The ETTU is pleased to announce that the 2018 2019 and 2020 Europe Youth Top 10 events have been awarded to the Associations of Portugal Netherlands and Germany respectively. President Ronald KRAMER is enthusiast about the executive Board’s decision to award three consecutive editions of the Youth Top-10 . “It shows not only the willingness of these associations to host this important European Cadet and Junior event it also witnesses a great spirit of cooperation within ETTU. After the successful 2017 edition in Worcester (ENG) I wish to congratulate and thank the three Associations for their support given to the development of our young players by accommodating and hosting these three events”. Next year’s date is 7th-9th September 2018 and the Europe Youth Top 10 will be held in Portugal’s city of Vila Real. “Portugal for the past 5 years has organized some of the major ETTU and ITTF events. To receive the best youth European players in our country it’s an honor pleasure and of course a big responsibility. I’m sure Portuguese TTA will be ready to the challenge ” said PTTA President Pedro MOURA. Dutch city famous of sport will host the event in 2019. “We are very pleased and honoured to be awarded the organisation of the 2019 Youth Top 10. This prestigious table tennis event will take place in Noordwijk the European city of sports in 2017 announced NTTB President Jan SIMONS. In Olympic year – 2020 City of Berlin will be the host. “We are very happy to organize the Europe Youth Top Ten in 2020. Berlin as the German Capital is a perfect host for the meeting of the best continental talents at Europe’s most important ranking tournament ” said DTTB President Michael GEIGER.
ETTU Seelection camp in Otocec
The final ETTU Selection camp for 2017 is underway in Slovenia’s town of Otocec. From 41 nominated players 30 are on duty with 18 coaches from 18 countries. From this camp the best players will be selected to become the part of the U13 program for 2018 alongside 18 previously selected talents. The complete evaluating process is carried by Istvan KORPA Joze URH Michael FUCHS Adrain ALEXANDRU Miran KONDRIC and Neven CEGNAR. PLAYERS IN OTOCEC SOMMEROVA Helena Czech Republic GRIESEL Mia Germany STORTZ Jele Germany VARABYOVA Veranika Belgium LERAT Nolan Belgium GILTIA Tim Belgium MASSART Alessi Belgium BJORKRYD David Sweden LARSSON Dennis Sweden UNGVARI Evelin Romania MIKE Boroka Romania TEGLAS Andreea Romania MOVILEANU Darius Romania PETEK Borna Croatia KENESEY Blanka Hungary KIZAKISZ Nikolaosz Hungary SZANTOSI David Hungary PANDUREVIČ Vladimir Bosnia and Herzegovina SANCHEZ Yanira Spain MIRO Marc Spain Player KONG Rafael Portugal ZHENG Xijin Netherlands SPAGNOLO Daniele Italy SERTI Attilio Italy LAKATCHENKO Lukas Lithuania BOONYAPRAPA Naphong England TOKIČ Sara Slovenia ALFREDSSON Isak Sweden ZIJADIČ Benjamin Bosnia and Herzegovina VAN HAUWAERT Julie Belgium
Ochsenhausen passes La Romagne test in France
TTCLM Round 2: Stella Sport La Romagne – TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen 0:3 Sporting Clube de Portugal – K. S. Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 3:1 The 2009 TTCLM runner-up beat actual ETTU Cup winner Stella Sport La Romagne 3:0 playing away TTCLM Round 2 game. It looks like German side had an easy job but all clashes were tense and exciting. One more game was held tonight as Sporting Clube de Portugal defeated K. S. Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 3:1. Hugo CALDERANO provided very important win for Ochsenhausen beating WEI Shiao in the opener after full five games. Both had their chances in the fifth set which had 32 points in total but guest played better in crucial moments. Host missed four match-balls (10:9 11:10 13:12 14:13). Almost same scenario was seen in the clash between CHEN Tian Yuan and Simon GAUZY who was extended to full distance but managed to win. Host was very close to the victory when he reversed the score from 7:10 to 11:10 in the fourth set (it was a chance for 3:1 for him). GAUZY responded in a style taking three consecutive points to win that set and to seal his win in the fifth one. Joao GERALDO secured third point for German side overcoming Adrian CRISAN in four sets. Like Ochsenhausen in Group B Sporting improved his score to 2-0 in Group A. Portugal`s champion beat Bogoria 3:1 in spite of losing opening game (HAN overcame Quadri ARUNA in four games). Joao MONTEIRO extended his winning streak against Pavel SIRUCEK who forced him to play his best table tennis. Other players but same story in the third encounter in which Diogo CARVALHO beat Daniel GORAK 3:2 (16:14 9:11 14:16 11:4 12:10). Guest led 8:5 9:7 and 10:9 in the decisive fifth set. Fourth clash was different than previous. Nigerian player beat SIRUCEK in straight games. 2017/18 TTCLM Round 2 Group A Sporting Clube de Portugal – K. S. Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 3:1 Quadri ARUNA – HAN Chuanxi 1:3 (11:9 8:11 9:11 6:11) Joao MONTEIRO – Pavel SUIRUCEK 3:2 (9:11 11:8 11:7 12:14 11:9) Diogo CARVALHO – Daniel GORAK 3:2 (16:14 9:11 14:16 11:4 12:10) Quadri ARUNA – Pavel SIRUCEK 3:0 (11:3 12:10 11:5) GROUP C Stella Sport La Romagne – TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen 0:3 WEI Shihao – Hugo CALDERANO 2:3 (5:11 6:11 11:6 13:11 15:17) CHEN Tian Yuan – Simon GAUZY 2:3 (6:11 15:13 11:7 11:13 4:11) Adrian CRISAN – Joao Geraldo 1:3 (8:11 9:11 11:7 9:11)
2017/18 Seamaster ECLW Round 2: TT Saint-Quentin third time in a row against reigning champion
All Round 2 matches scheduled for this Friday October 13th All four Round 2 matches of the 2017/18 Seamaster ECLW will be held this Friday October 13th: CP Lyssois Lille Metropole – KTS Tarnobrzeg (Group A 19:00 CET) UCAM Cartagena TM – Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyespor (Group B 18:00 CET) Szekszard AC – Dr. CASL (Group C 17:00 CET) TT Sain-Quentin – TTC Berlin Eastside (Group D 19:30 CET). No. 1 seed KTS Tarnobrzeg last two times in a row ECLW runner-up beat TuS bad Driburg 3:0 in the opening round but now they will face huge challange playing away against CP Lyssois Lille Metropole. French side is the 2015/16 ETTU Cup winner while the best Polish club won that competition in 2014/15. Current ETTU Cup winner Bursa defeated double ECLW champion Linz AG Froschberg in the Group B Round 1 as each their player got one point: LEE Ho Ching HU Melek and Yana NOSKOVA. Now they are going to play against UCAM Cartagena double ETTU Cup winner (2008/09 2009/10). “For us the match against Bursa it is very difficult. They have a very strong team that has players like HU MELEK or LEE. It will be a very hard meeting. We are very confident in our players and we are going with the illusion of obtaining a good result although we know that it will not be easy” stated Enrique PEREZ UCAM Cartagena team manager. Bursa`s coach Mehmet ASLAN explains why he expects so hard clash: “We think we gonna find powerful team against us. Actually who believe himself he should expect a hard game. Every time we believe and we used to hear from someone that we will do whatever we can. Important idea is just do what you can. The skill is important for a team but if you know what you will you believe yourself you can reach your dream. So we think Cartagena believes itself and is a hard team and it’s so good to play with a hard team. Because all big teams should play with a successful team so in this way they can prove itself”. In the Group C Hungarian Szekszard AC hosts Croatian Dr. CASL who presented its strong line-up two weeks ago beating ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly 3:1. DOO Hoi Kem secured two wins YU Fu added one more while LI Jie after long trip from China lost to Barbora BALAZOVA. Now they will oppose the team guided by the best ranked ECLW player CHENG I-Ching (World no. 10). Four times ECLW champion in last six years Berlin is determined to prove his supremacy in the Group D facing away TT Saint-Quentin. Jean-Louis POLARD team manager of French club speaks about their aim in this ECLW campaign: “For the third year in a row we are competing with Berlin Eastside in the same group. As they are 2016 and 2017 Women`s European Champions League winner our aim is (as usual) to qualify for the quarter-finals in the second positions. So the crucial matches will be against Hodonin and the first one is already planned on October 20th. Meanwhile we are pleased to welcome the German team and we are sure the public in Saint-Quentin will be delighted to see again the best European players including Petrissa SOLJA if she has recovered”. 2017/18 Seamaster ECLW Round 2 (October 13th) GROUP A CP Lyssois Lille Metropole – KTS Tarnobrzeg (19:00 CET) GROUP B UCAM Cartagena TM – Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyespor (18:00 CET) GROUP C Szekszard AC – Dr. CASL (17:00 CET) GROUP D TT Sain-Quentin – TTC Berlin Eastside (19:30 CET)
ITTF Confirms List of Players for ITTF World Cups
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) has confirmed the 20 male & female players who will be in action at the Liebherr 2017 ITTF Men’s World Cup and the Uncle Pop 2017 ITTF Women’s World Cup presented by Polar Naturals to be held later this month. Liebherr 2017 ITTF Men’s World Cup – 20-22 Oct 2017 Liege (BEL) Uncle Pop 2017 ITTF Women’s World Cup presented by Polar Naturals – 27-29 Oct 2017 Markham (CAN) Reigning World Champion MA Long (CHN) and World number two Asian Cup Champion ZHU Yuling (CHN) will be heading the respective seeding at the Men’s & Women’s World Cup and will compete for the prestigious World Cup titles alongside Continental Champions as well as other top players who had qualified through their Continental Cups. After World Champion DING Ning (CHN)’s withdrawal from the Women’s World Cup due to her physical condition DING’s teammate LIU Shiwen (CHN) was selected to replace DING at the event given her strong past Women’s World Cup performance and her second-place finish at the 2017 ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup and will be aiming for a record fifth title in 2017. With their strong form in recent events European top stars Marcos FREITAS (POR) and Elizabeta SAMARA (ROU) were given the wildcard places to compete at the Men’s & Women’s World Cups respectively for their chance at the titles. The ITTF Men’s & Women’s World Cups will start off with players seeded 9 – 20 playing round robin in the group stage to fight for their chance to join the top 8 players in the second stage where a knockout system will be played to determine the winner. The ITTF Men’s World Cup will be in its 38th edition in 2017 since its inauguration in 1980 in Hong Kong whereas the Women’s World Cup will be in its 21st year since it first started in 1996 in Hong Kong as well. With 20 world class players fighting for the title in Liége and Markham who will lift the cup? Watch the event promotional videos here:
TTCLM Round 2: Ostrava scores convincing win
Group C: SPG Walter Wels – TTC Ostrava 2016 0:3 Czech Republic`s TTC Ostrava 2016 actual no. 11 in the competition beat away no. 15 SPG Walter Wels 3:0 playing Group C Round 2 game. Both sides lost their matches against favorites in the opening round hence it was very important clash for them. Current World no. 131 Tomas TREGLER upset no. 63 Korean CHO Seungmin in the opening encounter taking the fifth set by a narrow margin. It was most important moment in the entire match. Other two encounters weren’t so tense and exciting. In the second one Greek Panagiotis GIONIS (no. 32) overcame Belgium`s Robin DEVOS (no. 176) in straight games. Two teammates from Serbian National Team Zsolt PETO and Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC met in the third match. Host won the opening set but his famous compatriot responded by three games in a row to secure win for his team. 2017/18 TTCLM Round 2 GROUP C SPG Walter Wels – TTC Ostrava 2016 0:3 CHO Seungmin – Tomas TREGLER 2:3 (11:8 9:11 10:12 11:7 10:12) Robin DEVOS – Panagiotis GIONIS 0:3 (5:11 5:11 10:12) Zsolt PETO – Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC 1:3 (11:9 1:11 8:11 5:11)
TTCLM Round 2: Last six titles in one clash!
Double TTCLM winner Pontoise Cergy hosts four times champion TTC Fakel Gazprom (Oct 13 20:00 CET). Borussia Dusseldorf targets its first season`s win in Poland The 2017/18 Table Tennis Champions League Men Round 2 will be held from Wednesday to Friday (October 11-13th) with two intriguing clashes. First one covers the last six titles as double TTCLM winner Pontoise hosts four times and actual champion Orenburg (Oct 13 20:00 CET) while in the other one ten times TTCLM winner Borussia Dusseldrof fights for its first season`s win in Poland against Dekorglass Dzialdowo. “All players have been seriously prepared for the upcoming match in Pontoise. A good help was the participation of our players in the fifth round of the T2 APAC and in the Polish Open. Our players are in good shape. Now the team is having a good training camp in Düsseldorf. We also take into account the mood of the hosts. The match is expected to be very tense. Our players are set up only to win” stated Fakel Gazprom`s team manager Victor ANDREEV Pontoise`s president Louise ADAM hopes that her side will play much better than in the opening clash against Portugal`s Sporting: “In the past we have shown that we were able to beat them on several occasions. However their team has become since last season really formidable … We will however welcome them with great pleasure and the show will certainly attend. Danny HEISTER Borussia`s coach emphasized that each of his players is fully aware of an importance of the match: “We were very unlucky after the first round against Hennebont. Now we need to win in Poland to keep the chance for the next round. But this won’t be easy. Dzialdowo has got a strong team and it will be a very hard match. I think that our players are in a better shape than last match. Timo BOLL is playing table tennis at its best but Stefan (FEGERL) and Kristian (KARLSSON) had problems against Hennebont. We know the importance of the game in Dzialdowo and we will be prepared.” Youngest player in Borussia`s line-up Anton KÄLLBERG stressed: “We practiced very focused in the last days and we all feel good. Dzialdowo has two very strong players with WONG and MATSUDAIRA. If both will play it will be very difficult for us to win if we don’t play on our top level. We know that we can’t be defeated again if we want to reach the quarter finals.” 2017/18 TTCLM Round 2 (October 11-13th) GROUP A Sporting Clube De Portugal – K.S. Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki (Oct 12 20:00 CET) AS Pontoise Cergy – TTC Fakel Gazprom (Oct 13 20:00 CET) GROUP B FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis – TTSC UMMC (Oct 13 18:30 CET) Eslovs Ai Bordtennis – Chartres ASTT (Oct 13 19:00 CET) GROUP C SPG Walter Wels – TTC Ostrava 2016 (Oct 11 19:00 CET) Stella Sport La Romagne – TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen (Oct 12 19:30 CET) GROUP D K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo – Borussia Düsseldorf (Oct 13 18:00 CET) Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 – G.V. Hennebont T.T. (Oct 13 19:30 CET)
ETTU Annual Coaching Conference 2017 in Warsaw
Hotel Airport Okecie October 8th – 10th This morning the experts gathered in the Hotel Airport Okecie in Warsaw for the ETTU Annual Coaching Conference 2017. The Conference attracted 58 coaches from 21 country and at the beginning of the session they were greeted by the ETTU President Ronald KRAMER. Chinese expert LI Xiadong will be the lecturer on the opening day of the Conference on subject of “Analyses of six stages of Development of table tennis”. Tomorrow the stage will belong to Watanabe RIKI with the “The newest Situation of the plastic balls”. All Power point presentations from the Conference will be published on ETTU web page (Development / Documents).
Astana to Host 2017 ITTF Star Awards Alongside World Tour Grand Finals
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is pleased to announce that the 2017 ITTF Star Awards will be held in the Kazakhstani capital of Astana on 14 December 2017 in conjunction with the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals that will be held from 14-17 December. Following the success of the previous four editions of the annual Star Awards night the 2017 ITTF Star Awards promises to be more spectacular than ever at the Rixos President Hotel located at the heart of Astana. Dubbed the “Oscars of Table Tennis” the 2017 ITTF Star Awards will be a night of glitz and glamour as we see stars of the sport – athletes officials & coaches all dressed up in their finest to celebrate their achievements and a great year of table tennis in 2017. Fans and table tennis enthusiasts from all around the world are also welcomed to join in the celebrations at the ITTF Star Awards with the stars in Astana by reserving a seat or table at the awards night. ITTF President Thomas WEIKERT shared “The ITTF Star Awards has been a much anticipated annual event for our top athletes and partners as a season finale to celebrate a fruitful year of table tennis since its inauguration in 2013. This year we are very excited to bring the Star Awards to Kazakhstan for the first time ever for an evening of celebrations and glamour with our stars of the sport.” The 2017 ITTF Star Awards will be seeing the crowning of Stars in the following categories: Male Table Tennis Star Female Table Tennis Star Male Para Table Tennis Star Female Para Table Tennis Star Table Tennis Star Point Table Tennis Star Coach Table Tennis Breakthrough Star Table Tennis Fair Play Star
Stella Sport La Romagne proud to be part of TTCLM
“We hope to learn a lot from this competition and why not reach the quarterfinals” stated coach Fabrice COUTOLLEAU between Round 1 (3:2 vs. Walter Wels) and Round 2 (Oct 12th vs. Ochsenhausen) Actual ETTU Cup winner Stella Sport La Romagne targets 2017/18 TTCLM quarter-finals at least. They beat Walter Wels 3:2 in their debut in TTCLM while this Thursday (October 12th 19:30 CET) will host 2009 runner-up TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen. “After winning the TT Intercup in 2004 and the ETTU Cup in 2017 the club of La Romagne participates for the first time in its history to the Champions League and I must say that everyone is very playful to the idea to rub against the biggest of Europe” stressed Guy SOULARD president of the club founded almost half century ago (1968). Coach Fabrice COUTOLLEAU hopes that his side will take one of two top spots in the Group C: “It is a great pride to have this group take part in the Champions League. It`s a new march that the club is climbing this year and the victory in the opening round despite players tense enough we reassurance on the competitiveness of our team. We hope to learn a lot from this competition and why not reach the quarterfinals. It would be a great satisfaction.” CHEN Tianyuan who became La Romagne member 11 years ago won two matches in the opening round against Austrian club. He said it was very important for him to commence the season in that manner: “We did a good job in the Round 1 and I am very happy to have brought two points to our team.”
