In the final of the Under 15 Girl’s Teams Event at the 2022 Dunav Osiguranje European Youth Championships Poland booked their place in the final. They will meet Romania in the match for gold tomorrow in Stark Arena in Belgrade. Poland overcame Portugal on their way to the ultimate stage. Mariana SANTA COMBA overcame Zofia SLIWKA to give Portugal good start but Natalia BOGDANOWICZ beat Julia LEAL in straight games to level the match. In the doubles Mariana SANTA COMBA and Julia LEAL lost to Zofia SLIWKA and Natalia BOGDANOWICZ. Mariana SANTA COMBA was on duty again in attempt to prolong the match to another duel. Natalia BOGDANOWICZ had different idea and after four games she sealed the match. “I think that we proved to have stronger team. The battle was fierce. Portugal is very strong adversary ” said BOGDANOWICZ. In the semi final Germany could not repeat the performance we saw at the same table from their compatriots Under 19 team but for Romania the outcome was the same – they reached the final. Alesia Sofia SFERLEA was forced to go full distance against Eireen KALAITZIDOU before she gave Romania the lead. Bianca MEI ROSU beat Josephina NEUMANN in less dramatic fashion. Romania had 2:0 lead after her straight games victory. In the doubles Lorena MORSCH joined NEUMANN whilst Romania had SFERLEA and MEI ROSU again near the table. They secure the win. “The match was much harder than the result predicts. We fought for each point and we did not want to give any chances to our adversaries ” said MEI ROSU. In the quarterfinal Romania’s Alesia SFERLEA Bianca MEI ROSU overcame Ukraine’s Olha PONKO and Daria KOVALOVA in straight matches. Poland overcame Turkiye in four. Zofia SLIWKA and Natalia BOGDANOWICH accounted for Busra DEMIR and Aybuke Banu SIMSEK. On their way to the medal rostrum Germany was stretched to full distance in the duel against Belgium. Eireen KALAITZIDOU won two games and doubles with Josephina NEUMANN. On the other side it was Lilou MASSARAT who scored for Belgium. The clash between Portugal and Hungary went full distance as well. Portugal was the team who secured place at the medal rostrum. “We were nerveus. I tried not to think about the medal I tried to be focused on my game ” said Mariana SANTA COMBA. Mariana overcame Sophie BARCSAI in four games in opening match but she needed full five to beat Kendra MOLNAR. Hungarian doubles Kendra MOLNAR and Nora POLONYI added one point to their scoreboard and Molnar also prevailed against Julia LEAL.

In other semis Poland eliminated Sweden. Wiktoria WROBEL beat Matilda HANSSON in the opening match but the pendulum turned in next duel. Anna BRZYSKA had four match balls in decisive game against Rebecca MUSKANTOR and she lost the match. Zuzanna WIELGOS overcame Leah TVEIT MUSKANTOR for 2:1 and WROBEL sealed the match with the victory over Rebecca MUSKANTOR. “It was amazing and close match. Wiktoria was the back-bone of our success. Her two wins were fantastic ” said Anna BRZYSKA. In the quarterfinal top seeds went through very hard challenge. Croatia forced Romania to go full distance and the decisive match also went full five games. Hana ARAPOVIC was the player who put favorites on severe test. Hana beat Ioana SINGEORZA in the opening duel and Elena ZAHARIA in fourth match. ZAHARIA overcame Bruna BOROVEC who also suffered by the hands of SINGEORZAN. At position no. 3 Luciana MITROFAN beat Zrinka REBIC. “It was very stressful match. Hana played amazing table tennis today. I can congratulate her on her performance but I am happy that we eventually win. At 2:2 Ioana played very good and she stood the pressure ” said ZAHARIA. Czech Republic lost to Germany in straight matches. Sophia KLEE beat Klara HRABICOVA Annett KAUFMANN accounted for Helena SOMMEROVA and Mia GRIESEL beat Anna KLEMPEREROVA. “We are very happy that at this late stage in quarterfinal we managed to win the match clearly – 3:0. We remained focused and calm. My opening match against their number one Klara HRABICOVA was very important. I beat her in straight games but all were very close. Annett and Mia played perfectly after and here we are with the medal ” said Sophia KLEE. Poland beat Ukraine and they needed four matches to progress to the semi final. Veronika MATUININA gave Ukraine dream start after victory over Anna BRZYSKA but Weronika WROBEL beat Alina VYDRUCHENKO to level the score. Zuzanna WIELGOS beat Iolantra YEVTODII whilst WROBEL sealed the match with the win over MATIUNINA. Sweden joined top four teams after the victory over France. Matilda HANSSON Rebecca MUSKANTOR and Leah TVEIT MUSKANTOR recorded 3:0 victory over Charlotte LUTZ Agathe AVEZOU and Clea DE STOPPELEIRE. However first and third match went full distance. “Everyone did a great job in our individual matches so now we are happy with the overall result. Matilda gave us good boost with the opening win. She scored 14:12 in the decisive game ” said Leah TVEIT MUSKANTOR. At the ultimate stage of the Under 19 Girl’s Tens Event at the 2022 Dunav Osiguranje European Youth Championships Poland will meet Romania. That is the outcome of the fantastic semi final battles fought this evening in Belgrade. In the fantastic thriller Romania booked their place in the ultimate stage by beating Germany. Three gold medals winner in Under 15 Events last year in Varazdin Annett KAUFMANN showed no mercy against Ioana SINGEORZAN and recorded quick straight games win to secure good start for Germany. Sophia KLEE could not stop Elena ZAHARIA. ZAHARIA leveled in superb style. Luciana MITROFAN expanded the gap after the victory over Naomi PRANJKOVIC before Annett and Elena fought hard against each other. Their duel met the expectations; it went full distance and in the fantastic finish KAUFMANN pushed Germany into the fifth match. Match between KLEE and SINGEORZAN went full distance and in the decisive game Romania’s player won 11:9. “I started a liitle bit slow but at the end everything came together. It is bad that Elena lost her match so we could finished earlier ” said SINGEROZAN.

In the final of the Under 15 Boy’s Teams Event at the 2020 Dunav Osiguranje European Youth Championships France will meet Sweden tomorrow in the Belgrade STAK Arena. France prevailed 3:1 against Hungary in the penultimate stage. Balazs LEI commenced the match against Antoine Jean Christian NOIRAULT in superb style and gave Hungary the lead. Flavien COTON brought back France to the game with the win over Botond Zoltan VARGA. LEI and Adam CSER faced Flavio MOURIER and Antoine Jean Christian NOIRAULT in doubles and France took over the the lead. The duel between COTON and LEI ended in favor of French player. “Balasz was very dangerous for us and he proved it tonight. It was very good and difficult match and we all had to be at the top of the game. In my match against LEI I was 2:1 up and had 8:3 before he managed to level. I had to stay calm and to remain my focus ” said COTON. In other semi final Ukraine’s Leonid YAKYMCHUK performed maturely against Noa DAHLSTROM. Noa could not find the answer for Leonid’s defending style of play. However Mykhailo LOVHA failed to continue in the same pace and William BERGENBLOCK nullified Ukraine’s advantage.Doubles composed of Nazarii SOLODKYI and Leonid YAKYMCHUK forced Peter ALESTEDT and William BERGENBLOCK to go full distance before Sweden took the lead in the match. BERGENBLOCK maintained his patience to overcome the defensive skills of YAKYMCHUK and led Sweden to the final. “Win in doubles secured our victory that was the important game. YAKYMCHUK is very good player but on the other side I am very good with that kind of play. I have very strong forehand and seized my opportunities ” said William BERGENBLOCK. Bulgaria forced top seeds to go full distance in the quarterfinal. Flavien COTON won both his matches against Stefan DIMITROV and Yoan VELICHKOV but Yoan beat Anthoine NOIRAULT and Bulgaria’s doubles also prevailed. “We were favorites but Bulgaria played very well and they took a lead at 2:1. That is why my match against their number one VELICHKOV was very important. I won 3:0 but it was 14:12 11:4 16:14… very difficult one ” said COTON. Hungary beat Israel 3:0. Balasz LEI and Botond VARGA overcame Natanel ABRAMOV and Uri ALMOUR. “Every match was very important but after my win over Uri I was sure we are going to pass to the next round ” said VARGA. It was much faster duel than one that Sweden was forced to go through against Czech Republic. Noa DAHLSTROM overcame Jindrich MORAVEK at the beginning and Jan SKLADA at the end. William BERGENBLOCK overcame SKLADA but after defeat in the doubles he also lost to MORAVEK. “It was tough. We had to fight for each point and that was the key to success never to give up. The opening match was very important. When Noa won 3:2 it was crucial ” said BERGENBLOCK. Ukraine overcame Romania. Leonid YAKYMCHUK and Mikhailo LOVHA overcame Luca OPREA and Rares CUESDEAN in three games. “I am proud of my team and all what have we done at this tournament. The game here is at very high level. Also the support we have from each other makes us very strong ” said Leonid.    

Romania was in the fast lane today in Stark Arena at the Dunav Osiguranje European Youth Championships and managed to reach the quarterfinal of the Under 19 Boy’s Teams Event after quick three matches against Hungary. They will meet Slovakia tomorrow; Turkiye will meet Poland France will play against Croatia and Belgium will face Italy. In Round of 16 Eduardo IONESCU Darius MOVILEANU and Iulian CHIRITA beat Hungary’s David SZANTOSI CHEN Yu Wei and Levente KREBS. “We were ready to play long match against Hungary because they have two very good players. The opening match between IONESCU and SZANTOSI was very important and the victory gave us the big push ” said Iulian CHIRITA. France beat England in another straight matches duel. Thibault PORET accounted for Felix THOMIS Alexis KOURAICHI continued in the same pace against Connor GREEN and Hugo DESCHAMPS sealed the match in the duel against Louis PRICE. “It was important for me to win the opening match to take away the pressure from the team. We expected this win but at this stage of the Championships it is never too easy ” said PORET. At the bottom side of the draw Poland proceeded to the quarters after victory over Czech Republic in straight matches. Milosz REDZIMSKI and Maciej KUBIK easily prevailed against Simon BELIK and Adam STALZER but after 2:0 Mateusz ZAELEWSKI faced great pressure from Radim MORAVEK. Radim managed to level but Mateusz withstood his spirited come back. “It was great performance from whole team.Every match was very important and Milosz and Maciej played at very high level. I had a good start with 2:0; I played very good but then I started to make too much mistakes. I am happy than I won at the end ” said Mateusz ZAELEWSKI. Belgium’s Adrien RASSENFOSSE Louis LAFFINEUR and Tom CLOSSET overcame Israel’s Itay AVIVI Tal ISRAELI and Eitay SHUSHAN 3:0. “It is good that we managed to finish the match 3:0 and to save some energy because this is very long tournament and our goal is to play in the closing stages. We want to reach at least semi final in the teams event. Of course dream is the highest step at the medal rostrum but lets go match after match. I proud of the performance of my team and I hope for the best basic on what we showed so far in Belgrade ” said Adrien RASSENFOSSE. Slovakia overcame Netherlands 3:1. Filip DELINCAK overcame kas VAN OOST Adam KLAJBER accounted for Gabrielius CAMARA whilst Barry BERBEN scored the only pint for Netherlands. In last match KLAJBER beat OOST. “We are aiming the medal here and I hope we will reach the medal rostrum ” said KLAJBER. Turkiye overcame Germany 3:1. Ugurcan DURSUN beat Andre BERTELSMEIER in the opening match. Hakan ISIK overcame Hannes HOERMANN and BERTELSMEIER. Vincent SENKBEIL scored the only point for Germany. “We reached the best 8 but we are aiming for more. We hope we will continue to play good at this tournament ” said ISIK. Croatia overcame Sweden 3:1. Borna PETEK and Ivor BAN wo0n two opening matches against David BJORKYARD and Max HEDBOM but Leo VEKIC lost his duel against Charlie WIDING. BAN beat BJORKYARD but he needed full five games again. “It was not easy we had to fight in each duel very hard. It was open duel up until last moment ” said BAN. Italy overcame Ukraine in five matches. Andrea PUPPO recorded two wins against Mykyta ZAVADA and Adrii GREBNIUK Tommaso GIOVANNETI beat ZAVADA whilst Nazar TRETIAK and GREBENIUK scored for Ukraine. “Ukraine has a very strong team especially GREBENIUK. My match against him was very stressful. I started that match under pressure because we were 1:2 down ” said PUPPO. In the Under 15 Boy’s Teams Event France overcame Germany in straight matches to reach the quarterfinal. They will meet Bulgaria. Bulgaria beat Greece previously. Israel will play against Hungary Sweden against Czech Republic and Romania will meet Ukraine. In Round 16 three matches went full distance: Sweden vs. Austria Czech Republic vs. Spain and Ukraine vs. Slovakia.  

In the quarterfinal of the Under 19 Girl’s Teams Event Romania will play against Croatia Germany will meet Czech Republic Poland will play against Ukraine and Sweden will meet France. Top seeded Romania showed no weakness in the match of the Round 16 against Slovenia. In straight matches Ioana SINGEORZAN Elena ZAHARIA and Liciana MOTROFAN prevailed against Sara TOKIC Enya MOLTARA and Polona HORVAT. “It was easy match Only Ioana was challenged in the duel against top Slovenia’s player Sara TOKIC. Nevertheless we are happy that we won this one and we are already focused on the next one. We are here to win the gold and so far everything is going as we expected ” said ZAHARIA. Their next adversary team of Croatia also concluded the Round 16 duel in straight matches. They overcame Slovakia. Zrinka REBIC beat Dominika WILTSCHKOVA Hana ARAPOVIC overcame Adriana ILLASOVA whilst Bruna BOROVEC prevailed against Ema CINCUROVA. “I am very pleased with the way we played. I never thought it will be easy as it was. Zrinka’s victory in the opening phase of the match gave us good push forward ” said ARAPOVIC. Germany also saved some energy after quick 3:0 win over Belgium. European cadet champion from last year Annett KAUFMANN overcame Sara DEVOS to give Germany dream start. Sophia KLEE and Mia GRIESEL overcome Julie VAN HAUWAERT and Eloise DUVIVER to follow her tracks. “The fact that we won all our individual matches 3:0 shows how focused we were. We are very happy that we reached the quarters in this style it gives us self confidence ” said Sophia KLEE. Sweden overcame England in straight matches. Matilda HANSSON prevailed against Mari BALDWIN Rebecca MUSKANTOR beat Jasmin WONG and Leah TVEIT MUSCANTOR overcame Anaya PATEL. “It was very good match. Everyone did a good job. We stayed focused from the beginning until the end. Matilda’s win gave us good confidence ” said Leah TVEIT MUSCANTOR. Poland carried on the trend of fast matches. They overcame Spain. Zuzanna WIELGOS overcame Silvia COLL Wiktoria WROBEL beat Ainhoa CRISTOBAL and Anna BRZYSKA accounted for Eugenia SASTRE. “The match was much harder than the results predicts. Two opening matches went full distance and could finish either way. We proved we were better in the closing stage when it meters ” said Anna BRZYSKA. Serbia failed to produce the victory over Czech Republic after thrilling two hours of play. Reka BEZEG beat Helena SOMMEROVA at the beginning but after that Czech Republic changed the course of the match. Klara HRABICOVA overcame Radmila TOMINJIAK and BEZEG in the last duel. On position no. three Anna KLEMPEREROVA beat Dusica TODOROVIC. “I am very satisfied with the performance of the girls. They did a great job in the very difficult match. Our goal was to reach the quarters and now we are under less pressure. Our main strength is the equal level of all players however HRABICOVA stands up today with two wins and that was crucial ” said Jaroslaw MIKESKA. Veronika MATIUNINA were the back bone of Ukraine’s success in the match h against Lithuania. She won both her matches against Emilia and Kornelia RILISYTE. Ioalanta was stretched to full distance in the middle in the match against Laura ABRAVICIUTE whilst Kornelia won the only point for Lithuania in the match against Alina VYDRUCHENKO. “It was very hard for us we fought very hard. The crucial moment was Ioalnta’s win in third match. She was down 6:10 in fifth game and she recovered to win the decisive game 15:13. That was incredible win ” said MATIUNINA. Charlotte LUTZ led team of France to the victory over Portugal. LUTZ overcame Matilde PINTO and Ines MATOS WHILST Agathe AVEZOU overcame Patricia SANTOS. Ines beat Lucie MOBAREK to secure one point for Portugal. The fastest match in the Round of 16 in Under 15 Girl’s Teams Event was the duel between Turkiye and Slovakia. Turkiye moved forward to meet Poland. Polish team overcame Moldova. Top seeds Romania overcame Spain and they will play against Ukraine for the place in the semi final. Ukraine overcame Czech Republic. Germany beat Lithuania Portugal overcame Israel. Hungary prevailed against Croatia.

On the second day of play at the 2022 Dunav Osiguranje European Youth Championships in Belgrade morning session in the Under 19 Boy’s Teams Event did not bring any major upsets. Romania Poland Belgium and France justified their status by recording all three victories. Romania’s Darius MOVILEANU Eduard IONESCU and Iulian CHIRITA added win over Sweden o their list and booked the top position in the Group A. Germany is second with only one win. Sweden and Switzerland also had one. Sweden beat Germany but they lost to Switzerland. In Group B everything was clear no additional mathematics was required. Poland’s Maciej KUBIK Milosz REDZIMSKI and Szymon KOLASA secured wins over Italy and Spain whilst Mateusz ZALEWSKI and Patryk LEWANDOWSKI had their moments against Portugal. Italy is second. Belgium’s Adrien RASSENFOSSE Louis LAFFINEUR and Tom CLOSSET were on duty on the opening day whilst today Alessi MASSART got the chance to play instead of RASSENFOSSE in the match against Norway. Croatia is second behind Belgium. In Group D Alexis KOURAICHI Thibault PORET Adrien COTON and Hugo DESCHAMPS beat Czech Republic Slovakia and Ukraine. Despite the defeat in the thrilling duel against Czech Republic Slovakia is second. In Under 15 Boy’s Teams Event in Group A France and Romania secured the points after their duels against Spain and Belgium. In Group B Spain and Germany also recorded opening round wins against Israel and Turkiye. In Group C Hungary beat Switzerland whilst Czech Republic accounted for Portugal.The winners of the Balkan Championships Bulgaria created the upset by beating top seeds in Group D – Poland. Sweden overcame Croatia.

At the Under 19 Girl’s Teams Event at the 2022 Dunav Osiguranje European Youth Championships three out of for top seeds concluded group stage without losing match nor individual duel. Romania France and Poland have 9:0 score whilst Germany won all three matches but had to go full distance in one. Romania in Group A overcame Sweden Ukraine and Moldova. With only one defeat Sweden is second. In all three matches Ioana SINGEORZAN Elena ZAHARIA and Luciana MITROFAN were on duty for Romania. In the same Group Ukraine beat Moldova.In Group B France represented by Clea de STOPPELEIRE Agathe Anne AVEZOU Charlotte LUTZ and Lucie MOBAREK beat all Spain Czech Republic and Turkiye in straight matches. Czech Republic over-jump Spain and finished second. Spain beat Turkiye. Group C was the only one where the favorite stumbled. Top seeded Italy is only third at the standings. Poland with three 3:0 wins is at the top. Poland’s Zuzanna WIELGOS Anna BRZYSKA Ilona SZTWIERTINA and Wiktoria WROBEL showed no mercy. Slovakia is second and Italy only third. In Group D Germany was stretched to full distance against Croatia. Naomi PRANJKOVIC Sophia KLEE Annett KAUFMANN and Mia GRIESEL beat Lithuania and Hungary in straight matches in remaining two duels. Lithuania is second with one win same as Croatia and Hungary. In Under 15 Girls’s Teams Event Romanian team is equally impressive in younger as it is in older categories. Bianca MEI ROSU and Alesia Sofia SFERLEA book the top position in Group A. They accounted for Hungary Slovakia and Slovenia. Poland’s Natalia BOGDANOWICZ Zofia SLIWKA and Karolina HOLDA also progressed to the next phase unbeaten. Czech Republic is second. In Group C Portugal’s Mariana SANTA COMBA Julia LEAL and Beatriz PINTO upset the favorites and secured top position. They overcame Germany to took their spot. France had almost trouble free path. Elise PUJOL Nina GUO ZHENG and Gaetane BLED beat Spain and Croatia in straight matches but were forced to go full distance against Turkiye. Turkiye is second.

The top four seeds at the Dunav Osiguranje European Youth Championship Under 19 Boy’s Event showed good shape at the opening stage of the Event. Romania Poland Belgium and France all recored victories in first match of the Group phase. Romania’s Darius MOVILEANU Eduard IONESCU and Iulian CHIRITA overcame Switzerland in straight matches. However Sweden’s David BJORKRYD Max HEDBOM and Charlie WIDING needed one more to create an upset and to overcame Germany. In Group B Poland’s Maciej KUBIK Milosz REDZIMSKI and Szymon KOLASA overcame Spain and Italy’s Tommaso GIOVANNETI Andrea PUPPO and Miguel PANTOJA joined them at the top of the standings with the victory over Portugal. Belgium’s Adrien RASSENFOSSE Louis LAFFINEUR and Tom CLOSSET accounted for Hungary in straight matches whilst Croatia faced much harder challenge. They were stretched to full distance in the match against Norway. Ivor BAN was the backbone of the team’s success with two wins over Sebastian FLAATTEN and Alexander FRANSSON. France beat Slovakia 3:0 in the duel where only Alexis KOURAICHI was under severe pressure. Thibault PORET and Hugo DESCHAMPS faced less problems. Ukraine beat the odds and overcame Slovakia Andrii GREBENIUK Nazar TRETIAK and Mykyta ZAVADA succeeded in four matches. In Under 15 Boy’s Teams Event in Group A France and Romania secured the points after their duels against Spain and Belgium. In Group B Spain and Germany also recorded opening round wins against Israel and Turkiye.  In Group C Hungary beat Switzerland whilst Czech Republic accounted for Portugal. The winners of the Balkan Championships Bulgaria created the upset by beating top seeds in Group D – Poland. Sweden overcame Croatia.

Dunav Osiguranje European Youth Championships commenced today in Belgrade. The Group stage in all four events were on the program.  In Under 19 Girl’s Teams Romania’s Ioana SINGEORZAN Elena ZAHARIA and Luciana MITROFAN justified their status by beating Ukraine in straight matches. Sweden’s Matilda HANSSON Rebecca MUSCANTOR and Leah TVEIT MUSCANTOR followed their path and overcame Moldova without due alarm. In Group B French team consist of Agathe Anne AVEZOU Charlotte LUTZ and Lucie MOBAREK secured opening round win against Czech Republic 3:0. Spain also recorded victory. Eugenia SASTRE Ainhoa CRISTOBAL and Elvira RAD overcame Turkyie 3:0.The only favorite who failed to score in the opening round was Italy. The leading team in Group C lost to Slovakia after full five matches duel. Celeste LEOGRANDE gave Italy dream start with the victory over Dominika WILTSCHKOVA. Dominika also lost to Nicole ARLIA but Adriana ILLADSOVA recored two wins and Ema CINCUROVA added third point to the scoreboard.Poland’s Zuzanna WIELGOS Anna BRZYSKA and Wiktoria WROBEL overcome tam of Norway. In Group D maters went according to seedings. Germany’s Sophia KLEE Annett KAUFMANN and Mia GRIESEL overcame Hungary. Croatia’s Zrinka REBIC Hana ARAPOVIC and Bruna BOREVEC prevailed against team of Lithuania. In Under 15 Girls’s Event Romania and Hungary topping the Group A after victories over Slovakia and Slovenia. Poland and Czech Republic overcame Belgium and Bulgaria; Germany and Portugal succeeded against Ukraine and Austria whilst Whilst France and Turkiye beat Croatia and Spain.