The results of the last round of the Group Stage of the Europe Trophy Grand Final in Havirov.  TJ Geolog Roznava (SVK) vs Arteal Tenis De Mesa (ESP) 0:3 Ingemar PÉTER vs. Andre SILVA 1:3 (12:14 7:11 11:8 6:11) Igor ZAVADSKIJ vs. Enio MENDES 1:3 (11:8 7:11 4:11 9:11) Jakub TAKÁČ vs. Humberto MANHANI 0:3 (5:11 4:11 4:11) Grantham Academy (ENG) vs. Metz TT (FRA) 1:3 Jordan WYKES vs. Corentin MAZAUD 3:1 (15:13 12:10 8:11 11:4) Olly TYNDALL vs. Florian BOURRASSAUD 0:3 (8:11 5:11 4:11) Callum EVANS vs. Noah BECOURT 2:3 (12:10 9 :11 14:12 10:12 4:6) Jordan WYKES vs. Florian BOURRASSAUD 2:3 (11:13 11:6 12:10 7:11 2:6) Draycott & Long Eaton TTC (ENG) vs TalTech Sports Club (EST) 0:3 Connor GREEN vs. Arturs REINHOLDS 2:3 (11:3 11:9 9:11 11:3 3:6) Naphong BOONYAPRAPPA vs. Samuli SOINE 1:3 (11:4 3:11 6:11 5:11) Naphat BOONYAPRAPPA vs. Stanislav STROGOV 1:3 (8:11 7:11 11:9 11:13) CSS-SZAK Odorheiu Secuiesc (ROU) vs. SKST Tesla Batteries Havirov (CZE) Sebastian LOSO vs. Jan VALENTA 2:3 (15:13 6:11 10:12 14:12 5:6) Gyorgy SZILARD vs. Zokhid KENJAEV 0:3 (8:11 5:11 6:11) Munteanu LUCIAN vs. Petr DAVID 0:3 (4:11 6:11 5:11) GROUP A 1 2 3 4 Score Points Ranking ARTEAL TENIS DE MESA (ESP) x 3:2 3:0 3:0 3:0 6 1 METZ TT (FRA)    2:3 x 3:1 3:2 2:1 5 2 GRANTHAM ACADEMY (ENG)   0:3 1:3 x 0:3 0:3 3 4 TJ GEOLOG ROZNAVA (SVK)  0:3 2:3 3:0 x 1:2 4 3 GROUP B 1 2 3 4 Score Points Ranking TALTECH SPORTS CLUB (EST)  x 0:3 0:3 3:0 1:2 4 3 SKST TESLA BATTERIES HAVIROV (CZE)  3:0 x 3:0 3:0 3:0 6 1 CSS-SZAK ODORHEIU SECUIESC (ROU)   3:0 0:3 x 3:0 2:1 5 2 DRAYCOTT & LONG EATON TTC (ENG) 0:3 0:3 0:3 x 0:3 3 4 Panathinaikos A.C.  (GRE) vs SCO Ossiachersee Bodensdorf (AUT) 3:0 Szandra PERGEL vs. Aleksandra VOVK 3:0 (11:6 11:3 11:6) Aikaterini TOLIOU vs. Katarina STRAZAR 3:0 (11:9 11:4 11:7) Ana TOFANT vs. Lea PAULIN 3:0 (11:7 12:10 11:8) St. Centrum SKST Bratislava (SVK) vs Draycott & Long Eaton TTC (ENG) 3:0 Dominika WILTSCHKOVÁ vs. Erin GREEN 3:1 (9:11 11:7 11:7 11:6) Eliška ŠTULLEROVÁ vs. Anna GREEN 3:2 (9:11 11:7 6:11 11:7 6:5) Jana TEREZKOVÁ vs. Millie ROGOVE 3:0 (14:12 11:7 11:9) SU Sparkasse Kufstein (AUT) vs Fusion TTC (ENG) 3:0 Anita NYITRAI vs. Sanne DE HOOP 3:0 (11:5 11:5 20:18) Györgyi BENE vs. Elena TODIRCA 3:2 (8:11 10:12 12:10 11:5 6:2) Renata PENGÖ-MURA vs. Tiana DENNISON 3:0 (11:8 11:7 11:5) TT Moravsky Krumlov (CZE) vs KTTC AFP Antwerpen (BEL) 3:0 Ekaterina CHERNYAVSKAYA vs. Julie VAN HAUWAERT 3:1 (11:9 9:11 11:5 11:3) Bernadett BALINT vs. Sara DEVOS 3:0 (11:9 11:7 11:3) Eliska SEDOVA vs. Elena CHMIGUELSKAIA 3:0 (13:11 11:3 11:7) Women   GROUP A 1 2 3 4 Score Points Ranking   PANATHINAIKOS A.C.  (GRE) x 3:0 3:0 3:0 3:0 6 1   STOLNOTENISOVE CENTRUM SKST BRATISLAVA (SVK) 0:3 x 3:0 1:3 1:2 4 3   DRAYCOTT & LONG EATON TTC (ENG) 0:3 0:3 x 0:3 0:3 3 4   SCO OSSIACHERSEE BODENSDORF (AUT) 0:3 3:1 3:0 x 2:1 5 2   GROUP B 1 2 3 4 Score Points Ranking   FUSION TTC (ENG) x 0:3 1:3 0:3 0:3 3 4   TT MORAVSKY KRUMLOV (CZE) 3:0 x 3:0 3:0 3:0 6 1   KTTC AFP ANTWERPEN (BEL)    3:1 0:3 x 3:0 2:1 5 2   SU SPARKASSE KUFSTEIN (AUT) 3:0 0:3 0:3 x 1:2 4 3              

On the second day of the play at the 2022 Europe Under 13 Challenge in Podgorica the Group stage concluded. Tomorrow the individual events starts as well as the Mixed Teams semi finals which will determine the medal rostrum positions. In the A semi final Sweden will meet Poland and Romania will play against Czech Republic. Sweden’s Adam WALLIN Mark USOV Siri BENJAGARD and Gabriela AALTONEN upset the rankings and succeeded to the top of the Group G with two wins. They beat top seeds Austria 3:2 and Spain 4:1. Austria beat Spain in last round. Romania’s players justified their status. Robert ISTRATE Mihai NAGY Andreea BAISU and Alexandrab DICU beat Belgium 5:0 and Croatia 4:1. Croatia accounted for Belgium in the opening round of the day. Romania will meet Czech Republic in the match for the final. Jan SKALDA Jakub KABELKA Hanka KODETOVA and Tereza KOVARICKOVA beat Italy and the team overcame England. Italy beat England as well to finish second in the Group. Until the very last moment the standings in Group J were uncertain. All three teams: Poland Germany and Portugal had 5:5 in matches and finished with 3:2 victory and 2:3 defeat each. However in games ratio Poland prevailed. Katarzyna RAJKOWSKA and Samuel MICHINA Anna ULATOWSKA and Aleks PAKULA finished first. Portugal is second and Germany third.  

At the end of this weekend we will celebrate the first ever champions in the Europe Trophy. The Regional European club competition reached the Grand Final .There is 2 groups of 4 teams in each competition (men and women). Today’s matches TalTech Sports Club (EST) – CSS-SZAK Odorheiu Secuiesc (ROU) 0:3 Samuli SOINE vs. Gyorgy SZILARD 1:3 (11:9 5:11 5:11 4:11) Arturs REINHOLDS vs. Sebastian LOSO 0:3 (9:11 9: 11 14:16) Stanislav STROGOV vs. Munteanu LUCIAN 0:3 (9:11 11:13 7:11) Grantham Academy (ENG) – Arteal Tenis De Mesa (ESP) 0:3 Jordan WYKES vs. Andre SILVA 0:3 (4:11 9:11 6: 11) Callum EVANS vs. Humberto MANHANI 0:3 (1:11 6:11 6:11) Olly TYNDALL vs. Enio MENDES 1: 3(6:11 5:11 11:9 3:11) Draycott & Long Eaton TTC (ENG) v – SKST Tesla Batteries Havirov (CZE) 0:3 Naphong BOONYAPRAPPA vs. Jan VALENTA 0:3 (7:11 8:11 8:11) Connor GREEN vs. Zokhid KENJAEV 0:3 (8:11 8:11 8:11) Rhys DAVIES vs. Petr DAVID 0:3 (3:11 2:11 8:11) Metz TT (FRA) – TJ Geolog Roznava (SVK) – 3:2 Florian BOURRASSAUD vs. Igor ZAVADSKIJ 3:0 (11:8 11:7 11:3) Corentin MAZAUD vs. Ingemar PÉTER 0:3 (4:11 9:11 4 :11) Damien LLORCA vs. Jakub TAKÁČ 3:1 (11:8 11:3 10:12 11:7) Florian BOURRASSAUD vs. Ingemar PÉTER 2:3 (11:8 10:12 8 :11 12:10 1:6 ) Corentin MAZAUD vs. Igor ZAVADSKIJ 3:1 (11:8 12:10 9:11 11:7) SKST Bratislava (SVK) – SCO Ossiachersee Bodensdorf (AUT) 1:3 Dominika WILTSCHKOVÁ vs. Aleksandra VOVK 3:2 (9:11 11:5 11:7 8:11 6:1) Eliška ŠTULLEROVÁ vs. Katarina STRAZAR 0:3 (9:11 10:12 9:11) Jana TEREZKOVÁ vs. Lea PAULIN 2:3 (11:9 15:13 4:11 9:11 2:6) Draycott & Long Eaton TTC (ENG) – Panathinaikos A.C. (GRE) 0:3 Erin GREEN vs. Aikaterini TOLIOU 0:3 (8:11 6:11 1:11) Millie ROGOVE vs. Szandra PERGEL 0:3 (6:11 6:11 7:11) Joanne GREEN vs. Ana TOFANT 0:3 (1:11 2:11 2:11) SU Sparkasse Kufstein (AUT) – TT Moravský Krumlov (CZE) 0:3 Györgyi BENE vs. Bernadett BALINT 0:3 (6:11 4:11 3:11) Nicole UNGERHOFER vs. Ekaterina CHERNYAVSKAYA 0:3 (5:11 6:11 6:11) Renata PENGÖ-MURA vs. Mitsuki YOSHIDA 1:3 (11:3 7:11 8:11 6:11) KTTC AFP Antwerpen (BEL) – Fusion TTC (ENG) 3:1 Sara DEVOS vs. Elena TODIRCA 1:3 (9:11 7:11 15:13 9:11) Julie VAN HAUWAERT vs. Sanne DE HOOP 3:2 (11:3 11:8 5:11 6: 11 6:2) Angelique GERTENBACH vs. Danielle KELLY 3:2 (11:5 4: 11 11:5 9 :11 6:4) Sara DEVOS vs. Sanne DE HOOP 3:2 (12:10 5: 11 7:11 11:9 6 :4) Arteal Tenis De Mesa (ESP) – Metz TT (FRA) 3:2 Enio MENDES vs. Florian BOURRASSAUD 3:1 (9:11 11:3 11:8 11:5) Humberto MANHANI vs. Damien LLORCA 1:3 (4:11 11:7 9:11 6:11) Andre SILVA vs. Corentin MAZAUD 3:0 (11:4 11:9 11:6) Enio MENDES vs. Damien LLORCA 2:3 (11:5 11:6 7:11 9:11 4:6) Humberto MANHANI vs. Florian BOURRASSAUD 3:0 (11:8 11:7 11:9) TJ Geolog Roznava (SVK) – Grantham Academy (ENG) 3:0 Ingemar PÉTER vs. Jordan WYKES 3:0 (11:8 11:9 13:11) Igor ZAVADSKIJ vs. Callum EVANS 3:0 (11:9 11:9 11:8) Jakub TAKÁČ vs. Olly TYNDALL 3:1 (11:9 11:9 9:11 11:6) SKST Tesla Batteries Havirov (CZE) – TalTech Sports Club (EST) 3:0 Zokhid KENJAEV vs. Märt KURVET 3:0 (11:3 11:2 11:6) Šimon BĚLIK vs. Arturs REINHOLDS 3:0 (11:6 11:7 11 :7) Petr DAVID vs. Stanislav STROGOV 3:1 (9:11 11:5 11:7 11:6) CSS-SZAK Odorheiu Secuiesc (ROU) – Draycott & Long Eaton TTC (ENG) 3:0 Sebastian LOSO vs. Toby ELLIS 3:0 (11:3 11:6 11:6) Gyorgy SZILARD vs. Naphong BOONYAPRAPPA 3:2 (11:9 11:5 4:11 7:11 6:3) Munteanu LUCIAN vs. Naphat BOONYAPRAPPA 3:2 (13:11 11:3 7:11 8:11 6:3) Panathinaikos A.C. (GRE) – SKST Bratislava (SVK) 3:0 Szandra PERGEL vs. Eliska STULLEROVA 3:1 (11:2 11:4 8:11 11:7) Aikaterini TOLIOU vs. Dominika WILTSCHKOVA 3:0 (11:1 l 11:5 11:9) Ana TOFANT vs. Jana TEREZKOVA 3:1 (11:7 4:11 11:6 11:8) Draycott & Long Eaton TTC (ENG) – SCO Ossiachersee Bodensdorf (AUT) 0:3 Erin GREEN vs. Aleksandra VOVK 0:3 (9:11 6:11 5:11) Millie ROGOVE vs. Katarina STRAZAR 0:3 (6:11 2:11 6:11) Joanne GREEN vs. Lea PAULIN 0:3 (6:11 5:11 3:11) TT Moravský Krumlov (CZE) – Fusion TTC (ENG) 3:0 Mitsuki YOSHIDA vs. Elena TODIRCA 3:1 (11:5 11:3 10:12 11:2) Bernadett BALINT vs. Sanne DE HOOP 3:0 (11:9 11:9 11:6) Ekaterina CHERNYAVSKAYA vs. Danielle KELLY 3:1 (11:3 11:6 9:11 16:14) KTTC AFP Antwerpen (BEL) – SU Sparkasse Kufstein (AUT) 3:0 Julie VAN HAUWAERT vs. Anita NYITRAI 3:1 (11:4 8:11 11:1 11:8) Angelique GERTENBACH vs. Gyorgyi BENE 3:1 (11:8 11:5 12:14 11:5) Sara DEVOS vs. Renata PENGO MURA 3:1 (11:8 11:8 :14 11:9) “

The Montenegro Olympic Committee invited the ETTU high representatives led by Vice President Sonja GREFBERG for a official dinner in Forest Restaurant in Podgorica on the opening day of the 2022 Europe Under 13 Challenge. ETTU was represented by Vice President GREFBERG Secretary General Richard SCRUTON Youth Committee Char Thomas BUZA Coach Committee Chair Jarek KOLODZIEJCZYK. President of the Montenegro Olympic Committee Dusan SIMONOVIC and Secretary General Igor VUSUROVIC welcomed guests. The Montenegro TT Federation representatives President Ratko DEDIC Vice President Ranko BOCA EB Member Milorad MARKOVIC and Secretary General Suncica ROGIC were also present at the meeting. ETTU Vice President GREFBERG thanked the hosts for very well organised event. “The Under 13 European Challenge is very important for European table tennis for many reasons. It will be first time we have mixed teams competition alongside singles event for this age group. We have no doubt that this will prove to be very exciting but it will also reinforce our sport commitment to Gender equality and it is good instal this principle in our players already when they are young. This event will serve as a test for a creation a future Under 13 European Championships which we hope we will be able to launch next year.” In 2017 ETTU took a similar approach with Under 21 European Championships which has proven to be a success. “We are very pleased to have this first edition of this event in Podgorica with excellent hotel and playing conditions. Montenegro Table Tennis Association is always a very willing partner when it comes to hosting development events and activities so we sincerely want to thank Montenegro Association for the efforts and contribution to our sport. I hope this activity will continue and that the Montenegrin Olympic Committee will support table tennis also in the future ” stated Sonja GREFBERG.  

On the opening day of the battles at the 2022 Europe Under 13 Challenge in Podgorica first qualification stage is on the menu. In six groups 21 team fight for the place in second Group stage. Top two teams will progressed to the Stage two and booked their places in one of the four groups with three teams. Top seeded team of Austria was among the first teams to progress to the next stage. Benjamin GIRLINGER Adrian KASTL Nina SKERBINZ and Elina FUCHS recorded two wins against Belgium 4:1 and Ukraine 5:0. Belgium also beat Ukraine and moved forward to the A final in the second Stage. No. two seeds Romania faced much harder challenge. Robert ISTRATE Mihai NAGY Andreea BAISU and Alexandrab DICU overcame Hungary in straight matches but against Poland they were under severe pressure. Romania started well with the doubles before Anna ULATOWSKA and Aleks PAKULA changed the course of the duel. In last two matches BAISU and ISTRATE was forced to go full distance to beat Katarzyna RAJKOWSKA and Samuel MICHINA. As it was expected Poland finished second after win over Hungary in third round. Next team on the seedings list Czech Republic is also safely through with two wins over Sweden and Greece. Jan SKALDA Jakub KABELKA Hanka KODETOVA and Tereza KOVARICKOVA lost only one out of 10 matches in the duel against Sweden. It was Mark USOV who gave one point to his team. However in the last round Sweden beat Greece and finished second at the table. Portugal’s YE Dinis Carlos GONCAVLES Julia LEAL and Beatriz PINTO justified their rankings in Group 4 They overcame Croatia Switzerland and North Macedonia. Croatia suffered one defeat and against Switzerland played 3:2 but it was sufficient for the position no. two in the Group. but in Group 5 we have reverse scenario for Italy. The leading team in that groups suffered defeat against Germany 1:4 and they beat Turkey only 2:3.Eventualy Germany concluded day one at the tournament unbeaten at the top of the table. Jonathan GAISER Lukas WANG Elisa NGUYEN and Lisa SOPHIE WANG beat Italy Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Italy is second. In Group 6 England was under pressure against Spain. Kacper PIWOWAR Abraham SELLADO Sienna JETHA and Eva ECCLES won by narow margin 3:2. However against Montenegro and Kosovo they faced no problems on their way to the top of the Group. Without due alarm against the hosts and Kosovo Spain also booked the progress to the A final qualifictions.

The action in the first ever Europe Trophy Grand Finals commences tomorrow at 10 AM CET. The competition started in March with Group phase and this weekend SKST Tesla Batteries Havirov hosts the ultimate stage of the competition. Host nation Czech Republic will have two representatives KST Tesla Batteries Havirov and TT Moravský Krumlov. Men are in Group B with TalTech Sports Club (EST) CSS-SZAK Odorheiu Secuiesc (ROU) and Draycott & Long Eaton TTC (ENG). “Our basic plan is to advance from the group to the semifinals. Then we’ll see what our chances are. It will be very important whether Zokhid KENYAEV takes office. We have him on the players list but he hasn’t played for our club yet. He is an experienced player and with him our chances would be significantly higher. I think the second group has two favorites for the overall victory clubs from France and Spain. But we will play in our hall that should be an advantage ” said SKST TESLA BATTERIES Havířov coach Kamil KOUTNÝ. In Group A are: Arteal Tenis De Mesa (ESP) Metz TT (FRA) Grantham Academy (ENG) and TJ Geolog Roznava (SVK). In women’s event in Group A are: Panathinaikos A.C. (GRE) SKST Bratislava (SVK) Draycott & Long Eaton TTC (ENG) SCO Ossiachersee Bodensdorf (AUT). Host nation’s representatives are in Group B with Fusion TTC (ENG) KTTC AFP Antwerpen (BEL) SU Sparkasse Kufstein (AUT). “We are looking forward to the Grand Finals it will be another highlight of the season. We arrived with the strongest team and we want to fight for victory. We played the Champions League the European Cup this year and now we are waiting for the end of the Europe Trophy. No other club has played all three competitions. The favorite to win is in my opinion Panathinaikos Athens. They have Szandra PERGEL and Ana TOFANT on the players list they are very good rivals. There will be a strong Austrian Kupfstein in our group but I believe that we will be able to advance ” said Jindřich BÍLA coach of TT Moravský Krumlov.

Montenegro Table Tennis Association is working on the final preparations for the ETTU Europe U13 Challenge which will be held in Podgorica from 16 to 19 June.  Montenegrin U13 team members is getting ready for the first competition under the national flag. “We are glad that Montenegro Table Tennis Associaiton will host such a big competition. Due to the pandemic which is now behind us our younger players were denied the opportunity to play on the international table tennis scene and apart from the ETTU camp last year they did not have the opportunity to compete with their peers. We will strive for our young players to achieve good results and show good play among the players of 21 European countries thus being the best ambassadors of Montenegro. It is too early to prejudge what success will be but we will do our best to ensure that a good result is not lacking. Also this is a new system of competition where a mixed team consisting of two boys and two girls will perform and that will be a great challenge for us as well as for the other participants” said Dijana ZONJIĆ girls’ coach. The boys’ coach Branko CUBOVIC followed with “We are glad to have the opportunity to host the best European players under 13 in our country. It is a great opportunity for our youngest players to feel the level of the game they are striving for and get motives for further progress. I am sure we will show a great game and achieve a good result.” We are certain that this event will be successful and that participants will enjoy their time in Montenegro.    

On its premiere next week 2022 European Under 13 Challenge in Podgorica will bring some novelty. This tournament will launch the champions in Mixed team event alongside the winners in both Boys and Girls events. In Mixed Team Event each team consist of two boys and two girls. In opening match the mixed doubles will from each team will clash. The duel between girls who were not involved in the opening match follows and third on schedule is the duel between two boys who did not play mixed doubles. The last two matches involves the girls and boys who already played the mixed doubles match. In stage one and two all five matches will be played. Result of the tam match could be 5:0 (5 points) 4:1 (4 points) 3:2 (3 points) 2:3 (2 points) 1:4 (1 point) 0:5 (0 point). There are 21 teams at the list. The top two teams from 6 groups will progress to Stage 2. The winners of the groups will play for the position 1 to 4. The matches starts on Thursday whilst the finals are scheduled Saturday. Singles events will be played during weekend. There are 42 players in each boys and girls event.