Europe Cup Round of 16 Portugal’s clubs in both Men’s and Women’s Europe Cup recorded wins in past two days. The opening leg of the Round of 16 is underway this week anfd so far it has been succesfull for Portugal’s representatives. In Women’s Cup G.D. do Centro Social do Juncal overcame Belgium’s CTT Tiege in four matches. Tatiana GARNOVA won both her matches against Aurore LAMBERTY and Cecile OZER. OZER scored against Leila OLIVEIRA but Patricia MACIEL showed no mercy against Marie CAPOCCI. In Men’s Cup Clube Desportivo Sao Roque overcame CSS-SZAK Odorheiu Secuiesc and they also lost only one point against Romania’s side. ZHAO Tian Ming beat both Szilard GYORGY and Sebastian LOSO Nuno HENRIQUES overcame Kristian CERVIK and LOSO prevailed against Tiago LI to add only point to guest’s scoreboard. Round of 16 Women’s Europe Cup Leg 1 G.D. do Centro Social do Juncal – CTT Tiege 3:1 Tatiana GARNOVA – Aurore LAMBERTY 3:0 (11:7 11:1 11:3) Leila OLIVEIRA – Cecile OZER 0:3 (8:11 7:11 9:11) Patricia MACIEL – Marie CAPOCCI 3:0 (11:9 11:6 11:6) Tatiana GARNOVA – Cecile OZER 3:0 (11:4 11:7 11:8) ASKÖ LZ Linz Froschberg – TT Vedrinamur 3:0 ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly – ACS Dumbravita 3:0 Round of 16 Men’s Europe Cup Leg 1 Clube Desportivo Sao Roque – CSS-SZAK Odorheiu Secuiesc 3:1 ZHAO Tian Ming – Szilard GYORGY 3:1 (11:5 5:11 11:9 11:8) Tiago LI – Sebastian LOSO 1:3 (4:11 15:13 10:12 1:11) Nuno HENRIQUES – Kristian CERVIK 3:0 (13:11 11:8 11:5) ZHAO Tian Ming – Sebastian LOSO 3:2 (11:8 11:6 5:11 12:14 11:5) REAL Club Cajasur Priego Knolive – TDM PTE PEAC Kalo-Meh 3:2 Carlos MACHADO – Lehel DEMETER 1:3 (7:11 7:11 11:9 4:11) Daniel KOSIBA – Zsolt PETÖ 3:1 (11:5 11:7 8:11 11:5) Alejandro CALVO – Gabor GEROLD 1:3 (4:11 5:11 11:8 7:11) Carlos MACHADO – Zsolt PETÖ 3:2 (12:10 10:12 11:13 11:7 11:8) Daniel KOSIBA – Lehel DEMETER 3:1 (7:11 11:6 11:4 11:6)
Liam PITCHFORD brings higher expectations to Roskilde
Table Tennis Champions League Men Round 4 French club GV Hennebont TT beat Sporting 3:0 on home soil in the TTCLM Round 4 and overtook Portugal’s side in Group D in the battle for the second place and quarter-final spot. Eight days ago in Lisbon host team won 3:1 thanks to Quadri ARUNA but this time he was beaten by FAN Sheng Peng in maybe crucial clash for the final outcome. Cedric NUYTINCK prevailed against Diogo CARVALHO in straight games of the opener while Samuel WALKER defeated GUILHERME Paulo in four games of the third encounter. Danish team Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 beat away Ostrava 2016 3:0 increasing significantly its chances for the quarter-finals. It was super fast win as all matches were closed in straight games: ZHAI Yujia vs. Ondrej BAJAGER Liam PITCHFORD vs. Felipe OLIVARES Michael MAZE vs. Tomas KOLDAS. It’s so obvious that Roskilde is a different team with current world no.18 PITCHFORD who was absent in the first two rounds. TTCLM Round 4 Group B TTC Ostrava 2016 – Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 0:3 Ondrej BAJGER – ZHAI Yujia 0:3 (9:11 7:11 10:12) Felipe OLIVARES – Liam PITCHFORD 0:3 (9:11 4:11 6:11) Tomas KOLDAS – Michael MAZE 0:3 (3:11 8:11 6:11) Group D GV Hennebont TT – Sporting Clube De Portugal 3:0 Cedric NUYTINCK – Diogo CARVALHO 3:0 (11:6 11:5 11:7) FAN Sheng Peng – Quadri ARUNA 3:1 (2:11 11:5 11:9 11:8) Samuel WALKER – GUILHERME Paulo 3:1 (11:8 11:8 9:11 11:2)
2021 ITTF European Championships Draw live from Luxembourg on Saturday
You can follow it live on ettu.tv laola1.tv and Facebook The draw for Stage 1 of the 2021 ITTF European Championships will be held in Luxembourg on Saturday 2nd November 2019 start 1400 CET. You can follow it live on ettu.tv laola1.tv and facebook. The competition in first phase commences on April next year and the final stage will be played in Romania’s Cluj Napoca between 28th September and 3rd October. 2019 European Championships title holders are Germany (Men) Romania (Women). In addition 43 (of 58) Associations entered for 2020-2021 ITTF European Team Championships. In Stage 1 list of entries consist of 41 Men’s and 38 Women’s teams. Stage 1: 18 Men’s and 18 Women’s for A groups – 6 Men’s groups and 6 Women’s groups. 19 Men’s and 14 Women’s for B groups – 6 Men’s groups and 5 Women’s groups. 4 Men’s and 6 Women’s for C groups – 1 Men’s group and 1 Women’s group. Winner and runner up of C groups qualify for B groups. Winners and runners up of B groups qualify for Stage 2 together with 3rd placed teams of A groups. Playing schedule stage 1: A groups round 1: Tuesday 13th October 2020 A groups round 2: Tuesday 17th November 2020 A groups round 3: Tuesday 8th December 2020 B groups: Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th October 2020 C groups: Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th April 2020 The 2021 dates for the A groups rounds 4 5 and 6 will follow. Stage 2: 18 Men’s and 16 Women’s – 5 Men’s groups and 5 Women’s groups. Winners and runners up of groups qualify for Final Stage. Final Stage: Men: host ROU holder GER A group winners and runners up (12) and Stage 2 qualifiers (10) = 24 teams. Women: host/holder ROU A group winners and runners up (12) and Stage 2 qualifiers (11) = 24 teams. 2020-2021 ETTC TEAM ENTRIES Association MEN WR-10 Association WOMEN WR-10 1 SWEDEN A 5 1 GERMANY A 7 2 FRANCE A 8 2 AUSTRIA A 9 3 AUSTRIA A 9 3 HUNGARY A 11 4 ENGLAND A 10 4 UKRAINE A 12 5 SLOVENIA A 12 5 THE NETHERLANDS A 14 6 PORTUGAL A 13 6 RUSSIA A 15 7 CROATIA A 14 7 POLAND A 17 8 BELGIUM A 18 8 SWEDEN A 18 9 BELARUS A 20 9 LUXEMBOURG A 20 10 SLOVAKIA A 21 10 PORTUGAL A 20* 11 RUSSIA A 22 11 FRANCE A 21 12 DENMARK A 23 12 CZECH REPUBLIC A 23 13 CZECH REPUBLIC A 24 13 SPAIN A 24 14 UKRAINE A 26 14 ITALY A 26 15 POLAND A 27 15 BELARUS A 28 16 SPAIN A 31 16 SERBIA A 29 17 SERBIA A 36 17 SLOVAKIA A 30 18 GREECE A 37 18 BELGIUM A 31 1 HUNGARY B 28 1 CROATIA B 36 2 ITALY B 29 2 SLOVENIA B 38 3 THE NETHERLANDS B 38 3 TURKEY B 39 4 SWITZERLAND B 48 4 ENGLAND B 41 5 LITHUANIA B 49 5 SWITZERLAND B 44 6 LUXEMBOURG B 50 6 LITHUANIA B 48 7 TURKEY B 53 7 GREECE B 49 8 ISRAEL B 54 8 NORWAY B 56 9 BULGARIA B 65 9 BULGARIA B 58 10 FINLAND B 66 10 FINLAND B 63 11 SAN MARINO B 86 11 ESTONIA B 65 12 CYPRUS B 91 12 BOSNIA/HERZEGOV. B 69 13 NORWAY B 93 13 ISRAEL B 97 14 MONTENEGRO B 99 14 SCOTLAND B 104 15 IRELAND B 101 1 WALES C 80 16 ESTONIA B 103 2 KOSOVO C 113 17 SCOTLAND B 104 3 FAROE ISLANDS C 121 18 KOSOVO B 113 4 ICELAND C 124 19 BOSNIA/HERZEGOV. B 115 5 MALTA C 125 1 WALES C 112 6 IRELAND C UNR 2 ICELAND C 121 3 MALTA C 136 4 FAROE ISLANDS C 144
Eight medals for team Europe at the World Cadet Challenge in Poland’s Władysławowo
At the 2019 World Cadet Challenge in Poland’s Władysławowo team of Europe won eight medals in teams and singles events. After gold and bronze in Girls and Boys Team events they added two more gold three silver and bronze medal. In Cadet Boys Singles Darius MOVILEANU of Romania overcame JANG Seongil of Korea. Romania’s Iulian CHIRITA lost to Korea’s runner up in the semis. In Cadet Girls Romania’s Elena ZAHARIA lost to Japan’s Kaho AKAE 2-4. In Doubles CHIRITA partnering Singapore’s QUEK Yong Izaac won also silver. They failed on last hurdle against Sora MATSHUSHIMA of Japan and Navid SHAMS of IRI. Winning duo beat Simon BELIK of Czech Republic and Denis IZUMRUDOV of Russia in semis. Vlada VORONINA of Russia and ZAHARIA won silver in Doubles. Title went to Japan’s AKAE and Korea’s LEE Yeonhui. Poland’s Anna BRZYSKA and Zuzanna WIELGOS won bronze. In Mixed Doubles QUEK Yong Izaac and ZAHARIA clinched gold whilst Hana ARAPOVIC of Croatia and Mateusz ZALEWSKI of Poland won silver. “Congratulations to the players coaches and all who participated in the preparation of this event. It is not just amazing: it is also the result of a well defined development policy ” said ETTU President Ronald KRAMER.
Greenhouse Sport Centre gathered top coaches in London
ETTU – ITTF Annual Coaching Conference 2019 The ETTU – ITTF Annual Coaching Conference 2019 is underway in Marylebone London. The Conference is taking place in the venue „Greenhouse Sport Centre” which is a former church that has been wonderfully renovated some years ago and is used now by Table Tennis England. Table tennis is among the 5 sports of the whole charity program that can be played by children at this beautiful and unique venue on daily basis. Annual Coaching Conference gathered 30 foreigner coaches from 20 Associations and about 30 coaches representing host association. After the welcome speeches of Table Tennis England Chair Sandra DEATON and ETTU President Ronald KRAMER Greenhouse Sport Charity host Jason SUGRUE started the Conference explaining in details the story of the building and the daily work of the Charity program. DTTB Sports Director Richard PRAUSE had a three hours lecture with great interaction of the coaches on subject of “Plastic ball – Influence on the technique and tactics of table tennis”. Today the Conference continues with the 2nd lecture of Richard PRAUSE’S “Service / Receive in modern table tennis” followed by DTTB Fitness Coach Benjamin SCHMITZ’S “Speed in High Performance Table Tennis / New Aspects of Weight Coordination and Neuro Athletic Training” lesson in the afternoon. The day will end with City cruise on the River Thames by taking in the sights of London. On 1st November members of the Table Tennis England Performance Team Alan COOKE and Matt STANFORTH will take over with ‘Project 913 – Table Tennis England’
ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly easily prevailed at home
Women’s Europe Cup Last year semi finalists ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly easily prevailed in the Round of 16 match against ACS Dumbravita in the Women’s Europe Cup. In France host secured opening leg victory in straight matches against Romania’ club. SUN Jiaju gave host good start with 3-0 win over Mihaela ILIE whilst Galia DVORAK needed one more to overcame Andreea ZANFIR. Closest to the point get Angela TOMA. She forced Roza SOPOSKI to go full distance before she lost. ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly – ACS Dumbravita 3:0 SUN Jiaju – Mihaela ILIE 3:0 (11:5 11:8 11:7) Galia DVORAK – Andreea ZANFIR 3:1 (11:5 7:11 11:9 13:11) Roza SOPOSKI – Angela TOMA 3:2 (11:6 7:11 15:13 3:11 11:7)
TTCLM: Borussia and Bogoria secure quarter-finals
Table Tennis Champions League Men Round 4 Borussia Dusseldorf and KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki secured their places for the 2019/20 TTCLM quarter-finals as they beat away STK Starr Croatia and Ping Pong Club Villeneuvois respectively. Both matches were decided in straight matches like it happened in Round 3 when Borussia and Bogoria hosted same opponents. German team was too strong for STK Starr Croatia in Group D in spite of playing without Timo BOLL. Sweden’s Anton KÄLLBERG beat SUN Chia-Hung in the opener his compatriot Kristian KARLSSON overcame Ronald REDJEP in straight games while Ricardo WALTHER prevailed against QIU Liang after four games. Regarding game held in Group C French team started well as Vassily LAKEEV won first two games against Panagiotis GIONIS but Greek responded by three games in a row. Next two encounters were decided in straight games: Marek BADOWSKI beat Vildan GADIEV and Pavel SIRUCEK defeated Nima ALAMIAN. TTCLM Round 4 GROUP C KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki – Ping Pong Club Villeneuvois 3:0 Panagiotis GIONIS – Vassily LAKEEV 3:2 (6:11 10:12 11:7 11:4 11:8) Marek BADOWSKI – Vildan GADIEV 3:0 (11:5 11:9 11:8) Pavel SIRUCEK – Nima ALAMIAN 3:0 (17:15 11:9 11:4) GROUP D STK Starr Croatia – Borussia Düsseldorf 0:3 SUN Chia-Hung – Anton KÄLLBERG 1:3 (11:8 5:11 5:11 3:11) Ronald REDJEP – Kristian KARLSSON 0:3 (8:11 8:11 8:11) QIU Liang – Ricardo WALTHER 1:3 (11:8 9:11 5:11 3:11)
World Table Tennis Governance and Sustainability key topics at recent ITTF Executive Committee meeting
The ITTF Executive Committee met between 20 – 21 October 2019 in Chengdu China and agreed on the following key decisions: 1. To fully go ahead with new commercial vehicle World Table Tennis under the proposed structure presented by the Tender’s Selection Panel. World Table Tennis will house the ITTF’s core commercial assets from 2021. The benefits are far-reaching and will facilitate more innovative conversations with potential partners thus enabling the ITTF to modernise its commercial business activities and ultimately unlock the full potential of table tennis so that it can compete among the highest-profile sports in the world. More information on this will be announced in the coming weeks. 2. To work on changing the ITTF’s current Governance structure ensuring that the Continental Federations have a more vital role at the highest level of the ITTF. The ITTF is currently reviewing the whole constitution which includes a discussion for a possible change with regard to the participation of the Continental Federations which would enable them (and their leadership) to be closer to the main decision-making bodies of the ITTF. The ITTF has seen in recent years that the relationship with the Continental Federations even with more resources provided by the ITTF than ever before is often not ideal and the ITTF believes that this has a lot to do with the current Governance structure. 3. To create a Sustainability Working Group ensuring that all future events and activities fall in line with current global needs related to protecting our environment. The Executive Committee raised the issue of sustainability in today’s society and stressed the importance of reducing the negative impact on the environment. For table tennis as a sport it was necessary to start thinking about how to find solutions especially in the area of equipment sustainability and strongly recommended the formation of a Sustainability Working Group led by international experts. ITTF President Thomas WEIKERT concluded: “Our Executive Committee meeting was an historic one as the ITTF approved the structure of World Table Tennis which will bring much-needed funds into table tennis and allow us to make significant strides forward with our products. In addition we made good progress with our governance review as well as making the decision to be much more vigilant as regards making the sport of table tennis more sustainable.”
Kosovo is rising Breast Cancer Awareness through table tennis
Kosovo Table Tennis Association on the occasion of Breast Cancer Awareness Month has organized the “PINK PONG Breast Cancer Awareness” tournament for people affected by this disease. Pristina’s table tennis hall turned pink on the 28th of October with more than 100 participants that played table tennis for 3 hours while listening music and enjoying some light snacks. They were not professional table tennis players; they were women that are fighting to cure from Breast Cancer. “Federation have decided to organize such event where we have invited people who are affected by this disease and people who may be affected in the future in order to raise awareness for early screening given that diagnostics the earliest is equal to the saving of life” said Kastriot ORANA organizer of the PINK Pong tournament. President of KTTA Mr. Nehat ÇITAKU welcomed the participants and invited them to play table tennis at least 2- 3 times a week and through physical activities you will fight and prevent such disease. “You are welcome to be part of our family our association. We will offer you the venue for free so you can come and play table tennis at least 2 to 3 times a week and we want you to feel here as in your home” said President ÇITAKU.
Borussia Dusseldorf travels to Croatia
Table Tennis Champions League Round 4 (Oct 30-Nov 1) The 2019/20 TTCLM Round 4 will be held from this Wednesday to Friday (Oct 30-Nov 1) as TTCLM record-holder 11-time winner Borussia Dusseldorf travels to Croatia to play against debutant STK Starr Croatia. These two teams met five days ago in Germany when no.2 seed won 3:0 in Group D Round 3. After 3:1 loss last Friday in Portugal French club GV Hennebont TT hosts Sporting Clube De Portugal determined to win and keep chances for the quarter-finals. Quadri ARUNA was man of the match five days ago but Cedric NUYTINCK and his teammates believe in their strength on home soil. Reigning TTCLM champion Fakel Gazprom Orenburg plays for its fourth win in a row against Leka Enea in Spain while another Group A match will take a place in Germany between Post SV Mühlhausen 1951 e.V. and VS Angers TT. French team beat Mühlhausen 3:1 thanks to Jens LUNDQVIST who overcame both Lubomir JANCARIK and Steffen MENGEL. German team has to win in order to stay on the way to the quarter-finals. Current TTCLM runner-up UMMC welcomes SPG Walter Wels seeking second win in six days against Austrian side. Second clash in Group C will be held between Ostrava and Roskilde. Czech side plays for its very first win while Danish team (1-2) has no right to make mistake after unexpected defeat against Walter Wels in the Round 1. Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki made a big step toward quarter-finals by beating away Club Villeneuvois. Nevertheless Polish team needs another victory in order to secure at least second spot of Group C. TTCLM Round 4 GROUP A Leka Enea TDM – Fakel Gazprom Orenburg (Nov 01 18:30 CET) Post SV Mühlhausen 1951 e.V. – VS Angers TT (Nov 01 19:00 CET) GROUP B TTC Ostrava 2016 – Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 (Oct 31 18:00 CET) TTSC UMMC – SPG Walter Wels (Nov 01 15:00 CET) GROUP C GDCS Juncal – FC Saarbrücken TT 0:3 (played October 25th) KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki – Ping Pong Club Villeneuvois (Oct 30 18:00 CET) GROUP D STK Starr Croatia – Borussia Düsseldorf (Oct 30 19:00 CET) GV Hennebont TT – Sporting Clube De Portugal (Oct 31 19:30 CET)
