The European Table Tennis Union in cooperation with the Slovak Table Tennis Association invites all European female coaches to the ETTU Women Coaches Seminar which will be held in Senec Slovak Republic November 8th – 10th 2021 ETTU Women Coaches Seminar is part of the educational ETTU Development Program and it is primarily intended for all European female coaches but all other coaches from Europe and other continents are welcome too. Topics / Program „Coach as a role model in table tennis“ / What kind of coach I want to be?“ – Ivana SADAIC prof. (CRO) -Monday November 8th at 16 00 – 19 30 „Return of service and the first passive ball in modern table tennis (importance and methods of performance how to develop motivation for young players for these strokes) “ – Jaroslaw KOLODZIEJCZYK (AUT) -Tuesday November 9th at 09 00 – 12 30 -Tuesday November 9th at 15 00 – 18 30 „Types of exercises in modern table tennis / Many balls training – Development of young players“ – Peter ARANYOSI (HUN) -Wednesday November 10th at 09 00 – 12 30
ETTU Women Coaches Seminar 2021
The European Table Tennis Union in cooperation with the Slovak Table Tennis Association invites all European female coaches to the ETTU Women Coaches Seminar which will be held in Senec Slovak Republic November 8th – 10th 2021 ETTU Women Coaches Seminar is part of the educational ETTU Development Program and it is primarily intended for all European female coaches but all other coaches from Europe and other continents are welcome too. Topics / Program „Coach as a role model in table tennis“ / What kind of coach I want to be?“ – Ivana SADAIC prof. (CRO) -Monday November 8th at 16 00 – 19 30 „Return of service and the first passive ball in modern table tennis (importance and methods of performance how to develop motivation for young players for these strokes) “ – Jaroslaw KOLODZIEJCZYK (AUT) -Tuesday November 9th at 09 00 – 12 30 -Tuesday November 9th at 15 00 – 18 30 „Types of exercises in modern table tennis / Many balls training – Development of young players“ – Peter ARANYOSI (HUN) -Wednesday November 10th at 09 00 – 12 30
KARLSSON: Top 16 Cup leaves no room for errors
The 2021 POMEGRANATE Europe Top 16 Cup in Thessaloniki (Greece) will gather the continent’s elite on 18-19 September 2021 for the 50th time. Since the first edition in Split 1971 the event has retained significance and exclusivity previously as the Top 12 and since 2015 – the Top 16 Cup. All the participating players are coming fresh from the Olympic Games and no 8 seed Kristian KARLSSON is no an exception. He and his Swedish team reached the quarterfinal at the Men’s Teams Event in Tokyo. “We were disappointed that we couldn’t go further than the quarterfinals in the Olympics but Japan proved too strong for us that day ” admitted KARLSSON. A quarterfinal is far from a failure but for sure KARLSSON is carrying the burden of nation which is one of the most successful in the world. KARLSSON has played in the Top 16 six times so far. “Top 16 is always a prestigious event which I always look forward to participate in! I think my fourth place in Gondomar was my best competition in this event to date ” said Kristian who also reached fifth position two years ago in Switzerland. The system of play is very demanding with the two day tournament consisting only of knock out phase. “Europe Top 16 is always a very tough competition which leaves no room for errors.” There were not much time for a long break after Tokyo. “I had some holidays after which I spent at home with family and then one week in Cyprus with my girlfriend. Preparations for Top 16 comes naturally in Düsseldorf where our league have started and we are full underway with the new season ” concluded KARLSSON.
KARLSSON: Top 16 Cup leaves no room for errors
The 2021 POMEGRANATE Europe Top 16 Cup in Thessaloniki (Greece) will gather the continent’s elite on 18-19 September 2021 for the 50th time. Since the first edition in Split 1971 the event has retained significance and exclusivity previously as the Top 12 and since 2015 – the Top 16 Cup. All the participating players are coming fresh from the Olympic Games and no 8 seed Kristian KARLSSON is no an exception. He and his Swedish team reached the quarterfinal at the Men’s Teams Event in Tokyo. “We were disappointed that we couldn’t go further than the quarterfinals in the Olympics but Japan proved too strong for us that day ” admitted KARLSSON. A quarterfinal is far from a failure but for sure KARLSSON is carrying the burden of nation which is one of the most successful in the world. KARLSSON has played in the Top 16 six times so far. “Top 16 is always a prestigious event which I always look forward to participate in! I think my fourth place in Gondomar was my best competition in this event to date ” said Kristian who also reached fifth position two years ago in Switzerland. The system of play is very demanding with the two day tournament consisting only of knock out phase. “Europe Top 16 is always a very tough competition which leaves no room for errors.” There were not much time for a long break after Tokyo. “I had some holidays after which I spent at home with family and then one week in Cyprus with my girlfriend. Preparations for Top 16 comes naturally in Düsseldorf where our league have started and we are full underway with the new season ” concluded KARLSSON.
Prize money doubled for the POMEGRANATE Europe Top 16 Cup
ETTU is pleased to have enlarged its sponsorship pool for the POMEGRANATE Europe Top 16 Cup and therefore is able to double prize money. ETTU Executive Board announced that the prize money on ofer for the Event in Thessaloniki is 100 000 Euros. The winner will receive the check for 10 000 runner up 6 000 semifinalists 4 000 quarterfinalists round 2 500 for playing in Round of 16 – 2 000. In Thessaloniki on 18 and 19 September 2021 will play: Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Germany) Mattias FALCK (Sweden) Liam PITCHFORD (England) Patrick FRANZISKA (Germany) Simona GAUZY (France) Marcos FREITAS (Portugal) Robert GARDOS (Austria) Kristian KARLSSON (Sweden) Darko JORGIC (Slovenia) Jonathan GROTH (Denmark) Tomislav PUCAR (Croatia) Yang WANG (Slovakia) Emmanuel LEBESSON (France) Daniel HABESOHN (Austria) Andrej GACINA (Croatia) Panagiotis GIONIS (Greece). In Women’s Event will play: Sofia POLCANOVA (Austria) Bernadette SZOCS (Romania) Britt EERLAND (Netherlands) Elizabeta SAMARA (Romania) Nina MITTELHAM (Germany) NI Xia Lian (Luxembourg) Polina MIKHAILOVA (Russia) Hana MATELOVA (Czech Republic) Georgina POTA (Hungary) Barbora BALAZOVA (Slovakia) YU Fu (Portugal) Yana NOSKOVA (Russia) SHAO Jieni (Portugal) Dora MADARASZ (Hungary) Ganna GAPONOVA (Ukraine) and Aikaterini TOLIOU (Greece).
Nine gold medals for European at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
All titles are decided at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. After six days of play in 11 classes in both Men’s and Women’s Singles event the tournament will continue with the Teams matches. European players won 9 titles: Fabien LAMIRAULT of France Abdullah OZTURK of Turkey Valentin BAUS of Germany Laurens DEVOS of Belgium Patryk CHOJNOWSKI of Poland Peter PALOS of Hungary. In Women’s Singles the highest step at the medal rostrum reached: Maryna LYTOVCHENKO of Ukraine Kelly van ZON of Netherlands and Elena PROKOFEVA from Russia Paralympic Committee. Men’s Singles – Class 1 Gold JOO Young Dae Korea Silver KIM Hyeon Uk Korea Bronze Thomas MATTHEWS GBR NAM Ki Won Korea Men’s Singles – Class 2 Gold Fabien LAMIRAULT France Silver Rafal CZUPER Poland Bronze CHAO Soo Yong Korea PARK Jin Cheol Korea Men’s Singles – Class 3 Gold FENG Panfeng China Silver SCHMIDBERGER Thomas Germany Bronze Jenson Van EMBURGH USA ZHAI Xiang China Men’s Singles – Class 4 Gold Abdullah OZTURK Turkey Silver KIM Young-Gun Korea Bronze Maxime THOMAS France Nesim TURAN Turkey Men’s Singles – Class 5 Gold Valentin BAUS Germany Silver CAO Ningning China Bronze Jack HUNTER SPIVEY GBR Ali OZTURK Turkey Men’s Singles – Class 6 Gold Ian SEIDENFELD USA Silver Peter ROSENMEIER Denmark Bronze Paul KARABARDAK GBR Rungroj THAINIYOM Thailand Men’s Singles – Class 7 Gold YAN Shuo China Silver William BAYLEY GBR Bronze Maksym CHUDZICKI Poland LIAO Keli China Men’s Singles – Class 8 Gold Zhao Shuai China Silver Viktor DIDUH UKraine Bronze Maksym NIKOLENKO Ukraine PENG Weinan China Men’s Singles – Class 9 Gold Laurens DEVOS Belgium Silver MA Lin China Bronze Ivan MAI Ukraine Iurii NOZDRUNOV RPC Men’s Singles – Class 10 Gold Patryk CHOJNOWSKI Poland Silver Mateo BOHEAS France Bronze David JACOBS Indonesia Filip RADOVIC Montenegro Men’s Singles – Class 11 Gold Peter PALOS Hungary Silver Philip von EINEM Australia Bronze Lucas CREANGE France Florian VAN ACKER Belgium Women’s Singles – Classes 1-2 Gold LIU Jing Korea Silver SEO Su Yeon Korea Bronze Oliviera Da SILVA Brazil Nadezhda PUSHPASHEVA RPC Women’s Singles – Class 3 Gold Xue Juan China Silver Alena KANOVA Slovakia Bronze LEE Mi Gyu Korea YOON Jiyu Korea Women’s Singles – Class 4 Gold ZHOU Ying China Silver Patel Bh India Bronze GU Xiaodan China ZHANG Miao China Women’s Singles – Class 5 Gold ZHANG Bian China Silver PAN Jianmin China Bronze Khetam ABU AWAD Jordan JUNG Young Korea Women’s Singles – Class 6 Gold Maryna LYTOVCHENKO Ukraine Silver Maliak ALIEVA RPC Bronze Raisa CHEBANIKA RPC Stephanie GREBE Germany Women’s Singles – Class 7 Gold Kelly van ZON Netherlands Silver Viktoriia SAFANOVA RPC Bronze Anne BARNEOUD France Kubra KORKUT Turkey Women’s Singles – Class 8 Gold MAO Jingdian China Silver HUANG Wenjuan China Bronze Aida DAHLEN Norway Thu KAMKASOMPHOU France Women’s Singles – Class 9 Gold LEI Li Na Australia Silver XIONG Guiyan China Bronze Karolina PEK Poland Alexa SZVITACS Hungary Women’s Singles – Class 10 Gold YANG Qian Australia Silver Bruna COSTA Brazil Bronze Natalia PARTYKA Poland TIEN Shiau Wen Taipei Women’s Singles – Class 11 Gold Elena PROKOFEVA RPC Silver Lea FERNEY France Bronze Maki ITO Japan WONG Ting Ting Hong Kong
Hungary and Turkey completed the list of qualifiers for Cluj
On a last day of the play at the Gazprom 2021 European Teams Championships Qualification Stage 1- B groups in Belgrade two last teams booked their tickets for the GAZPROM European Table Tennis Championships (28th September – 3rd October 2021) in Cluj. Hungary in Men’s Teams Event and Turkey in Women’s Teams Event secured the last remain places. In Previous days Finland Italy Netherlands Turkey and Luxembourg succeeded in Men’s Event. Greece Slovenia Croatia and England did it in Women’s. In Romania will play 24 women’s teams and 26 men’s teams. Earlier this status secured Germany Romania Sweden England France Austria Slovenia Portugal Belgium Slovakia Croatia Denmark Russia Belarus Ukraine Spain Poland Greece Serbia Czech Republic. Women: Romania Austria Russia Hungary Netherlands Ukraine Germany Portugal Czech Republic Sweden Poland Luxembourg France Spain Italy Serbia Slovakia Belgium Belarus. All the teams in A-groups (18 in men 18 in women) were directly qualified for the Final Stage in Cluj. Also the reigning champion and the home team were directly qualified. For men this were Germany and Romania for women Romania.
Gazprom 2021 Euroepan Teams Championships Qualification Tournament Stage 1 B groups
On the second day of play at the Gazprom 2021 European Teams Championships Qualification Stage 1- B groups in Belgrade four out of 11 tickets on offer are already booked. In Men’s Event Finland secured the their place in Cluj this September whilst England Greece and Slovenia succeeded in the Women’s Event. Finland’s Benedek OLAH Samuli SOINE and Alex NAUMI beat Norway but lost against Hungary. Hungary’s Adam SZUDI Patrik JUHASZ and Nandor ECSEKI failed to overcame Norway and lost the top place by matches ratio. In Group A in Women’s Event Greece’s Aikaterini TOLIOU Elisavet TERPOU Konstantina PARIDI and Malamatenia PAPADIMITRIOU beat both Turkey and Bosnia and Herzegovina. England’s Kelly SIBLEY Emily BOLTON Tin-Tin HO Denise PAYET and Maria TSAPTSINOS overcame Lithuania and Finland. Slovenia’s Lara OPEKA Lea PAULIN Katarina STRAZAR and Ana TOFANT beat Estonia and Faroe Islands and lost to Wales. Wales suffered defeat by the hands of Estonian players. Italy Netherlands and Croatia joined the qualifiers Three more teams joined the qualifiers in Belgrade: Men’s teams from Italy and Netherlands and Women’s from Croatia. Mihai BOBOCICA Leonardo MUTTI Marco RECH DALDOSSO and Niagol STOYANOV from Italy recorded three straight matches victories in three duels against Switzerland Estonia and Faroe Islands. Netherland also has a clean record against Lithuania and Ireland. Gabrielius CAMARA Tim GRAS Laurens TROMER and Kas VAN OOST were on duty in Belgrade. Hana ARAPOVIC Mateja JEGER Ivana MALOBABIC and Andrea PAVLOVIC secured the place in Cluj for Croatia after wins over Bulgaria Norway and Ireland. In play off for a one remining place in Women’s Event in semifinal Lithuania will meet Turkey whilst Wales will meet Bulgaria. You can see the standings here Two more teams in Cluj: Turkey and Luxembourg On the end of day two two more teams booked their place for the final stage of the European Championships. In very impressive way Ibrahim GÜNDÜZ Batuhan ULUCAK Abdullah YIGENLER and Tugay YILMAZ cruised through the Group D. They overcame Israel Bosnia and Herzegovina and Wales in three straight matches duels. Eric GLOD Gilles MICHELY Luka MLADENOVIC and Eric THILLEN from team Luxembourg also remained unbeaten on their way to European Championships Cluj. They overcame San Marino and Montenegro 3:0. In play off semifinal Ireland will meet Israel in only quarter final match. The winner will play against Montenegro. In other semifinal Hungary will meet Switzerland.
Tokyo 2020 medalist OVTCHAROV heads the order at the 2021 POMEGRANATE Europe Top 16 Cup
The 2021 POMEGRANATE Europe Top 16 Cup is the next top European event. Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Tokyo 2020 bronze medalist in singles and member of the German outfit that won men’s team Olympic silver will head the men’s order at the 2021 POMEGRANATE Europe Top 16 Cup in Thessaloniki (Greece) on 18 and 19 September 2021. The top ranked invited player in the Women’s Event is Sofia POLCANOVA of Austria. The players have been selected based on World Ranking Week #30 2021. POMEGRANATE Europe Top 16 Cup features a men’s singles and a women’s singles competition. Each consists of 16 players battling it out for the silverware as well as a prize money. The total prize money allocated for both events is 50.000 Euros. Men’s list 1 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Germany) 2 Mattias FALCK (Sweden) 3 Liam PITCHFORD (England) 4 Patrick FRANZISKA (Germany) 5 Simon GAUZY (France) 6 Marcos FREITAS (Portugal) 7 Robert GARDOS (Austria) 8 Kristian KARLSSON (Sweden) 9 Darko JORGIC (Slovenia) 10 Jonathan GROTH (Denmark) 11 Tomislav PUCAR (Croatia) 12 Yang WANG (Slovakia) 13 Emmanuel LEBESSON (France) 14 Daniel HABESOHN (Austria) 15 Andrej GACINA (Croatia) 16 Panagiotis GIONIS (Greece) Women’s list 1 Sofia POLCANOVA (Austria) 2 Bernadette SZOCS (Romania) 3 Britt EERLAND (Netherlands) 4 Elizabeta SAMARA (Romania) 5 Nina MITTELHAM (Germany) 6 NI Xia Lian (Luxembourg) 7 Polina MIKHAILOVA (Russia) 8 Hana MATELOVA (Czech Republic) 9 Georgina POTA (Hungary) 10 Barbora BALAZOVA (Slovakia) 11 YU Fu (Portugal) 12 Yana NOSKOVA (Russia) 13 SHAO Jieni (Portugal) 14 Dora MADARASZ (Hungary) 15 Ganna GAPONOVA (Ukraine) 16 Aikaterini TOLIOU (Greece) The title holders will not be on duty in Thessaloniki. At the last edition of the competition held in February 2020 Timo BOLL celebrated a record-equaling seventh crown; he equaled the record of Sweden’s Jan-Ove WALDNER who succeeded on seven occasions between 1984 in Bratislava and 1996 in Charleroi. Petrissa SOLJA retained her women’s crown one year after winning her first title.
The draw for the Gazprom 2021 European Teams Championships Qualification Stage 1- B groups
The draw for the Gazprom 2021 European Teams Championships Qualification Stage 1- B was held today in Belgrade. From Friday 27th to Sunday 29th August 2021 31 teams will fight for 11 remaining places at the 2021 GAZPROM European Table Tennis Championships (28th September – 3rd October 2021) in Cluj. In Women’s event tehre are 5 available places whilst in Men’s there is one more – 6. Se the results here
