European stars with trio who made history in Zhangjiagang

August 3, 2018
12:18 pm
Euro-Asia All Stars Challenge

The Asia – Europe Challenge will be broadcasted live at LAOLA1.tv this Saturday and Sunday 4th and 5th August both days at 08:00 CET (14:00 local time)

The Asia – Europe Challenge will once again gather top stars from both Continents this Saturday and Sunday 4th and 5th August in Nantong the city located in Jiangsu province in eastern China. Both days will be broadcasted live at LAOLA1.tv starting at 08:00 CET (14:00 local time).

The last edition of the event that started in 2009 in Istanbul as the Asia-Europe All Stars Series held two years ago in Dongguan in the south of China has belonged to the host side 6:4. Only Vladimir SAMSONOV remains from that European team but now he will be teamed up again with Portugal`s Marcos FREITAS and Germany`s Bastian STEGER. They made history in Zhangjiagang three years ago when Old Continent`s team won for the very first time on Asian soil (6:4). Members of that side coached by Richard PRAUSE were Austria`s Robert GARDOS and Croatia`s Andrej GACINA as well.

Zhangjiagang`s heroes will be supported by two newcomers Sweden`s Kristian KARLSSON and Denmark`s Jonathan GROTH. Players were invited according to May’s World Rankings.

Since inaugural meeting 2009 in Beijing Europe won twice on its soil: in 2009 Istanbul (6:5) and 2012 Vendée (6:4). Overall prize money will be once again 100 000 € in total.

The cumulative result of the two days of competition determines the winner. In case of 5:5 result eleventh match will be played like in 2009 Istanbul (Vladimir SAMSONOV beat LI Ching 3:1 in the additional game Europe won 6:5) and in 2010 Beijing (Jun MIZUTANI beat Jorgen PERSSON 3:2 Asia won 6:5)

Saturday 4th August

Koki NIWA vs. Vladimir SAMSONOV CHUANG Chih-Yuan vs. Jonathan GROTH WONG Chun Ting vs. Kristian KARLSSON LEE Sangsu vs. Marcos FREITAS ZHANG Jike vs. Bastian STEGER

Sunday 5th August

Koki NIWA vs. Bastian STEGER ZHANG Jike vs. Jonathan GROTH LEE Sangsu vs. Kristian KARLSSON WONG Chun Ting vs. Marcos FREITAS CHUANG Chih-Yuan vs. Vladimir SAMSONOV

Live stream links are following:

Saturday:

https://www.laola1.tv/en-int/livestream/tischtennis-attu-asia-europe-all-stars-challenge-len

Sunday:

https://www.laola1.tv/en-int/livestream/tischtennis-attu-asia-europe-all-stars-challenge-1-len

There is also a direct link from the ETTU.org website https://www.ettu.org/en/

ETTU on Facebook

ETTU On Instagram

ETTU on Twitter

WINTER: The best decision of my table tennis career

Since December 2024, Sabine WINTER’S career has followed only one direction sharply upwards. The key to this development lies in an extraordinary decision she made at that time: a complete...

From Jeju to Havířov: Eurospins Camp Continues to Unite European and Korean Youth

For the second time, young Europeans aged 13 to 16 are practicing in a joint Eurospins camp with their peers from South Korea. Last December it was in Asia, in...

ETTU celebrates 25 years of partnership with LIEBHERR

The European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) proudly marks 25 years of partnership with LIEBHERR, one of the world’s leading technology companies and a long-standing supporter of European table tennis. “For...

Webinar Social Media Conduct for Umpires and Referees attracts strong interest

As part of a new initiative, the ETTU Umpires and Referees Committee hosted a webinar dedicated to social media conduct for match officials, drawing significant interest from across the community....