The National Championships of Bosnia and Herzegovina was played last weekend in Sarajevo. In Men’s singles event new champion is Luka MIHAILOVIĆ who played for for TTC UNIQA Biesenfeld – Austria and in women’s single event champion is Emina HADŽIAHMETOVIĆ – BUTKOVIĆ from TTC “SPIN 2012” Sarajevo For Emina this is the 13th national title in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
ETTU Executive Board has awarded the 2023 EYC to the city of Gliwice
We are pleased to announce the ETTU Executive Board has awarded the 2023 European Youth Championships to the Polish Table Tennis Federation to be played at the city of Gliwice in Upper Silesia from Friday 14th to Sunday 23rd July 2023. “ETTU expressed great pleasure to come back to Poland after great success on 2020 European Championships. This time we will have the Youth Championships in the city of Gliwice. The ETTU Executive Board received excellent presentation outstanding bid from the Polish Table Tennis Federation and we are absolutely sure we will have great European Youth Championships in 2023 ” said ETTU Acting President Pedro MOURA. The Polish Table Tennis Association has been building its position in the European Table Tennis Family for many years. They have skills and knowledge to organize the biggest events. „Last year we hosted the Liebherr 2020 ITTF European Table Tennis Championships in Warsaw and proved we are able to deliver top events even in extremely difficult circumstances. Due to the last year success PTTA decided to apply for the right to organize the 2023 European Youth Championships. ETTU Executive Board decision made us really happy and shown us it is worth to work hard in the name of table tennis popularity in Europe. I am fully convinced that the Championship in Gliwice will meet the wildest expectations and make remarkable memories for everybody. Feel invited to Poland once again ” said PTTA President Dariusz SZUMACHER.
New approaches in the methodological development of young players in Europe
ETTU NAAP 2022 Coaching Seminar was held in Netanya (ISR). “We just completed our three-day coaching seminar for the best coaches from Israel with the presence of their top 25 coaches 22 men and 3 women and with a practical demonstration of part of exercises by their two best young players: Itay AVIVI and Uri ALMOR. We conducted several theoretical and practical lectures in the application of some new approaches in the methodological development of young players in Europe. I express my personal full satisfaction given that the vast majority of coaches had a very active and positive attitude in the complete program of the seminar and I hope that this information will help them in their further development of young players ” said ETTU Development Manager Neven CEGNAR. Israeli national coach and the technical manager of the Israeli Table Tennis Association Shimon Rabinovich thanked to all involved. “The feedbacks from the Israeli coaches are very good and everyone is enjoying and learning a lot from all sessions. The passion and the knowledge of Neven is just admirable.” list of the coaches: 1) Sinay ITSHAKI 2)Shimi TENENBOIM 3)Idan LEVI 4)Ofer SIERRA 5)Benzi BLANK 6)Anna LITMAN 7)Isaac COHEN 8)Oren ILUZ 9)Zvi RETHAUZ 10)Aviv GORDON 11)Guy ZVI 12)Omry BEN ARI 13)Arik SHAPIRA 14)Amit GOREN 15)Ron DAVIDOVITZ 16)Meir ITSHAK 17)Yair MARCO 18)Sami ITSHAK 19)Itzik ABRAMOVITZ 20)Gilad AROSHAS 21)SHLOMO ABRAMOVITZ 22)Michael TAUBER 23)Shimon RABINOVICH 24)Genady SEREF 25)Marina KRAVCHENKO
ETTU letter to member Associations
Dear friends The ETTU Executive Board met today to discuss further action needed to protect the integrity of our competitions and the wellbeing of our athletes. After careful deliberation the ETTU Executive Board decided that Russian clubs will not be permitted to compete in any European Club competitions for the 2021-2022 season. This includes Russian clubs due to compete in the semi-final and final of the Men’s Champions League. This decision is in line with the previous ETTU decision to not invite or allow Belarusian and Russian players and officials to participate in events hosted by ETTU until further notice and follows the recommendations set by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and ITTF. In addition no Belarusian or Russian national symbols flags or anthems will be displayed at ETTU events until further notice. The ETTU Executive Board also informs that both Vladimir Samsonov and Polina Mikhailova have self-suspended from their positions on the Executive Board immediately after Igor Levitin’s self-suspension from the Presidency until further notice. The ETTU Executive Board accepts their decision and will continue to operate as normal in full compliance with the ETTU Constitution in order to best serve European table tennis. As the ITTF has repeatedly stated Ping Pong Diplomacy has been at the heart of our sport for more than half a century and we join them in hoping that constructive dialogue can be the solution to any disputes. As a table tennis family we are united in our hope that peace will soon return to Europe. Yours sincerely ETTU Executive Board
Borussia Dusseldorf in the final of the Champions League
Borussia Dusseldorf won the all-German Champions League Men semifinal against 1.FC Saarbrucken TT. In the opening leg Borussia Dusseldorf succeeded in straight matches whilst in the return match at home soil they needed one match more. At the beginning Dang QIU gave hosts dream start by beating the winner of last week’s CCB Europe Top 16 Cup Darko JORGIC. QIU was under severe pressure in three games but in closing stages he left no space for JORGIC to try to come back. Last week’s semifinalists and compatriots Timo BOLL and Patrick FRANZISKA faced each other in second duel in the furious battle. Patrick took two opening games before Timo settle into the rhythm. Next two went on BOLL’s account but already in the closing stages of the fourth game FRANZUSKA started to recover. He took the fifth game by the storm. Anton KALLBERG pushed Borussia Dusseldorf into the lead again with straight games victory over Tomas POLANSKY. At that point it was all over and hosts secured semifinal victory. The next match could not change anything so Dang QIU and Patrick FRANZISKA’s duel was unstressed exhibition for joy of table tennis fans. Borussia Dusseldorf – 1.FC Saarbrucken TT 3:1 Dang QIU – Darko JORGIC 3:1 (14:12 12:10 7:11 11:2) Timo BOLL – Patrick FRANZISKA 2:3 (6:11 8:11 11:9 13:11 2:6) Anton KALLBERG – Tomas POLANSKY 3:1 (11:6 11:5 7:11 13:11) Dang QIU – Patrick FRANZISKA 3:1 (10:12 11:9 12:10 12:10) First leg 1.FC Saarbrucken TT – Borussia Dusseldorf 0:3 Patrick FRANZISKA – Dang QIU 2:3 (7:11 5:11 11:9 13:11 3:6) Darko JORGIC – Anton KALLBERG 1:3 (10:12 11:8 8:11 13:15) Tomas POLANSKY- Timo BOLL 0:3 (6:11 7:11 9:11)
ETTU Statement on Clubs Competitions
The ETTU Executive Board today decided that Russian clubs will not be permitted to compete in any European Club competitions for the 2021-2022 season. This includes Russian clubs due to compete in the semi-final and final of the Men’s Champions League. Today’s announcement is in line with the recommendations of the ITTF Group and follows on from the Executive Board’s decision to not invite or allow Belarusian and Russian players and officials to participate in events hosted by ETTU until further notice.
ETTU Executive Board decision
Due to the decision made during ITTF Executive Committee meeting on March 1st 2022 ETTU Executive Board agreed not to let Belarusian and Russian players and officials be invited or allowed in events hosted by ETTU and no Belarusian or Russian national symbols flags or anthems will be displayed until further notice.
New Statement
ETTU President Igor Levitin today informed the ETTU Executive Board of his decision to self-suspend himself from all functions related to his position as ETTU President until further notice. In his absence and as per the ETTU Constitution the ETTU Deputy President will serve as Acting President. Mr Levitin informed the Executive Board he had taken the decision in order to protect the integrity of the ETTU and its events as well as the wellbeing of its athletes.
Youth Table Tennis World Festival reloaded after 20 years
Hungarian Table Tennis Association had to wait almost 20 years until the idea of the 5th Youth Table Tennis World Festival emerged. As there is Junior World Championships every year HTTA came up with the idea of organising similar grand international event for the younger generations. These are going to be the U11 U13 U15 U17 and U19 categories at the World Festival in 2022. It will be held at the Olympic Sport Park of Győr which was built for the European Youth Olympic Festival of 2017. The competition will be held on 47 tables with an extra 22 tables available to use as warm up practice tables. An international coaching seminar and international training camp are also included in the program. The 3 most successful countries according to the points system and the 3 most successful Hungarian clubs shall be awarded with prize money. As the World Festival is not only open just for national teams but for clubs and regional teams as well organisers throughout the second half of 2021 have sent the invitation to all relevant teams clubs and players based on their available database. Registration is now open and Hungarian Table Tennis Association are waiting for all entries; the preliminary deadline for registration is the 25th of April 2022 and the final deadline for all entries is the 20th of May 2022. Official website (English): https://worldfestival2022.hu/en Registration link: http://worldfestival2022.hu/en/registration-form/
ETTU official Statement
The European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) shares concerns about the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and hopes for its fast resolution.ETTU is ready to help Ukrainian table tennis athletes and will be working hard to guarantee their participation at all future ETTU events. ETTU supports the latest announcement of International Table Tennis Federation and will follow its recommendation as ETTU did during our latest event Europe TOP-16 in Switzerland. ETTU believes in unity and mutual respect together with constructive dialogue as the solution to disputes. The ETTU Secretary General is to set the number of ETTU events and suggest the plan for implementation of the ITTF recommendation taking into account all possible travelling issues. Also ETTU would like to thank the Europe TOP-16 Local Organising Committee in Montreux for hosting a fantastic table tennis event.
