In the Stage 2 of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women in Linz Polish club KTS Tarnobrzeg was the first to book the place in the quarterfinal. The hosts Linz AG Froschberg also progressed to the next stage from the position no. two. KTS Tarnobrzeg remained unbeaten throughout two days tournament in Austria. On the opening day HAN Ying YANG Xiaoxin and YU FU succeeded against adversaries from TTC Moravsky Krumlov and Linz AG Froschberg whilst today they beat Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table. All three matches concluded with 3:0 result. At the beginning of the day Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table overcame TTC Moravsky Krumlov but they lost to Linz AG Froschberg day earlier. Linz AG Froschberg beat TTC Moravsky Krumlov to secure their placer in the quarterfinal. Bernadett BALINT put the hosts under pressure. In the opening match she beat Sofia POCANOVA but LIU Jia was at the top of the game. LIU overcame Eliska SEDOVA in straight games before she beat BALINT to secure win in fourth match. Group D Day 2 Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table – TTC Moravsky Krumlov 3:1 Prithika PAVADE – Daniela RUZICKOVA 3:0 (11:5 11:2 11:4) Camille LUTZ – Bernadett BALINT 2:3 (2:11 10:12 11:9 11:9 4:6) Leili MOSTAFAVI – Eliska SEDOVA 3:0 (11:6 11:4 11:1) Prithika PAVADE – Bernadett BALINT 3:2 (12:10 14:16 11:6 9:11 6:5) KTS Tarnobrzeg – Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table 3:0 Fu YU – Prithika PAVADE 3:1 (9:11 12:10 11:7 11:1) Ying HAN – Camille LUTZ 3:0 (11:3 11:1 11:1) Xiaoxin YANG – Leili MOSTAFAVI 3:0 (11:5 11:5 14:12) Linz AG Froschberg – TTC Moravsky Krumlov 3:1 Sofia POLCANOVA – Bernadett BALINT 2:3 (10:12 11:8 11:13 11:8 4:6) Jia LIU – Eliska SEDOVA 3:0 (11:5 11:9 11:3) Suthasini SAWETTABUT – Daniela RUZICKOVA 3:0 (11:8 11:3 11:2) Jia LIU – Bernadett BALINT 3:1 (6:11 11:6 13:11 15:13) Day 1 Ttc Moravsky Krumlov – KTS Tarnobrzeg 0:3 Eliska SEDOVA – Ying HAN 0:3 (3:11 3:11 3:11) Bernadett BALINT – Xiaoxin YANG 0:3 (7:11 3:11 8:11) Daniela RUZICKOVA – Fu YU 1:3 (5:11 4:11 11:6 6:11) Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table – Linz AG Froschberg 1:3 Camille LUTZ – Sofia POLCANOVA 0:3 (8:11 5:11 8:11) Prithika PAVADE – Suthasini SAWETTABUT 3:1 (8:11 11:8 11:7 11:7) Leili MOSTAFAVI – Margaryta PESOTSKA 0:3 (5:11 12:14 9:11) Prithika PAVADE – LIU Jia 1:3 (11:9 10:12 9:11 9:11) Linz AG Froschberg – KTS Tarnobrzeg 0:3 Sofia POLCANOVA – Ying HAN 0:3 (8:11 5:11 5:11) Margaryta PESOTSKA – Fu YU 0:3 (8:11 10:12 11:13) Suthasini SAWETTABUT – Xiaoxin YANG 0:3 (4:11 3:11 2:11)
Borussia Dusseldorf in perfect run TTSC UMMC is heating up
It was good day for the hosts on the second day of play in the Group A and in the Group B that commences today. In Germany Borussia Dusseldorf clinched their second victory in two days whilst the hosts in Verkhnaya Pyshma TTSC UMMC overcame first hurdle in superb style. In Dusseldorf after defeat in the opening day of the play Asisa Borges Vall overcame SPG Felbermayr Wels. Austrian side beat Sporting yesterday. “It was must to win situation for us. After yesterday defeat it was our only chance to stay in position to fight for the second place in the Group and place in the quarterfinal ‘explained Marc DURAN. “Tomorrow we will play against Sporting Clube De Portugal and it is going to be tough match. We know each other very well. We played against each other many times. CARVALHO is very dangerous player.” SPG Felbermayr Wels Coach David HUBER was disappointed. “We had our chances at some points we were a little unlucky. Andreas LEVENKO lost by sudden death point against Viktor BRODD after he had 2:1 lead. In addition the second match also went full distance. Now we are in situation where we must wait for the outcome of the tomorrow’s duel between Borges Vall and Sporting. Beating Borussia is impossible task here ” said coach HUBER. Hosts Borussia Dusseldorf showed no mercy against Sporting Clube De Portugal. Anton KALLBERG Timo BOLL and Dang QIU all three recorded straight matches victories. Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt failed to win the single match against TTSC UMMC in Group B. Frane Tomislav KOJIC put Liam PITCHFORD under pressure but PITCHFORD managed to give the host dream start. Tomislav PUCAR and freshly recovered Jonathan GROTH followed his path against Tomas KONECNY and Felix WETZEL. It was one way street in that match but in the duel between Top Spin Messina Fontalba and GV Hennebont TT created more drama. Omar ASSAR proved too strong for Joao MONTEIRO in the five games opening match. He also beat Matteo MUTTI in more effective style but he was the only player to score for the French club. Matteo MUTTI overcame Cedric NUYTINCK In another five games thriller Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO beat Anders LIND and MONTEIRO prevailed against Sadi ISMAILOV in the decisive match. Group A 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) Group B 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)
ETTU President Levitin attends Umpires and Referee Committee webinar
The ETTU Umpires and Referee Committee (URC) Webinar was held today in the “online” presence of the ETTU President Igor LEVITIN and aimed to strength cooperation with national associations representatives. President LEVITIN opened the webinar for National Umpires and Referee Committee chairpersons and interested match officials by highlighting the efforts made by the match officials in ensuring fair-play in our sport. The President also mentioned the challenges table tennis is facing at the moment but at the same time the opportunities for match officials. The ETTU URC used the webinar to present their projects objectives and tasks to all National Umpires and Referee Committee chairpersons and interested match officials. It was explained that young umpires will have a clear pathway and at the end the best umpires in Europe will be selected to officiate at the ETTU top events. To ensure this objective close cooperation between the ETTU URC and National URC is important and Development is a key objective for the ETTU. On 7 December ETTU URC will organise their next webinar which focuses on increasing the number of female match officials and all associations are invited to motivate their female colleagues to participate. “All the work done in the last months and also the future projects are only possible because of excellent team work within the ETTU URC and I want to thank my colleagues in URC for their work. We are here to support all associations in Europe in the field of match officials ” said URC Chairman Werner THURY.
KS DARTOM BOGORIA awaits “refreshed” Fakel-GAZPROM Orenburg
In TT European Champions Legue Men Group D five times winners Russia’s Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg traveling to Poland where the host is KS DARTOM BOGORIA Grodzisk Mazowiecki. In Poland will also play Germany’s TTC Neu-Ulm and SF SKK El Nino Praha from Czech Republic. Table tennis heavyweights Fakel GAZPROM led by Dimitrij OVTCHAROV who recently had a surgery have some novelties in their lineup. Also Vladimir SAMSONOV recently decided to put an end to playing career. “This season the lineup of Fakel-Gazprom has changed significantly. In addition to Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Vladimir SAMSONOV and Marcos FREITAS our team has three new players: LIN Yun-Ju Hugo CALDERANO and Aleksandr SHIBAEV. All our players are in good physical shape and ready for the TTCL upcoming matches. This fact is confirmed by the confident victories of our team in all five matches of the Russian Championship R1 which was held in Orenburg in the middle of October ” stated Coach Vladimir ENDLOV. The hosts has also strong aces in their sleave. At the top of the list is Panagiotis GIONIS followed by Marek BADOWSKI Pawel SIRUCEK Milosz REDZIMSKI CHUANG Chih-Yuan Michal GAWLAS Patryk PYSK SUN Shiyu. Coach ENDLOV called for caution. “The main opponent in our group is a Polish club KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki. It is a strong European club with high-level players. We expect many interesting and intense matches in this season. We believe that all our players will be able to show a confident powerful and spectacular table tennis ” added Vladimir ENDOLOV. For SF SKK El Nino Praha are listed: Jiri VRABLIK Jakub ZELINKA Frantisek ONDERKA Petr KAUCKY Jakub KAUCKY Martin SIP Matej STACH Krystof PRIDA whilst for TTC Neu Ulm plays Ionnis SGOUROPOULOS Lev KATSMAN Tiago APOLONIA Vladimir SIDORENKO Kay STUMPER Rudolf STUMPER.
TT Saint-Quentinois awaits the guest with great enthusiasm
On Friday in the Stage 2 of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women Group C matches commences in France. TT Saint-Quentinois is the host and they will meet Spanish UCAM Cartagena T.M Austria’s TTC Villach and French Etival Clairefontaine ASRTT. For the host are listed: Polina MIKHAILOVA Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN Sarah DE NUTTE Aurore LE MANSEC Ruta PASKAUSKIENE Emily BOLTON and Maria TSAPTSINOS. “Polina MIKHAILOVA and Sarah De NUTTE were at the WTT tournament in Tunis but they didn’t perform very well. Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN has started a new table tennis life as she quit the national team ” explained Jean-Louis POLARD TTSQ Team Manager. Coach Olga MIKHAYLOVA looking forward the opportunity for the players to play in front of their fans. “It is good feeling that the forthcoming Champions League event will take place at home in Saint Quentin. In our Group we have to confront some of the best European players. On one hand it will be not easy and on the other hand it will be very interesting with intensive matches. We are motivated and are expecting to finish in one of the first two positions to continue to quarterfinals ” explained Coach. Coach MIKHAYLOVA was pleased with the current shape of the majority of the players. “Daniela Dodean MONTEIRO owner of a silver medal from the European Team Championships in Cluj didn’t lose any match during the competition and she also had three individual victories in French League. Sarah De NUTTE had a good performance in Cluj against her teammate Polina MIKHAILOVA and three victories in French League. As far as Polina MIKHAILOVA is concerned the beginning of the season was less successful and she is yet to top the results from previous season when she beat Sofia POLCANOVA and Bernadette SZOCS in Linz and also recorded 90% victories in French League last season.” Three times Europe Cup winners UCAM Cartagena T.M. has Silvia Assis de Souza ERDELYI Maria XIAO Fen LI Carmen LOZANO MIRON and Dora MADARASZ in their team. TTC “NanoTech” Villach’s lineup includes the names of Ivana MALOBABIC Anna Szofia FENYVESY Ina JAZBEC Kiara SEGULA Bettina FEUERABEND and Tetiana TATIANINA Liudmila KIRITSA. Etival Clairefontaine ASRTT is composed of Hana MATELOVA Jieni SHAO Marie MIGOT Camelia IACOB Aude JACQUOT and Camille DERREY.
KTS Tarnobrzeg upsets the odds in Linz
It was long and successful day for the no two seed in Group D in the Stage 2 of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women in Linz. Poland’s KTS Tarnobrzeg upset the odds and beat last year’s runners up and hosts Linz AG Froschberg. At the opening day of the tournament KTS Tarnobrzeg clinched two victories whilst Linz concluded the day with semi success – one win and one defeat. In the morning session Polish KTS Tarnobrzeg showed no mercy against Ttc Moravsky Krumlov – 0:3. HAN Yina and Xiaoxin YANG won their matches in straight games against Eliska SEDOVA and Bernadett BALINT whilst YU Fu needed one more to overcame Daniela RUZICKOVA. Linz AG Froschberg beat Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table in four matches and it was only Prithika PAVADE who put hosts under pressure. Sofia POLCANOVA overcame Camille LUTZ in straight games Margaryta PESOTSKA beat Leili MOSTAFAVI also recorded 3:0 victory but Suthasini SAWETTABUT failed against PAVADE in the second match. However on her second exit to the table PAVADE failed to repeat the success against experienced LIU Jia. LIU was 0:1 in reverse but next three games she won by narrow margin to give Austria’s team good start of the tournament. However the last match of the day inflicted the pain into the hearts of the hosts supporters. HAN Ying YU Fu and YANG Xiaoxin showed no weak spots against Sofia POLCANOVA Margaryta PESOTSKA and Suthasini SAWETTABUT. Group D Ttc Moravsky Krumlov – KTS Tarnobrzeg 0:3 Eliska SEDOVA – Ying HAN 0:3 (3:11 3:11 3:11) Bernadett BALINT – Xiaoxin YANG 0:3 (7:11 3:11 8:11) Daniela RUZICKOVA – Fu YU 1:3 (5:11 4:11 11:6 6:11) Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table – Linz AG Froschberg 1:3 Camille LUTZ – Sofia POLCANOVA 0:3 (8:11 5:11 8:11) Prithika PAVADE – Suthasini SAWETTABUT 3:1 (8:11 11:8 11:7 11:7) Leili MOSTAFAVI – Margaryta PESOTSKA 0:3 (5:11 12:14 9:11) Prithika PAVADE – LIU Jia 1:3 (11:9 10:12 9:11 9:11) Linz AG Froschberg – KTS Tarnobrzeg 0:3 Sofia POLCANOVA – Ying HAN 0:3 (8:11 5:11 5:11) Margaryta PESOTSKA – Fu YU 0:3 (8:11 10:12 11:13) Suthasini SAWETTABUT – Xiaoxin YANG 0:3 (4:11 3:11 2:11)
Borussia Dusseldorf commenced this year’s run in powerful style
In the opening day of the fights in the Group A in the Men’s TT European Champions League Stage two in ARAG CenterCourt in Germany titleholders Borussia Dusseldorf overcame Asisa Borges Vall whilst SPG Felbermayr Wels won the very close battle against Sporting Clube De Portugal. In first match of the day Austria’s SPG Felbermayr Wels had 2:0 lead but Sporting Clube De Portugal recovered to level the match. In the decisive match Nandor ECSEKI overcame Diogo SILVA and withstood the spirited comeback from the Portugal’s team. Andreas LEVENKO gave Wels dream start with 3:0 win over Diogo SILVA. For Nandor ECSEKI it was different story. He beat Diogo CARVALHO but by sudden death point. Once again in the duel between Jiri MARTINKO and Bode ABIODUN five games were on the menu but in the close finish it was Sporting’s player who won. In another full distance thriller Andreas LEVENKO lost to Diogo CARVALHO and it was ECSEKI who sealed the match with the effective win over SILVA. “The key was my first match against Diogo CARVALHO. I was down 1:2 all the games were very close. In the decisive game I even faced two match balls against me but I managed to win by sudden death point. That gave me extreme confidence before the clash against SILVA ” said Nandor ECSEKI. CARVALHO beat LEVENKO but he regretted deeply after the defeat against Nandor. “I had a big chance and the lead to set another course of the match ” explained CARVALHO. Asisa Borges Vall – Borussia Dusseldorf 0:3 For Borussia Dusseldorf it was quite day in the office. Without due alarm favorites overcame Asisa Borges Vall. “It was solid and very good performance of all team. It is the new season and we all wanted to have a good start “ said Dang QIU. Marc DURAN pointed that the real start of the tournament for Asisa Borges Vall will be – tomorrow. “This was historic match for us. It is great that we had a chance to play against one of the best clubs in the world. We put a great fight but Borussia is out of our range. For us the real challenge starts tomorrow. We have two more matches to fight for the better position ” explained DURAN. Group A 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)
Linz AG Froschberg faces strong competition at home soil
The action in Stage 2 of the 2021/2022 TAMANNEFTEGAS European Champions League Women commences today in Linz. Runners up last season two times winners of the main club’s trophy (in 2013 and 2009) Linz AG Froschberg is the host of Group D where will also play Poland’s KTS ENEA SIARKOPOL Tarnobrzeg French Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table and TT Moravsky Krumlov of Czech Republic. Host club has a very strong team. Linz AG Froschberg is led by Sofia POLCANOVA. For the Champions Legue are also listed Margarita PESOTSKA LIU Jia Suthasini SAWETTABUT Yui HAMAMOTO Limei HU Karoline MISCHEK Margarita BALTUSHYTE and Jamila LAURENTI. They will need their top guns since in Group D plays the winners from the 2019 event Poland’s KTS ENEA SIARKOPOL with Elizabeta SAMARA HAN Ying YU Fu LI Qian YANG Xiaoxin Viktoryia PAVLOVICH. French Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table the winners of last year’s Europe Cup counts on Prithika PAVADE Leili MOSTAFAVI Camille LUTZ Camilla ARGÜELLES Chloé CHOMIS Celia SILVA Crystal CHAN… TT Moravsky Krumlov comes with well-known Bernadett BÁLINT as well as Ekaterina CHERNYAVSKAYA Mitsuki YOSHIDA Nikita PETROVOVÁ Lenka HARABASZOVÁ Liliya ANDRIYANOVA Darya VASILENKA. “I hope me and all my teammates are in the good shape. We have difficult group every team has strong players. But we will try to give our best performance. Of course at first we want to qualify from the group and hopefully to win the main trophy ” said PESOTSKA. Last year in the final held in Linz at the last hurdle host team lost against Germany’s ttc Berlin eastside.
TTSC UMMC always set the highest goals
https://www.ettu.org Table Tennis European Champions League Men Finalists from 2019 Russia’s TTSC UMMC will host Group B in Stage 2 of the 2021/22 TTCLM event. In the Group are also French GV Hennebont TT Solex Consult TTC Wiener Neustadt from Austria and Italy’s Top Spin Messina Fontalba. The matches commences on Thursday. “We have a good training camp so far preparing for the Group Stage of the Champions League. We know it is going to be three hard matches we knows the teams very well. The players from the teams are very strong. Personally I know the Hennebont very well I played for three years there. We will fight hard to win the Group “ said Liam PITCHFORD. Due the medical reasons Jonathan GROTH’s presence was under question mark but it seems he will be in the team for the tournament. Tomislav PUCAR is also on duty. “Two or three weeks earlier I had a rupture in my muscle so I was out of the trainings for a short period. I started to play last week. I am not in perfect shape but I will give my best. PITCHFORD is in the top shape he is doing great in Russia’s league ” said PUCAR.”The adversaries are not the mystery for us. We knows each other very well. I have played against MONTEIRO 4 weeks ago at the European Championships and I beat his in very close seven games match. In Austria play my teammate from Croatia KOJIC we train together. No doubt at the end the most difficult match will be against Hennebont.” Coach Tatiana KUTERGINA said: “Our players are preparing very hard for the Champions League games. The last time I saw them play was during the Russian championship however it was difficult to judge their shape since they were objectively stronger than their rivals. But now I see them in training they are very good ” explained KUTERGINA. French team is the strongest adversary; Solex Consult TTC Wiener Neustadt from Austria and Italy’s Top Spin Messina Fontalba was required to go through Stage 1. “Hennebont has the most dangerous team. There are two tennis players from Top Spin Messina who before played in UMMC so we are also familiar with them. The Austrian team is coming to us for the first time it will be interesting to play against them. We must win in every match and go to next stage from the first place in the Group because UMMC always sets only the most serious aims for itself ” said KUTERGINA. Coach Zoran PRIMORAC invited all to come to Verkhnaya Pyshma or to follow the action live on ettu.tv. Listed players for the TTCLM beside PITCHFORD are: Jonathan GROTH Tomislav PUCAR Aleksandr TIUTRIUMOV Miron VASILEV Ilia KONIUKHOV Serafim ORLOV and Ramis TUICHIEV.
Titleholders from Borussia Düsseldorf starts their quest toward 13th title
The men’s TT European Champions League Stage two starts with the matches in ARAG CenterCourt in Germany. Titleholders from Borussia Düsseldorf will welcome Sporting Clube de Portugal Spanish CTT Borges and Austria’s SPG FELBERMAYR Wels. Borussia Düsseldorf the most successful club in the history of Champions League Men with 12 titles „I am wondering which club will manage the mode best to play day by day. For the players it´s no new situation we are used to play daily matches. We are the favorite team and we want to show this in are group. I am healthy and I feel well and I am pleased to play with my team this competition “stated the player with the record number of titles in Europe Timo BOLL. Another Borussia’s star Anton KALLBERG is coming fresh from the first ever title clamed at the WTT tournament last week. „I am looking forward to the Stage 2 of Champions League season 2021/22. I feel very good since more than one year and currently everything fits in my game. I hope to perform well this week to help my team to win the matches ” said KALLBERG. Coach Danny HEISTER unfortunately is not sure if he can count on Cristian CARLSSON for this stage. “We are happy to start the Table Tennis Champions League 2021/22. My team´s shape is very good we won all matches we played this season in German Bundesliga and in German Cup. Furthermore Anton won WTT Contender tournament in Tunis last Saturday DANG has been runner-up. We just have to look to the health of Kristian who had a rupture of a muscle fibre several days ago. We will see day by day if it´s possible for him to play one or more matches. Timo is stable on good level and his form is getting better and better when he has competitions. So I am happy with my team. Our big aim is to defend our title. For us Orenburg is favorite but we are working hard to be the best in Europe again. Sporting has got a strong team although they lost MONTEIRO. This we think is our hardest opponent in the group. But we also know that Wels and Borges do have good players. They have nothing to lose and I am sure that this will be interesting matches too “explained HEISTER.
