. ETTU has successfully achieved this objective with an average of 19.1 matches per player during the Croatia Open.

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	STATISTIC – 2024 EYS CROATIAN OPEN Osijek (21.-25.02.2024.)
number of participating players		149
number of participating Associations		18
total number of matches played in Osijek		1271	matches
average number of matches per player (all players)		19.1	matches
average number of matches per players who played in all events		22.5	matches
average number of matches per player who did not played in team events		8.3	matches
average number of matches per player/U13 players who played in all events		25.4	matches
average number of matches per player/U15 players who played in all events		19.7	matches

Association		participating players	total number of played matches	average matches per player
	AUSTRIA	16	311	19.4
	AZERBAIJAN	8	174	21.8
	BELGIUM	5	90	18.0
	BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA	12	228	19.0
	CROATIA	31	629	20.3
	CZECHIA	10	154	15.4
	DENMARK	5	107	21.4
	GERMANY *	6	69	11.5
	HUNGARY *	12	86	7.2
	IRELAND	2	47	23.5
	ITALY *	4	32	8.0
	MONTENEGRO	1	26	26.0
	POLAND	10	248	24.8
	ROMANIA	8	222	27.8
	SERBIA	3	65	21.7
	SWITZERLAND	2	55	27.5
	SLOVAKIA	10	197	19.7
	SWEDEN	4	104	26.0

	* participating only in singles and doubles (no team events)

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