High Level Coaching Course will be organised by the Swedish Table Tennis Association in partnership with the Halmstad University and the ITTF. The course will be held in Halmstad (SWE) in the period 6 – 11 December 2019. As partner ITTF gains the possibility to invite 12 international coaches to the Course. In the wish of offering a fast-tracking educational opportunity and empirical experience of the highest level to active coaches from around the globe that with their daily work with already established and/or talented players are aiming for excellence professionalism and overall success on global level we are reaching out to the Continents with the following support/scholarship proposal: The selection of the 12 coaches will be run via an online application process with clear criteria and conditions whereby 6 coaches will be selected based on a universality principle i.e. 1 per Continent but considering high performance potential of the candidates as specified on p. 6 of the Prospectus (source of funding: Continental Development Program); 6 coaches will be selected from the pool of experts that follow players active in the ITTF High Performance Programs.
ETTU / ITTF Annual Coaching Conference 2019 in London
The European Table Tennis Union in cooperation with the Table Tennis England invites all European coaches to the ETTU/ITTF Annual Coaching Conference which will be held in London from 30 October to 1 November. ITTF/ETTU Annual Coaching Conference is part of Development Program and it is primarily intended for all European coaches but all coaches from other continents are welcome too. Lecturers: Richard PRAUSE (GER) – DTTB Sports Director Benjamin SCHMITZ (GER) – DTTB Fitness Coach Alan COOKE / Matt STANFORTH (ENG) – Table Tennis England Performance Team Jason SUGRUE (ENG) – Greenhouse Sport Charity So Far 12 coaches confirmed their attedence: Jan BERNER Ryan JENKINS Callum Riddoch Ricardo OLIVIERA Francisco SANTOS Jochem DE HOOP Aad KWAKKEISTEIN Juraj TEPLANSKY Richard SCHRAF Jarek KOLODZIJCZYK Isabelle THIBAUD and Petr NEDOMA. Only entries sent by National Associations will be accepted (also in cases when the entered person comes on own cost). So all interested persons shall contact their National Associations.
About 11 000 people attend table tennis festival
National Table Tennis Day of Poland The third edition of the Poland’s National Day of Table Tennis held last weekend attracted about 11 000 people and 1 200 participants in the different tournaments at the National Stadium in Warsaw (PGE Narodowy capacity 58 145). Table Tennis fans have enjoyed watching several competitions including regular rounds of Polish Men’s and Women’s super leagues and youth tournaments. The football pitch of this modern stadium was filled by more than 100 tables with the presence of some table tennis stars like Jorgen PERSSON (Sweden) and Jorg ROSSKOPF (Germany). “We are very pleased with the attendance and entire organization. We organize the event for the both current and future table tennis fans. We are thankful to the clubs of Men’sand Women’s national championships who accepted our invitation and played their league matches in Warsaw. Their performance enriched and made table tennis more attractive. A novelty of this edition were the workshops and trainings organized by PZTS in which players coaches and parents took part and young ping pong players could meet table tennis stars” stated for PZTS website President of Polish Table Tennis Association (PZTS) Dariusz SZUMACHER.
Natalia PARTYKA confirmed her supremacy
European Para Championships in Helsingborg First part of the European Para Championships in Helsingborg concluded today. The 19 champions were crowned today and the competition will continue with Team’s Events. Among players who defended their title were : Anna-Carin AHLQUIST (Sweden) Olympic champions Borislava PERIC RANKOVIC (Serbia) and Natalia PARTYKA (Poland) Thomas SCHMIDBERGER (Germany) and Victor DIDUK (Ukraine). Women Singles Class 3: winner Anna-Carin AHLQUIST (Sweden) silver Michaela BRUNELLI (Italy) bronze Andela MUZINIC (Croatia) Alena KANOVA (Slovakia) Women Singles Class 4 – 5: Borislava PERIC RANKOVIC (Serbia) silver Nada MATIC (Serbia) bronze Ingela LUNDBACK (Sweden) and Sandra MIKOLASCHEK (Germany). Women Singles Class 6: winner Alieva MALIAK (Russia) silver Stephanie GREBE (Germany) bronze Raisa CHEBANIKA (Russia) and Maryna LYTOVCHENKO (Ukraine). Women Singles Class 7: winner Kelly VAN ZON (Netherlands) silver Kubra KORKUT (Russia) bronze Victoriya SAFONOVA (Russia) and Anne BARNEOUD (France). Women Singles Class 8: winner Thu KAMKASOMPHOU (France) silver Dajana JASTERZEBSKA (Poland) bronze Elena LITVENKO (Russia) Aida DAHLEN (Norway). Women Singles Class 9: winner Alexa SZVITACS (Hungary) silver Karolina PEK (Poland) bronze Anastasia KOSTENEVICH (Russia Neslihan KAVAS (Turkey). Women’s Singles Class 10: winner Natalia PARTYKA (Poland) silver Merve DEMIR (Turkey) bronze Umran ERTIS (Turkey) and Thea Amalie NIELSEN (Denmark). Women Singles Class 11: winner Elena PROKOFEVA (Russia) silver Ebru ACER (Turkey) bronze Natalya KOSMINA (Ukraine) and Maria GALKINA (Russia). Men Singles Class 1: winner Robert DAVIS (GBR) silver Endre MAJOR (Hungary) bronze Dimitry LAVROV (Russia) Sylvio KELLER (Switzerland). Men Singles Class 2: winner Fabien LAMIRAULT (France) silver Jiri SUCHNEK (Czech Republic) bronze Iker SASTRE (Spain) Rasul NAZIROV (Russia). Men Singles Class 3: winner Thomas SCHMIDBERGER (Germany) Florian MERRIEN (France) bronze Thomas BRUCHLE (Germany) Carl Alexander Mattias OHGREN (Sweden) Mens Singles Class 4: winner Abdullah OZTURK (Turkey) silver Nesim TURAN (Turkey) bronze Rafal LIS (Poland) Krszysztof ZYLKA (Poland). Men Singles Class 5: winner Valentin BAUS (Germany) silver Mitar PALIKUCA (Serbia) bronze Tommy URHAUG (Norway) Ali OZTURK (Turkey). Men Singles Class 6: winner Peter ROSENMEIER (Denmark) silver Bobi SIMION (Romania) bronze Paul David WETHERILL (GBR) Thomas RAU (Germany). Man Singles Class 7: winner Jean-Paul MONTANUS (Netherlands) silver Pavao JOZIC (Croatia) bronze Thomas WESTERBERG (Sweden) Miroslav JAMBOR (Slovakia). Men Singles Class 8: winner Victor DIDUK (Ukraine) silver Maksym NIKOLENKO (Ukraine) bronze Piotr GRUDZIEN (Poland) Emil ANDERSSON (Sweden). Men Singles Class 9: winner Laurens DEVOS (Belgium) silver Lev KATS (Ukraine) bronze Daniel GUSTAFSSON (Sweden) Juan PEREZ GONZALES (Spain). Men Singles Class 10: winner Patryk CHOJNOWSKI (Poland) silver Filip RADOVIC (Montenegro) bronze Mateo BOHES (France) Igor MISZTAL (Poland). Men Singles Class 11: winner Florian VAN ACKER (Belgium) silver Peter PALOS (Hungary) bronze Eduardo CUESTA MARTINEZ (Spain) Peter PALOS (Hungary).
The draw for the third phase of the Europe Cup
Men’s and Women’s Europe Cup The draw for the third phase of the Europe Cup was held today after weekend packed with action all over Europe. Group winners and clubs finished at position no. two in their respective Groups joined top 8 seeds in next knock out phase. In Men’s Europe Cup top seeded Austria’s Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt will meet group’s runner up STK Libertas Marinkolor from Croatia. No. two seed BeneluxGroup Taverzo from Netherlands will play against TTC Neuhausen from Switzerland further Clube Desportivo Sao Roque from Portugal will play against Romania’s CSS-SZAK Odorheiu Secuiesc. SF SKK El Nino Praha from Czech Republic will play against Belgium’s TT Vedrinamur Spanish Arteal TM will play against Belgium’s TTC Sokah Hoboken SK Vydrany from Slovakia will meet Fortune Kyiv from Ukraine. Spanish Real Club Cajasur Priego Knolive TM will play against Hungary’s PTE PEAC Kalo-Meh and TTSC UMMC-ELEM will meet Spain’s Borges Grup Vall. Top seeds in Women’s Europe Cup ASKÖ LZ Linz Froschberg will host TT Vedrinamur from Belgium; no. two seeds ASSSA Alicante Tenis de Mesa from Spain will meet DT Nidderkäerjeng from Luxembourg. In remaining six matches we will see duels: ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly from France vs. ACS Dumbravita from Romania TT Moravsky Krumlov from Czech Republic vs. DT Roodt-Syre from Luxembourg TTC Novi Sad from Serbia vs. Spanish Tecnigen Linares GDCS Do Juncal from Porugal vs CTT Tiege from Belgium Russia’s TMK-TAGMET Taganrog vs. another Russia’s team TTC Kazan and Kocasinan Belediyesi Spor Club from Turkey against ASD Quattro Mori Cagliari from Italy. The matches will be played in the weekend from 1st to 3rd November and in the first match the higher ranked clubs are hosts. The second leg is scheduled week later.
Linz opens new season by win over Leka Enea
2019/20 European Champions League Women Former two-time ECLW champion Linz AG Froschberg has opened new season by home victory over ECLW debutant Leka Enea Tenis de Mesa 3:1. It was good team work as each of domestic players contributed with one point. Spanish side secured early lead thanks to LIN Chia-Chin who overcame the best Linz’s player Sofia POLCANOVA after full five games. Austrian rising star the best ranked European player (current world no. 16) managed to tie the score at 2-2 but guest won decisive set by a narrow margin. All three fallowing games have been decided in straight games: Yui HAMAMOTO – Maria XIAO 3:0 Linda BERGSTROM – Roxana MIhaela IAMANDI 3:0 and Sofia POLCANOVA – Maria XIAO 3:0. ECLW Round 1 Group D Linz AG Froschberg – Leka Enea Tenis de Mesa 3:1 Sofia POLCANOVA – LIN Chia-Chin 2:3 (9:11 10:12 11:6 11:5 9:11) Yui HAMAMOTO – Maria XIAO 3:0 (11:2 11:6 11:7) Linda BERGSTROM – Roxana MIhaela IAMANDI 3:0 (11:6 11:8 11:8) Sofia POLCANOVA – Maria XIAO 3:0 (11:9 11:5 11:7)
Borges Group Vall justified high rankings
Europe Cup Men In Europe Cup Men the competition started with few upsets and lot of fierce battles. In Spain in Group A five clubs fought for top two positions which leads to the Third Group Stage. Hosts Universidad De Burgos Fortune Kyiv from Ukraine and CSS-SZAK Odorheiu Secuiesc from Romania all recorded three wins and one defeat but Burgos failed to book neither of two hot spots. CSS-SZAK Odorheiu Secuiesc with Szilara GYÖRGY Krisztian CSERVIK Sebastian LOSO and Istivan GYÖRGY had better game ratio and also overcame Fortune Kyiv’s Dmkytro PYSAR Bohdan SYNKEVYCH and Viktor YEFIMOV. I Group B Sokah Hoboken beat Libertas Marinkolor to preserve unbeaten status and secure top place in the group. Tim from Croatia finished second. In Group C in Hungary host PTE PEAC Kalo-Meh booked first position with all three victories. Zsolt PETÖ Gabor GEROLD Adam LINDNER and Lehel DEMETER successfully concluded their matches against CTT Tiege from Belgium AD Vincios from Spain and biggest threat to leading position TTC Neuhausen from Switzerland in the opening round. Swiss Mauro SCHÄRRER Pekka PELZ and Elias HARDMEIER also proceeded to the next round from the second position. In Group D in Belgium Borges Group Vall from Spain justified their high rankings. Joan MASIP Marc DURAN and Albert VILARDELL secured all three wins. Against hosts TT Vedrinamur they played last match for the top position and in full five matches duel they succeeded against Nikolas DEGROS Louis LAFFINEUR and Tim GILTIA. ADC Ponta do Pargo – Calheta from Portugal is third and DT Echternach from Luxembourg is fourth.
Favorites faced upsets in Belgium and Denmark
Europe Cup Women In Europe Cup Women leading clubs in A Group TTC Kazan from Russia and B Group Spain’s Tecnigen Linares justified their status but in Group C CTT Tiege and in Group D ASD Quattro Mori Cagliari upset the ranking order. In Group A Daria SHADRINA Ekaterina OKHOTNIKOVA and Arina SLAUTINA beat TT Vedrinamur from Belgium with Jana BERNARD Morgane GUIDON and Elodie BOSSUT. Cyprus’ hosts Onisilos Lakatamias suffered in both encounters. In Group B Spain’s Tecnigen Linares hosted this stage’s matches and won all of them. Klaudia KUSINSKA Roxana Ana Maria ISTRATE Lucia AGUAYO and Judith COBAS faced biggest threat from DT Nidderkäerjeng from Luxembourg with Anelia LUPULESKU Egle SANIROVIC and Lena GREIN but maintained their leading position. TTC Nodo Ekeren from Belgium and Portugal’s G.D. Dos Toledos are third and fourth. In Belgium hosts CTT Tiege took the advantage from playing at the home soil and booked first position. Marie CAPOCCI Alison GEORIS Aurore LAMBERTY Cecile OZER and Alisson SIMAR beat Tigem Spor Club from Turkey and DT Roodt – Syre from Luxembourg but suffered from other Belgium’s club TT Jamoigne. DT Roodt – Syre is second with also one defeat. In Luxembourg’s team were Tessy GONDERINGER Christine KONSBRUCK and Annick STAMMET. ASD Quattro Mori Cagliari’s Andreea Teodora CLAPA WEI Jian and Rossana FERCIUG created un upset and reached the top position in the group D. They are in front of Romania’s ACS Dumbravita with Andreea Valentina ZANFIR Mihaela Roxan ILIE and Reka BEZEG. Hosts D Hillerød G.I. Bordtennis with Pia TOELHØJ Mie SKOV and Petra SÖRLING are third and top seeded Italy’s A.S.D. Tennistavolo Norbello finished fourth.
ECLW Round 1: Favourites show their strength
2019/20 European Champions League Women All three favourites proved their reputation in the opening round of the 2019/20 ECLW: four-time winner and actual no. 1 seed TTC Berlis Eastside and TT Saint Quentinois beat two debutants GIRBAU-VIC TT and TTC CarinthiaWinds Villach respectively while defending champion KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg overcame 2018 ETTU Cup winner Metz TT. Berlin beat GIRBAU-VIC 3:0 playing with its new line-up. Portugal’s FU Yu prevailed against Charlotte CAREY in four sets member of the golden Romanian team European champion from Nantes Bernadette SZOCS was extended to full distance by ZHANG Sofia-Xuan whilst Nina MITTELHAM defeated Orsolja FEHER AGOTA in straight games. ZHANG Mo contributed with two points in Saint Quentinois win over TTC CarinthiaWinds Villach 3:1. She beat Amelie SOLJA and LIU Yuan while third point came from Polina MIKHAILOVA who overcame LIU in the second encounter. KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg lost only one set against Metz and it was happened in the opening clash between HAN Ying and Carole GRUNDISCH. WU Yue overcame Daniela MONTEIRO DODEAN while Elizabeta SAMARA was better than Adina DIACONU in the all-Romanian clash. 2019/20 ECLW Round 1 GROUP A TTC Berlin Eastside – GIRBAU-VIC TT 3:0 FU Yu – Charlotte CAREY 3:1 (11:6 11:6 6:11 11:9) Bernadette SZOCS – ZHANG Sofia-Xuan 3:2 (11:5 11:8 9:11 8:11 11:9) Nina MITTELHAM – Orsolja FEHER AGOTA 3:0 (11:3 11:4 11:9) GROUP B TT Saint Quentinois – TTC CarinthiaWinds Villach 3:1 ZHANG Mo – Amelie SOLJA 3:2 (10:12 5:11 13:11 11:9 11:7) Polina MIKHAILOVA – LIU Yuan 3:0 (11:6 11:9 11:9) Olga MIKHAYLOVA – Anna Zsofia FENYVESI 0:3 (8:11 11:13 12:14) ZHANG Mo – LIU Yuan 3:0 (11:6 11:8 11:2) GROUP C KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg – Metz TT 3:0 HAN Ying – Carole GRUNDISCH 3:1 (11:7 8:11 11:8 11:7) WU Yue – Daniela MONTEIRO DODEAN 3:0 (11:7 14:12 13:11) Elizabeta SAMARA – Adina DIACONU 3:0 (11:5 11:4 11:8) GROUP D Linz AG Froschberg – Leka Enea Tenis de Mesa (Sep 15 16:00)
TTCLM Round 1: Hennebont wins in Croatia
2019/20 Table Tennis Champions League Men Reigning champion Fakel Gazprom Orenburg beat VS Angers TT 3:0 in the opening round of the 2019/20 TTCLM playing on home ground with its powerful line-up Marcos FREITAS Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Vladimir SAMSONOV. Borussia Dusseldorf 11-time TTCLM champion overcame Sporting 3:1 in Group D while Hennebont beat Croatian STK Starr away. Marcos FREITAS (Portugal) and Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Germany) opponents in the recent ITTF 2019 European Team Championships in Nantes showed their strength as teammates. They beat Jens LUNDQVIST and Andrea LANDRIEU respectively to secure victory for Orenburg (third match SAMSONOV vs PILARD w.o) Cedric NUYTINCK prevailed against both QIU Liang and SUN Chia-Hung to provide two points for Hennebont in Group D. French team defeated STK Starr Croatia 3:1 in spite of losing opening encounter when SUN Chia-Hung beat FAN Sheng Peng. Hennebont’s newcomer Samuel WALKER added third point for the guests as he overcame Ronald REDJEP in straight games. Diogo CARVALHO upset Timo BOLL in the opener but Borussia beat Sporting 3:1 in Group D. Two best ranked African players Omar ASSAR (world no. 44) and Quadri ARUNA (no. 19) met in the second clash when Egyptian won in four games. Anton KALLBERG beat Francisco SILVA in the third encounter while Timo BOLL secured win for the host side as he beat ARUNA in straight sets. Dartom Bogoira was successful playing away against GDSC Juncal. Poland’s team won 3:0. 2019/20 TTCLM Round 1 GROUP A Fakel Gazprom Orenburg – VS Angers TT 3:0 Marcos FREITAS – Jens LUNDQVIST 3:1 (11:6 11:13 11:6 13:11) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – Andrea LANDRIEU 3:0 (11:7 15:13 11:4) Vladimir SAMSONOV – David PILARD w.o. GROUP C GDSC Juncal – KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 0:3 Saheed IDOWU – Pavel SIRUCEK 0:3 (7:11 9:11 5:11) Andrey BUKIN – Marek BADOWSKI 3:1 (11:9 7:11 7:11 7:11) David BESSA – Panagiotis GIONIS 1:3 (7:11 5:11 11:7 3:11) GROUP D STK Starr Croatia – GV Hennebont TT 1:3 SUN Chia-Hung – FAN Sheng Peng 3:2 (11:6 8:11 5:11 11:9 11:4) QIU Liang – Cedric NUYTINCK 2:3 (11:9 8:11 10:12 11:3 11:13) Ronald REDJEP – Samuel WALKER 0:3 (6:11 11:13 9:11) SUN Chia-Hung – Cedric NUYTINCK 0:3 (4:11 4:11 7:11) Borussia Dusseldorf – Sporting Clube de Portugal 3:1 Timo BOLL – Diogo CARVALHO 1:3 (11:9 9:11 9:11 12:14) Omar ASSAR – Quadri ARUNA 3:1 (7:11 11:6 11:8 11:6) Anton KALLBERG – Francisco SILVA 3:0 (11:4 11:2 0:0) Timo BOLL – Quadri ARUNA 3:0 (11:3 12:10 12:10)
