ECLW quarter-finals Leg 2: KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg – Sporting Clube de Portugal 3:1 (1st leg 3:1)  Two-time ECLW runner-up KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg reached 2018/19 ECLW semi-finals as they beat Sporting Clube de Portugal 3:1 in the second leg held tonight in the Polish city of Tarnobrzeg. Poland’s champion fully deserved semi-finals bearing in mind that they won first leg with the same score.  Two medallists from the 2013 ITTF European Championships met in the opener where Sporting’s LI Fen (gold at 2013 ECH) beat HAN Ying (bronze 2013) after full five games.  Host side responded by three wins in a row. GU Rouchen and LI Qian defeated their opponents in straight games Daniela DODEAN MONTEIRO and Zhenqi BARTHEL APOLONIA respectively while Kinga STEFANSKA was extended to full distance by DODEAN MONTEIRO.  Tarnobrzeg faces two-time ECLW champion Linz AG Froschberg in the semi-final. It will be a reprise of the 2017/18 quarter-finals when Poland’s side progressed among the best four teams.   2018/19 ECLW quarter-finals Leg 2  KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg – Sporting Clube de Portugal 3:1 (1st leg 3:1)  HAN Ying – LI Fen 2:3 (11:7 9:11 7:11 11:8 3:11) GU Rouchen – Daniela DODEAN MONTEIRO 3:0 (11:9 11:4 11:5) LI Qian – Zhenqi BARTHEL APOLONIA 3:0 (11:1 11:6 11:3) Kinga STEFANSKA – Daniela DODEAN MONTEIRO 3:2 (13:11 7:11 5:11 11:8 14:12)
Invitation to umpire at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
The ITTF Umpires and Referees Committee invites national associations to nominate Blue Badge International Umpires to officiate at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Staged in the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium play commences on Sunday 23rd August and concludes on Sunday 6th September. A national association may submit a maximum of two nominations of whom one must be female; experience of officiating at recent Para tournaments is required. It is an open invitation thus many umpires nominated may not be selected. Selection will be based on past performance (the number of Meets with a minimum of 80 per cent ratio of Meets in the past three years); in addition continental quota and gender equity will also be considered. Preference will be given to umpires who did not participate in the Rio 2016 Olympic or Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. The closing date for nominations is Monday 11th March 2019; the names of umpires selected will be announced later in the year in May. Late submissions will not be considered. Â Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games:Â Official Letter of Invitation (issued Monday 11th January) Â Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games: Official Nomination Form (Closing Date is Monday 11th March 2019)
Linz into ECLW semi-finals after win over Metz
ECLW quarter-finals Leg 2: Linz AG Froschberg – Metz TT 3:2 (1st leg 3:2)  Third time in last four years Linz AG Froschberg reached ECLW semi-finals after win over Metz TT. Second quarter-final leg held today (Feb 10) in Linz was extended to full distance but once again two-time ECLW champion beat actual ETTU Cup winner 3:2.  Hong Kong’s SOO Wai Yam Minnie won decisive fifth encounter in both legs. Two weeks ago 20-year-old beat Adina DIACONU while today she prevailed against Carole GRUNDISCH.  French club managed to extend the clash to the fifth game thanks to DING Yaping who defeated both SOO Wai Yam Minnie and Sofia POLCANOVA. The best ranked European player on the ITTF World ranking list POLCANOVA (world no. 17) beat Carole GRUNDISCH in the opener.  Linda BERGSTRÖM overcame Pauline CHASSELIN after full five games of the third match to provide 2-1 lead for the host side. It was the turning point of the match.  2018/19 ECLW quarter-finals Leg 2  Linz AG Froschberg – Metz TT 3:2 (1st leg 3:2)  Sofia POLCANOVA – Carole GRUNDISCH 3:0 (11:2 11:5 11:6) SOO Wai Yam Minnie – DING Yaping 1:3 (9:11 9:11 11:6 2:11) Linda BERGSTRÖM – Pauline CHASSELIN 3:2 (6:11 13:11 11:8 5:11 11:3) Sofia Polcanova – DING Yaping 2:3 (4:11 11:9 15:13 5:11 4:11) SOO Wai Yam Minnie – Carole GRUNDISCH 3:0 (11:5 11:6 11:8)
Another win for Dekorglass Dzialdowo
Men’s ETTU Cup quarterfinal  K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo beat TTC Sokah Hoboken in the second leg of the ETTU Cup quarterfinal. They justifed their opening leg victory to join FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis and Hennebont TT in semis.  WANG Yang beat both Jeremy PETOIT and Rajko GOMMERS whilst Jiri VRABLIK also prevailed against Rajko GOMMERS. Laurens DEVOS was the only player in guests club to score tonight. He beat XU Wenliang.   K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo -TTC Sokah Hoboken 3:1  WANG Yang – Jeremy PETOIT 3:0 (11:6 11:8 11:9) Jiri VRABLIK – Rajko GOMMERS 3:2 (11:6 5:11 9:11 11:8 11:6) XU Wenliang – Laurens DEVOS 2:3 (8:11 11:7 8:11 11:4 3:11) WANG Yang – Rajko GOMMERS 3:1 (11:4 11:4 6:11 11:4)
UCAM Cartagena in run for third title
Second leg of the ETTU Women’s Cup quarterfinal  Tonight three more clubs progressed to the semi final of the Women’s ETTU Cup. After CP Lyssois Lille Métropole their place in the best four booked: SH-ITB Budaörsi 2i Sport Club ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly and UCAM Cartagena.  Easier than in opening leg SH-ITB Budaörsi 2i Sport Club overcame TTC Kazan in Russia. Antonina SAVELYEVA was the only player who scored for hosts. Szandra PERGEL was the backbone of Budaörsi’s success. She overcame both Anna BIKBAEVA and Antonina SAVELYEVA.  ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly prevailed against LZ Linz Froschberg after full distance encounter. WU Jiaduo won both matches for hosts but French club has more powerfull team. Galia DVORAK SUN Jiay and TIAN Yuan all scored for ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly.  Winners from 2009 and 2010 UCAM Cartagena beat TMK Tagment Taganrog after they lost 2:3 in the opening leg. Only Maria XIAO was strecehed to full distance match against Yulia PROKHOROVA whilst XIN Liu and Silvija ERDELYI concluded their duels in three games.   TTC Kazan – SH-ITB Budaörsi 2i Sport Club 1:3 Antonina SAVELYEVA – Maria FAZEKAS 3:0 (11:8 11:8 13:11) Anna BIKBAEVA (BLAZHKO) – Szandra PERGEL 0:3 (10:12 8:11 9:11) Ekaterina OKHOTNIKOVA – Petra LOVAS 0:3 (9:11 5:11 8:11) Antonina SAVELYEVA – Szandra PERGEL 0:3 (7:11 3:11 10:12) —   LZ Linz Froschberg – ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly 2:3 WU Jiaduo – Galia DVORAK 3:0 (11:2 11:4 11:9) Tin-Tin HO – SUN Jiayi 0:3 (6:11 2:11 6:11) Margarita BALTUSHITE – TIAN Yuan 1:3 (6:11 9:11 11:7 9:11) WU Jiaduo- SUN Jiayi 3:2 (9:11 11:8 11:4 9:11 11:6) Tin-Tin HO – Galia DVORAK 2:3 (12:10 8:11 18:20 12:10 10:12)   UCAM Cartagena – TMK Tagment Taganrog 3:0  XIN Liu – Magarita FETUKHINA 3:0 (11:7 11:6 11:4) Maria XIAO – Yulia PROKHOROVA 3:2 (11:9 5:11 7:11 11:5 11:9) Silvija ERDELYI – Valentina SABITOVA 3:0 (11:5 11:2 11:6)
ECLW: Four-time champion into semis
ECLW quarter-finals Leg 2: TTC Berlin Eastside – SKST STAVOIMPEX Hodonin 3:0 (1st leg 1:3)  Four-time ECLW champion TTC Berlin Eastside managed to erase the 3:1 advantage of SKST STAVOIMPEX Hodonin winning second leg 3:0 and secure its place in the 2018/19 semi-finals.  First two encounters were extended to full distance. Georgina POTA took revenge on Natalia PARTYKA for a loss in the recent quarter-finals of CCB 2019 Europe Top 16 Cup in Montreux while SHAN Xiaona overcame Iveta VACENOVSKA.  Nina MITTELHAM 22-year-old rising star of Germany was Berlin’s key player in both games against Czech side as she brought unique point for her team in the first leg. This time she managed to upset GUO Ruichen in the third clash.  2018/19 ECLW quarter-finals Leg 2  TTC Berlin Eastside – STST STAVOIMPEX Hodonin 3:0 (1st leg 1:3)  Georgina POTA – Natalia PARTYKA 3:2 (12:10 9:11 11:7 5:11 11:4) SHAN Xiaona – Iveta VACENOVSKA 3:2 (3:11 13:11 11:6 10:12 11:8) Nina MITTELHAM – GUO Ruichen 3:1 (9:11 11:9 11:6 11:9)
UMMC defeats Muhlhausen thanks to better point-ratio
TTCLM quarter-finals Leg 2: UMMC – Muhlhausen 2:3. Fakel Gazprom and Angers also booked their places among the best four teams  Russian club UMMC reached 2018/19 TTCLM semi-finals thanks to better point-ratio against Post SV Muhlhausen. Verkhnaya Pyshma’s side won first away game 3:2 but German team responded by the same win in the clash held tonight February 8th in the town near Yekaterinburg. As two teams were levelled in terms of matches and sets the winner was decided according to point-ratio: 388:376 in favour of the 2012 TTCLM runner-up.  Daniel HABESOHN was very close to beat twice in a row former world top 10 player China’s FANG Bo. It was fourth tonight’s match decisive one when Austrian player led after third set 2:1. But host responded by two consecutive games to extend this match to the fifth encounter in which Lubomir JANCARIK beat Andrej GACINA in straight games but it wasn’t enough for Post SV Muhlhausen.  Four-time TTCLM winner Fakel Gazprom reached its ninth consecutive TTCLM semi-finals after two victories against two-time champion AS Pontoise Cergy. Two weeks ago in France Russian side won 3:0 while today February 8th they beat Pontoise 3:2 on its soil.  Orenburg displayed its strong line-up with two finalists from the recent CBB 2019 Europe Top 16 Cup Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (gold) and Vladimir SAMSONOV (silver) as well as former world no. 7 from China YAN An.  Mattias FALCK was extended to full distance by China’s YAN An in the opening game but Dimitrij OVTCHAROV secured semi-final berth to Orenburg as he defeated Can AKKUZU in straight games. German player continued his winning streak against Mattias FALCK in the fifth encounter while Vladimir SAMSONOV beat Tristan FLORE. Second point for guests came from AKKUZU who upset former Pontoise’s member Marcos FREITAS.  Vaillante Sports Angers will play in the TTCLM semi-finals second time in its history as they beat SPG Walter Wels twice 3:0 in two weeks.  Borussia Dusseldorf booked its place in the semis yesterday February 7th defeating Bogoria 3:1.  2018/19 TTCLM quarter-finals Leg 2  Fakel Gazprom Orenburg – AS Pontoise Cergy 3:2 (1st leg 3:0)  YAN An – Mattias FALCK 2:3 (11:7 10:12 12:14 11:9 9:11) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – Can AKKUZU 3:0 (11:8 11:4 11:4) Vladimir SAMSONOV – Tristan FLORE 3:0 (11:5 13:11 11:7) Marcos FREITAS – Can AKKUZU 1:3 (7:11 9:11 11:8 6:11) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – Mattias FALCK 3:0 (11:7 11:8 11:8)  UMMC – Post SV Muhlhausen 2:3 (1st leg 3:2)  FANG Bo – Lubomir JANCARIK 3:0 (11:9 11:4 15:13) Andrej GACINA – Daniel HABESOHN 2:3 (14:12 9:11 12:10  9:11 10:12) Alexander SHIBAEV – Ovidiu IONESCU 0:3 (6:11 12:14 3:11) FANG Bo – Daniel HABESOHN 3:2 (9:11 11:7 6:11 11:9 11:4) Andrej GACINA – Lubomir JANCARIK 0:3 (6:11 11:13 8:11)  Vaillante Sports Angers – SPG Walter Wels 3:0 (1st leg 3:0)  Andrea LANDRIEU – Adam SZUDI 3:0 (13:11 11:9 11:6) Joao GERALDO – Deni KOZUL 3:0 (11:4 11:5 11:5) Jon PERSSON – Christian FRIEDRICH 3:0 (11:7 11:7 11:3)
UMMC defeats Muhlhausen thanks to better point-ratio
TTCLM quarter-finals Leg 2: UMMC – Muhlhausen 2:3. Fakel Gazprom and Angers also booked their places among the best four teams  Russian club UMMC reached 2018/19 TTCLM semi-finals thanks to better point-ratio against Post SV Muhlhausen. Verkhnaya Pyshma’s side won first away game 3:2 but German team responded by the same win in the clash held tonight February 8th in the town near Yekaterinburg. As two teams were levelled in terms of matches and sets the winner was decided according to point-ratio: 388:376 in favour of the 2012 TTCLM runner-up.  Daniel HABESOHN was very close to beat twice in a row former world top 10 player China’s FANG Bo. It was fourth tonight’s match decisive one when Austrian player led after third set 2:1. But host responded by two consecutive games to extend this match to the fifth encounter in which Lubomir JANCARIK beat Andrej GACINA in straight games but it wasn’t enough for Post SV Muhlhausen.  Four-time TTCLM winner Fakel Gazprom reached its ninth consecutive TTCLM semi-finals after two victories against two-time champion AS Pontoise Cergy. Two weeks ago in France Russian side won 3:0 while today February 8th they beat Pontoise 3:2 on its soil.  Orenburg displayed its strong line-up with two finalists from the recent CBB 2019 Europe Top 16 Cup Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (gold) and Vladimir SAMSONOV (silver) as well as former world no. 7 from China YAN An.  Mattias FALCK was extended to full distance by China’s YAN An in the opening game but Dimitrij OVTCHAROV secured semi-final berth to Orenburg as he defeated Can AKKUZU in straight games. German player continued his winning streak against Mattias FALCK in the fifth encounter while Vladimir SAMSONOV beat Tristan FLORE. Second point for guests came from AKKUZU who upset former Pontoise’s member Marcos FREITAS.  Vaillante Sports Angers will play in the TTCLM semi-finals second time in its history as they beat SPG Walter Wels twice 3:0 in two weeks.  Borussia Dusseldorf booked its place in the semis yesterday February 7th defeating Bogoria 3:1.  2018/19 TTCLM quarter-finals Leg 2  Fakel Gazprom Orenburg – AS Pontoise Cergy 3:2 (1st leg 3:0)  YAN An – Mattias FALCK 2:3 (11:7 10:12 12:14 11:9 9:11) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – Can AKKUZU 3:0 (11:8 11:4 11:4) Vladimir SAMSONOV – Tristan FLORE 3:0 (11:5 13:11 11:7) Marcos FREITAS – Can AKKUZU 1:3 (7:11 9:11 11:8 6:11) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV – Mattias FALCK 3:0 (11:7 11:8 11:8)  UMMC – Post SV Muhlhausen 2:3 (1st leg 3:2)  FANG Bo – Lubomir JANCARIK 3:0 (11:9 11:4 15:13) Andrej GACINA – Daniel HABESOHN 2:3 (14:12 9:11 12:10  9:11 10:12) Alexander SHIBAEV – Ovidiu IONESCU 0:3 (6:11 12:14 3:11) FANG Bo – Daniel HABESOHN 3:2 (9:11 11:7 6:11 11:9 11:4) Andrej GACINA – Lubomir JANCARIK 0:3 (6:11 11:13 8:11)  Vaillante Sports Angers – SPG Walter Wels 3:0 (1st leg 3:0)  Andrea LANDRIEU – Adam SZUDI 3:0 (13:11 11:9 11:6) Joao GERALDO – Deni KOZUL 3:0 (11:4 11:5 11:5) Jon PERSSON – Christian FRIEDRICH 3:0 (11:7 11:7 11:3)
FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis in semis
ETTU Cup quarterfinal second leg  In the Men’s ETTU Cup FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis and Hennebont TT and booked their place in the semi final.  Only one of two French clubs in Men’s event reached the next stage. G.V. Hennebont T.T. overcame Ukraine’s Fortune Kyiv. Liam PITCFORD Cedric NUYTINCK and FAN Scheng Peng needed only three matches to overcame Yevhen PRYSHEPA Viktor YEFIMOV and Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO  Chartres ASTT suffered by the hands of the German’s FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis 1:3. Alexandre ROBINOT beat LIAO Cheng-Tin to give host’s crowd something to chear up but soon Darko JORGIC nullified Chartres’ advantage. Cristian PLETEA beat Vitor ISHIY before JORGIC overcame ROBINOT to seal the match.  In Women’s ETTU cup TT SAINT QUENTINOIS overcame CP Lyssois Lille Métropole 3:2 but in the opening leg they lost 3:0 so CP Lyssois Lille Métropole progressed to the semis. Tonight all three Polina MIKHAILOVA Mo ZHANG ana Aurore LE MANSEC scored but allready in the second match YANG Xiao Xin beat MO and launched guests to the next round.    G.V. Hennebont T.T – Fortune Kyiv 3:0 Liam PITCFORD – Yevhen PRYSHEPA 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:8) Cedric NUYTINCK – Viktor YEFIMOV 3:1 (11:5 13:15 11:5 11:5) FAN Scheng Peng – Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 3:0 (11:8 11:8 13:11)  Chartres ASTT – FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis 1:3 Alexandre ROBINOT – Cheng-Ting LIAO 3:2 (11:5 11:7 9:11 9:11 11:7) Romain LORENTZ – Darko JORGIC 1:3 (4:11 8:11 13:11 4:11) Vitor ISHIY – Cristian PLETEA 2:3 (11:8 8:11 9:11 12:10 6:11) Alexandre ROBINOT – Darko JORGIC 0:3 (6:11 11:13 6:11)  TT SAINT QUENTINOIS – CP Lyssois Lille Métropole 3:2 Polina MIKHAILOVA – Tamolwan KENTHUAN 3:1 (10:12 11:5 11:1 13:11) Mo ZHANG – YANG Xiao Xin 1:3 (11:9 7:11 7:11 9:11) Aurore LE MANSEC – Agnes LE LANNIC 3:1 (11:5 11:13 11:4 11:5) Polina MIKHAILOVA – YANG Xiao Xin 0:3 (7:11 7:11 4:11) Mo ZHANG : Tamolwan KHETKHUAN 3:1 (11:7 11:3 10:12 11:8)
FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis in semis
ETTU Cup quarterfinal second leg  In the Men’s ETTU Cup FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis and Hennebont TT and booked their place in the semi final.  Only one of two French clubs in Men’s event reached the next stage. G.V. Hennebont T.T. overcame Ukraine’s Fortune Kyiv. Liam PITCFORD Cedric NUYTINCK and FAN Scheng Peng needed only three matches to overcame Yevhen PRYSHEPA Viktor YEFIMOV and Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO  Chartres ASTT suffered by the hands of the German’s FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis 1:3. Alexandre ROBINOT beat LIAO Cheng-Tin to give host’s crowd something to chear up but soon Darko JORGIC nullified Chartres’ advantage. Cristian PLETEA beat Vitor ISHIY before JORGIC overcame ROBINOT to seal the match.  In Women’s ETTU cup TT SAINT QUENTINOIS overcame CP Lyssois Lille Métropole 3:2 but in the opening leg they lost 3:0 so CP Lyssois Lille Métropole progressed to the semis. Tonight all three Polina MIKHAILOVA Mo ZHANG ana Aurore LE MANSEC scored but allready in the second match YANG Xiao Xin beat MO and launched guests to the next round.    G.V. Hennebont T.T – Fortune Kyiv 3:0 Liam PITCFORD – Yevhen PRYSHEPA 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:8) Cedric NUYTINCK – Viktor YEFIMOV 3:1 (11:5 13:15 11:5 11:5) FAN Scheng Peng – Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 3:0 (11:8 11:8 13:11)  Chartres ASTT – FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis 1:3 Alexandre ROBINOT – Cheng-Ting LIAO 3:2 (11:5 11:7 9:11 9:11 11:7) Romain LORENTZ – Darko JORGIC 1:3 (4:11 8:11 13:11 4:11) Vitor ISHIY – Cristian PLETEA 2:3 (11:8 8:11 9:11 12:10 6:11) Alexandre ROBINOT – Darko JORGIC 0:3 (6:11 11:13 6:11)  TT SAINT QUENTINOIS – CP Lyssois Lille Métropole 3:2 Polina MIKHAILOVA – Tamolwan KENTHUAN 3:1 (10:12 11:5 11:1 13:11) Mo ZHANG – YANG Xiao Xin 1:3 (11:9 7:11 7:11 9:11) Aurore LE MANSEC – Agnes LE LANNIC 3:1 (11:5 11:13 11:4 11:5) Polina MIKHAILOVA – YANG Xiao Xin 0:3 (7:11 7:11 4:11) Mo ZHANG : Tamolwan KHETKHUAN 3:1 (11:7 11:3 10:12 11:8)
