Reigning champions ttc Berlin eastside succeeded to the quarterfinal of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women. At the tournament held in Berlin hosts recorded three thrilling victories in Stage 2. With one victory less CP Lyssois Lille Métropole also moved to the next stage of the Event. In the last match ttc Berlin eastside was forced to go full five matches against GDCS Juncal for a third time at the tournament. SHAN Xiaona beat both her matches against Tatiana GARNOVA and Janet EFFIOM whilst Sabina SURJAN added third point after the victory over EFFIOM. Raquel ANDRADE and GARNOVA scored for GDCS Juncal. The match between CP Lyssois Lille Métropole and SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club decided second qualifier for the quarters of the TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League and once again in Group A it went full distance. All three players Linda BERGSTROM Andrea TODOROVIC and Sibel ALTINKAYA gave their contribution. At Hungarian side it was only Georgina POTA who scored. Group A Day 2 ttc Berlin Eastside – GDCS Juncal 3:2 SHAN Xiaona – Tatiana GARNOVA 3:0 (14:12 11:5 11:9) Sabina SURJAN – Janet EFFIOM 3:0 (11:3 11:5 11:9) Johanna SALZMANN – Raquel ANDRADE 0:3 (11:13 4:11 6:11) Sabina SURJAN – Tatiana GARNOVA 1:3 (6:11 3:11 11:6 8:11) SHAN Xiaona – Janet EFFIOM 3:0 (11:3 11:6 11:7) SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club – CP Lyssois Lille Métropole 2:3 Maria FAZEKAS – Linda BERGSTROM 0:3 (4:11 5:11 7:11) Georgina POTA – Sibel ALTINKAYA 3:2 (11:9 8:11 12:10 7:11 6:5) Helga DARI – Andrea TODOROVIC 1:3 (5:11 14:12 11:13 4:11) Georgina POTA – Linda BERGSTROM 3:2 (8:11 12:10 11:6 8:11 6:2) Maria FAZEKAS – Sibel ALTINKAYA 0:3 (3:11 2:11 11:13) Day 1 Gdcs Juncal – SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club 2:3 Tatiana GARNOVA – Maria FAZEKAS 3:1 (11:5 8:11 11:2 11:9) Raquel ANDRADE – Georgina POTA 0:3 (2:11 3:11 6:11) Janet EFFIOM – Helga DARI 1:3 (5:11 5:11 11:7 10:12) Tatiana GARNOVA – Georgina POTA 3:2 (11:8 10:12 8:11 12:10 6:4) Raquel ANDRADE – Maria FAZEKAS 0:3 (4:11 5:11 11:13) CP Lyssois Lille Métropole – ttc Berlin Eastside 2:3 Linda BERGSTROM – Nina MITTELHAM 3:2 (11:7 11:13 11:6 7:11 6:3) Sibel ALTINKAYA – Xiaona SHAN 1:3 (10:12 11:7 7:11 4:11) Andrea TODOROVIC – Sabina SURJAN 2:3 (11:9 8:11 11:3 9:11 4:6) Linda BERGSTROM – Xiaona SHAN 3:2 (9:11 8:11 11:6 12:10 6:4) Sibel ALTINKAYA – Nina MITTELHAM 0:3 (7:11 9:11 6:11) TTC Berlin Eastside – SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club 3:2 Xiaona SHAN – Maria FAZEKAS 3:0 (11:6 11:2 11:9) Nina MITTELHAM – Georgina POTA 2:3 (9:11 11:7 11:8 8:11 4:6) Sabina SURJAN – Helga DARI 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:9) Xiaona SHAN – Georgina POTA 0:3 (9:11 9:11 9:11) Nina MITTELHAM – Maria FAZEKAS 3:0 (11:9 11:7 11:4) CP Lyssois Lille Métropole – GDCS Juncal 3:1 Andrea TODOROVIC – Tatiana GARNOVA 1:3 (10:12 5:11 11:8 9:11) Linda BERGSTROM – Janet EFFIOM 3:0 (11:5 11:7 11:7) Sibel ALTINKAYA – Raquel ANDRADE 3:0 (11:4 11:9 11:5) Linda BERGSTROM – Tatiana GARNOVA (11:5 9:11 11:5 10:12 6:5)
Day for thrillers in Berlin and Metz
Reigning champions ttc Berlin Eastside had a tough matches at the opening of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women Stage 2. In Group A hosts were stretched to full distance against CP Lyssois Lille Métropole and against SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club. Linda BERGSTROM overcame Europe Top 16 Cup winner Nina MITTELHAM at the beginning of the match between ttc Berlin Eastside and CP Lyssois Lille Métropole. Swede also repeated the success against SHAN Xiaona but both SHAN and Nina prevailed against Sibel ALTINKAYA. In all-Serbian duel in five games Sabina SURJANA overcame Andrea TODOROVIC. In second match same trio from the Berlin’s club faced tough challenge from Hungarian side led by Georgina POTA. POTA beat Nina MITTELHAM in five games whilst she needed only three for SHAN. Last year’s runners up in the Europe Cup SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club also faced very strong opposition in the opening duel in the Group. GDCS Juncal forced Hungarian club to go full distance but both points came from just one player Tatiana GARNOVA. Tatiana beat Maria FAZEKAS in the opening encounter of the match and then overcame Georgina POTA in five games. On the other side of the net all three players from SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club scored. POTA and FAZEKAS beat Raquel ANDRADE and Helga DARI prevailed against Janet EFFIOM. Clubs that had the big success in the Europe Cup previously Girbau-Vic TT and TTC Novi Sad met today in the opening round of the Group B. Novi Sad created an upset and overcame Spanish side. All three players from Serbia Tijana JOKIC Aneta MAKSUTI and Radmila TOMINJAK scored whilst in Spanish club it was only Sofia XUAN ZHANG who won one match. Girbau VIC lost to Metz day earlier. Adina DIACONU added two wins today to her score board to push Metz to five matches win against SKST PLUS Hodonin. In the decisive encounter Mariia TAILAKOVA overcame Tetyana BILENKO. Group A Gdcs Juncal – SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club 2:3 Tatiana GARNOVA – Maria FAZEKAS 3:1 (11:5 8:11 11:2 11:9) Raquel ANDRADE – Georgina POTA 0:3 (2:11 3:11 6:11) Janet EFFIOM – Helga DARI 1:3 (5:11 5:11 11:7 10:12) Tatiana GARNOVA – Georgina POTA 3:2 (11:8 10:12 8:11 12:10 6:4) Raquel ANDRADE – Maria FAZEKAS 0:3 (4:11 5:11 11:13) CP Lyssois Lille Métropole – ttc Berlin Eastside 2:3 Linda BERGSTROM – Nina MITTELHAM 3:2 (11:7 11:13 11:6 7:11 6:3) Sibel ALTINKAYA – Xiaona SHAN 1:3 (10:12 11:7 7:11 4:11) Andrea TODOROVIC – Sabina SURJAN 2:3 (11:9 8:11 11:3 9:11 4:6) Linda BERGSTROM – Xiaona SHAN 3:2 (9:11 8:11 11:6 12:10 6:4) Sibel ALTINKAYA – Nina MITTELHAM 0:3 (7:11 9:11 6:11) TTC Berlin Eastside – SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club 3:2 Xiaona SHAN – Maria FAZEKAS 3:0 (11:6 11:2 11:9) Nina MITTELHAM – Georgina POTA 2:3 (9:11 11:7 11:8 8:11 4:6) Sabina SURJAN – Helga DARI 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:9) Xiaona SHAN – Georgina POTA 0:3 (9:11 9:11 9:11) Nina MITTELHAM – Maria FAZEKAS 3:0 (11:9 11:7 11:4) CP Lyssois Lille Métropole – GDCS Juncal 3:1 Andrea TODOROVIC – Tatiana GARNOVA 1:3 (10:12 5:11 11:8 9:11) Linda BERGSTROM – Janet EFFIOM 3:0 (11:5 11:7 11:7) Sibel ALTINKAYA – Raquel ANDRADE 3:0 (11:4 11:9 11:5) Linda BERGSTROM – Tatiana GARNOVA (11:5 9:11 11:5 10:12 6:5) Group B Day 2 Girbau-Vic TT – TTC Novi Sad 1:3 Tamolwan KHETKHUAN – Tijana JOKIC 1:3 (9:11 11:8 10:12 9:11) Sofia-Xuan ZHANG – Aneta MAKSUTI 3:2 (9:11 12:10 8:11 11:7 6:4) Charlotte CAREY – Radmila TOMINJAK 1:3 (3:11 9:11 11:5 10:12) Tamolwan KHETKHUAN – Aneta MAKSUTI 0:3 (6:11 12:14 8:11) Metz TT – SKST PLUS Hodonin 3:2 Adina DIACONU – Tetyana BILENKO 3:0 (15:13 14:12 11:7) Dina MESHREF – Sakura MORI 2:3 (11:7 11:9 7:11 3:11 1:6) Jiaduo WU – Natalia PARTYKA 1:3 (5:11 11:7 7:11 6:11) Adina DIACONU – Sakura MORI 3:0 (11:4 15:13 11:8) Mariia TAILAKOVA – Tetyana BILENKO 3:2 (11:5 9:11 11:6 7:11 6:0) Day 1 TTC Novi Sad – SKST PLUS Hodonin 1:3 Reka BEZEG – Sakura MORI 0:3 (1:11 5:11 4:11) Tijana JOKIC – Natalia PARTYKA 3:1 (7:11 11:9 12:10 11:7) Aneta MAKSUTI – Tetyana BILENKO 0:3 (2:11 8:11 8:11) Tijana JOKIC – Sakura MORI 0:3 (4:11 4:11 5:11) Girbau-Vic Tt – Metz TT 0:3 Sofia-Xuan ZHANG – Dina MESHREF 1:3 (6:11 11:8 4:11 4:11) Tamolwan KHETKHUAN – Adina DIACONU 0:3 (1:11 6:11 8:11) Charlotte CAREY – Mariia TAILAKOVA 0:3 (7:11 7:11 7:11)
1. FC Saarbrücken TT and Fakel Gazprom Orenburg moving forward in big style
In Group C and D in the TT European Champions League Men favorites are unbeaten after two days of play. 1. FC Saarbrücken TT and Fakel Gazprom Orenburg clinched two wins each. In Group D Fakel Gazprom Orenburg justified their rankings and overcame the hosts KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki. The back bone of Orenburg success was Hugo CALDERANO once again. He overcame Marek BADOWSKI and CHUANG Chih-Yuan. Marcos FREITAS joined him with the victory over Panagiotis GIONIS. TTC Neu-Ulm overcame SF SKK El Nino Praha so they will play against Bogoria tomorrow for the second remaining place in the quarterfinal. Day earlier Truls MOREGARD beat Patrick FRANZISKA to show splendid form but 1. FC Saarbrücken TT proved too strong for K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo. Today Swede repeated the good performance and led Polish club into the victory against AS Pontoise Cergy. French side still cannot count on Tristan FLORE and Quentin ROBINOT their top two players. Moregrad beat Rafael CABRERA Jakub DYJAS proved too strong for Emmanuel LEBESSON and Taimu ARINOBU overcame Adrien MATTENET. Both matches in Germany concluded by 3:0 margin. In second 1. FC Saarbrücken TT overcame Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 3:0. In addition Darko JORGIC Patrick FRANZISKA and Tomas POLANSKY beat Jens LUNDQVIST Mikkel HINDERSSON and Allan BENTSEN in straight games. Group C Day 2 K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo – AS Pontoise Cergy 3:0 Truls MOREGARD – Rafael CABRERA 3:0 (11:1 11:5 11:6) Jakub DYJAS – Emmanuel LEBESSON 3:1 (12:10 9:11 11:9 12:10) Taimu ARINOBU – Adrien MATTENET 3:1 (6:11 11:8 11:5 11:6) FC Saarbrücken TT – Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 3:0 Darko JORGIC – Jens LUNDQVIST 3:0 (11:7 11:9 14:12) Patrick FRANZISKA – Mikkel HINDERSSON 3:0 (11:6 11:1 11:4) Tomas POLANSKY – Allan BENTSEN 3:0 (11:4 11:9 11:7) Day 1 K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo – 1. FC Saarbrücken TT 1:3 Jakub DYJAS – Darko JORGIC 1:3 (9:11 8:11 14:12 6:11) Truls MOREGARD – Patrick FRANZISKA 3:2 (11:13 11:7 11:8 9:11 6:5) Taimu ARINOBU – Tomas POLANSKY 1:3 (11:7 10:12 13:15 5:11) Jakub DYJAS – Patrick FRANZISKA 0:3 (5:11 11:13 7:11) AS Pontoise Cergy – Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 2:3 Rafael CABRERA – Jens LUNDQVIST 0:3 (8:11 4:11 3:11) Emmanuel LEBESSON – Michael MAZE 3:1 (10:12 11:9 11:6 11:7) Adrien MATTENET – Mikkel HINDERSSON 3:0 (11:8 11:9 11:8) Emmanuel LEBESSON – Jens LUNDQVIST 2:3 (3:11 4:11 11:5 11:7 4:6) Rafael CABRERA – Michael MAZE 0:3 (2:11 9:11 1:11) Group D Day 2 Fakel Gazprom Orenburg – KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 3:1 LIN Yun-Ju – CHUANG Chih-Yuan 2:3 (11:9 4:11 9:11 11:6 5:6) Hugo CALDERANO – Marek BADOWSKI 3:0 (11:5 11:1 12:10) Marcos FREITAS – Panagiotis GIONIS 3:2 (11:1 10:12 5:11 11:4 6:1) Hugo CALDERANO – Chih-Yuan CHUANG 3:1 (10:12 11:5 11:4 11:8) TTC Neu-Ulm – SF SKK El Nino Praha 3:1 Lev KATSMAN – Jakub ZELINKA 3:1 (11:3 8:11 11:7 11:8) Vladimir SIDORENKO – Jiri VRABLIK 1:3 (11:9 9:11 7:11 7:11) Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS – Frantisek ONDERKA 3:0 (11:7 11:6 11:3) Lev KATSMAN – Jiri VRABLIK 3:1 (11:7 8:11 11:5 11:6) Day 1 Fakel Gazprom Orenburg – TTC Neu-Ulm 3:2 LIN Yun Ju – Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 2:3 (11:4 5:11 8:11 11:5 4:6) Hugo CALDERANO – Lev KATSMAN 3:1 (9:11 11:2 11:9 11:5) Marcos FREITAS – Vladimir SIDORENKO 3:0 (11:4 11:7 11:7) LIN Yun Ju – Lev KATSMAN 2:3 (12:14 11:6 8:11 11:3 2:6) Hugo CALDERANO – Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 3:0 (11:2 20:18 11:7) SF SKK El Nino Praha – KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 1:3 Jiri VRABLIK – Chih-Yuan CHUANG 3:2 (11:6 10:12 6:11 11:5 6:2) Frantisek ONDERKA – Panagiotis GIONIS 0:3 (9:11 5:11 6:11) Jakub ZELINKA – Marek BADOWSKI 2:3 (9:11 4:11 11:9 11:7 2:6) Jiri VRABLIK – Panagiotis GIONIS 2:3 (8:11 11:4 3:11 11:6 3:6)
Both French clubs ETIVAL Clairefontaine ASRTT and TT Saint Quentin among top 8
In the direct clash for the top position in the Group C in the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women Stage 2 ETIVAL Clairefontaine ASRTT beat the hosts TT Saint Quentin in four matches. Both clubs progressed to the next phase. In the clash for the third position and the place in the Europe Cup UCAM Cartagena overcame TTC NanoTech Villach. Today only Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN managed to score in the TT Saint Quentin’s team. She overcame Hana MATELOVA in straight games. SHAO Jieni was stretched to full distance but prevailed by “sudden death point” against Polina MIKHAYLOVA in the opening match. Also in the decisive match SHAO proved that she has a better nerves. In the fifth game of the fifth match she overcame Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN. UCAM Cartagena beat TTC NanoTech Villach to reach position no. three at the standings and the place in the Europe Cup in the proceedings of the season. Spanish side won the ETTU Cup in three occasions. It was the first victory for Ucam Cartagena at this tournament. Group C Day 2 TT Saint Quentin – ETIVAL Clairefontaine ASRTT 1:3 Polina MIKHAYLOVA – Jieni SHAO 2:3 (11:8 11:7 6:11 4:11 5:6) Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN – Hana MATELOVA 3:0 (11:8 12:10 11:6) Sarah DE NUTTE – Camelia IACOB 1:3 (11:13 11:13 9:11) Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN – Jieni SHAO 2:3 (5:11 11:8 11:8 9:11 1:6) Ucam Cartagena – TTC NanoTech Villach 3:0 Fen LI – Anna FENYVESI 3:0 (11:5 11:2 11:2) Dora MADARASZ – Ivana MALOBABIC 3:0 (11:4 11:5 11:5) Maria XIAO – Ina JAZBEC 3:1 (11:9 7:11 14:12 11:4) Day 1 ETIVAL CLAIREFONTAINE ASRTT – UCAM Cartagena 3:2 Hana MATELOVA – Fen LI 3:1 (13:11 13:11 11:13 11:7) Jieni SHAO – Dora MADARASZ 3:1 (11:8 11:5 6:11 11:6) Marie MIGOT – Maria XIAO 0:3 (6:11 6:11 6:11) Jieni SHAO – Fen LI 1:3 (11:7 8:11 9:11 8:11) Hana MATELOVA- Dora MADARASZ 3:2 (11:4 11:13 11:3 4:11 6:4) TTC NanoTech Villach – TT Saint Quentin 0:3 Anna FENYVESI – Polina MIKHAYLOVA 0:3 (9:11 1:11 7:11) Ivana MALOBABIC – Sarah DE NUTTE 1:3 (13:11 4:11 4:11 7:11) Ida JAZBEC – Aurore LE MANSEC 2:3 (11:5 6:11 11:7 9:11 5:6) Tt Saint Quentin – Ucam Cartagena 3:1 Polina MIKHAYLOVA – Fen LI 3:2 (11:8 8:11 11:4 13:15 6:1) Daniela MONTEIRO DODEAN – Maria XIAO 3:2 (10:12 8:11 11:8 11:6 6:5) Sarah DE NUTTE – Dora MADARASZ 1:3 (11:6 4:11 7:11 10:12) Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN – Fen LI 3:2 (11:9 12:10 10:12 8:11 6:4) TTC NanoTech Villach – ETIVAL CLAIREFONTAINE ASRTT 1:3 Ida JAZBEC – Hana MATELOVA (5:11 10:12 3:11) Ivana MALOBABIC – Marie MIGOT 3:2 (7:11 11:5 12:10 4:11 6:3) Anna FENYVESI – Camelia IACOB 1:3 (5:11 14:12 8:11 8:11) Ivana MALOBABIC – Hana MATELOVA 0:3 (4:11 8:11 10:12)
TTSC UMMC and GV Hennebont TT clinched top two positions in Group B
The fights for the two positions that leads to the quarterfinal of the TT European Champions Legue Men are finished in Group B. At the top of the Group is TTSC UMMC who had tough moments in Verkhnaya Pyshma whilst second position is secured by French Gv Hennebont TT. Top Spin Messina Fontalba went full distance twice in previous two days but today’s defeat put them at the position no. three and they will move to the Europe Cup. TTSC UMMC lost yesterday against GV Hennebont TT but today they were at the top of the game against Italian side. Three clubs has two wins and one defeat but TTSC UMMC knew how won the “right match”. “We were struggling it was not easy tournament for us but most important thing is that we are in the quarterfinal ” said GROTH who was ill before the tournament and joined the club at the last moment. Gv Hennebont TT beat Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt. They lost to Top Spin Messina Fontalba at the opening day. Group B Day 3 Gv Hennebont TT – Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt 3:1 Omar ASSAR – Frane Tomislav KOJIC 3:0 (11:7 15:13 12:10) Cedric NUYTINCK – Felix WETZEL 3:0 (11:4 13:11 11:8) Sadi ISMAILOV – Tomas KONECNY 1:3 (8:11 11:9 9:11 7:11) Omar ASSAR – Felix WETZEL 3:1 (9:11 11:5 13:11 11:8) TTSC UMMC – Top Spin Messina Fontalba 3:1 Tomislav PUCAR – Matteo MUTTI 3:1 (11:9 4:11 11:3 11:5) Liam PITCHFORD – Joao MONTEIRO 2:3 (5:11 6:11 11:2 12:10 3:6) Jonathan GROTH – Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 3:1 (11:6 11:5 8:11 11:4) Liam PITCHFORD – Marco RECH DALDOSSO 3:0 (11:7 11:4 11:3) Day 2 Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt – Top Spin Messina Fontalba 2:3 Tomas KONECNY – Marco RECH DALDOSSO 0:3 (3:11 8:11 2:11) Frane Tomislav KOJIC – Joao MONTEIRO 3:1 (8:11 11:9 5:11 11:6 6:1) Felix WETZEL- Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 1:3 (11:7 12:14 7:11 6:11) Frane Tomislav KOJIC – Marco RECH DALDOSSO 3:1 (11:6 9:11 11:5 11:7) Tomas KONECNY – Joao MONTEIRO 1:3 (11:9 8:11 10:12 7:11) TTSC UMMC – GV Hennebont TT 2:3 Tomislav PUCAR – Anders LIND 1:3 (11:4 11:13 9:11 6:11) Liam PITCHFORD – Omar ASSAR 3:0 (14:12 12:10 11:7) Jonathan GROTH – Sadi ISMAILOV 2:3 (11:6 8:11 9:11 11:8 0:6) Liam PITCHFORD – Anders LIND 3:1 (8:11 11:4 11:6 11:9) Tomislav PUCAR – Omar ASSAR 2:3 (8:11 11:6 11:8 12:14 2:6) Day 1 Top Spin Messina Fontalba – GV Hennebont TT 3:2 Joao MONTEIRO – Omar ASSAR 2:3 (11:6 9:11 11:9 7:11 4:6) Matteo MUTTI – Cedric NUYTINCK 3:1 (7:11 11:9 11:9 11:7) Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO – Anders LIND 3:2 (11:6 10:12 8:11 11:5 6:1) Matteo MUTTI – Omar ASSAR 0:3 (8:11 6:11 6:11) Joao MONTEIRO – Sadi ISMAILOV 3:1 (9:11 11:9 11:8 11:6) Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt – TTSC UMMC 0:3 Frane Tomislav KOJIC – Liam PITCHFORD 2:3 (9:11 5:11 13:11 12:10 3:6) Tomas KONECNY – Tomislav PUCAR 1:3 (5:11 11:5 9:11 8:11) Felix WETZEL – Jonathan GROTH 0:3 (7:11 4:11 2:11)
KS Dartom Bogoria and 1. FC Saarbrücken TT had a good day at home
In the TT European Champions League Men Group D led by fantastic Hugo CALDERANO favorites Fakel Gazprom Orenburg secured close 3:2 win over inspired TTC Neu-Ulm. In Germany in Group C 1. FC Saarbrücken TT secured opening match win against K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo. TTC Neu-Ulm’s Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS gave Germany’s team dream start against LIN Yun Ju but Fakel Gazprom Orenburg’s CALDERANO proved too strong for Lev KATSMAN and young Greek star in the fourth match. In the “middle” Marcos FREITAS beat Vladimir SIDORENKO. Hosts KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki beat SF SKK El Nino Praha in less dramatic style. Panagiotis GIONIS secured two wins against Frantisek ONDERKA and Jiri VRABLIK whilst Marek BADOWSKI beat Jakub ZELINKA. Chih-Yuan CHUANG lost to VRABLIK. In Group C Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 were stretched to full distance against AS Pontoise Cergy before Michael MAZE sealed the match with the 3:0 win over Rafael CABRERA. Jens LUNDQVIST added another two wins on Danish score board. 1.FC Saarbrücken TT had a good start with Darko JORGIC overcoming Jakub DYJAS but Truls MOREGARD managed to level with the victory over Patrick FRANZISKA. He won by sudden death point. Tomas POLANSKY made a gap again with the win over Taimu ARINOBU and in the last match FRANZISKA posted straight games victory over DYJAS. Group C Day 1 K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo – 1. FC Saarbrücken TT 1:3 Jakub DYJAS – Darko JORGIC 1:3 (9:11 8:11 14:12 6:11) Truls MOREGARD – Patrick FRANZISKA 3:2 (11:13 11:7 11:8 9:11 6:5) Taimu ARINOBU – Tomas POLANSKY 1:3 (11:7 10:12 13:15 5:11) Jakub DYJAS – Patrick FRANZISKA 0:3 (5:11 11:13 7:11) AS Pontoise Cergy – Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 2:3 Rafael CABRERA – Jens LUNDQVIST 0:3 (8:11 4:11 3:11) Emmanuel LEBESSON – Michael MAZE 3:1 (10:12 11:9 11:6 11:7) Adrien MATTENET – Mikkel HINDERSSON 3:0 (11:8 11:9 11:8) Emmanuel LEBESSON – Jens LUNDQVIST 2:3 (3:11 4:11 11:5 11:7 4:6) Rafael CABRERA – Michael MAZE 0:3 (2:11 9:11 1:11) Group D Day 1 Fakel Gazprom Orenburg – TTC Neu-Ulm 3:2 LIN Yun Ju – Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 2:3 (11:4 5:11 8:11 11:5 4:6) Hugo CALDERANO – Lev KATSMAN 3:1 (9:11 11:2 11:9 11:5) Marcos FREITAS – Vladimir SIDORENKO 3:0 (11:4 11:7 11:7) LIN Yun Ju – Lev KATSMAN 2:3 (12:14 11:6 8:11 11:3 2:6) Hugo CALDERANO – Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 3:0 (11:2 20:18 11:7) SF SKK El Nino Praha – KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 1:3 Jiri VRABLIK – Chih-Yuan CHUANG 3:2 (11:6 10:12 6:11 11:5 6:2) Frantisek ONDERKA – Panagiotis GIONIS 0:3 (9:11 5:11 6:11) Jakub ZELINKA – Marek BADOWSKI 2:3 (9:11 4:11 11:9 11:7 2:6) Jiri VRABLIK – Panagiotis GIONIS 2:3 (8:11 11:4 3:11 11:6 3:6)
French clubs in superb shape in TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women
The matches in the Group B and C of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women Stage 2 commenced today in France. In both Groups hosts Metz TT and TT Saint Quentin showed top performance. In Group B Metz needed only three matches to beat Spanish Girbau Vic TT. Dina MESHREF Adina DIACONU and Mariia TAILAKOVA easily prevailed against Sofia-Xuan ZHANG Tamolwan KHETKHUAN Charlotte CAREY with only Dina losing one game in the process. SKST PLUS Hodonin overcame Novi Sad as it was expected but still Tijana JOKIC managed to beat the odds and overcame Natalia PARTYKA. Sakura MORI and Tetyana BILENKO showed no mercy against Reka BEZEG and Aneta MAKSUTI. In Group C four matches were on program today. TT Saint Quentin made a great step toward quarterfinal. They won both their encounters. Polina MIKHAYLOVA Sarah DE NUTTE and Aurore LE MANSEC beat Austria’s TTC NanoTech Villach whilst Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN joined MIKHAYLOVA and DE NUTTE to secure the win over Ucam Cartagena. Spanish club also lost to another French representative ETIVAL Clairefontaine ASRTT. It was first of two wins that ETIVAL Clairefontaine ASRTT achieved today. In the last match of the day Hana MATELOVA Marie MIGOT and Camelia IACOB overcame TTC NanoTech Villach. This promises great excitement tomorrow in all-French duel for the top position in the Group. Group B Day 1 TTC Novi Sad – SKST PLUS Hodonin 1:3 Reka BEZEG – Sakura MORI 0:3 (1:11 5:11 4:11) Tijana JOKIC – Natalia PARTYKA 3:1 (7:11 11:9 12:10 11:7) Aneta MAKSUTI – Tetyana BILENKO 0:3 (2:11 8:11 8:11) Tijana JOKIC – Sakura MORI 0:3 (4:11 4:11 5:11) Girbau-Vic Tt – Metz TT 0:3 Sofia-Xuan ZHANG – Dina MESHREF 1:3 (6:11 11:8 4:11 4:11) Tamolwan KHETKHUAN – Adina DIACONU 0:3 (1:11 6:11 8:11) Charlotte CAREY – Mariia TAILAKOVA 0:3 (7:11 7:11 7:11) Group C Day 1 ETIVAL CLAIREFONTAINE ASRTT – UCAM Cartagena 3:2 Hana MATELOVA – Fen LI 3:1 (13:11 13:11 11:13 11:7) Jieni SHAO – Dora MADARASZ 3:1 (11:8 11:5 6:11 11:6) Marie MIGOT – Maria XIAO 0:3 (6:11 6:11 6:11) Jieni SHAO – Fen LI 1:3 (11:7 8:11 9:11 8:11) Hana MATELOVA- Dora MADARASZ 3:2 (11:4 11:13 11:3 4:11 6:4) TTC NanoTech Villach – TT Saint Quentin 0:3 Anna FENYVESI – Polina MIKHAYLOVA 0:3 (9:11 1:11 7:11) Ivana MALOBABIC – Sarah DE NUTTE 1:3 (13:11 4:11 4:11 7:11) Ida JAZBEC – Aurore LE MANSEC 2:3 (11:5 6:11 11:7 9:11 5:6) Tt Saint Quentin – Ucam Cartagena 3:1 Polina MIKHAYLOVA – Fen LI 3:2 (11:8 8:11 11:4 13:15 6:1) Daniela MONTEIRO DODEAN – Maria XIAO 3:2 (10:12 8:11 11:8 11:6 6:5) Sarah DE NUTTE – Dora MADARASZ 1:3 (11:6 4:11 7:11 10:12) Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN – Fen LI 3:2 (11:9 12:10 10:12 8:11 6:4) TTC NanoTech Villach – ETIVAL CLAIREFONTAINE ASRTT 1:3 Ida JAZBEC – Hana MATELOVA (5:11 10:12 3:11) Ivana MALOBABIC – Marie MIGOT 3:2 (7:11 11:5 12:10 4:11 6:3) Anna FENYVESI – Camelia IACOB 1:3 (5:11 14:12 8:11 8:11) Ivana MALOBABIC – Hana MATELOVA 0:3 (4:11 8:11 10:12)
Borussia Dusseldorf and Sporting Clube De Portugal in the quarters
Table Tennis European Champions League Men reigning champions Borussia Dusseldorf progressed to the quarterfinal after recording all three wins in ARAG CenterCourt. They did it in impressive style without losing any individual match. Sporting Clube De Portugal will also play among top 8 clubs. In the Group A Asisa Borges Vall and SPG Felbermayr Wels same as Sporting have only one win but better ratio worked in favor of Portugal’s club. In the last match of the tournament freshly recovered Kristian KARLSSON got his chance to enter the game. After Anton KALLBERG beat Jiri MARTINKO and Timo BOLL overcame Nandor ECSEKI KARLSSON just followed their path and accounted for Andreas LEVENKO. Sporting Clube De Portugal beat Asisa Borges Vall to secure the quarterfinal in dramatic of the tournament. Portugal’s club failed to post the victory in two previous days but at the end last day’s victory launched them to the next phase of the Champions League. Beside the winners of the Group all three clubs recorded only one win. The ratio pushed Sporting Clube De Portugal to the knock out stage whilst Asisa Borges Vall will continue in Europe Cup after finished third. Group A Day 3 Borussia Dusseldorf – SPG Felbermayr Wels 3:0 Anton KALLBERG – Jiri MARTINKO 3:1 (11:4 11:9 9:11 11:5) Timo BOLL – Nandor ECSEKI 3:0 (11:9 11:2 11:6) Kristian KARLSSON – Andreas LEVENKO 3:0 (11:5 11:8 11:8) Sporting Clube De Portugal – Asisa Borges Vall 3:1 Diogo CARVALHO – Marc DURAN 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:8) Bode ABIODUN – Viktor BRODD 1:3 (4:11 11:7 8:11 7:11) Diogo SILVA – Joan MASIP 3:0 (14:12 12:10 11:7) Diogo CARVALHO – Viktor BRODD 3:2 (11:9 5:11 12:10 6:11 6:3) Day 2 Asisa Borges Vall – SPG Felbermayr Wels 3:1 Viktor BRODD – Andreas LEVENKO 3:2 (11:6 2:11 3:11 11:9 6:5) Marc DURAN – Nandor ECSEKI 3:2 (11:7 6:11 11:7 9:11 6:3) Joan MASIP – Jiri MARTINKO 1:3 (7:11 6:11 11:9 7:11) Marc DURAN – Andreas LEVENKO 3:0 (11:9 11:7 13:11) Borussia Dusseldorf – Sporting Clube De Portugal 3:0 Anton KALLBERG- Diogo SILVA 3:0 (14:12 12:10 11:8) Timo BOLL – Diogo CARVALHO 3:0 (11:8 11:8 11:5) Dang QIU – Bode ABIODUN 3:0 (11:7 11:4 11:9) Day 1 SPG Felbermayr Wels – Sporting Clube De Portugal 3:2 Andreas LEVENKO – Diogo SILVA 3:0 (11:3 11:9 11:7) Nandor ECSEKI – Diogo CARVALHO 3:2 (11:9 7:11 17:19 12:10 6:5) Jiri MARTINKO – Bode ABIODUN 2:3 (11:8 9:11 7:11 11:9 4:6) Andreas LEVENKO – Diogo CARVALHO 2:3 (11:9 11:9 4:11 8:11 3:6) Nandor ECSEKI – Diogo SILVA 3:0 (11:9 12:10 11:4) Asisa Borges Vall – Borussia Dusseldorf 0:3 Marc DURAN – Anton KALLBERG 1:3 (11:8 6:11 5:11 7:11) Viktor BRODD – Timo BOLL 0:3 (5:11 6:11 9:11) Joan MASIP – Dang QIU 0:3 (3:11 8:11 8:11)
Top Spin Messina Fontalba showed great team spirit
After two days of play in Verkhnaya Pyshma Top Spin Messina Fontalba emerged successfully at the top of the Group B in the Table Tennis European Champions League Men Stage 2. Club from Italy was stretched to full distance in both their matches against Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt and GV Hennebont TT but managed to secure the victories in decisive encounters. Frane Tomislav KOJIC scored both points for Austria’s club Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt whilst on the other side of the table Marco Joao MONTEIRO RECH DALDOSSO and Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO all managed to score for Top Spin Messina Fontalba. “It is the first time that we are playing in the Champions League and we are one step close to reach the best 8 clubs in Europe. There is one more day ahead of us and chance to make historical result. We showed great team spirit at this tournament ” said Joao MONTEIRO. Today was the day for the marathons in Russia. Hosts TTSC UMMC suffered in five matches against French GV Hennebont TT. Liam PITCHFORD win both points for the hosts against Omar ASSAR and Anders LIND but both of them seized their opportunities against Tomislav PUCAR whilst Sadi ISMAILOVbeat Jonathan GROTH. Group B Day 2 Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt – Top Spin Messina Fontalba 2:3 Tomas KONECNY – Marco RECH DALDOSSO 0:3 (3:11 8:11 2:11) Frane Tomislav KOJIC – Joao MONTEIRO 3:1 (8:11 11:9 5:11 11:6 6:1) Felix WETZEL- Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 1:3 (11:7 12:14 7:11 6:11) Frane Tomislav KOJIC – Marco RECH DALDOSSO 3:1 (11:6 9:11 11:5 11:7) Tomas KONECNY – Joao MONTEIRO 1:3 (11:9 8:11 10:12 7:11) TTSC UMMC – GV Hennebont TT 2:3 Tomislav PUCAR – Anders LIND 1:3 (11:4 11:13 9:11 6:11) Liam PITCHFORD – Omar ASSAR 3:0 (14:12 12:10 11:7) Jonathan GROTH – Sadi ISMAILOV 2:3 (11:6 8:11 9:11 11:8 0:6) Liam PITCHFORD – Anders LIND 3:1 (8:11 11:4 11:6 11:9) Tomislav PUCAR – Omar ASSAR 2:3 (8:11 11:6 11:8 12:14 2:6) Day 1 Top Spin Messina Fontalba – GV Hennebont TT 3:2 Joao MONTEIRO – Omar ASSAR 2:3 (11:6 9:11 11:9 7:11 4:6) Matteo MUTTI – Cedric NUYTINCK 3:1 (7:11 11:9 11:9 11:7) Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO – Anders LIND 3:2 (11:6 10:12 8:11 11:5 6:1) Matteo MUTTI – Omar ASSAR 0:3 (8:11 6:11 6:11) Joao MONTEIRO – Sadi ISMAILOV 3:1 (9:11 11:9 11:8 11:6) Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt – TTSC UMMC 0:3 Frane Tomislav KOJIC – Liam PITCHFORD 2:3 (9:11 5:11 13:11 12:10 3:6) Tomas KONECNY – Tomislav PUCAR 1:3 (5:11 11:5 9:11 8:11) Felix WETZEL – Jonathan GROTH 0:3 (7:11 4:11 2:11)
Top class players on duty on titleholders’ soil in Berlin
Last year’s winners Germany’s ttc Berlin eastside will host the Group A of the Stage 2 of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women. They will face the challengers from SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club of Hungary CP Lyssois Lille Métropole of France and GDCS Do Juncal of Portugal. Berlins’ club has 5 titles in Champions League and 3 in Europe Cup; SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club played in the final of the Europe Cup last year whilst French club won the title in Europe Cup in 2016. “It’s a must to win the group and our aim is to win again the Champions League ” Team Manager Andreas HAIN summed up the all goals and expectations before the start of the Saturday’s matches. The list of players in Berlin’s jersey are very impressive and includes the names of the Europe Top 16 Cup winner Nina MITTELHAM SHAN Xiaona Britt EERLAND Ye LIN Sabina SURJAN Jessica GÖBEL Irina PALINA Kathrin MÜHLBACH Yaping DING Jing NING Johanna SALZMANN Josephine PLONIES. “We’re not happy about the WTT tournaments during this event so not all of players will be available but with SHAN MITTELHAM EERLAND and SURJAN we will be have a very strong team including the 3 players which won last year the final against Linz ” reminded us Manager HAIN. For SH-ITB Budaörsi Sport Club of Hungary is listed: Georgina POTA Maria FAZEKAS Helga Adel DARI Lili CSISZAR Dora LORX and Emma JUHASZ. “We are very happy to have opportunity to play against Budaörs with Gina Potá. She played 12 years for our club and won many titles with and for our club. That’s the highlight for all fans in Berlin.” In CP Lyssois Lille Métropole are Sibel ALTINKAYA Linda BERGSTRÖM Andrea TODOROVIC Agnès LE LANNIC Margo DEGRAEF Mélanie FREYTAG Katsiaryna SIVAKOVA… whilst for GDCS Do Juncal are listed Tatiana GARNOVA Mafalda ANDRADE Raquel ANDRADE Janet EFFION Julia LEAL Letitia CHARAMBA Rita COELHO.
