Further to the approval of a series of amendments to the Tokyo 2020 qualification system principles by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Qualification Task Force in April 2020 the review of the International Federation (IF) qualification processes for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 and each sport has now been finalised. The IOC has been working closely with all the IFs to determine the necessary adaptations to the Olympic qualification systems for their respective sports and athletes and National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have been consulted as well. A representative group of NOCs was involved in the review process and athlete consultation was sought through each IF. A total of 57 per cent of all the qualification places had been confirmed by the time the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 were postponed. In order to adapt the qualification systems for the remaining places to the new timing of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 the qualification system principles were updated approved by the Qualification Task Force (acting on behalf of the IOC Executive Board) and shared with all the IFs. The updates included a number of changes such as an extended qualification period and new deadlines: A new qualification deadline of 29 June 2021 based on the Olympic Games starting on 23 July (day of the Opening Ceremony); The potential extension of sport-specific qualification periods if such an extension respects the qualification period deadline of 29 June 2021; The revised final entries deadline of 5 July 2021; If a qualification system specified age eligibility criteria the criteria should be extended to cover the new dates allowing athletes who were eligible in July 2020 to remain eligible in 2021. All eligibility and age criteria would be at the discretion of the respective IFs. Based on these revised qualification system principles the IOC Sports Department worked in close collaboration with all the IFs to determine if any revisions were necessary. There were four rounds of approvals from the IOC Executive Board (EB) Qualification Task Force on 25 April 6 May 13 May and 7 July 2020. The main objective was to implement qualification systems as close as possible to those approved by the IOC EB in February 2018. The following sports/disciplines have finished their qualification and the quotas have already been allocated. Team selection remains to be determined by the NOCs as in all the sports the quotas are allocated to the NOCs. The sports/disciplines are: Cycling (Road and Track) Equestrian (Dressage Eventing and Jumping) Hockey and Softball. The following sports/disciplines are continuing with their qualification process as initially approved and will simply extend the qualification period to reflect the new Games dates in 2021: Archery Artistic Swimming Baseball Basketball 3×3 Boxing Canoe (Slalom and Sprint) Diving Fencing Football Golf Gymnastics (Artistic Rhythmic and Trampoline) Handball Karate Marathon Swimming Modern Pentathlon Rugby Sailing Shooting Sport Climbing Surfing Table Tennis Tennis Triathlon and Water Polo. The following sports/disciplines have made minor adjustments to their qualification systems such as extended periods to obtain minimum criteria clarification of the process for the reallocation of any unused athlete places and clarification on the use of specific events in line with the adapted 2021 IF calendars. The sports/disciplines concerned are: Rowing Swimming Badminton Skateboarding Taekwondo and Wrestling. The following sports/disciplines have made major adjustments to their qualification systems: Athletics Cycling (BMX Freestyle BMX Racing and Mountain Bike) Weightlifting Basketball and Judo. The age requirements of the sports concerned have been amended to reflect the new Tokyo 2020 dates. As a consequence athletes who will meet the age limits in 2021 but did not in 2020 can participate in the Games. At the same time athletes who would have been within the age limit in 2020 but no longer in 2021 can still participate in the Games. There are two exceptions however: Boxing: The age requirements have been adjusted and increased by one year. Athletes must have been born between 1 January 1980 and 31 December 2002 to take part. Football: It has been confirmed that athletes who were entitled to compete in July 2020 will remain eligible in July 2021. The maximum age for the men’s event was 23 but for Tokyo 2020 this will be 24. Additionally the rule of having three athletes per team with no age restrictions remains valid. All the qualification event dates and locations remain to be determined given the ongoing global situation. These dates will be confirmed in due course by the respective IFs. All decisions have been communicated to the IFs and the full details for each individual sport can be found in the respective qualification system per sport. As part of the work of the “Here We Go” Task Force currently addressing the list of issues raised by the postponement of the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 the IOC Qualification Task Force was created to address all items related to the Tokyo 2020 qualification system principles. The Task Force is composed of Robin Mitchell IOC Executive Board member and President of the Oceania Olympic Committees (ONOC); Nenad Lalovic IOC Executive Board member and President of United World Wrestling (UWW); and Kirsty Coventry IOC Executive Board member and Chair of the IOC Athletes’ Commission.
Gabor Felegyi appointed interim Competitions Director
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) announces that Gabor Felegyi has been appointed Competitions Director on an interim basis and with immediate effect. As interim Competitions Director Felegyi’s key objective is to deliver the return of ITTF events safely during the remainder of 2020 while working closely with the WTT events team in implementing the new WTT event structure from 2021 onwards. Felegyi joined the ITTF in September 2019 as ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Project Manager focusing fully on the future growth of the World Championships. Felegyi has been instrumental in ensuring that the most prestigious event in table tennis history will continue to go from strength to strength with a revamped competition structure coming into place from 2021. Felegyi has also enjoyed previous experience as Secretary General of the Hungarian Table Tennis Association (HTTA) and Director of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) responsible for delivering the Liebherr 2019 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest Hungary. Prior to that he gained experience in the business and political spheres working in the government sector in Hungary. Felegyi takes on the role vacated by Vicky Eleftheriade who departs after 11 years of loyal service with the ITTF including the last two years as Competitions Director. Eleftheriade will remain with the ITTF as a consultant on a short-term basis. “First of all I would like to thank Vicky (Eleftheriade) for the fantastic job she has done at the ITTF leaving an extremely well-run Competitions Department. I am honoured to be directing the team on an interim basis and I am excited about what we are setting out to achieve. We are all fully committed to delivering the return of international table tennis events and to manage this as soon as possible in a safe manner is my top priority ” said Gabor Felegyi interim Competitions Director. “In recent years Vicky (Eleftheriade) has built up the Competitions Department into a well-managed efficiently operated and successful team of hard-working passionate people who have ensured our competitions were run at the highest level of integrity and professionalism leaving a strong legacy for the future. We now welcome Gabor (Felegyi) into his new role and we are confident that through his rich experiences both in and outside table tennis the Competitions Department will continue to excel and put on first-in-class events for our athletes and fans ” pointed Steve Dainton ITTF CEO and WTT Director
The draw for the European competitions on Friday at 14 CET
The draws for the four European club competitions will be held in Luxembourg (ETTU office) on Friday 17th July start 1400 CEST and will be live streamed on www.ettu.tv and ETTU Facebook page here. ECC MEN CLUB SEEDING 2020-2021 Competition Position Total points Club Name Association TTCL group stage 1 860 Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg RUS TTCL group stage 2 780 Borussia Düsseldorf GER TTCL group stage 3 720 TTSC “UMMC” RUS TTCL group stage 4 570 1. FC Saarbrücken TT GER TTCL group stage 5 384 GV Hennebont TT FRA TTCL group stage 6 370 Sporting Clube de Portugal POR TTCL group stage 7 354 KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki POL TTCL group stage 8 331 Roskilde Bordtennis BTK 61 DEN TTCL stage 1 9 329 SPG Walter Wels AUT TTCL stage 1 10 320 Post SV Mühlhausen 1951 e.V. GER TTCL stage 1 11 176 TTC Enfireex Ostrava CZE TTCL stage 1 12 175 Boer Taverzo NED TTCL stage 1 13 175 K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo POL TTCL stage 1 14 165 TTC Sokah Hoboken BEL TTCL stage 1 15 160 AS Pontoise Cergy TT FRA TTCL stage 1 16 150 Leka Enea TDM ESP Europe Cup 17 135 STK Starr Croatia CRO Europe Cup 18 125 SK Vydrany SVK Europe Cup 19 125 CTT Borges ESP Europe Cup 20 118 “Fortune” Kyiv UKR Europe Cup 21 111 GDCS Juncal POR Europe Cup 22 103 CSS-SZAK Odorheiu Secuiesc ROU Europe Cup 23 100 Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt AUT Europe Cup 24 75 PTE PEAC Kalo-Meh HUN Europe Cup 25 70 TTSC “UMMC-ELEM” RUS Europe Cup 26 65 Logis Auderghem TT BEL Europe Cup 27 60 Clube Desportivo Sao Roque POR Europe Cup 28 59.5 STK “Libertas Marinkolor” CRO Europe Cup 29 44 Universidad De Burgos ESP Europe Cup 30 42 ASD Marcozzi Cagliari ITA Europe Cup 31 27 G.D.D Toledos POR Europe Cup 32 wild card Top Spin Messina ITA ECC WOMEN CLUB SEEDING 2020-2021 ECL group stage 1 820 KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg POL ECL group stage 2 700 TTC Berlin eastside GER ECL group stage 3 660 Linz AG Froschberg AUT ECL group stage 4 540 TT Saint-Quentinois FRA ECL group stage 5 420 Metz TT FRA ECL group stage 6 400 UCAM Cartagena T.M ESP ECL group stage 7 360 SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin CZE ECL group stage 8 285 “TMK-TAGMET” Taganrog RUS ECL stage 1 9 270 CP Lyssois Lille Métropole FRA ECL stage 1 10 260 Girbau-Vic TT ESP ECL stage 1 11 225 Carintia Winds AUT ECL stage 1 12 213 Leka Enea Tenis de Mesa ESP ECL stage 1 13 205 Budaörsi 2I SC HUN ECL stage 1 14 132 TT Moravsky Krumlov CZE ECL stage 1 15 130 TTC Kazan RUS Europe Cup 16 122 GDCS Do Juncal POR Europe Cup 17 172 LZ Linz Froschberg AUT (team 2 Linz) Europe Cup 18 170 Etival Clairefontaine ASRTT FRA (4) Europe Cup 19 124 Tecnigen Linares ESP (4) Europe Cup 20 75 ASD Quattro Mori Cagliari ITA Europe Cup 21 75 ASSSA Alicante Tenis de Mesa ESP Europe Cup 22 70 TTC Novi Sad SRB Europe Cup 23 70 A.S.D. Tennistavolo Norbello ITA Europe Cup 24 58 DT Nidderkäerjeng LUX Europe Cup 25 55 TT Vedrinamur BEL Europe Cup 26 14 ASEA Sarises Florinas GRE Europe Cup 27 wild card Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table FRA Europe Cup 27 wild card TT Malonne BEL
Duesseldorf Masters: ASSAR hoping for revenge
At the seventh event of the Duesseldorf Masters from Friday to Sunday five top 100 players will be at the starting line. The first and second positions in the seeding list are occupied once more by Omar ASSAR and Benedikt DUDA the two finalists of the previous week. All matches will be broadcast live on Sportdeutschland.TV Borussia-TV and on tischtennis.de. Egypt’s Omar ASSAR who was in front 3-0 in the final against Benedikt DUDA from Bergneustadt in Sunday’s match and runs ahead 7-3 in the fifth game is hoping for revenge for his defeat in finals. For ASSAR who is under contract for Borussia Duesseldorf it was his second defeat in the finale after losing to Dimitrij OVTCHAROV in June. ASSAR who is number 38 in the world is also set to take first place in the seeding of this week ahead of Benedikt DUDA the number 39. Portugal Open Winner DANG Qiu (Grünwettersbach) and Sweden’s Anton KALLBERG are starting also with high hopes for their first masters victory. Fifth top 100 player of the tournament is Albert MINO from Ecuador who currently holds 77th place in the ITTF ranking. Kilian ORT may also be counted among the extended circle of tournament favourites. Germany’s national team player from Bad Köngishofen who is competing in the Masters for his first time is currently number 198 in the world rankings. For the runner-up of German National Championships 2018 it is a re-entry into the competition. In autumn 2019 the 24-year-old who in his young career has often been set back by injuries had to take a forced break. Shortly after his return to the table at the end of January at the German Open ORT had once again folded and had to give up the tournament. Men’s national coach Joerg ROSSKOPF: “For KILIAN who is also participating in our training course this week it will be the first competition. After the German Open he had a period of problems with his ankle and calf”. The interim balance of the national coach for the Duesseldorf Masters is very good after five men’s tournaments so far. Joerg ROSSKOPF: “Overall I am very satisfied with how things have gone so far. Even if some players are missing from time to time due to injury or other plans it is a very important tournament for our national squad. The combination of training during the week and competition at the weekend fits very well because the Masters simulates the tournament situations we are currently missing. At the moment we are preparing for the European Championships in mid-September which according to the current state of affairs are to be held in Warsaw on the scheduled date.” A full field of 16 players will start on Friday afternoon (from 4 p.m.) as well as on Saturday and Sunday (from 10 a.m.) at the seventh Duesseldorf Masters. The six favourites will be challenged by a total of ten national junior players from the DTTB U23 support squad and the German Table Tennis Boarding School. ROSSKOPF added: “The Masters is also important for our young players who fill up our fields and therefore meet the best in competitive situations. These are very valuable experiences”. Duesseldorf Masters 7th tournament (17-19 July) Round of 16 18 July (6 matches in chronological order) Benedict Duda GER (2) – To Duy Dang GER 4 p.m. Dang Qiu GER (3) – Felix Koehler GER directly after but not before 4.40 pm Omar Assar GER (1) – Tobias Saeltzer GER immediately following but not before 17.20 Alberto Mino ECU (5 ) – Kirill Fadeev GER immediately following but not before 18.00 Anton Kaellberg SWE (3) – André Bertelsmeier GER immediately following but not before 6.40 p.m. Kilian Ort GER (6) – Gerrit Engemann GER directly after but not before 19.20 Round of 16 18 July (2 matches in chronological order) Tobias Hippler GER (7) – Dennis Klein GER 10 a.m Fanbo Meng GER (8) – Cedric Meissner GER directly after but not before 10.40 a.m. Quarter-finals 18 July (in chronological order) Omar Assar GER or Tobias Saeltzer GER – Kilian Ort GER or Gerrit Engemann GER 11.20 am Anton Kaellberg SWE or André Bertelsmeier GER – Tobias Hippler GER or Dennis Klein GER directly after but not before 12.05 Dang Qiu GER or Felix Koehler GER – Fanbo Meng GER or Cedric Meissner GER directly after but not before 12.50 Benedikt Duda GER or An Duy Dang GER – Alberto Mino ECU or Kirill Fadeev GER immediately following but not before 13.35 Semifinal July 19 Winner 1st quarter final – Winner 2nd quarter final 10am Winner 3rd quarter final – Winner 4th quarter final immediately following but not before 10.45 a.m. Final July 19th 1 p.m.
Libertas Marinkolor and dr. Časl won the Croatian Cup
Libertas Marinkolor and Dr. Časl are the winners of the Croatian Cup. Libertas Marinkolor defeated Vodovod 3-0 in the semifinals before they overcame Zagreb 3-0 in the finals. This is Libertas third Cup trophy they won it for the first time in 2017; repeated that success in 2018 while last season they were defeated by Zagreb in the final. The success was achieved by Miho SIMOVIĆ Tomislav JAPEC Neven JUZBAŠIĆ Dragutin ŠURBEK and coach Marko HABIJANEC. Dr. Časl won the cup for the fourth time and earlier this season they also won the national championship. This is their fourth double crown. Dr. Časl beat Varaždin 3-0 in the semifinals before they beat beat Malinska Dubašnica in the finals (3-0). The success was achieved by Ivana TUBIKANEC Dorina SREBRNJAK Mirela ĐURAK NI Xia Lian and coach Luka VRANČIĆ. Standings Men’s: 1. Libertas Marinkolor 2. Zagreb 3. Vodovod 4. Starr Standings Woman’s: 1. Dr. Časl 2. Malinska DUbašnica 3. Varaždin 4. Vodovod Men’s Finals Libertas Marinkolor – Zagreb 3:0 Simović – Ban 3:1 (11 -8 6 9) Japec – Maglić 3:1 (8 -9 8 5) Juzbašić – Zovko 3:0 (14 13 9) Semifinals Libertas Marinkolor – Vodovod 3:0 Simović – Arbanas 3:0 (10 7 9) Japec – Banek 3:1 (5 4 -11 6) Juzbašić – Markotić 3:0 (8 3 8) Zagreb – Starr 3:0 (k.o.) Woman’s Finals Dr. Časl – Malinska Dubašnica 3:0 Ni XIa Lian – Magličić 3:0 (3 4 3) Tubikanec – Jazbec 3:0 (9 3 9) Srebrnjak – Šantek 3:0 (5 4 4) 3rd place: Varaždin – Vodovod 3:0 Matijašec – Perković 3:0 (7 2 4) Malobabić – Meter 3:0 (4 1 3) Franović – Vukovac 3:0 (4 3 5) Semifinals Dr. Časl – Varaždin 3:0 Ni XIa Lian – Franović 3:0 (5 4 4) Srebrnjak – Petek 3:1 (4 -14 8 4) Tubikanec – Malobabić 3:0 (5 7 9) Malinska Dubašnica – Vodovod 3:0 Jazbec – Perković 3:0 (2 3 4) Šantek – Meter 3:0 (5 8 3) Magličić – Vukovac 3:0 (5 4 3)
Duesseldorf Masters VI: Duda beats Assar in the final
Benedikt DUDA is the winner of the Duesseldorf Masters VI. The player from Bergneustadt won the final of the fifth men’s tournament after a great race to catch up against the Egyptian Omar ASSAR 4-3 who had prevented a German final in the preliminary round with a 4-2 victory over Dang QIU. The next edition in the Masters series will take place at the ARAG CenterCourt from 17 to 19 July again with world-class participation. All good things come in threes: After the quarter-final exit in the first tournament against Steffen MENGEL and the semi-final defeat at the fourth edition against Bastian STEGER Benedikt DUDA secured his first Masters victory at his third start. The 26-year-old left-hander thus continues the so far uninterrupted series of German tournament victories. After the premiere success of Timo BOLL two times in a row victory for Dimitrij OVTCHAROV and one success for Bastian STEGER the women’s tournament had gone to HAN Ying. In the todays final match the number 39 won against the one position in the ITTF ranking better classified Egyptian Omar ASSAR 8:11 10:12 9:11 11:4 11:7 11:7 and 11:2 despite losing the first three games and catched the four games in a row quite safe after increasing the speed of his game. Duda was delighted with his remarkable coup after the final: “I don’t like so much to play against OMAR. He takes the balls very early plays incredibly well from behind and from half distance. In the first three games he played very powerfully and I didn’t really know what to do. After that I just decided to take part in the rallies play less short short and to increase the speed. In the end it worked out very well.” The defeated ASSAR was not unhappy with his perfomance even he missed chances in the fifth game: “It was a good finale. I am happy that the spectators saw a good game. After the 3-0 I hoped to win the match and in the fifth set with a 7-3 lead I also had my chances. So it’s a pity but Bene was also very strong today. He became more active after he was trailing and then played at a very high level. I tried to adjust my game but in the end it wasn’t enough. Maybe it’ll work out next week.” In remarkable semi-finals with four top-60 aces the two favourites had previously confirmed the seeding list. Benedikt DUDA defeated Anton KALLBERG in six games. The Swede who like ASSAR plays for Borussia Duesseldorf only found enough effective means against the powerful game of Duda in two games and declared: ” It was not a bad game but Bene was simply better than me today. He was safer in the game and deserved to win.” Benedikt DUDA was very satisfied with his presentation in the semi-finals: “I don’t really like playing against Anton. He made a lot of easy mistakes in the beginning which of course helped me. Later he became stronger and the match more balanced but in the sixth game everything worked out for me so that I could bring home the victory.” At his fifth participation two-time finalist Dang QIU had to bury his hopes for his first Masters victory in the semi-finals. The Portugal Open winner lost 2-4 to Omar ASSAR and afterwards mourned the loss of the fifth set at the 2-2 score in which the player from Grünwettersbach had previously fended off four game points and left out some good chances: “Omar played very well. I still had my chance in the fifth set despite being down 7-10.” ASSAR was happy to bring the match home: “I am very happy about my performance and that I won because Dang who becomes stronger and stronger also played at a high level.” As the most consistent player so far Dang QIU leads the overall standings after five Masters men’s editions even without winning a tournament. Two finals and three semi-finals have given the World Ranking 52nd comfortable 120 points putting him in first place ahead of Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (110) and the duo Benedikt DUDA and Omar ASSAR (80 each) who are ranked third. The series will conclude with a final tournament with eight professionals for which five athletes will qualify on points and three will receive a wildcard. The seventh edition of the tournament series is scheduled from 17 to 19 July. The Duesseldorf Masters organized by Borussia Duesseldorf with the support of the German Table Tennis Federation will be held almost weekly until August at the ARAG CenterCourt in a knockout system with up to 16 world-class players and is intended to shorten the break in competition caused by the Covid 19 pandemic. Duesseldorf Masters 6th tournament (10-12 July) Final July 12 Omar Assar EGY – Benedikt Duda GER 13.45 Semifinals July 12 Omar Assar EGY – Dang Qiu GER 4:2 (6 9 -7 -6 11 9) Benedikt Duda GER – Anton Kaellberg SWE 4:2 (5 -9 6 9 -5 2) Quarterfinal 11 July Dang Qiu GER – Gerrit Engemann GER 4:0 (7 6 10 11) Omar Assar EGY – Nils Hohmeier GER 4:1 (8 5 5 -11 5) Anton Kaellberg SWE – Fanbo Meng GER 4:0 (8 7 9 9) Benedikt Duda GER – Tobias Hippler GER 4:2 (7 -13 5 1 -9 10)
Düsseldorf Masters #6: KÄLLBERG and QIU easily prevailed
The start of the Düsseldorf Masters VI took place on Friday without any surprises. At the fifth men’s tournament the favourites prevailed in the round of 16. On Saturday from 10 a.m. onwards in the round of the best eight the Egyptian Omar ASSAR and Benedikt DUDA will enter the Masters for the first time this weekend. All matches will be broadcast live on Sportdeutschland.TV Borussia-TV and on tischtennis.de. The two WR-Top 60 players Anton KÄLLBERG (Sweden) and Dang QIU had no problems in their opening matches in the evening. KÄLLBERG won against the experienced Thomas KEINATH (Slovakia) and Dang QIU against the german youngster Tobias SLANINA without losing a game. The other matches on the Arag Center Court actually promised more suspense. Surprisingly Nils HOHMEIER won against TTBL player Dennis KLEIN with just loosing one game. And Gerrit ENGEMANN also expected surprisingly little resistance against Cedric MEISSNER the Franziska conqueror at the German Championships 2020 in his 4-0 victory. But then it went really exciting at the end of the first day of the Masters. Tobias HIPPLER (WR 233) was able to turn a 3-0 set deficit into a victory against Kirill FADEEV (WR 489) who is more than 200 places behind him in the world rankings. All table tennis fans can look forward to four interesting quarter finals tomorrow. Fan Bo MENG will then meet Anton KÄLBERG in the first game at 10 a.m. Afterwards Dang QIU wants to make his fifth semi-final appearance in the fifth Masters perfect against Gerrit Engemann. The top seeded Omar Assar will meet Nils Hohmeier again at 11.50 am and the last match of the day will be between Benedikt DUDA and Tobias HIPPLER. The Düsseldorf Masters organized by Borussia Düsseldorf with the support of the German Table Tennis Federation is held almost weekly from June to August at the ARAG CenterCourt in a knockout system with up to 16 world-class players and is intended to shorten the competition break caused by the Covid 19 pandemic. All tournaments will be broadcast live on Sportdeutschland.TV Borussia-TV and on tischtennis.de. Results and upcoming matches Round of 16 10. Juli (6 Spiele in chronologischer Reihenfolge) 10. Juli Omar Assar EGY (1) Bye Fanbo Meng GER (6) – Tayler Fox 4:0 (11:4 11:3 11:5 11:6) Cedric Meissner GER (7) – Gerrit Engemann GER 0:4 (6:11 6:11 8:11 9:11) Nils Hohmeier GER (8) – Dennis Klein GER 4:1 (11:9 11:9 4:11 11:8 11:9) Anton Källberg SWE (4) – Thomas Keinath SVK 4:0 (11:7 11:3 11:6 11:5) Dang Qiu GER (3) – Tobias Slanina GER 4:0 (11:2 11:7 11:9 11:6) Tobias Hippler GER (5) – Kirill Fadeev GER 4:3 (8:11 4:11 8:11 11:4 11:4 11:9 11:4) Benedikt Duda GER (2) Bye Quarterfinals 11. Juli Anton Källberg SWE – Fanbo Meng GER 10 Uhr Dang Qiu GER – Gerrit Engemann GER not before 10.55 Uhr Omar Assar EGY – Nils Hohmeier GER not before 11.50 Uhr Benedikt Duda GER – Tobias Hippler GER not before 12.45 Uhr Semi-Finals 12. Juli (in chronologischer Reihenfolge) Sieger 4. Viertelfinale – Sieger 1. Viertelfinale 10 Uhr Sieger 3. Viertelfinale – Sieger 2. Viertelfinale not before 11 Uhr
ITTF Executive Committee: July update on COVID-19
The ITTF Executive Committee met on Friday 10th July 2020 to discuss the latest situation for international table tennis amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Upon receiving a comprehensive update report from the COVID-19 Task Force which was set up to monitor the global situation closely and after deliberations with key stakeholders here are the key outcomes reached during the meeting: • The Hana Bank 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan Korea Republic will be staged between 28 February and 7 March 2021. • Due to decreasing probability of international events being staged according to the original plan in 2020 the ITTF will therefore attempt to stage “bubble” or regionally based events during the remainder of the 2020 calendar working around ever-changing international travel restrictions. • The Home of Table Tennis tender process which was postponed indefinitely in late March has confirmed revised timelines. The tender team will be reaching out to those cities which have expressed interest in the coming days to inform them about the revised process. The ITTF Executive Committee will meet again on Friday 28th August 2020 and will continue to provide further updates on all upcoming decisions in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Duesseldorf Masters VI: Benedikt DUDA and Omar ASSAR reaching out for first victory
One week after the ladies’ guest appearance the men’s tournament series continues at the Duesseldorf Masters. The title favorites from Friday to Sunday at the fifth edition are the Egyptian Omar ASSAR and Germanys’ Benedikt DUDA who are seeded first and second ahead of Dang QIU (Grünwettersbach) and Sweden’s Anton KÄLLBERG. All matches will be broadcast live on Sportdeutschland.TV Borussia-TV and tischtennis.de. One thing is already certain before the first rally. The series of tournament winners will continue with a new name. The previous winners Timo BOLL (Masters I) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Masters II and III) and Bastian STEGER (Masters IV) are not in the game this time. A total of 14 players will compete in the sixth Duesseldorf Masters on Friday afternoon (from 4 p.m.) as well as on Saturday and Sunday (from 10 a.m.). With Omar ASSAR (38) Benedikt DUDA (39) Dang QIU (52) and Anton KÄLLBERG (57) four aces from the top 60 of the ITTF ranking are represented and guarantee world class sport. The favourites will be challenged by nine youngsters on their way to the top selected from the DTTB U23 support squad and talents from the DTTB-Boarding School. The internationally experienced German Thomas KEINATH completes the field. Later playing for Slovakia Keinath won a bronze medal for Germany in Men’s Doubles at the European Championships in Bremen 20 years ago alongside Lars HIELSCHER nowadays assistant coach of Germanys National Men’s team. Duesseldorf Masters 6th tournament (10-12 July) Round of 16 10 July (6 matches in chronological order) 10 July Omar ASSAR EGY (seeding no. 1) bye Fanbo MENG GER (6) – Tayler FOX GER 4 pm Cedric MEISSNER GER (7) – Gerrit ENGEMANN GER immediately following but not before 16.45 Nils HOHMEIER GER (8) – Dennis KLEIN GER directly after but not before 17.30 Anton KÄLLBERG SWE (4) – Thomas KEINATH SVK immediately following but not before 18.15 Dang QIU GER (3) – Tobias SLANINA GER directly after but not before 7 pm Tobias HIPPLER GER (5) – Kirill FADEEV GER directly after but not before 19.45 Benedikt DUDA GER (2) bye Quarter-finals 11 July (in chronological order) Anton KÄLLBERG SWE or Thomas KEINATH SVK – Fanbo MENG GER or Tayler FOX GER 10 o’clock Dang QIU GER or Tobias SLANINA GER – Cedric MEISSNER GER or Gerrit ENGEMANN GER directly after but not before 10.55 a.m. Omar ASSAR EGY – Nils HOHMEIER GER or Dennis Klein GER directly after but not before 11.50 am Benedikt DUDA GER – Tobias HIPPLER GER or Kirill FADEEV GER directly after but not before 12.45 Semifinal 12 July (in chronological order) Winner 4th quarter final – Winner 1st quarter final 10am Winner 3rd quarter final – Winner 2nd quarter final immediately afterwards but not before 11 a.m. Final July 12 1:45 p.m.
ETTU Coaching Webinar 22 – 23 August 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a serious effect on table tennis and untill now there has been many precautions taken to keep table tennis community healthy & safe by ITTF ETTU and National Associations. ETTU has managed to overcome the obstacles with the help of technology and enable players and coaches to come together again with ETTU Web camp project . We have received many positive feedbacks and we believe now that it is time to launch another online work now including education sessions for coaches – ETTU Coaching Webinar 22 – 23 August 2020. This webinar will be open to all ETTU National Team level coaches for all age categories. The participant limit will be 40 male – 40 female coaches. If the entry quota is filled before the deadline there won’t be any other accepted entries. Each Federation has 2 quotas per gender. If the entries from a Federations exceed this quota these extra entries will be in the waiting list. The session will take place on Zoom programme online at 11.00 (CET) 10.00 (GMT) 12. 00 (Istanbul Tel Aviv) Two lecturers will have sessions on the first day. The coach will create the session link and the coordinator will send like to all participants via both e-mail and Whatsapp group. On the second day 1 lecturer will have a webinar for the coaches. The links will be send to participants in the same way. The project team is: Project Management Team Neven CEGNAR – Prof. ETTU Development Manager Samet POLAT – ETTU Coaching Webinar Director Lecturers are: Krisztina TOTH (Footwork/balance and its effect on the basics of table tennis) Matilda EKHOLM (Footwork/balance and its effect on the basics of table tennis) and Eva JELER (Technical development of players age 10-15). The players coaches and lecturers will use Zoom program for the training sessions. ETTU will purchase Pro licensed Zoom for project team. The entries should be sent with the Entry Form to Mr. Neven CEGNAR (ETTU Development Manager) via e-mail to ncegnar@gmail.com until 12th August 2020 – 8 p.m. (CET) ETTU Coaching Webinar will take place on two days ; 22.08.2020 and 23.08.2020.
