It was an intense weekend in Druskininkai where Lithuania hosted North European countries table tennis Championships. Usually the Championships is being organized every two years but due the Pandemis it resumed after four years break. This year 41 men and 30 women from 8 countries participated: Lithuania Latvia Estonia Finland Sweden Denmark Norway and Greenland. During the NETU Congress on Saturday Henrik VENDELBO was elected new President of NETU. The awards was given by Lithuanian table tennis association president Inga NAVICKIENE ETTU vice president and Latvian table tennis federation president Ina JOZEPSONE and newly elected NETU president and Danish table tennis association president Henrik VENDELBO. Women’s Team event: 1st place / winners SWEDEN (RÖÖSE Alma HOLGERSSON Hannah EDVINSSON Jennie) 2nd place NORWAY (CARLSEN Rebekka SKÅTTET Rikke Aasebø Marte DAHLEN Aida COACH: Aasebø Marte 3rd place ESTONIA (HANSON Reelica REINOL Vitalia JAGNENKOVA Alina COACH: Vallot Vainula) Men’s Team event: 1st place SWEDEN (SÖDERLUND Hampus FRIIS Martin BERGLUND Simon MC DONALD Jonatan) 2nd place DENMARK (FRIIS-HANSEN Emil BUCH ANDERSEN Martin SAMUOLIS Dominykas RASMUSSEN Tobias COACH: Jørgensen Mads) 3rd place LITHUANIA 1 (ŽEIMYS Kęstutis NAVICKAS Ignas PREIDŽIUS Andrius RIMKUS Lukas COACH: ORLOVAS Arturas) Womens Singles 1st place: CARLSEN Rebekka (Norway) 2nd place: EDVINSSON Jennie (Sweden) 3rd place: RILIŠKYTĖ Emilija (Lithuania) and RILIŠKYTĖ Kornelija (Lithuania) Men’s Singles 1st place: BERGLUND Simon (Sweden) 2nd place: SÖDERLUND Hampus (Sweden) 3rd place: RASMUSSEN Tobias (Denmark) and MC DONALD Jonatan (Sweden) Womens Doubles 1st place: HOLGERSSON Hannah /EDVINSSON Jennie (Sweden) 2nd place: RILIŠKYTĖ Kornelija/RILIŠKYTĖ Emilija (Lithuania) 3rd place: DONNER Marina / KIRICHENKO Anna (Finland) and DAHLEN Aida (Norway) / BETZ Ramona (Finland) Mens Doubles 1st place SÖDERLUND Hampus / BERGLUND Simon (Sweden) 2nd place: FRIIS Martin/MC DONALD Jonatan (Sweden) 3rd place: KARTUZOVS Oļegs / MASKAĻONOKS Aleksandrs (Latvia) and RASMUSSEN Tobias / BUCH ANDERSEN Martin (Denmark) Mixed doubles 1st place FRIIS Martin / EDVINSSON Jennie (Sweden) 2nd place: MC DONALD Jonatan / RÖÖSE Alma (Sweden) 3rd place ŽEIMYS Kęstutis / RILIŠKYTĖ Kornelija (Lithuania) and PIHKALA Arttu / KIRICHENKO Anna (Finland)
HAN Ying is testing a new mental tactic for Munich
The top seeded player in the Women’s Singles Event at the European Championships in Munich is Germany’s HAN Ying best defender in the World and number 8 in the ITTF rankings. Last year Petrissa SOLJA and SHAN Xiaona played in the final but due the injury SOLJA will not be able to defend her crown. Now all the focus will be on the leading name at the list. “Secretly of course I hope to win a medal. But since I expressed this last time and then it didn’t work out I am trying it the other way round this time. All I can say is: I am just looking from round to round from match to match at the European Championships. The competition is very strong and I count my team mates among them ” said HAN. Speaking of her current shape Han said” “After some very good performances in the spring I didn’t play the way I wanted at the WTT tournaments in Hungary in July. But I feel in training that the form curve is going up again and I hope to be in top form again in Munich.” Germany will be also represent by Europe Cup winner Nina MITTELHAM who is number 12 in the World rankings. Nina is defending champion in the mixed doubles with Dang QIU and last year’s runner-up in the doubles with Sabine WINTER. ” I really hope to play well and be successful in both doubles competitions this time as well. It’s quite possible to repeat or even improve on the good result of 2021 “said Nina. “In singles my first target is to get through the first round. After that I hope I can improve from round to round and match to match in the tournament. During my preparation for the European Championships I was actually on a very good path until my victory at the WTT Contender in Lima in mid-June. Then right after my return a Corona infection threw me completely out of rhythm for a good week. I’ve only been back in full training since the tournaments in Hungary in mid-July. But there are still ten days until the European Championships to get into very good shape.” SHAN Xiaona European silver medalist from Warsaw and World number 17 spoke on her target in the singles: “Twice I have already won silver in the singles. If I make it to the final again this year at our home European Championships I hope that this time the medal will be a different color. But there are many good players at the European Championships. The most dangerous adversary for me come from our own national team where of course everyone knows my system very well. It is really a pity that Peti had to cancel the European Championships because of an injury. I would have loved to play for the title again with her here in Germany. I wish her a speedy recovery.” Sabine WINTER world number 45 and European Championships silver medalist with Nina Mittelham in 2021 spoke on her commitment as a creative ambassador for the European Multisport Championships: “The organising committee had heard about my table tennis videos and asked me if I would like to participate. They liked my idea of playing table tennis on ice skates so the video with the ice hockey pros came about. The idea to play table tennis on the Olympic roof came from the organising committee. We still had a few ideas in the quiver but that fell through due to time constraints because of my schedule.” On her ambitions in singles doubles and mixed Sabine said: “A lot depends on the draw. But I’m coming here with confidence and I know that on a good day I can win against a lot of people in Europe. I hope to go far. I last played mixed with Bene in 2017. We tried it once in practice now and it worked quite well. We have to get through the qualifiers and then we hope to upset a few favorites in the main draw. Last year I was second in the doubles with Nina. I think that’s a result we can repeat or even top.” Tamara BOROS women’s team national coach talked about the goals of the DTTB women at the European Championships: “Everyone is in good shape but not quite in top form yet. That would also be too early now when we are a week before the tournament. On Friday we had another European Championship preparation tournament and now we gain final insights for the fine-tuning in the last week in which we will work very individually. It’s a pity that Peti SOLJA can’t compete but our team is very strong. I hope that we will be represented in the tournament until the final day of the European Championships and that the title will go to a German player again.”
HAN Ying is testing a new mental tactic for Munich
The top seeded player in the Women’s Singles Event at the European Championships in Munich is Germany’s HAN Ying best defender in the World and number 8 in the ITTF rankings. Last year Petrissa SOLJA and SHAN Xiaona played in the final but due the injury SOLJA will not be able to defend her crown. Now all the focus will be on the leading name at the list. “Secretly of course I hope to win a medal. But since I expressed this last time and then it didn’t work out I am trying it the other way round this time. All I can say is: I am just looking from round to round from match to match at the European Championships. The competition is very strong and I count my team mates among them ” said HAN. Speaking of her current shape Han said” “After some very good performances in the spring I didn’t play the way I wanted at the WTT tournaments in Hungary in July. But I feel in training that the form curve is going up again and I hope to be in top form again in Munich.” Germany will be also represent by Europe Cup winner Nina MITTELHAM who is number 12 in the World rankings. Nina is defending champion in the mixed doubles with Dang QIU and last year’s runner-up in the doubles with Sabine WINTER. ” I really hope to play well and be successful in both doubles competitions this time as well. It’s quite possible to repeat or even improve on the good result of 2021 “said Nina. “In singles my first target is to get through the first round. After that I hope I can improve from round to round and match to match in the tournament. During my preparation for the European Championships I was actually on a very good path until my victory at the WTT Contender in Lima in mid-June. Then right after my return a Corona infection threw me completely out of rhythm for a good week. I’ve only been back in full training since the tournaments in Hungary in mid-July. But there are still ten days until the European Championships to get into very good shape.” SHAN Xiaona European silver medalist from Warsaw and World number 17 spoke on her target in the singles: “Twice I have already won silver in the singles. If I make it to the final again this year at our home European Championships I hope that this time the medal will be a different color. But there are many good players at the European Championships. The most dangerous adversary for me come from our own national team where of course everyone knows my system very well. It is really a pity that Peti had to cancel the European Championships because of an injury. I would have loved to play for the title again with her here in Germany. I wish her a speedy recovery.” Sabine WINTER world number 45 and European Championships silver medalist with Nina Mittelham in 2021 spoke on her commitment as a creative ambassador for the European Multisport Championships: “The organising committee had heard about my table tennis videos and asked me if I would like to participate. They liked my idea of playing table tennis on ice skates so the video with the ice hockey pros came about. The idea to play table tennis on the Olympic roof came from the organising committee. We still had a few ideas in the quiver but that fell through due to time constraints because of my schedule.” On her ambitions in singles doubles and mixed Sabine said: “A lot depends on the draw. But I’m coming here with confidence and I know that on a good day I can win against a lot of people in Europe. I hope to go far. I last played mixed with Bene in 2017. We tried it once in practice now and it worked quite well. We have to get through the qualifiers and then we hope to upset a few favorites in the main draw. Last year I was second in the doubles with Nina. I think that’s a result we can repeat or even top.” Tamara BOROS women’s team national coach talked about the goals of the DTTB women at the European Championships: “Everyone is in good shape but not quite in top form yet. That would also be too early now when we are a week before the tournament. On Friday we had another European Championship preparation tournament and now we gain final insights for the fine-tuning in the last week in which we will work very individually. It’s a pity that Peti SOLJA can’t compete but our team is very strong. I hope that we will be represented in the tournament until the final day of the European Championships and that the title will go to a German player again.”
HAN Ying is testing a new mental tactic for Munich
The top seeded player in the Women’s Singles Event at the European Championships in Munich is Germany’s HAN Ying best defender in the World and number 8 in the ITTF rankings. Last year Petrissa SOLJA and SHAN Xiaona played in the final but due the injury SOLJA will not be able to defend her crown. Now all the focus will be on the leading name at the list. “Secretly of course I hope to win a medal. But since I expressed this last time and then it didn’t work out I am trying it the other way round this time. All I can say is: I am just looking from round to round from match to match at the European Championships. The competition is very strong and I count my team mates among them ” said HAN. Speaking of her current shape Han said” “After some very good performances in the spring I didn’t play the way I wanted at the WTT tournaments in Hungary in July. But I feel in training that the form curve is going up again and I hope to be in top form again in Munich.” Germany will be also represent by Europe Cup winner Nina MITTELHAM who is number 12 in the World rankings. Nina is defending champion in the mixed doubles with Dang QIU and last year’s runner-up in the doubles with Sabine WINTER. ” I really hope to play well and be successful in both doubles competitions this time as well. It’s quite possible to repeat or even improve on the good result of 2021 “said Nina. “In singles my first target is to get through the first round. After that I hope I can improve from round to round and match to match in the tournament. During my preparation for the European Championships I was actually on a very good path until my victory at the WTT Contender in Lima in mid-June. Then right after my return a Corona infection threw me completely out of rhythm for a good week. I’ve only been back in full training since the tournaments in Hungary in mid-July. But there are still ten days until the European Championships to get into very good shape.” SHAN Xiaona European silver medalist from Warsaw and World number 17 spoke on her target in the singles: “Twice I have already won silver in the singles. If I make it to the final again this year at our home European Championships I hope that this time the medal will be a different color. But there are many good players at the European Championships. The most dangerous adversary for me come from our own national team where of course everyone knows my system very well. It is really a pity that Peti had to cancel the European Championships because of an injury. I would have loved to play for the title again with her here in Germany. I wish her a speedy recovery.” Sabine WINTER world number 45 and European Championships silver medalist with Nina Mittelham in 2021 spoke on her commitment as a creative ambassador for the European Multisport Championships: “The organising committee had heard about my table tennis videos and asked me if I would like to participate. They liked my idea of playing table tennis on ice skates so the video with the ice hockey pros came about. The idea to play table tennis on the Olympic roof came from the organising committee. We still had a few ideas in the quiver but that fell through due to time constraints because of my schedule.” On her ambitions in singles doubles and mixed Sabine said: “A lot depends on the draw. But I’m coming here with confidence and I know that on a good day I can win against a lot of people in Europe. I hope to go far. I last played mixed with Bene in 2017. We tried it once in practice now and it worked quite well. We have to get through the qualifiers and then we hope to upset a few favorites in the main draw. Last year I was second in the doubles with Nina. I think that’s a result we can repeat or even top.” Tamara BOROS women’s team national coach talked about the goals of the DTTB women at the European Championships: “Everyone is in good shape but not quite in top form yet. That would also be too early now when we are a week before the tournament. On Friday we had another European Championship preparation tournament and now we gain final insights for the fine-tuning in the last week in which we will work very individually. It’s a pity that Peti SOLJA can’t compete but our team is very strong. I hope that we will be represented in the tournament until the final day of the European Championships and that the title will go to a German player again.”
MATELOVA preferred Training Centre in Havířov than Tunis
In the National Training Centre in Havířov on the first week of August the Czech Republic Hungary and Greece national teams were preparing for the European Championships in Munich. Beside Men team there was also the best Czech player Hana MATELOVÁ who will be seeded at the position no. 5 in Munich the Hungarians Dora MADARASZ seeded no. 21 and Leonie HARTBRICH seeded no. 40 and the Greek number one Aikatetini TOLIOU seeded no. 55. “The preparation for the European Championship is at its peak and the players are already spending most of their time at the tables. We have a physiotherapist and quality sparring partners here. Hana MATELOVÁ didn’t even go to the WTT Contender tournament in Tunis which she won last year in order to prepare as best as possible for the tournament in Munich ” said the coach of the Czech national team Petr NEDOMA.
MATELOVA preferred Training Centre in Havířov than Tunis
In the National Training Centre in Havířov on the first week of August the Czech Republic Hungary and Greece national teams were preparing for the European Championships in Munich. Beside Men team there was also the best Czech player Hana MATELOVÁ who will be seeded at the position no. 5 in Munich the Hungarians Dora MADARASZ seeded no. 21 and Leonie HARTBRICH seeded no. 40 and the Greek number one Aikatetini TOLIOU seeded no. 55. “The preparation for the European Championship is at its peak and the players are already spending most of their time at the tables. We have a physiotherapist and quality sparring partners here. Hana MATELOVÁ didn’t even go to the WTT Contender tournament in Tunis which she won last year in order to prepare as best as possible for the tournament in Munich ” said the coach of the Czech national team Petr NEDOMA.
MATELOVA preferred Training Centre in Havířov than Tunis
In the National Training Centre in Havířov on the first week of August the Czech Republic Hungary and Greece national teams were preparing for the European Championships in Munich. Beside Men team there was also the best Czech player Hana MATELOVÁ who will be seeded at the position no. 5 in Munich the Hungarians Dora MADARASZ seeded no. 21 and Leonie HARTBRICH seeded no. 40 and the Greek number one Aikatetini TOLIOU seeded no. 55. “The preparation for the European Championship is at its peak and the players are already spending most of their time at the tables. We have a physiotherapist and quality sparring partners here. Hana MATELOVÁ didn’t even go to the WTT Contender tournament in Tunis which she won last year in order to prepare as best as possible for the tournament in Munich ” said the coach of the Czech national team Petr NEDOMA.
ETTU announces end to Champions League men 2021/222 season
In relation to unplayed matches of 2021/2022 Champions League man The ETTU Executive Board today confirmed that the ETTU Champions League men 2021/2022 season has been ended and that the semi-finals and finals will not be played in order to protect the players and participants and the integrity of the competition. The decision was taken following consultation with all the clubs involved in the semi-finals and finals also Sportradar Group the exclusive media and marketing rights owner for this competition and while trying to comply with the ETTU Board of Appeal previous decisions on this matter. It was agreed it would not be possible for the remaining matches to be played safely and fairly. There will therefore be no winner of the 2021/2022 season.
ETTU announces end to Champions League men 2021/222 season
In relation to unplayed matches of 2021/2022 Champions League man The ETTU Executive Board today confirmed that the ETTU Champions League men 2021/2022 season has been ended and that the semi-finals and finals will not be played in order to protect the players and participants and the integrity of the competition. The decision was taken following consultation with all the clubs involved in the semi-finals and finals also Sportradar Group the exclusive media and marketing rights owner for this competition and while trying to comply with the ETTU Board of Appeal previous decisions on this matter. It was agreed it would not be possible for the remaining matches to be played safely and fairly. There will therefore be no winner of the 2021/2022 season.
ETTU announces end to Champions League men 2021/222 season
In relation to unplayed matches of 2021/2022 Champions League man The ETTU Executive Board today confirmed that the ETTU Champions League men 2021/2022 season has been ended and that the semi-finals and finals will not be played in order to protect the players and participants and the integrity of the competition. The decision was taken following consultation with all the clubs involved in the semi-finals and finals also Sportradar Group the exclusive media and marketing rights owner for this competition and while trying to comply with the ETTU Board of Appeal previous decisions on this matter. It was agreed it would not be possible for the remaining matches to be played safely and fairly. There will therefore be no winner of the 2021/2022 season.