AS Pontoise Cergy TT justified they good game in the opening leg of the Europe Cup Men and reached the semi final. In second leg in Italy French side needed only three matches to beat USD Apuania Carrara Tennistavolo. Tristan FLORE overcame Mihai Razvan BOBOCICA (11:5 11:3 11:9) Esteban DORR prevailed against Andrea PUPPO (11:8 11:7 12:10) and Flavio MOURIER beat Matteo PETRICCIOLI (11:3 11:7 11:9). To the semi finals also progressed K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo and GV Hennebont TT.
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FANTASTIC ATMOSFERE IN DUBROVNIK
The Croatian table tennis team achieved an important victory in the second match of the European Championship Stage one; Croatia beat Austria 3:2 in Dubrovnik. With this victory a huge step was taken towards qualifying for the final stage of the European Championships in Malmo. Croatia is the leading team in the group with 2-0 Austria is second with 1-1 and Spain has two defeats. The Austrians arrived in Dubrovnik without GARDOS but they still had a dream start. LEVENKO defeated GAĆINA 3:0 and then HABESOHN saved 0:2 against PUCAR. Croatia recovered and showed strong character. ZELJKO outplayed SERDAROGLU 3:0 and GAĆINA continued in the same rhythm with HABESOHN (3:0). In the end PUCAR totally dominated and beat LEVENKO with 3:0. “In the first two matches the problem was it might sound strange that the host made so much effort around us. The organization was great but we were burnt out by too much desire and could not give our best. Both Andrej GAĆINA and Tomislav PUCAR played below their level in the first two matches. Filip ZELJKO brought extra energy to the hall with his performance and the other players felt it as well. It’s as if they woke up” said Croatian coach Neven KARKOVIĆ. Croatia played in Dubrovnik for the first time and it turned out to be a great success because the atmosphere was great. It is not surprising that the Croats celebrated the victory by singing with the fans. “We have been to places where there were spectators but nowhere did we feel that connection with them as was the case now in Dubrovnik. These were two fantastic days for us” said KARKOVIĆ. The match started with a big round of applause for Marinko MATULOVIĆ long-time president of club Libertas Marinkolor and former vice-president of the Croatian Table Tennis Association. Zoran PRIMORAC and Renato ČENGIĆ president and director of CTTA presented MATULOVIĆ with an award for his great contribution to Croatian table tennis. That is why it is not surprising that the applause lasted because MATULOVIĆ played table tennis in the south of Croatia for more than 20 years. “First I would like to thank the City of Dubrovnik for hosting this match then club Libertas Marinkolor for the extraordinary organization and finally a big thank you to the spectators who raised us from the dead when we were losing 2:0. When ZELJKO easily won that third match I felt that everything was turning in our favor. Once again thank you Dubrovnik ” said Zoran PRIMORAC president of CTTA. CROATIA – AUSTRIA 3:2Gaćina – Levenko 0:3 (-11 -8 -7)Pucar – Habesohn 2:3 (2 7 -5 -8 -4)Zeljko – Serdaroglu 3:0 (8 5 9)Gaćina – Habesohn 3:0 (6 9 9)Pucar – Levenko 3:0 (6 6 4)
Budaörsi Sport Club will play 200th International cup match against Linares
The women’s table tennis team SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club played a total of 198 matches in their last twenty cup seasons. In the current jubilee twentieth cup series the team defeated Greek Austrian and Italian opponents to enter the best eight teams of the Europe Cup. The first match of the quarter final will take place on Saturday in Linares which will be the team’s 199th European cup match. The second leg will take place on Tuesday 31st January at 6:00 p.m. in Budaörs when the team of Budaörs will celebrate the double centenary by playing their 200th match in their 20th year being on the European cup field. The team of Budaörs have met Linares twice in recent years resulting in one Spanish and one Hungarian victory. In the current duel if both teams can play in their best line-up (in the case of Budaörs: Georgina PÓTA Mária FAZEKAS and Helga DARI) the Spanish side have a slightly better chance to win but the current Hungarian champion will do everything to ensure that after the two legs things will turn out with an unexpected result and hence getting into the best four teams. Between 2003 and 2023 the team of Budaörsi Sport Club won medals in the Champions League in the ETTU Cup and in the Europe Cup as well but the leaders of the team are most proud of the fact that all these were achieved exclusively with Hungarian players. The primary goal of the club of Budaörs has always been to serve as effectively as possible the Hungarian table tennis and Hungarian sport itself while representing the city of Budaörs its supporters sponsors the Hungarian Table Tennis Association and Hungary at the forefront of European table tennis. The Table Tennis Department of the Budaörsi Sport Club welcomes everyone to the BVUSS small-ball hall on 31st January at 6:00 p.m. to watch the Europe Cup game and celebrate the double centenary together.
England overcame Serbia
England beat Serbia in the match of the Stage one of the European Championships Teams. Tomorrow also at home they will meet France. In the opening match Paul DRINKHALL overcame Bence BOGNAR (11:4 11:9 12:10) Tom JARVIS did not change the rhythm and beat Aleksa GACEV (11:3 11:1 9:11 11:6). Samuel WALKER beat coach of the Serbian national team Milos DJUKIC (11:4 11:0 11:0). “I think it was a good professional performance. It’s always a challenging match against Serbia they are strong fighting players and they always seem to find a way to make it difficult so it was a good solid performance from us and good to get the win ” said Paul DRINKHALL.
KTS Enea Siarkopol Tarnobrzeg showed no mercy
Champions league Women reigning champions KTS Enea Siarkopol Tarnobrzeg overcame TTC Novi Sad on their way to the third title. In Poland in the return leg Tarnobrzeg once again showed no mercy. YANG Xiaoxin beat Annamaria ERDELYI (11:9 11:6 11:6) to give her team dream start. YU Fu continued in same pace against Aneta MAKSZUTI (14:12 11:3 13:11). Elizabeta SAMARA beat Tijana JOKIC (9:11 4:11 11:4 11:7 6:3). The last match was most exciting. “We are very happy that we managed to reach the semi final. Tonight Tijana played amazingly. I am pleased that I recovered to win the match after being 2:0 in reverse ” said SAMARA. In France second leg ended in favor of Metz. French team lost the opening duel 2:3 but tonight overcame last year’s runners up and five times champions TTC Berlin eastside 3:1. Metz progressed to the semis. SHAN Xiaona opened the match with the victory over Mariia TAILAKOVA (11:7 11:9 11:13 11:9) but then Metz took over the control. Adina DIACONU went full distance against Nina MITTELHAM before she won by death point (11:7 11:5 9:11 8:11 6:5). Pauline CHASSELIN beat Sabina SURJAN (11:6 11:8 11:5) and TAILAKOVA beat MITTELHAM in another five games thriller (7:11 4:11 12;10 11:9 6:4).
K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo keeps straight record
K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo recorded straight matches victory in both legs of the quarterfinal Europe Cup. They overcame Austria’s Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt again tonight. Jakub DYJAS overcame Frane TOMISLAV KOJIC (11:8 11:3 11:5) Jonathan GROTH beat Ivor BAN (13:11 11:9 4:11 11:8) Kaii KONISHI beat Felix WETZEL (11:7 11:9 11:5). “Despite the lead we stayed focused through whole match. We did not make any easy mistakes and played each ball with great quality. Austria’s team is dangerous and we did not give them chance to comeback ” SAID Jakub.”Now we are waiting the next adversary from Poland.” Day earlier French GV Hennebont TT beat Top Spin Messina to move to semis as well.
UCAM Cartagena TM moved to the semis
Spanish UCAM Cartagena TM beat Saint-Quentin TT in the second leg of the Championships League women to secure the place in the semifinal. In Spain they won 3:1 after they lost the opening leg 2:3. Tonight Maria XIAO overcame Olga MIKHAYLOVA in the opening match (11:13 12:10 11;3 11:5) and Silvia ERDELY beat Camille LUTZ after five games (10:12 11:6 10;12 11:7 6:2) before Sarah DE NUTTE won the only match for the french side (11:8 11:7 11:9). In the last match XIAO beat LUTZ (11:9 11:5 11:2). “We knew it would be a hard match after the first one finished 3-2 but we had hope we also knew that it was posible to win this ” said Maria XIAO. Tomorrow KTS Enea Siarkopol Tarnobrzeg will meet Novi Sad and Metz will meet TTC Berlin eastside.
GV Hennebont TT won both quarterfinal legs
French GV Hennebont TT repeated the success from the opening leg from the Europe Cup quarterfinal. Tonight they were even quicker- they beat Top Spin Messina in straight matches. Kristian KARLSSON beat Leonardo MUTTI (11:9 11:9 11:8) Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS prevailed against Matteo MUTTI (11:8 11:9 6:11 11:9) and Anders LIND accounted for Marco RECH DALDOSSO (11:4 13:11 11:7). Tomorrow K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo will play against Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt.
France beat Serbia in Belgrade
France secured first win in the Stage one of the European championships. In the match played in Belgrade they beat Serbia 3:1. It is Serbia’s second defeat after previously they lost to England. Dimitrije LEVAJAC was the only player to score for the hosts. He beat Felix LEBRUN (11;7 4:11 6:11 11:7 11:6). Alexa GACEV lost to Simon GAUZY (4:11 6:11 6:11) Nemanja DJILAS lost to Can AKKUZU (6:11 5:11 9:11) and LEVAJAC was defeated by GAUZY (6:11 7:11 11:9 5:11). Serbia will England on Thursday whilst the match between England and France is scheduled for Friday.
