Following the ground-breaking collaboration with the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) T2 is excited to introduce new “Diamond-tier” events from 2019 and beyond and the official 2019 schedule of T2Diamond has been revealed. The prestigious annual series of professional table tennis tournaments T2Diamond comprises three world-class events in its second season. Featuring the world’s elite players with highest points from the ITTF World Tour T2Diamond will employ an innovative competition format inspired by that of its inaugural season in 2017. T2Diamond will continue to explore new broadcast innovations and develop bold and compelling integrated marketing campaigns throughout the season to elevate the profile of table tennis to a wider global audience. T2Diamond 2019 will comprise the following events: Tournament 1: 18 July – 21 July 2019 Tournament 2: 26 September – 29 September 2019 Tournament 3: 28 November – 1 December 2019 ITTF CEO Steve DAINTON stated: “As announced on 2 July 2018 we are very excited about growing our partnership with our biggest supporter Mr. Frank Ji. This collaboration with T2Diamond gives the ITTF the perfect opportunity to test innovations that will enhance our professional product leading into our next rights cycle in 2021.” T2 CEO and Commissioner Jeff CHUE said: “After the huge success of season one it is fantastic that we have the opportunity to collaborate with the ITTF to launch T2Diamond. The T2 DNA will be preserved with all events being played on one table and fans being able to get up close and personal with the world’s best table tennis players. Together with world class broadcast coverage and innovative digital marketing I am sure these three T2Diamond events will showcase even more of the beauty of this incredible sport to an even wider consumer demographic.” “T2Diamond promises to deliver an international sporting event that celebrates true sporting excellence and culture while creating a revolutionary standard for table tennis ” added Jeff CHUE. The process for identifying and selecting host city partners to jointly organise and stage any one or more T2Diamond events from 2019 and beyond has been launched. The selection process affords all aspiring parties the opportunity to present proposals to host any one or more T2Diamond events from 2019 onward. With the support of ITTF T2Diamond is inviting the submission of proposals from aspiring partners to be appointed a T2Diamond host city partner. More information on the T2Diamond Host City Partner Selection Process can be found here Headquartered in Singapore and with offices in Shanghai Chicago and Tokyo T2Diamond is a pan-regional first-of-its-kind professional table-tennis league that features a new groundbreaking format. The first season of the league featured separate but concurrent Men’s Women’s and Mixed-Team Championships a player draft system (for the Mixed- Team Championship) 24-minute time limit per match and a unique scoring system. The inaugural edition in 2017 showcased 36 of the world’s best professional players from around the world competing for a combined prize purse of over US$2 million. Media Contacts: ITTF: mpound@ittf.com T2Diamond: media@t2apac.com
Post SV Mühlhausen ready for home debut in TTCLM
This Friday October 19th Post SV Mühlhausen hosts Eslövs from Sweden German club Post SV Mühlhausen has lost its very first TTCLM game 3:0 three weeks ago in Orenburg but didn’t disappoint at all. Daniel HABESOHN and Ovidiu IONESCU extended their strong rivals to full distance while Stefan MENGEL played very hard against Dimitrij OVTCHAROV in the third encounter. Now they will have TTCLM home debut facing 2016 runner-up Eslovs (Friday October 19th 19:00 CET) „Eslövs will have a good confidence after the victory against Hennebont. The team is young and hungry to win more games in the TTCLM. But our advantage is that we will play at home. I think for the young players from Eslövs it will be not easy to play in our fast and loud arena. We want to win this match!” stressed coach Erik SCHREYER. Mühlhausen player Lubomir JANCARIK added: „Match against Eslovs in our opinion can be very attractive for our fans. We will welcome team made of two young talented players and also player with lots of experiences. But we believe that we will proof our strength and that everybody will enjoy nice matches and beautiful atmosphere of TTCLM here in Mühlhausen.“
Dramatic end of Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games honour for Japan gold for China
Gold medallists five days earlier in the respective Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles events on the concluding day of play at the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games China’s WANG Chuqin and SUN Yingsha added to their collection of titles. However the success was not without moments of trepidation the no.4 seeds they were extended the full three match distance by Japan’s Tomokazu HARIMOTO and Miu HIRANO the top seeds; the win coming after Chinese Taipei’s LIN Yun-Ju and SU Pei-Ling the no.2 seeds had clinched the bronze medal in a contest that witnessed an even closer finish when eventually overcoming the combination of Sweden’s Truls MOREGARD and Serbia’s Sabina SURJAN the no.3 seeds. Beaten in the Men’s Singles final by Wang Chuqin (11-9 5-11 11-1 13-11 11-9) there was revenge for Tomokazu HARIMOTO; after Miu HIRANO had come within a whisker of overcoming SUN Yingsha in the fourth game of the opening engagement (11-4 7-11 7-11 15-13 11-1) Tomokazu HARIMOTO accounted for WANG Chuqin in four games (9-11 11-7 12-10 11-3). Great credit must be paid to Tomokazu HARIMOTO for the way in which he responded; not only the fact that he avenged the Men’s Singles defeat also earlier in the day he had been beaten by Truls MOREGARD (4-11 11-9 11-9 11-9). A splendid effort and in the doubles a brave response; a four games result was the outcome in favour of China (11-8 11-6 12-14 11-5). The doubles needed to determine the champions; it was the same in the bronze medal contest the verdict determined by the closest possible finish. LIN Yun-Ju and SU Pei-Ling beat Truls MOREGARD and Sabina SURJAN by the very narrowest of five game margins (11-13 11-7 11-7 3-11 13-11). A dramatic conclusion the success coming after Sabina Surjan had beaten SU Pei-Ling (11-9 14-12 11-8) and LIN Yun-Ju the backbone of his team’s success in Buenos Aires had accounted for the in-form Truls MOREGARD (10-12 12-10 17-15 11-5). Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Table Tennis Medallists: Women’s Singles: Gold – SUN Yingsha (CHN) Silver – Miu HIRANO (JPN) Bronze – Andreea DRAGOMAN (ROU) Men’s Singles: Gold – WANG Chuqin (CHN) Silver – Tomokazu HARIMOTO (JPN) Bronze – Kanak JHA (USA) Mixed Teams: Gold – SUN Yingsha (CHN) & WANG Chuqin (CHN) Silver – Miu HIRANO (JPN) & Tomokazu HARIMOTO (JPN) Bronze – SU Pei-Ling (TPE) & LIN Yun-Ju (TPE) Quick Links: Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games Table Tennis Results Articles & Important Information Singles Seeding Mixed Teams Composition Media Kit Flash Quotes Photos for Editorial Use Videos on Demand
ECLW Round 1: Superb start of Linz AG Froschberg
Austrian team beat Sporting Club de Portugal 3:0 in the Group C Young and promising team of Linz AG Froschberg won Round 1 game in the 2018/19 ECLW playing at home against newcomers from Portugal. Two-time ECLW winner lost just one set against Sporting Club de Portugal. Sophia POLCANOVA defeated Daniela DODEAN MONTEIRO in straight games of the opener. Best ranked European player at the ITTF ranking list no. 15 continued her good performances from the recent 2018 ITTF-European championships where she took the bronze. World no. 40 Hong Kong`s SOO Wai Yam Minnie overcame LI Fen in four sets. The 2013 individual European champion LI won the opening set but next two lost by a narrow margin what was crucial. Linda BERGSTRÖM confirmed victory of Austrian side as she defeated Zhengi APOLONIA GARTHEL 3:0 (11:4 13:11 11:5). ECLW Round 1 Group C Linz AG Froschberg – Sporting Club de Portugal 3:0 Sophia POLCANOVA – Daniela DODEAN MONTEIRO 3:0 (11:8 11:2 11:8) SOO Wai Yam Minnie – LI Fen 3:1 (6:11 12:10 12:10 11:8) Linda BERGSTRÖM – Zhengi APOLONIA GARTHEL 3:0 (11:4 13:11 11:5)
ECLW Round 1: HAN Ying secures win for Tarnobrzeg
Polish champion beat Austria`s LZ Linz Froschberg 3:1 European Champions League Women No. 2 seed KTS Tarnobrzeg prevailed against new ECLW participant from Austria LZ Linz Froschberg 3:1 in the Round 1 of Group D. HAN Ying has provided two points for the host side as she overcame Marharyta BALTUSHITE in the opener and WU Yue in the ultimate clash. Recently crowned European champion in Women Singles LI Qian beat HO Tintin in straight games of the third encounter. American player WU Yue actual World No. 52 leveled the score to 1:1 after second game as he beat 2015 ITTF-European Championships winner Elizabeta SAMARA in four games. WU extended HAN to full distance but lost fifth set by a narrow margin. ECLW Round 1 GROUP D KTS Tarnobrzeg – LZ Linz Froschberg 3:1 HAN Ying – Marharyta BALTUSHITE 3:0 (11:8 12:10 11:6) Elizabeta SAMARA – WU Yue 1:3 (11:8 7:11 5:11 4:11) LI Qian – HO Tintin 3:0 (11:6 11:9 11:3) HAN Ying – WU Yue 3:2 (11:6 10:12 8:11 11:8 12:10)
Evaluation Committee confirmed 12 more names for Eurotalents 2019
Evaluation Committee composed by experts Miran KONDRIC Michael FUCHS Andreja OJSTERSEK URH Lara BROICH Istvan KORPA and Neven CEGNAR choose 12 more players to be part of the Eurotalents U-13 for 2019. Players who will be the part of 2019 Group are: David SZANTOSI (Hungary) Jele STORTZ (Germany) Bianca MEI ROSU (Romania) Stepan BRHEL (Czech Republic) Ioana BAINASU (Romania) Luca OPREA (Romania) Giacomo ALEGRANZA (Italy) Mia GRIESEL (Germany) Tom CLOSSET (Belgium) Gouseppe CALARCO (Italy) Samuel PALUSEK (Slovakia) Isak ALFREDSSON (Sweden) They joined players who are already nominated: Iulian CHIRITA (Romania) Dragos BUJUR (Romania) Dursun UGURCAN (Turkey) Sophie EARLEY (Ireland) Nora TANACS (Hungary) David BJORKRYD (Sweden) Daniel BERZOSA (Spain) Anna HURSEY (Wales) Nikolaosz KIZAKISZ (Hungary) Ignas SISANOVAS (Lithuania)
Tamara BOROŠ successfully graduated at the Faculty of Kinesiology University of Split.
Tamara BOROŠ the former World number 2 and the only non-Asian player in the past 25 years to win a medal at World table tennis championship in women’s singles category successfully graduated at the Faculty of Kinesiology University of Split. Tamara successfully defended her master thesis “Characteristics of basic playing systems in modern table tennis women’s game” under the mentorship of Prof. Goran MUNIVRANA and has earned her Master degree in Sports coaching (with additional specialisation in table tennis coaching). She is also the first student to graduate from the group that started three years ago at the Faculty of Kinesiology University of Split as a first generation of students in the university education project initiated in cooperation with International Table Tennis Federation and European Table Tennis Union which also supported a great number of students in the programme including Tamara by providing scholarship opportunities.
TTCLM Round 2: UMMC shows no mercy in Poland
Friday October 12th: Dekorglass Dzialdowo – UMMC 0:3 Stella Sport La Romagne – Walter Wels 3:1 Dartom Bogoria – Saarbrucken 3:0 Hennebont – Fakel Gazprom 0:3 The 2012 TTCLM runner-up UMMC made a huge step towards 2018/19 quarter-finals as they beat in straight games their strongest opponent in Group B: K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo – TTSC UMMC 0:3. Three more Round 2 games were held tonight October 12th: Stella Sport La Romagne – Walter Wels Dartom Bogoria – Saarbrucken 3:0 Hennebont – Fakel Gazprom UMMC recorded its second win in straight games in Group B playing without Chinese FANG Bo while Dekorglass Dzialdowo couldn’t count on Hong Kong`s WONG Chun Ting. Actual World No. 90 Alexander SHIBAEV beat No. 60 WANG Yang in four sets of the opener winning ultimate game by a narrow margin. Jonathan GROTH and Andrej GACINA won their encounters in straight sets against Pawel FERTIKOWSKI and Jiri VRABLIK respectively. The 21-year-old Marek BADOWSKI was Bogoria`s hero against Saarbrucken as he defeated current World No. 15 Patrick FRANZISKA after full five games. Poland`s player made his biggest step on the ITTF list last week jumping from No. 181 to No. 145. Pavel SIRUCEK (No. 79) also had a big contribution bearing in mind that he managed to conclude the match against World No. 45 Chinese Taipei`s LIAO Cheng Ting. Well experienced Greek Panagiotis GIONIS opened the clash by his win against rising star from Slovenia Darko JORGIC. Four-time TTCLM winner Orenburg prevailed against Hennebont in straight wins but it wasn’t as easy as result is showing. Actual World No. 4 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV showed strong character against No. 23 Liam PITCHFORD in the second match reversing the score from 0:2 to 3:2. But this is not all! In each of last three games he was few points behind host but he refused to give up. Marcos FREITAS and Vladimir SAMSONOV beat FAN Sheng Peng and Cedric NUYTNICK respectively. CHEN Tianyuan has provided two points for 2017 ETTU Cup winner Stella Sport La Romagne to seal victory against Walter Wels 3:1. Third point came from Daniel GORAK who was extended to full distance by Adam SZUDI in the third encounter. 2018/19 TTCLM Round 2 GROUP B K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo – TTSC UMMC 0:3 WANG Yang – Alexander SHIBAEV 1:3 (6:11 6:11 12:10 10:12) Pawel FERTIKOWSKI – Jonathan GROTH 0:3 (8:11 9:11 8:11) Jiri VRABLIK – Andrej GACINA 0:3 (5:11 11:13 8:11) Stella Sport La Romagne – SPG Walter Wels 3:1 CHEN Tianyuan – Dominique PLATTNER 3:0 (11:9 11:8 11:8) Daniel GORAK – Adam SZUDI 3:2 (8:11 11:7 11:8 9:11 11:8) Brice OLLIVIER – Deni KOZUL 1:3 (13:11 13:15 9:11 3:11) CHEN Tianyuan – Adam SZUDI 3:1 (9:11 11:4 12:10 11:7) GROUP C K.S. Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki – FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis 3:0 Panagiotis GIONIS – Darko JORGIC 3:1 (11:7 5:11 11:7 11:9) Marek BADOWSKI – Patrick FRANZISKA 3:2 (7:11 11:6 12:10 5:11 11:5) Pavel SIRUCEK – LIAO Cheng Ting 3:1 (9:11 11:4 11:6 11:7) GROUP D G.V. Hennebont T.T. – TTC Fakel Gazprom 0:3 FAN Sheng Peng – Marcos FREITAS 0:3 (8:11 8:11 5:11) Liam PITCHFORD – Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 2:3 (11:9 13:11 9:11 12:14 12:14) Cedric NUYTNICK – Vladimir SAMSONOV 0:3 (10:12 7:11 11:7 9:11) Post SV Mühlhausen – Eslovs Ai Bordtennis (Oct 19 19:00 CET)
ECLW: Perfect start of reigning champion
Group A: Dr. CASL – SH-ITB Budaörsi 2i Sport Club 3:0. Group B: TTC Berlin Eastside – UCAM Cartagena 3:0 Reigning ECLW champion Dr. CASL made a perfect beginning of the 2018/19 season as they beat at home 2012/13 runner-up SH-ITB Budaörsi 2i Sport Club 3:0. Croatian champion lost just two sets presenting one newcomer table tennis legend NI Xia Lian. FU Yu overcame Maria FAZEKAS in straight games of the opener continuing her top-class performances from last season (9-1 individual score). LI Jie lost first set but showed her strength in the next three against Szandra PERGEL. Third clash saw NI Xia Lian playing her very first ECLW match in Zagreb and her clear win against Mercedesz NAGYVARADI. Four-time ECLW winner TTC Berlin Eastside made convincing start as well beating at home double ETTU Cup champion UCAM Cartagena 3:0. Berlin`s newcomers Mattilda EKHOLM (former player of Cartagena) and Nina MITTELHAM had a successful debut in winning their games against Victoria LEBEDEVA and Silvia ERDELYI DE SOUZA respectively. Third point for host side was secured by Georgina POTA who was extended to full distance by Maria XIAO. 2018/19 ECLW Round 1 Dr. CASL – SH-ITB Budaörsi 2i Sport Club 3:0 FU Yu – Maria FAZEKAS 3:0 (11:8 11:4 11:9) LI Jie – Szandra PERGEL 3:1 (9:11 11:2 11:3 11:8) NI Xia Lian – Mercedesz NAGYVARADI 3:1 (11:4 11:1 9:11 11:2) Group B TTC Berlin Eastside – UCAM Cartagena 3:0 Matilda EKHOLM – Victoria LEBEDEVA 3:1 (11:6 11:2 9:11 13:11) Georgina POTA – Maria XIAO 3:2 (7:11 11:5 11:3 7:11 11:8) Nina MITTELHAM – Silvia ERDELYI DE SOUZA 3:0 (11:6 11:8 11:8)
TTCLM Round 2: Team work provides win for Sporting
Two matches held tonight October 11th: Sporting – Ostrava 3:2 Angers – Rosklide 3:1 Sporting Clube De Portugal and Vaillante Sports Angers have recorded their first victories in the ongoing TTCLM season as they beat TTC Ostrava 2016 and Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 respectively. Last year`s semi-finalist Sporting secured its first win in Group A after five matches while Angers needed one match less. The fact that Joao MONTEIRO is absent due to injury was message for his team-mates to give hundred percent each. And Quadri ARUNA Diogo CARVALHO and Bode ABIODUN showed good team work against Czech team as each of them contributed with one point. Diogo CARVALHO overcame Felipe OLIVARES in the decisive fifth encounter. Tomas TREGLER won both Ostrava`s matches. Jon PERSSON was man of the clash held in Angers where host side beat Rosklide 3:1. PERSSON has defeated both Michael MAZE and ZHAI Yujia while his compatriot Jens LUNDQVIST added one against Tamas LAKATOS in the clash which predicted the final outcome. LUNDQVIST was extended to full distance winning ultimate chapter by a narrow margin. TTCLM Round 2 GROUP A Sporting Clube De Portugal – TTC Ostrava 2016 3:2 Quadri ARUNA – Felipe OLIVARES 3:1 (11:4 11:5 5:11 11:6) Diogo CARVALHO -Tomas TREGLER 2:3 (11:5 1:11 11:4 10:12 9:11) Bode ABIODUN – Ondrej BAJGER 3:1 (14:12 11:8 8:11 11:5) Quadri ARUNA – Tomas TREGLER 1:3 (4:11 11:8 9:11 8:11) Diogo CARVALHO – Felipe OLIVARES 3:1 (13:11 7:11 11:3 11:4) GROUP C Vaillante Sports Angers – Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 3:1 Jon PERSSON – Michael MAZE 3:1 (11:4 11:4 6:11 14:12) Joao GERALDO – ZHAI Yujia 1:3 (11:8 9:11 7:11 4:11) Jens LUNDQVIST – Tamas LAKATOS 3:2 (11:6 9:11 11:13 11:6 14:12) Jon PERSSON – ZHAI Yujia 3:0 (11:4 11:8 11:8)
