85th Polish National Championships At the 85th Polish National Championships held in Czestochowie LI Qian and Daniel GORAK won gold medals in their respective Women’s and Men’s Singles Events. In the final of the Women’s Singles Event LI Qian beat Katarzyną GRZYBOWSKĄ-FRANC 4:3 (8 5 8 -2 -7 -7 5) to clinch her fifth title (2009 2011 2012 and 2016). Natalia PARTYKA and Roksana ZAŁOMSKA lost their encounters in the semi final. However it was the third medal this year for ZALOMSKA. She also reached the medal rostrum in Doubles and Mixed Doubles. Daniel GORAK regained his title. This is his fifth after he succeeded in 2010 2013 2014 and 2015. In the final 33 years old player beat Marek BADOWSKI 4:3 (6 6 -9 -7 8 -5 9). Bronze medals winners are Jakub DYJAS and WANG Zeng Yi. European vice-champions Jakub DYJAS and Daniel GORAK beat Patryk CHOJNOWSKI and XU Wenliang 3:2 (11:5 7:11 11:9 10:12 11:5) to secure their title in the Men’s Doubles Event. In the semi final they overcame Patryk ZATOWKA Paweł FERTIKOWSKI and Daniel BAK Robert FLORAS. Katarzyna GRZYBOWSKA-FRANC and Natalia PARTYKA lost only one game on their way to the fifth title at the Women’s Doubles Event (2008 2012 2014 and 2016). They overcame Roksana ZAŁOMSKA and Katarzyna ŚLIFIRCZYK 3:0 (3 8 2). Bronze medalists are Klaudia KUSIŃSKA Paulina Krzysiek and Natalia BAJOR Sandra WABIK. Only 19 years old Patryk ZATOWKA and 17 years old Julia SLAZAK won the title in the Mixed Doubles Event. In the final they overcame Szymon MALICKI and Roksana ZAŁOMSKA 3:1 (7 -7 9 4)
HAUGEN GJELLE and WARSTAD Crowned Norwegian Champions
National Championships Maja Haugen GJELLE and Marcus WÆRSTAD are Crowned Norwegian Champions. After two days of fierce battles they clinched their first gold medals at National Championships. In the women’s final Maja Haugen Gjelle beat Rebekka Carlsen 4-3 and Marcus Wærstad beat Geir Erlandsen 4-1 in men`s final. This was their first titles in single. Men Singles Marcus WÆRSTAD STORD BTK Geir ERLANDSEN STORD BTK Eskil LINDHOLM FORNEBU BTK Sondre BERNER B-72 Women Singles Maja HAUGEN GJELLE B-72 Rebekka CARLSEN B-72 Ilka DOVAL Eiker BTK Katarina EVENSEN WETZEL B-72 Men’s Doubles Event Lars RØNNEBERG / Eskil LINDHOLM Fornebu BTK Roger ANDERSSON / Fredrik MERINGDAL Hardanger BTK/Volda og Ørsta Magnus B. HOLM / Tomasz MARCINIAK Vikåsen BTK Kristoffer HELLERUD / Georg SELSVOLD Stord BTK Women’s Doubles Event Sarah HORGEN / Rebekka CARLSEN B-72 Nora Bagner NILSEN / Maja GJELLE H. B-72 Anne Sophie KALVATN / Katarina Evensen WETZEL B-72 Anna Grutle AASEBØ / Marte Grutle AASEBØ Fokus BTK Mixed Doubles Event Roger ANDERSSON / Sarah HORGEN Hardanger BTK/B-72 Ilka DOVAL / Lars RØNNEBERG Eiker BTK/Fornebu BTK Maja GJELLE H./ Sondre Grindheim BERNER B-72 Mina Molnes DRIVEKLEPP / Petter FLEISCHER Volda og Ørsta BTK/Molde
HAUGEN GJELLE and WARSTAD Crowned Norwegian Champions
National Championships Maja Haugen GJELLE and Marcus WÆRSTAD are Crowned Norwegian Champions. After two days of fierce battles they clinched their first gold medals at National Championships. In the women’s final Maja Haugen Gjelle beat Rebekka Carlsen 4-3 and Marcus Wærstad beat Geir Erlandsen 4-1 in men`s final. This was their first titles in single. Men Singles Marcus WÆRSTAD STORD BTK Geir ERLANDSEN STORD BTK Eskil LINDHOLM FORNEBU BTK Sondre BERNER B-72 Women Singles Maja HAUGEN GJELLE B-72 Rebekka CARLSEN B-72 Ilka DOVAL Eiker BTK Katarina EVENSEN WETZEL B-72 Men’s Doubles Event Lars RØNNEBERG / Eskil LINDHOLM Fornebu BTK Roger ANDERSSON / Fredrik MERINGDAL Hardanger BTK/Volda og Ørsta Magnus B. HOLM / Tomasz MARCINIAK Vikåsen BTK Kristoffer HELLERUD / Georg SELSVOLD Stord BTK Women’s Doubles Event Sarah HORGEN / Rebekka CARLSEN B-72 Nora Bagner NILSEN / Maja GJELLE H. B-72 Anne Sophie KALVATN / Katarina Evensen WETZEL B-72 Anna Grutle AASEBØ / Marte Grutle AASEBØ Fokus BTK Mixed Doubles Event Roger ANDERSSON / Sarah HORGEN Hardanger BTK/B-72 Ilka DOVAL / Lars RØNNEBERG Eiker BTK/Fornebu BTK Maja GJELLE H./ Sondre Grindheim BERNER B-72 Mina Molnes DRIVEKLEPP / Petter FLEISCHER Volda og Ørsta BTK/Molde
Ovidiu IONESCU and Adina DIACONU new Romanis’s champions
Romstal 2017 Romania National Championships In Buzau Ovidiu IONESCU and Adina DIACONU clinched the titles in their respective Men’s and Women’s Singles Event at the Romania’s National Championships. In the final of the Men’s Eent IONESCU beat Hunor SZOCS whilst DIACONU succeeded against Irina CIOBANU. Men’s Singles Ovidiu IONESCU– CSM Buzau Hunor SZOCS – CSM Bistrita Constantin CIOTI – CSM Buzau Adrian DODEAN – CSM Arad Women’s Singles Adina DIACONU -CSM Slatina Irina CIOBANU -CS Politehnica Iasi Andreea DRAGOMAN -CS Romgaz Medias Camelia IACOB -CS Pristavu Campulung Men’s Doubles Event Ovidiu IONESCU Constantin CIOTI – CSM Buzau Alin SPELBUS Alexandru Cazacu – CS Pristavu Campulung CS Mioveni Alexandru MANOLE Ionut SENI -CS Pristavu Campulung CS Mioveni Hunor SZOCS Cristian PLETEA – CSM Bistrita LPS Nicolae Rotaru Constantata Women’s Doubles Event Camelia IACOB Irina CIOBANU– CS Pristavu Campulung CS Politehnica Iasi Adina DIACONU Andreea DRAGOMAN– CSM Slatina CS Romgaz Medias Tania PLAIAN Andreea CLAPA– CSM Bistrita Andreea ZANFIR Mihaela DOSPINA– ACS Dumbravita Mixed Doubles Event Cristian PLETEA Adina DIACONU– LPS Constanta CSM Slatina Alin SPELBUS Irina CIOBANU– CS Pristavu C-lung CS Politehnica Iasi Hunor SZOCS Tania PLAIAN– CSM Bistrita Constantin CIOTI Andreea DRAGOMAN– CSM Buzau CS Romgaz Medias
Ovidiu IONESCU and Adina DIACONU new Romanis’s champions
Romstal 2017 Romania National Championships In Buzau Ovidiu IONESCU and Adina DIACONU clinched the titles in their respective Men’s and Women’s Singles Event at the Romania’s National Championships. In the final of the Men’s Eent IONESCU beat Hunor SZOCS whilst DIACONU succeeded against Irina CIOBANU. Men’s Singles Ovidiu IONESCU– CSM Buzau Hunor SZOCS – CSM Bistrita Constantin CIOTI – CSM Buzau Adrian DODEAN – CSM Arad Women’s Singles Adina DIACONU -CSM Slatina Irina CIOBANU -CS Politehnica Iasi Andreea DRAGOMAN -CS Romgaz Medias Camelia IACOB -CS Pristavu Campulung Men’s Doubles Event Ovidiu IONESCU Constantin CIOTI – CSM Buzau Alin SPELBUS Alexandru Cazacu – CS Pristavu Campulung CS Mioveni Alexandru MANOLE Ionut SENI -CS Pristavu Campulung CS Mioveni Hunor SZOCS Cristian PLETEA – CSM Bistrita LPS Nicolae Rotaru Constantata Women’s Doubles Event Camelia IACOB Irina CIOBANU– CS Pristavu Campulung CS Politehnica Iasi Adina DIACONU Andreea DRAGOMAN– CSM Slatina CS Romgaz Medias Tania PLAIAN Andreea CLAPA– CSM Bistrita Andreea ZANFIR Mihaela DOSPINA– ACS Dumbravita Mixed Doubles Event Cristian PLETEA Adina DIACONU– LPS Constanta CSM Slatina Alin SPELBUS Irina CIOBANU– CS Pristavu C-lung CS Politehnica Iasi Hunor SZOCS Tania PLAIAN– CSM Bistrita Constantin CIOTI Andreea DRAGOMAN– CSM Buzau CS Romgaz Medias
Anticipation of a special Hyper – Event
LIEBHERR 2017 ITTF European Teams Championships A further step prior to the LIEBHERR 2017 ITTF European Teams Championships in Luxembourg- Kirchberg was finalised in the „Coque“ on March 2nd during a press conference. The Luxembourg Federation and the European Union signed the contract and confirmed all previous agreements in writing. Furthermore FLTT has presented the DTEM 2017 a.s.b.l. a non-profit making association specially set up for the event. FLTT President André HARTMANN and General Secretary Romain SAHR as well as Camille GONDERINGER and Jean-Marie LINSTER featuring for the DTEM Board of Coordination attended the event while ETTU was represented by President Ronald KRAMER and Deputy General Secretary Pierre KASS. Beside the numerous representatives of both national and international media sponsors and partners received information about preparatory progress of the biggest sport event in the Greater Region this year. In his introductory speech André HARTMANN thanked the attendance for their interest and presence. ” For the FLTT and the Organizing Committee of ETTC 2017 it is a great pleasure and honour on one hand and on the other hand a big challenge for a small federation organizing the biggest and most prestigious competition in Europe. We are very confident that Luxembourg will be a perfect host and that we can offer the best conditions to everyone. We managed to come to an agreement with ETTU in a spirit of a real partnership. We would like to take the opportunity to thank the Luxembourg Government the City of Luxembourg the National Olympic Committee the National Sports and Culture Centre d’Coque for their trust and support to make this event a reality. For me personally having around 200 registered full time or part time volunteers is an absolutely positive signal that we will have a successful event in coming September. Luxembourg is ready. The promotion plan will run from now on. The World Table Tennis Day on the 6th April will be one highlight with more table tennis at the School Sport Day in Luxembourg ” said FLTT President André HARTMANN. ETTU President Ronald KRAMER said: “ETTU is very pleased to be able to organise the LIEBHERR 2017 ITTF European Championships in the country where we have our headquarters and in the year of our 60th anniversary. We are grateful to the authorities of Luxembourg for their continued support. And Luxembourg may be seen as a relatively small country but the organisational skills of the Luxembourg Table Tennis Federation have proven to be great. We are looking forward to very well prepared European Championships in September.” Even though the contract was signed merely on March 2nd the audience realised swiftly that thorough work had been accomplished in the past six months. Taking turns the speakers mentioned the tremendous progress of the past months and made this concrete in various thematic areas. The event scheduled from 13th to 17th September in the “Coque“ will take place in the “Arena” on 16 tables three of which are “show-courts“ whereof one is the “TV-court“ allocated to live-transmission. Several TV channels ( among others Eurosport ) will broadcast the competition for 3 days while the Event will be shown on Internet in live-stream for 5 full days. Sponsors and Partners were also introduced: The Ministry of Sports the Department of Tourism of the Ministry of the Economy the Foreign Office (for the “nation-branding“) the City of Luxembourg the Luxembourg Olympic Committee The National Sports and Cultural Centre “d’Coque“ the Title Sponsor LIEBHERR the equipment partners Donic Nittaku and Gerflor as well as event sponsors such as BDO Loterie Nationale Banque Raiffeisen Emile Weber Travels Charles Kieffer Group and Alvisse. Moreover the contract with OPTIN as the organising partner for marketing and web-service was signed. Likewise the logo for the European Championships was presented: designed by Edmond SCHINTGEN former table tennis player and retired teacher of visual art it was finalised by OPTIN. Further topics were the presentation of the “Arena“ as it will appear between September13th and 17th the practice facilities the sale of entry tickets the hiring of 200 volunteers so far as well as other actions closely linked with the ETTC 2017. The new Internet homepage under the address www.ettc2017.lu was also presented as well as the imminent launching of a new facebook page. Text: Jeroen van der HOEFPhotos: Claude SIBENALERTranslation: Jean KRIER
Aleksandr SMIRNOV
National Championships Estonia Estonia’s new champions are Aleksandr SMIRNOV and Airi AVAMERI. They are crowned at the end of 76th edition of the competition held in Kristiine Sports Hall. Total of 98 players were on duty. SMIRNOV made a hattrick. He won the Men’s Doubles title with Vallot VAINULA and Mixed Doubles title with Kätlin LATT. Men’s Singles Event 1 Aleksandr SMIRNOV 2 Vallot VAINULA 3 Toomas LIBENE 3 Aleksandr LUSIN Women’s Doubles Event 1 Airi AVAMERI 2 Kätlin LATT 3 Valeria PETROVA 3 Aleksandra KUPRIKOVA Men’s Doubles 1 Vallot VAINULA – Aleksandr SMIRNOV 2 Toomas LIBENE – Rivo SAAREMÄE 3 Aleksandr LUSIN – Sergei DANILOV 3 Aleksei NIKONOROV – Artjom PUTSKOV Women’s Doubles 1 Valeria PETROVA – Liidia ANDREJEVA 2 Kätlin LATT – Olesja KETŠKO 3 Aleksandra KUPRIKOVA – Airi AVAMERI 3 Valeria SAYCHEVA – Reelica HANSON Mixed Doubles 1 Aleksandr SMIRNOV – Katlin LATT 2 Rivo SAAREMÄE – Reelica HANSON 3 Vallot VAINULA – Airi AVAMERI 3 Toomas LIBENE – Olesja KETSKO
Main prize for PRIVALOVA and KHANIN in Belarus
Belarus National Championships Newly crowned champions of Belarus Alexandra PRIVALOVA and Alliaksandr KHANIN beat in the finals held in the city of Minsk Daria TRIGOLOS and Pavel PLATONOV respectively. It was the fifth title for PRIVALOVA whilst 19-year-old KHANIN took his very first crown. The same competitors like in the last year were the finalists of the Women`s Singles Event as PRIVALOVA again beat TRIGOLOS in the gold medal contest (in 2016 she needed six games now one less). PRIVALOVA now has five titles of national champion. “After the 2016 Rio Olympic I purposely took a break this season. I see positive changes in my game and I know what need to do to continue improvement. Overall speaking I was well prepared psychologically but physically I felt tiredness” stated Alexandra PRIVALOVA for BTTF. Last year Pavel PLATONOV overcame Kirill BARABANOV in the final chapter to secure his fourth consecutive title in the Men`s Singles Event but now he was beaten by young Alliaksandr KHANIN in five games of the final clash. Alina NIKITCHENKO and Ana PATEEVA are the winners in Women`s Doubles whilst Pavel PLATONOV and Ilya BARBOLIN consist the best men`s pair.
Main prize for PRIVALOVA and KHANIN in Belarus
Belarus National Championships Newly crowned champions of Belarus Alexandra PRIVALOVA and Alliaksandr KHANIN beat in the finals held in the city of Minsk Daria TRIGOLOS and Pavel PLATONOV respectively. It was the fifth title for PRIVALOVA whilst 19-year-old KHANIN took his very first crown. The same competitors like in the last year were the finalists of the Women`s Singles Event as PRIVALOVA again beat TRIGOLOS in the gold medal contest (in 2016 she needed six games now one less). PRIVALOVA now has five titles of national champion. “After the 2016 Rio Olympic I purposely took a break this season. I see positive changes in my game and I know what need to do to continue improvement. Overall speaking I was well prepared psychologically but physically I felt tiredness” stated Alexandra PRIVALOVA for BTTF. Last year Pavel PLATONOV overcame Kirill BARABANOV in the final chapter to secure his fourth consecutive title in the Men`s Singles Event but now he was beaten by young Alliaksandr KHANIN in five games of the final clash. Alina NIKITCHENKO and Ana PATEEVA are the winners in Women`s Doubles whilst Pavel PLATONOV and Ilya BARBOLIN consist the best men`s pair.
MLADENOVIC and DE NUTTE on the top in Luxembourg
National Championships of Luxembourg Against the odds in the National Championships of Luxembourg No. 6 seed Luka MLADENOVIC won gold in the Men Singles Event. He beat three Top 5 seeds on his way to the title: No. 3 Christian KILL in the quarter-final No. 2 Eric GLOD in the semis and No. 5 Traian CIOCIU in the final. CIOCIU upset top seeded Gilles MICHELY in the semi-final clash. Four top seeds gathered in the semi-final of Women Singles Event as No. 1 seed DE NUTTE defeated No. 3 seed GONDERINGER in the gold medal contest. Christian KILL and Carole HARTMANN are the winners of the Mixed Doubles as they overcame Ademir BALABAN and Sarah MEYER in the final. Sarah DE NUTTE added one more gold to her account playing beside Tessy GONDERINGER in the Women Doubles Event. The best men`s doubles are composed by Eric GLOD and Christian KILL. Women Singles Final: Sarah DE NUTTE – Tessy GONDERINGER 4:0 (11:6 13:11 11:3 11:8). Semi-finals: Sarah DE NUTTE – Danielle KONSBRUCK 4:2 (11:5 6:11 11:5 9:11 11:7 11:8) Tessy GONDERINGER – Egle TAMASAUSKAITE. Men Singles Final: Luka MLADENOVIC – Traian CIOCIU 4:0 (12:10 13:11 11:9 11:4). Semi-finals: Luka MLADENOVIC – Eric GLOD 4:0 (11:9 11:9 12:10 11:7) Traian CIOCIU – Gilles MICHELY 4:1 (7:11 11:1 14:12 11:3 11:8).
