Metz Clairefontaine and Hodinin won their ECLW R3 matches away Round 3 of European Champions League Women was successful for the visiting sides as three out of four teams won their games away on October 27th: Metz Clairefontaine and Hodinin. Only Sporting managed to win its match on home soil after full five encounters against TT Saint-Quentionois. Actual ETTU Cup winner Metz beat 2013 ECLW runner-up SH-ITB Budaörsi 2i Sport Club in Group A as Carol GRUNDISCH DING Yaping and Adina DIACONU won one point each. GRUNDISCH paved the way to victory to French side after tense opening game against Szandra PERGEL extended to full distance. SHIAO Jeni led ETIVAL Clairefontaine ASRTT to its very first ECLW victory in Group B as she overcame two UCAM Cartagena’s players Maria XIAO and Silvija ERDELJI who beat Hana MATELOVA in the opener. Maria DOLGIKH prevailed against Viktoria LEBEDEVA to secure third point for French side. LI Fen Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN and Zhenqi BARTHEL APOLONIA showed good team work in the Sporting’s victory against TT Saint-Quentinois 3:2 while ZHANG Mo reached both points for French team. Turning point was third match between Zhenqi BARTHEL APOLONIA and Polina MIKHAILOVA when host won after full five games. It was first ever ECLW win of Sporting in the ECLW. WU Jue has provided early advantage for LZ LINZ Froschberg but Austrian team lost to SKST Mart Hodinin Stavoimpex 1:3. GUO Lin took two points for Czech Republic’s side while Natalia PARTYKA secured one reversing the score from 1-2 to 3-2 against HO Tin-Tin in the third match. ECLW Round 3 GROUP A SH-ITB Budaörsi 2i Sport Club – Metz TT 0:3 Szandra PERGEL – Carole GRUNDISCH 2:3 (11:5 5:11 5:11 14:12 5:11) Maria FAZEKAS – DING Yaping 0:3 (13:15 5:11 6:11) Petra LOVAS – Adina DIACONU 1:3 (13:11 8:11 7:11 5:11) GROUP B UCAM Cartagena – ETIVAL Clairefontaine ASRTT 1:3 Silvija ERDELJI – Hana MATELOVA 3:2 (9:11 12:10 7:11 14:12 11:9) Maria XIAO – SHAO Jieni 1:3 (7:11 11:7 12:14 7:11) Viktoria LEBEDEVA – Maria DOLGIKH 0:3 (9:11 4:11 4:11) Silvija ERDELJI – SHAO Jieni 0:3 (5:11 5:11 8:11) GROUP C Sporting Clube de Portugal SCP – TT Saint-Quentinois 3:2 LI Fen – Aurore LE MANSEC 3:0 (12:10 11:3 11:5) Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN – ZHANG Mo 0:3 (7:11 5:11 1:11) Zhenqi BARTHEL APOLONIA – Polina MIKHAILOVA 3:2 (10:12 12:10 11:6 5:11 11:9) LI Fen – ZHANG Mo 2:3 (11:6 8:11 11:5 7:11 4:11) Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN – Aurore LE MANSEC 3:1 (6:11 11:8 11:8 11:9) GROUP D LZ LINZ Froschberg – SKST Mart Hodinin Stavoimpex 1:3 WU Yue -Iveta VACENOVSKA 3:1 (11:9 11:9 4:11 11:7) Margarita BALTUSHITE – GUO Lin 0:3 (8:11 4:11 10:12) HO Tin-Tin – Natalia PARTYKA 2:3 (5:11 11:8 11:7 10:12 5:11) WU Yue – GUO Lin 0:3 (9:11 10:12 4:11)
Gergely SOMLYO: “It is an honor to play again in the ECLW”
President of the Budaörsi Sport Club speaks before the clash against Metz TT this Saturday October 27th Former ECLW runner-up Budaörsi Sport Club hosts actual ETTU Cup Women winner Metz TT this Saturday Oct 27th in the ECLW Round 3. President of Hungarian club Gergely SOMLYO is looking forward seeing this game on home soil: “On Saturday against the Metz TT our goal is to play a good tight match in which victory can be included. October 27 is a feast for the Budaörsi Sport Club since the Champions Leagues match is the closing of an all-day sports event where all seven sections of our Club will be presented and offers sporting opportunities for everyone.” Gergely SOMLYO explained why playing in ECLW is so important for his club: “Since 2003 our Team has been continually participating in the international cups organized by the ETTU. In 2017 we got recognition from the ETTU for our 15 entries without interruption. Playing in the international cup is very important to us as we represent the City of Budaörs that supports us especially the two that makes up our name SH-ITB Kft. and 2i Kft. There is a double feeling in us that in the season 2018/2019 we are participating as the only Hungarian team it is positive that the club can take over the extra costs but also a negative feeling as in 2003 with us together eight Hungarian teams participated”. Budaorsi has recorded its best ever ECLW result five years ago. SOMLYO speaks about those days and explains why international presence is very important for his club: It is an honor to play again in the Champions League the biggest success of our association founded in 1924 is the Champions League finals of the year 2013. The current Champions League is significantly stronger than the previous ones although this can be said for our group as well because our opponents are the current Champions League and the ETTU Cup winner teams. Our team has only Hungarian players two of them Mária FAZEKAS and Petra LOVAS are European Champions the bronze medal winner on the 2016 Budapest European Championship Szandra PERGEL and the title defender of the Hungarian „TOP12” Mercédesz NAGYVARADI. It is very important for our Club their international presence because it is an excellent preparation opportunity for the 2019 World Championship in Budapest.”
TTCLM Round 3: Six times 3:0!
All six clashes held today Oct 26th have finished in straight games winners are: Borussia Pontoise UMMC Angers Fakel Gazprom and Muhlhausen All six Friday’s clashes at the 2018/19 TTCLM have been lasted three games each: Borussia Dusseldorf – TTC Ostrava 2016 3:0 Sporting Clube de Portugal – AS Pontoise Cergy TTSC UMMC – SPG Walter Wels 3:0 Vaillante Sports Angers TT – K.S. Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 3:0 TTC Fakel Gazprom – Eslovs Ai Bordtennis 3:0 Post SV Muhlhausen – G. V. Hennebont T.T. 3:0 Reigning champion lost just one set against Ostrava. Timo BOLL and Kristian KARLSSON prevailed in straight sets against Onderej BAJGER and Tomas TREGLER respectively while Anton KALLBERG beat Petr KOLRBEL in four games. German club has improved its season’s win-loss record to 3-0 while Czech Republic champion continues without victory in Group A. Former two-times TTCLM winner Pontoise made a big step towards quarter-finals as they defeated away 2017/18 semi-finalist Sporting 3:0. All three duels have been extended to full distance. Tristan FLORE and Mattias FALCK have emerged victorious against Diogo CARVALHO and Quadri ARUNA in the first two matches thus Bode ABOIDUN had a hard task to beat Can AKKUZU and keep his side alive. African player led 2:1 but young Frenchman managed to reverse the score and secure second win for Pontoise in Group A while Sporting has 1-2 record. UMMC continues unbeaten in Group B in spite of losing first two sets in the clash against Walter Wels. Adam SZUDI stretched Jonathan GROTH to full distance but other two encounters have been finished in straight games: Andrej GACINA vs. Deni KOZUL 3:0 Alexander SHIBAEV vs. Christian FRIEDRICH 3:0. It was third defeat in a row of Austrian side. Angers moves closer to its best result ever TTCLM quarter-finals as they beat at home Bogoria. Jon PERSSON Jens LUDQVIST and Joao GERALDO have secured big set-ratio 9:2 what could be crucial in the battle for the first two spots in Group C. PERSSON and GIONIS have played very tense opener but host won after full five games. Four-times champion Fakel GAZPROM proved its quality in Group D as they beat Eslovs 3:0 (9:0) playing without Dimitrij OVTCHAROV. Marcos FREITAS and YAN An beat two rising stars Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS and Truls MOREGARD while Vladimir SAMSONOV has concluded the match against ZHANG Fuzhou. It was third consecutive win for Orenburg. TTCLM newcomer Post SV Muhlhausen has imroved its win-loss record to 2-1 beating G. V. Hennebont T.T. 3:0. Lubomir JANCARIK has secured crucial point as they defeated Liam PITCHFORD in the second clash after full five games. Daniel HABESOHN and Steffen MENGEL prevailed against FAN Shengpeng and Georgios STAMATOUROS respectively. TTCLM Round 3: GROUP A Borussia Dusseldorf – TTC Ostrava 2016 3:0 Timo BOLL – Ondrej BAJGER 3:0 (11:2 11:5 11:6) Kristian KARLSSON – Tomas TREGLER 3:0 Anton KALLBERG- Petr KORBEL 3:1 (10:12 12:10 13:11 11:6) Sporting Clube de Portugal – AS Pontoise Cergy 0:3 Diogo CARVALHO – Tristan FLORE 2:3(8:11 12:10 11:6 12:14 2:11) Quadri ARUNA – Mattias FALCK 2:3 (11:5 8:11 9:11 11:4 3:11) Bode ABOIDUN – Can AKKUZU 2:3 (11:8 6:11 11:9 5:11 5:11) GROUP B TTSC UMMC – SPG Walter Wels 3:0 Jonathan GROTH – Adam SZUDI 3:2 (3:11 7:11 11:8 11:2 11:7) Andrej GACINA – Deni KOZUL 3:0 (11:8 11:8 11:9) Alexander SHIBAEV – Christian FRIEDRICH 3:0 (11:5 11:7 11:5) GROUP C Vaillante Sports Angers TT – K.S. Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 3:0 Jon PERSSON – Panagiotis GIONIS 3:2 (11:6 7:11 11:9 10:12 11:5) Jens LUDQVIST – Pavel SIRUCEK 3:0 (11:5 11:9 11:6) Joao GERALDO – Marek BADOWSKI 3:0 (11:7 11:4 11:3) GROUP D TTC Fakel Gazprom – Eslovs Ai Bordtennis 3:0 Marcos FREITAS – Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 3:0 (11:9 11:7 11:5) YAN An – Truls MOREGARD 3:0 (11:8 11:7 11:8) Vladimir SAMSONOV – ZHANG Fuzhou 3:0 (11:4 11:5 11:1) Post SV Muhlhausen – G. V. Hennebont T.T. 3:0 Daniel HABESOHN – FAN Shengpeng 3:0 (11:6 11:7 11:9) Lubomir JANCARIK – Liam PITCHFORD 3:2 (11:8 11:8 4:11 10:12 11:5) Steffen MENGEL – Georgios STAMATOUROS 3:1 (11:9 12:10 10:12 11:5)
RENNER: LZ LINZ is a tool to improve next generation
ECLW Round 3 to be held this Saturday October 27th as newcomer from Austria hosts SKST Mart Hodonin-Stavoimpex European Champions League Women’s Round 3 will see LZ LINZ Froschberg’s promotion on its soil against Czech Republic’s SKST Mart Hodonin-Stavoimpex this Saturday. All four R3 games are scheduled for that day October 27th. President of LZ LINZ Günther RENNER explains what is the intention having two teams in ECLW: “If Hodonin plays with the same line up like Monday we will have a chance again them. LZ LINZ as a separated club is the second-high performance club from LINZ which was founded for giving European and Austrian players more seats in the European club events. That Club (already ETTU CUP semifinalist) is a tool to help the next generation of top players to rise to the European elite.” LZ LINZ lost its very first ECLW game in Poland against no. 2 seed Tarnobrzeg 3:1. USA player WU Yue showed two high-class performances against two strong European players beating Elizabeta SAMARA and losing to HAN Ying after five games. “I was very happy with my performance against the strong team from Tarnobrzeg and the win against Samara but if I would have won against HAN Ying after two match points my team would have had a chance to win this time I will try to make it even better” stated WU Yue. The 20-year-old HO Tin-Tin explains why this game motivates her so much: “I`m still quite new to this league but I`m ready for the game in LINZ I like to have pressure on my shoulders and I`m positive that we will have again a good team spirit and that we show the level of the new generation against the former LINZ players VACENOVSKA but who knows what will be the line-up…” Margarita BALTUSHITE 18-year-old Belarus talent has aded: “I lost 0:3 against HAN Ying but played ok I always fight to get a chance in every game I play so doesn’t matter who I will fight against I will do the best possible job”. ECLW Round 3 October 27th GROUP A: SH-ITB Budaörsi 2i Sport Club – Metz TT (17:00 CET) GROUP B: UCAM Cartagena TM – ETIVAL CLAIREFONTAINE ASRTT (17:00 CET) GROUPC: Sporting Clube de Portugal- TT SAINT QUENTINOIS (17:00 CET) GROUP D: LZ Linz Froschberg – SKST Mart Hodonin-Stavoimpex (15:00 CET)
TTCLM: FRANZISKA and CHEN lead their teams to victory
Group C: FC Saarbrucken – Rosklide Bordtennis BTK61 3:1 Group B: Stella Sport La Romagne – K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo 3:1 Saarbucken and Stella Sport La Romagne have improved their season’s win-loss record to 2-1 as they beat Roskilde and Dekorglass Dzialdowo 3:1 each in their respective groups. Actual World no. 15 Patrick FRANZISKA has provided two points for Saarbrucken like CHEN Tian Yuan did for French side. German club won first two encounters against Roskilde thanks to FRANZISKA and Cristian PLETEA while former European champion Michael MAZE prevented host team to win in straight games. Dane beat one of biggest Old Continent’s talents Tomas POLANSKY who made his comeback after shoulder surgery. FRANZISKA secured important victory for his team as he overcame ZHAI Yujia in the fourth clash. Last year’s ETTU Cup winner Stella Sport La Romagne beat current champion of that competition K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo. Teams were leveled after two matches but Brice OLIVIER and CHEN Tian Yuan have provided two wins against Pawel FERTIKOWSKI and Jiri VRABLIK respectively. TTCLM Round 3 GROUP B Stella Sport La Romagne – K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo 3:1 CHEN Tian Yuan – WANG Yang 3:2 (10:12 11:3 11:8 5:11 11:8) Daniel GORAK – Jiri VRABLIK 0:3 (5:11 8:11 4:11) Brice OLLIVIER – Pawel FERTIKOWSKI 3:1 (9:11 11:5 12:10 11:5) CHEN Tian Yuan – Jiri VRABLIK 3:0 (11:9 12:10 11:4) GROUP C FC Saarbrucken Tischtennis – Rosklide Bordtennis BTK61 3:1 Patrick FRANZISKA – Tamas LAKATOS 3:0 (11:6 11:8 11:6) Cristian PLETEA – ZHAI Yujia 3:2 (11:8 13:11 5:11 7:11 11:7) Tomas POLANSKY – Michael MAZE 0:3 (6:11 5:11 9:11) Patrick FRANZISKA – ZHAI Yujia 3:1 (11:5 11:7 5:11 11:6)
TTCLM: Round 3 sees comeback of Saarbrucken’s rising star Tomas POLANSKY
Two R3 matches to be held on Thursday Oct 25th: FC Saarbrucken Tischtennis – Rosklide Bordtennis BTK61 (18:30) Stella Sport La Romagne – K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo (19:30 CET) Two matches in Germany and France will open Round 3 of the 2018/19 European Table Tennis Champions League this Thursday (Oct 25th) while other six encounters are scheduled for Friday including Group d clash between four-times winner Fakel Gazprom Oreburg and 2016 runner-up Eslovs Ai Bordtennis. The opening day is reserved for FC Saarbrucken Tischtennis – Rosklide Bordtennis BTK61 (18:30) Stella Sport La Romagne – K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo (19:30 CET). This round should be special one for Czech Republic’s Tomas POLANSKY actual European Under 21 Championships who is ready for his comeback after long absence caused by shoulder surgery. „Of course it’s going to be a pretty hard match for us. Roskilde is a strong team but I believe that we will give our best and win that game. I feel actually good about my first match in second Bundesliga after the long injury and I believe that it’s gonna be better and better“ stated one of Saarbrucken’s rising stars 20-year-old Tomas POLANSKY who beat his teammate Cristian PLETEA of Romania in the U-21 ECH gold medal contest. German side has 1-1 win-loss record while Rosklide hasn’t victory so far. ZHAI Yujia hopes it will be changed in the upcoming game: “I like to play this Champions League and hope to help Roskilde win matches”. Team manager of Danish club Allan BENTSEN stated: “We and Roskilde look forward to playing one more round in the Champions League. We hope that our trip to Saarbrücken will give us a good result. We will play with the same team as in the first two matches in Angers last round we were close to make a good result.” Other Group C game will see duel between Vaillante Sports Angers TT (1-1 win-loss record) and K.S. Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki (2-0). Host side manager Eric GAUTRET explains why this season offers a better chances for his team: “This season the draw was quite favorable since avoided the two Russians clubs and the reigning champion Düsseldorf. In the first round we lost to Saarbrücken even if the result is severe. We beat Roskilde in the second round and now we play Bogoria two times to follow. Even if they are rather favorites against us we hope to make a good result at home before the rematch. Our good start to the season allows to be optimistic”. Reigning TTCLM champion Borussia Dusseldorf is determined to improve its win-loss record to 3-0 facing at home TTC Ostrava 2016 (0-2) while other Group A game could decide the battle for the second place and quarter-final spot as last year’s semi-finalist Sporting Clube de Portugal (1-1) hosts former double TTCLM winner AS Pontoise Cergy (1-1). “We will not underestimate Ostrava even though it is the supposedly lightest opponent in our group a win on Friday is mandatory” stated Borussia’s manager Andreas PREUSS. Sporting beat twice Pontoise last year but president of French club Louise ADAM hopes that her team will be better this time: “We are again in the group of Lisbon which is a difficult team and this group is again also complicated! Last season we met them already and our two face-to-face turned in their favor. However we are confident and our young team goes to Lisbon with the best intentions.” Last two winners of the ETTU Cup Men will play one against another in Group B: the 2016/17 winner Stella Sport La Romagne (1-1) and 2017/18 champion K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo (1-1). Likewise this encounter could shape the top of this group like in case of Sporting and Pontoise. The 2011/12 runner-up TTSC UMMC (2-0) targets its third win in a row against Austria’s SPG Walter Wels (0-2). “For this third round we receive the Polish team of Dzialdowo. This is already an important match for the qualification for the quarter-finals. The victorious team will take a serious advantage over the other. We are very excited to play this game” stressed Stella Sport coach Fabrice COUTOLLEAU. Former four-time TTCLM winner Fakel Gazprom Orenburg (2-0) is considered as a huge favourite playing its Group D game against 2016 runner-up Eslovs (1-1) while Post SV Mühlhausen (1-1) faces GV Hennebont TT (0-2) in the clash where both sides have no right for mistake. Actual individual European Championships runner-up Ovidiu IONESCU promises big fight: „We are looking forward for our next TTCLM-match. Hennebont is a strong team but we believe in our chances. After last week win against Eslövs we will give our best and make the people in Kristanplatz celebrate one more victory together.“ Teammate of Romanian player Steffen MENGEL added: „We are very happy with our first win against Eslövs. Now we are looking forward to play against the next top-team in front of our fantastic supporters. Our goal is to make the next step on friday to hopefully cause a surprise.“ Orenburg’s coach Vladimir ENDOLOV is looking forward meeting young team from Sweden: “We will play with a young and promising Swedish team Eslovs AI BTK in the 3d Round. In my opinion this team is ready to fight with any club-participants of the TTCLM. Our team arrived to Orenburg in full force. All the players practice hard and will try to do everything to win the upcoming match and strengthen their leadership in the group. I am sure that many fans and supporters will see table tennis of the highest level.” TTCLM Round 3 GROUP A Borussia Dusseldorf – TTC Ostrava 2016 (Oct 26th 18:30 CET) Sporting Clube de Portugal – AS Pontoise Cergy (Oct 26th 20:00 CET) GROUP B Stella Sport La Romagne – K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo (Oct 25th 19:30 CET) TTSC UMMC – SPG Walter Wels (Oct 26th 16:00 CET) GROUP C FC Saarbrucken Tischtennis
ECLW R2: Tarnobrzeg sweeps Hodonin
Group D: SKST Mart Hodonin Stavoimpex – KTS Enea Sirka Tarnobrzeg 0:3 Former ECLW runner-up and actual no. 2 seed KTS Enea Sirka Tarnobrzeg 0:3 from Poland had an easy job in Czech Republic where they beat SKST Mart Hodonin Stavoimpex 3:0 allowing just two games to their opponents. It was second win in a row of Poland’s champion in Group D. The opening encounter was extended to full distance where 2015 individual European champion Elizabeta SAMARA managed to reverse the score from 1-2 to 3-2. Other two clashes were decided in straight sets: 2013 ECH bronze medallist HAN Ying beat former Tarnobrzeg’s Natalia PARTYKA while recently crowned 2018 ECH champion LI Qian prevailed against Solomiya BRATEYKO. ECLW Round 2 GROUP D SKST Mart Hodonin Stavoimpex – KTS Enea Sirka Tarnobrzeg 0:3 Iveta VACENOVSKA – Elizabeta SAMARA 2:3 (8:11 11:7 12:10 6:11 5:11) Natalia PARTYKA – HAN Ying 0:3 (3:11 7:11 1:11) Solimiya BRATEYKO – LI Qian 0:3 (5:11 3:11 4:11)
Experts gathered in Paris at ETTU / ITTF Annual Coaching Conference 2018
The ETTU / ITTF Annual Coaching Conference 2018 commenced today in Paris. Three days meeting gathered 27 coaches from 22 Associations. The lecturers are coming from three countries and among them are two professors of University LUNEX (Luxembourg) Prof. Dr. Andreas MIERAU & Dr. Thorben HUELSDUENKER. They will talk about very interesting subject not usual for TT coaches.The 4th lecturer will be Mr Mikael ANDERSSON from Sweden. On the opening day LIU Yan Jun pressented „New approach of technique and tactics in table tennis. Tuesday 23 Oct 10:30 – Visit INSEP (Meeting at the front door Building “B”) 15:00 – 19:00 „The main guideline in the development of young players 14-18 years old “ (Mikael ANDERSSON) Wednesday 24 Oct 09:00 – 12:00 „Neurophysiological determinants of visuomotor reaction time in table tennis” (Prof. Dr. Andreas MIERAU & Dr. Thorben HUELSDUENKER)
world cup
Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men’s World Listed in top spot on the current world rankings the top seed at the Liebherr 2018 ITTF Men’s World Cup China’s FAN Zhendong underlined the reasons why he holds the prestigious positions. At final hurdle in the splendid setting of the Disney Arena he beat Germany’s Timo BOLL the no.2 seed (11-9 11-5 11-6 9-11 11-8) to arrest the title. It was for Timo Boll in what is now his 15th appearance in Men’s World Cup tournament the sixth time he had appeared in the final and the seventh time he had concluded matters standing on the podium. On debut in 2002 in Jinan he emerged victorious before regaining the title in Liège in 2005; most certainly Liège has been a favourite destination in 2008 and last year he was the runner up. Also in 2012 in Liverpool he finished in the silver medal position having two years earlier in Magdeburg concluded matters in third place. Meanwhile for Fan Zhendong he was appearing in his third final in three excursions; in 2015 in Halmstad he was the runner up in 2016 in Saarbrücken the winner.Now once again in Paris he was the winner. China’s Lin Gaoyuan secured third place in the bronze medal match the no.4 seed beat Germany’s Dimitrij OVTCHAROV the no.3 seed in five games (11-7 11-9 9-11 11-4 11-3). “I’m very happy that I won the bronze medal. It’s a pity that I lost the match this morning but I gave my best the same in this match. I’m happy in the end ” said Lin Gaoyuan It was for Dimitrij OVTCHAROV the third time in now eleven appearances in the Men’s World Cup that he had reached the final day. In addition to winning last year in Liège he had finished in third place in 2013 in Verviers and two years later in Halmstad.
Cajasur Priego TM showed no mercy in ETTU Cup
Men’s and Women’s ETTU Cup The second phase of the Men’s and Women’s ETTU Cup concluded today. The two best ranked clubs from each group will proceed to the third stage where in Men’s ETTU Cup Chartres ASTT Istres Tennis de Table Fortune Kyiv STK Starr Varaždin DeBoer Taverzo TTC Sokah Hoboken Fenerbahce Sport Club and Leka Enea Tenis de Mesa already awaits their adversaries. In Group A in Spain Cajasur Priego TM is unbeaten whilst ASD Marcozzi Cagliari suffered only by their hands. In Group B in Spain French Ping Pong Club Villeneuvois beat Turk Telekom Ankara Sport Club in the ultimate match to determinate who will go to the next phase from position one or two. In Group C SF SKK El Nino Praha beat all adversaries to reach the top position. Hosts Borges Vall are second. In Group D SK Vydrany is at the top of the standings followed by Logis Auderghem TT. In Women’s ETTU Cup 3rd Round to 8 seeds are: ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly STK Aquaestil Duga Resa CP Lyssois Lille Métropole TMK-TAGMET Taganrog TTC Villach Fenerbahce Spor Kulubu Tecnigen Linares TTC Kazan. After this weekend in Round three will also play the top clubs in Group A Hotel-Museo Patria Chica Priego TM and Sparvägen TTC. From Group B progressed Leka Enea Tenis de Mesa and A.S.D. Tennistavolo Norbello. In Group C Arteal Tenis de Mesa and DT Roodt – Syre were the most successful followed by TT Moravsky Krumlov and TTV Lybrae Heerlen in Group D.
