The 2017 ITTF European Championships qualifications Round two brought only few upsets. Croatia beat Belarus Romania overcame Czech Republic and England succeded against Greece in the longest match in Round in Men’s Event whilst Slovakia prevailed against France in Women’s. Men’s Champions Division Group A Hungary – Austria 2:3 Bence MAJOROS – Daniel HABESOHN 1:3 (7:11 11:8 8:11 1:11) Daniel KOSIBA – David SERDAROGLU 3:0 (11:9 11:5 12:10) Tamas LAKATOS – Robert GARDOS 0:3 (7:11 10:12 8:11) Bence MAJOROS – David SERDAROGLU 3:0 (11:9 11:5 11:3) Daniel KOSIBA – Daniel HABESOHN 1:3 (11:6 7:11 7;11 5:11) Group B Serbia – Germany 0:3 Dragan SUBOTIC – Benedikt DUDA 0:3 (10:12 8:11 9:11) Zolt PETE – Patrick FRANZISKA 0:3 (8:11 7:11 6:11) Ilija MAJSTOROVIC – Ricardo WALTHER 2:3 (8:11 11:9 9:11 11:9 10:12) Group C Italy – France 0:3 Mihai BOBOCICA – Emmanuel LEBESSON 0:3 (5:11 8:11 8:11) Alesandro BACIOCCHI – Simon GAUZY 0:3 (7:11 7:11 8:11) Jordy PICCOLINI – Tristan FLORE 1:3 (7:11 6:11 11:4 10:12) Group D Croatia – Belarus 3:0 Tomislav PUCAR – Aliaksandar KHANIN 3:2 (9:11 11:7 16:14 9:11 11:7) Andrej GACINA – Pavel PLATONOV 3:0 (11:9 11:8 11:5) Frane KOJIC – Gleb SHAMRUK 3:0 (11:6 17:15 11:8) Group E Slovakia – Sweden 0:3 WAN Yang – Anton KALLBERG 0:3 (6:11 9:11 8:11) BAI He – Par GERELL 0:3 (3:11 5:11 11:13) Lubomir PISTEJ – Mattias KARLSSON 2:3 (9:11 11:8 12:10 5:11 6;11) Group G England – Greece 3:2 Liam PITCHFORD – Konstantin PAPAGEORGIU 2:3 (13:11 12:10 3:11 5:11 11:13) Paul DRINKHALL – Gionis PANAGIOTIS 0:3 (9:11 10:12 11:13) Samuel WALKER – Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 3:2 (7:11 10:12 11:6 11:6 12:10) Liam PITCHFORD – Gionis PANAGIOTIS 3:1 (6:11 13:11 13:11 13:11) Paul DRINKHALL- Konstantin PAPAGEORGIU 3:2 (11:9 3:11 9:11 11:9 11:3) Group H Belgium – Poland 0:3 Cedric NUYTINCK – Jakub DYJAS 0:3 (7:11 6:11 9:11) Robib DEVOS – WANG Zeng Yi 2:3 (5:11 7:11 11:8 11:8 12:14) Florent LAMBIET – Daniel GORAK 0:3 (9:11 6:11 8:11) Group I Spain – Russia 3:2 Carlos MACHADO – Mikhail PAIKOV 3:1 (14:12 7:11 11:7 11:5) Alvaro ROBLES – Alexander SHIBAEV 3:1 (8:11 11:8 11:9 12:10) HE Zhi Wen – Grigori VLASOV 1:3 (9:11 11:8 5:11 7:11) Carlos MACHADO – Alexander SHIBAEV 1:3 (14:12 10:12 7:11 8:11) Alvaro ROBLES – Mikhail PAIKOV 3:1 (4:11 11:7 11:8 11:7) Group J Romania – Czech Republic 3:2 Ovidiu IONESCU – Lubos JANCARIK 3:0 (11:7 11:8 11:7) Hunor SZOCS – Tomas KONECNY 3:1 (12:10 11:7 9:11 11:6) Adrian CRISAN – Dima PROKOPCOV 2:3 (9:11 14:12 11:5 8:11 7:11) Ovidiu IONESCU – Tomas KONECNY 1:3 (9:11 6:11 11:9 6:11) Hunor SZOCS – Lubos JANCARIK 3:1 (11:7 10:12 11:8 11:8) Women’s Champions Division Group A Slovenia – Germany 0:3 Alex GALIC- Sabine WINTER 0:3 (10:12 4:11 7:11) Tamara PAVCNIK – Chantal MANTZ 0:3 (7:11 6:11 4:11) Ana TOFANT – WAN Yuan 0:3 (9:11 8:11 8:11) Group B Netherlands – Romania 1:3 LI Jie – Daniela MONTEIRO DODEAN 1:3 (16:14 9:11 7:11 6:11) Britt EERLAND – Elizabeta SAMARA 3:0 (11:7 11:7 11:8) Kim VERMAAS – Bernadette SZOCS 0:3 (6:11 6:11 5:11) LI Jie – Elizabeta SAMARA (3:11 6:11 8:11) Group C Belarus – Russia 0:3 Viktoria PAVLOVICH – Olga VOROBJOVA 2:3 (11:7 11:9 7:11 8:11 8:11) Aleksandra PRIVALOVA – Polina MIKHAILOVA 1:3 (6:11 8:11 11:4 9:11) Daria TRIGOLOS – Yana NOSKOVA 1:3 (3:11 11:13 12:10 5:11) Group D Croatia – Ukraine 0:3 TIAN Yuan – Ganna GAPONOVA 1:3 (11:6 4:11 5:11 7:11) Mateja JEGER – Tetyana BILENKO 0:3 (8:11 5:11 6:11) Ivana TUBIKANEC – Ievgenia VASYLEVA 0:3 (3:11 8:11 10:12) Ukraine – Croatia 3:1 Tetyana BILENKO – Ida JAZBEC 3:0 (11:4 11:7 11:6) Ganna GAPONOVA – Mateja JEGER 3:1 (10:12 11:9 11:6 12:10) Natalia ALEKSYENKO – Dorina SREBRNJAK 0:3 (7:11 9:11 10:12) Tetyana BILENKO – Ivana TUBIKANEC 3:2 (11:4 7:11 6:11 18:16 11:4) Group E Spain – Poland 1:3 Maria XIAO – Katarzyna GRZYBOWSKA-FRANC 3:0 (11:6 11:9 11:8) Sara RAMIREZ – LI Qian 0:3 (6:11 9:11 7:11) Galia DVORAK – Natalia PARTYKA 2:3 (9:11 11:13 12:10 11:7 6:11) Maria XIAO – LI Qian 0:3 (4:11 6:11 8:11) Group F Wales – Austria 1:3 Charlotte CAREY – Karolne MISCHEK 3:0 (11:6 11:7 11:9) Chloe THOMAS – Sofia POLCANOVA 0:3 (6:11 5:11 3:11) Megan PHILLIPS – Amelie SOLJA 0:3 (2:11 3:11 4:11) Charlotte CAREY – Sofia POLCANOVA 0:3 (9:11 5:11 7:11) Group G Serbia – Czech Republic 0:3 Aneta MAKSUTI – Renata STRBIKOVA 2:3 (10:12 12:10 9:11 11:8 8:11) Viktoria TRUZINSKI – Hana MATELOVA 1:3 (4:11 7:11 11:7 11:13) Monika MOLNAR – Dana CECHOVA 0:3 (5:11 3:11 13:15) Group H Turkey – Portugal 0:3 Simay KULAKCEKEN – Leila OLIVEIRA 0:3 (8:11 9:11 8:11) Kubra TAN – SHAO Jieni 0:3 (1:11 3:11 3:11) Ipek KARAHAN – Rita FINS 1:3 (7:11 11:8 6:11 4:11) Group I Slovakia – France 3:1 Barbora BALAZOVA – Stephanie LOEUILLETTE 3:1 (13:11 11:9 8:11 11:7) Eva ODOROVA – Audrey ZARIF 3:1 (5:11 11:6 11:1 11:3) Tatiana KUKULKOVA – Laura GASNIER 1:3 (5:11 7:11 11:4 7:11) Barbora BALAZOVA – Audrey ZARIF 3:0 (11:4 11:7 11:6) Group J Sweden – Hungary 1:3 LI Fen – Dora MADARASZ 1:3 (11:7 3:11 14:16 10:12) Matilda EKHOLM – Georgina POTA 3:2 (11:9 6:11 6:11 11:9 11:9) Linda BERGSTROM – Szandra PERGEL 0:3 (8:11 9:11 6;11) Jennifer JONSSON – Georgina POTA 0:3 (10:12 9:11 6:11)
Croatia beat Belarus in the opening match of the second round
ITTF European Championships Qualifications 2016-2017 Croatia kick start the second round of the ITTF European Championships Qualifications 2016-2017 day earlier then most of the teams. In Varazdin hosts beat Belarus the team that came without Vladimir SAMSONOV. After full distance encounter between Tomislav PUCAR and Aliaksandar KHANIN the hosts were in the driving seats. Andrej GACINA faced no problems against Pavel PLATONOV whilst Frane KOJIC also needed only three games to beat Gleb SHAMRUK. Croatia – Belarus 3:0 Tomislav PUCAR – Aliaksandar KHANIN 3:2 (9:11 11:7 16:14 9:11 11:7) Andrej GACINA – Pavel PLATONOV 3:0 (11:9 11:8 11:5) Frane KOJIC – Gleb SHAMRUK 3:0 (11:6 17:15 11:8)
Favorites on test at away matches
2017 ITTF European Championships qualifications The 2017 ITTF European Championships qualifications continues with the matches between top seeds and second ranked teams in their respective groups in Men’s and Women’s Championships Divisions. All top seeded teams will play away matches. Gold medalists from Europeran Championships Iin Russia team of Austria will travel to Hungary. Last month Robert GARDOS Daniel HABESON and Stefan FEGERL easily prevailed against Denmark 3:0. In Group B silver medalists Germany will travell to Belgrade. Once again Patrick FRANZISKA will lead the team against Serbia. After Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC decision to take off the national jersey the hosts is also weaken. In previous round Germany beat Switzerland. After victory over Finland France travells to Italy. Newly crowned European champion Emmanuel LEBESSON and silver medalist from Budapest Simon GAUZY will play tomorrow. In Group D Croatia will host Belarus. Vladimir SAMSONOV and his teammates beat Israel last month. Mattias KARLSSON led his team to the victory over Estonia in September now Sweden will go to Slovakia to try to repeat the success. Portugal showed no mercy against Lithuania in first round even without Marcos FREITAS Tiago APLONIA and Joao MONTEIRO. We will see can Ukraine cause some damage to the 2014 champions. Greece beat Netherlands at home and now they will travell to England. The only team who failed to justify their rankings Poland will try to make things right in Belgium. Last month they lost at thome soil against spirited team of Slovenia. Spain will host Russia and Romania with Adrian CRISAN will host Czech Republic led by Tomas KONECNY. You will be able to see the live streaming on Laola1.tv: Italy vs. France Croatia vs. Belarus England vs. Greece Belgium vs. Poland Romania vs. Czech Republic. On their way to Luxembourg 2017 top seeded team in Women’s competition Germany will play against Slovenia tomorrow. HAN Ying Nina MITTELHAN and HAN Yuan beat England last month. Romania beat Greece and now Elizabeta SAMARA with her teammate looks for another victory over Netherlands. Russia will play against Belarus and Croatia against Ukraine. Ukraine allready played two matches. They beat Finland twice. Poland goes to Spain and Austria to Wales Czech Republic team to Serbia Portugal to Turkey France to Slovakia and Hungary to Sweden.
Stoke City have invited DRINKHALL PITCHFORD and WALKER on to the pitch
Premier League football match England’s top three players will appear on the pitch at a Premier League football match tonight ahead of their European Championships qualifying match against Greece. The table tennis match is being hosted in Stoke tomorrow evening (Tuesday November 1st) and the local football team Stoke City are playing Swansea City in a live television match tonight. During half time of the match Stoke City have invited Paul DRINKHALL Liam PITCHFORD and Sam WALKER on to the pitch to be introduced to the crowd at the Bet 365 Stadium. A film will also be shown on the stadium’s big screen to promote the match against Greece. The three players won World Championships bronze medals this year and will show those off to a crowd expected to be more than 27 000 in number. The players were also all at the Rio Olympics. Table Tennis England Chief Executive Sara SUTCLIFFE said: “It is wonderful to see our players getting recognition from the wider sporting community and it is good news for table tennis in this country and in Europe as a whole.” Two weeks ago further collaboration with Stoke City was seen in a table tennis competition for local schools attended by Stoke City’s former Barcelona player Bojan KRKIC and also by England international table tennis player Danny REED.
Top seeds showed no mercy
ETTU Cup Women Top seeds in their respective groups in ETTU Cup Women GDCS Juncal Sparvägen BTK and CTT Balaguer – Villart Logistic justified their rankings. In Group A with three victories in three matches GDCS Juncal with Mitsuki YOSHIDA Tatiana GARNOVA Raonel ANDRADE and Patricia Maciel justified their rankings but for Istanbul BBSK it was reverse scenario. Turkish side suffered by the hands of Portugal’s club players and also lost the match against Spanish representative Tecnigen LINARES. The hosts club composed of Zita ZIRCISI XU Shibo and Gloria PANADERO concluded the second stage of the event at position no. two and booked their place in the next round. In Group C Sparvägen BTK secured the top place at the standings. Ellen HALMSTEN Stina ZETTERSTROM Sannamari BOLENIUS prevailed in all four matches. Dozy Den Helder / Noordkop with Melanie BIERDRAGER Ana GOGORITA Yoeke GUNSING Anita LIENOS Shuohan MEN and Lisa van TONGEREN is second. In Group D Spanish CTT Balaguer – Villart Logistic showed no mercy in Group D. TING TING Wang YON LAN Li and Carmen DORCA LAREDANA won all three matches. ADC Ponta do Pargo failed to meet the expectation. No. Two seed lost their encounter against the group winners and suffered by the hands of TT Vedrinamur the hosts of the Group. Morgane GUIDON Natacha KOZULAP Alicia DUBOIS and Stephanie PREUDHOMME guided the team to the next stage.
ECLW Round 2: Linz beats Cartagena
Round 2 concluded by Group B clash: LINZ AG FROSCHBERG – UCAM Cartagena 3:1 Double ECLW champion LINZ AG FROSCHBERG the winner of 2008/09 and 2012/13 seasons had a successful start of the 2016/17 edition as it beat UCAM Cartagena at home 3:1. It was a good team work of Austrian side and unexpectedly bad performances of Cartagena`s World No. 8 CHENG I-Cheng who lost both her encounters. Spanish team commenced with the win in the clash between two left-handers as World No. 45 Matilda EKHOLM overcame World No. 21 LIU Jia in five games. The 2005 European individual champion LIU didn’t give up after 3:0 lead of EKHOLM in the fifth set but Cartagena`s player decided the game by winning four points in a row (4:4 8:4). Linz`s newcomer from Canada ZHANG Mo (World No. 94) had an impressive debut beating CHENG in straight games. The second set was decisive when host came from 7:9 to 11:9 taking some points after amazing rallies. Sofia POLCANOVA was better than Tetyana BILENKO in the third match thus host side had an advantage before the clash of LIU and CHENG. After first two sets between two leading players the score was leveled but host reached the third one by narrow margin saving one set ball. Crucial moments came in late fourth game when LIU managed to recover after 5:2 lead of CHENG (7:7 10:7). The 2016/17 ECLW Round 2 LINZ AG FROSCHBERG – UCAM Cartagena 3:1 LIU Jia – Matilda EKHOLM 2:3 (11:8 9:11 11:6 9:11 5:11) ZHANG Mo – CHENG I-Ching 3:0 (11:6 11:9 11:2) Sofia POLCANOVA – Tetyana BILENKO 3:1 (11:8 7:11 11:8 11:8) LIU Jia – CHENG I-Ching 3:1 (9:11 11:6 13:11 11:8)
SK Vydrany and SPG Linz exceeded the expectations
Men ETTU Cup The second round of the Men ETTU Cup concluded with few upsets. Slovakia’s SK Vydrany and Austria’s SPG Linz exceeded the expectations and reached the top of their respective Groups. Among six more group winners and clubs finished on second position they will play in next knock out stage scheduled for November 25th. In Group A the outcome was unknown from the very end. CS Mioveni from Romania put the top seeds TTC Kazan with Ramil MUTYUGULLIN Vitali MURZIN and Alexander VINOKUROV on severe test at the very begining. Romania’s representative Rares SIPOS Ionut SENI and Alexandru CAZACU beat the favorites in the opening match but they suffered by the hands of Martin KHATCHANOV Borna KOVAC and Roel BOGIE from Enjoy & Deploy Taverzo in the next one. Kazan beat Enjoy & Deploy Taverzo. All three clubs concluded the round with two wins each CS Mioveni with 8:4 set ratio Kazan 7:5 and Enjoy & Deploy Taverzo 7:7. Less uncertenty has been seen in Group B. Top seeds SF SKK El Nino Praha with Jakub KLEPRLIK David REITSPIES and Ondrej BAJGER secured all three victories. STK Starr Varaždin lost anly one match against the leaders to preserve the Group order. Dario KRALJIC Nikola HORVAT and Ronald REDJEP booked their place in the next round. SK Vydrany with Zoltan LELKES Samuel NOVOTA and Peter MUSKO created the top upset in the Group C. From the last position in the Grpup they progressed to the top of the standings with all three wins. Croatia’s STK Libertas Marinkolor with Roko TOŠIĆ Miho SIMOVIC and Neven JUZBASIC are second. In Group D SPG Linz with Andreas LEVENKO Lubomir PISTEJ and Thomas GRININGER emerged successfuly at the top of the group. They beat the top seeded Cajasur Priego TM with Alejandro CALVO Carlos MACHADO and Jesus MACHADO whilst Knightswood TTC failed to post single victory.
Seven medals for Europeans in Shanghai
2016 ITTF World Cadet Challenge At the ITTF World Cadet Challenge 2015 Boys’ Team Champion Europe avenged their loss to the Asian team in the team semifinals with Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK (AUT) and Vladimir SIDORENKO (RUS) upsetting top seeded pair CHO Daeseong and Yukiya UDA 3-2 (13-11 7-11 11-4 8-11 11-6) in the final of the Doubles Event. The European girls and boys have collected a fantastic number of seven medals in the individual events at WCC in Shanghai. “In the randomly composed mixed doubles Zdena BLASKOVA partnering Sharon ALGUETTI and Carlo ROSSI with Australia’s TOWNSEND made it to the semi-finals and had clinched bronze medals. Both European pairings BLASKOVA KOLISH and PLAJAN WEGRZYN were beaten in semi-finals by the Asian opposition. In boys singles SIDORENKO broke through to the medal positions by taking the 3rd position. It was 2-4 against CHO Daesong of KOR in semis and 3-0 over Panagitgun YANAPONG THA in a match for position nr 3 ” explained Jarek KOLODZIEJCZYK. The success continued with doubles. ” We also have bronze from ROSSI and ANDRAS in doubles after they beat best Chines doubles in the quarterfinal before losing to Asians in semi-final stage. And finally we’ve had our golden moment: KOLODZIEJCZYK SIDORENKO have done it at the end beating UDA of Japan and CHO of Korea 3-2 in the final!” Team Manager Europe KOLODZIEJCZYK did not forget to mention coaches. “Big congratulations for all the players and their coaches! Both those who were present in Shanghai – Ms.Csilla BATORFI and Mr.Marc CLOSSET – and those who work with them at home day by day! Bravo!” The World Cadet Challenge is the international tournament for world’s best under-15 players to fight for the honor of their continents and has long been a budding ground for young talents around the world. Many World Champions such as Grand Slam Champions ZHANG Jike MA Long and DING Ning all started their debut on the international arena at the World Cadet Challenge. Gold medalists: Girls’ Singles: Miyuu KIHARA (JPN) Boys’ Singles: CHO Daeseong (KOR) Girls’ Doubles: HUANG Yingqi (CHN) / RYU Hanna (KOR) Boys’ Doubles: Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK (AUT) / Vladimir SIDORENKO (RUS) Mixed Doubles: CHO Daeseong (KOR) / Amy WANG (USA) Overall Standing Champion: Asia
ECLW Round 2: SAMARA secures victory for METZ
Three out of four Round 2 matches were held: TT SAINT QUENTIN – TTC BERLIN EASTSIDE 0:3 SZEKSZARD AC – BURSA BUYUKSEHIR BELEDIYESPOR 3:1 METZ TT – KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg 3:1 Elizabeta SAMARA continued good performances from the recent LEIBHERR 2016 ITTF European Championships securing two points for METZ TT against KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg 3:1. Romanian player won two games beating two best Zamek`s players HAN Ying and LI Qian. It could say that the opening clash was crucial bearing in mind that SAMARA managed to defeat the best ranked ECLW participant (HAN is No. 7 on the ITTF World Ranking list). Reigning ECLW champion TTC BERLIN EASTSIDE had an easy job playing away against TT SAINT QUENTIN. German side won 3:0 after good team work of Georgina POTA Petrissa SOLJA and SHAN Xioaona. SOLJA was stretched to full distance by Daniela DODEAN-MONTEIRO in the crucial second match. It was s second Berlin`s win in a row. Recently crowned European individual champion HU Melek took unique point for BURSA BUYUKSEHIR BELEDIYESPOR which lost away to SZEKSZARD AC 3:1. Polina MIKHAILOVA provided two wins for host side and LIN Ye added one more. The 2016/17 ECLW Round 2 GROUP A TT SAINT QUENTIN – TTC BERLIN EASTSIDE 0:3 ZENG Jian – Georgina POTA 1:3 (11:8 8:11 7:11 9:11) Daniela DODEAN-MONTEIRO – Petrissa SOLJA 2:3 (11:8 6:11 9:11 11:8 6:11) Ran LI KATH – SHAN Xiaona 1:3 (5:11 11:9 5:11 11:13) GROUP C SZEKSZARD AC – BURSA BUYUKSEHIR BELEDIYESPOR 3:1 Polina MIKHAILOVA – Simay KULAKCEKEN 3:0 (11:1 15:13 11:6) LIN Ye – Aleksandra PRIVALOVA 3:1 (6:11 11:5 11:4 13:11) Dora MADARASZ – HU Melek 0:3 (9:11 7:11 8:11) Polina MIKHAILOVA – Aleksandra PRIVALOVA 3:1 (11:3 8:11 11:4 11:9) GROUP D METZ TT – KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg 3:1 Elizabeta SAMARA – HAN Ying 3:2 (11:4 1:11 11:8 6:11 11:8) Pauline CHASSELIN – LI Qian 0:3 (3:11 7:11 9:11) YU Fu – Viktoria PAVLOVICH 3:0 (11:3 11:8 11:4) Elizabeta SAMARA – LI Qian 3:1 (11:8 11:8 10:12 11:7)
TTCLM Round 2: Pontoise preserved unbeaten status in Group B
Three more matches of Round 2 held: ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS – KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK 3:1 AS PONTOISE CERGY – UMMC 3:1 BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI – FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS 0:3 Reigning TTCLM champion AS PONTOISE CERGY preserved unbeaten status in the Group B as they overcame 2012 TTCLM runner-up UMMC 3:1. Two more matches were held tonight ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS – KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK 3:1 BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI – FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS 0:3. Marcos FREITAS was a man of the match in the clash between Pontoise and UMMC. Runner-up of the LIEBHERR 2015 ITTF European Championships beat Andrej GACINA and Alexander SHIBAEV respectively will third point came from newcomer in Pontoise`s line-up Mattias KARLSSON who prevailed against Grigory VLASOV. SHIBAEV took unique UMMC`s points beating Tristan FLORE in the second encounter. Actual runner-up of the TTCLM ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS beat KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK 3:1. Like many times before XU Hui contributed with two points in Eslov`s team. Chinese defeated WANG Yang in four games of the opener and concluded the mach by beating Kaii KONISHI in straight sets. Daniel KOSIBA overcame former Eslov`s player Mattias OVERSJO. The 14-year-old Truls MOREGARDH the runner-up of the 2016 European Youth Championships (Cadet Singles Event) became the youngest TTCLM participant ever playing very intense game against KONISHI who won after four games. FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS beat away BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI 3:0. German side stayed unbeaten while Polish team suffered its first defeat. Patrick BAUM did a nice job in the opening clash when he beat GAO Ning in five games. In the next two encounters Patrick FRANZISKA and Tiago APOLONIA overcame Panagiotis GIONIS and Daniel GORAK respectively. The 2016/17 TTCLM Round 2 GROUP B ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS – KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK 3:1 XU Hui – WANG Yang 3:1 (7:11 11:6 11:4 11:5) Truls MOREGARDH – Kaii KONISHI 1:3 (12:10 9:11 8:11 12:14) Daniel KOSIBA – Mattias OVERSJO 3:0 (11:6 11:5 11:6) XU Hui – Kaii KONISHI 3:0 (11:6 11:2 11:9) AS PONTOISE CERGY – UMMC 3:1 Marcos FREITAS – Andrej GACINA 3:1 (9:11 11:4 11:9 12:10) Tristan FLORE – Alexander SHIBAEV 2:3 (3:11 6:11 11:9 11:5 9:11) Mattias KARLSSON – Grigory VLASOV 3:1 (8:11 11:9 11:9 11:6) Marcos FREITAS – Alexander SHIBAEV 3:0 (11:9 11:6 11:8) GROUP C BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI – FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS 0:3 GAO Ning – Patrick BAUM 2:3 (9:11 11:5 11:2 7:11 5:11) Panagiotis GIONIS – Patrick FRANZISKA 0:3 (10:12 9:11 6:11) Daniel GORAK – Tiago APOLONIA 1:3 (12:14 10:12 11:9 10:12)
