TTC Berlin Eastside beat away Saint Quentin 3:0. Reigning ECLW champion Fenerbahce defeated Postas Zamek won in Lille All three tonight ECLW Round 4 matches belonged to the guest`s teams: TT Saint Quentin – TTC Berlin Eastside 0:3 Postas Sport Egyesulet – Fenerbahce Spor Kulubu 1:3 CP Lyssois Lille Metropole – KTS SPAR Zamek 1:3. Two times ECLW champion Berlin was convinced in France as it lost just two sets against Saint Quentin. Georgina POTA SHAN Xiaona and Petrissa SOLJA defeated Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN Ran LI KATH and Aurore DESAINT respectively. Top seed secured its place in the quarter-final. Postas best player LI Jiao overcame Fenerbahce`s Sawettabut SUTHASINEE in five games of the opening clash but the 2014/15 ECLW winner won 3:1. Irene IVANCAN recorded two points for his side while one more added actual individual European champion Elizabeta SAMARA. Usually Zamek counts on two points of HAN Ying but Polish champion won tonight despite of her loss against YANG Xiaoxin. The actual ETTU Cup winner defeated Lille Metropole 3:1 as each its player took one point: Natalia PARTYKA HAN Ying and LI Qian. ECLW Round 4 GROUP A: TT Saint Quentin – TTC Berlin Eastside 0:3 Daniela MONTEIRO-DODEAN – Georgina POTA 1:3 (4:11 13:11 5:11 8:11) Ran LI KATH – SHAN Xiaona 0:3 (4:11 5:11 10:12) Aurore DESSAINT – Petrissa SOLJA 1:3 (11:13 11:5 8:11 6:11) GROUP B: UCAM Cartagena – SVNO STRÖCK (Nov 28 11:00 CET) GROUP C: Postas Sport Egyesulet – Fenerbahce Spor Kulubu 1:3 LI Jiao – Sawettabut SUTHASINEE 3:2 (11:6 9:11 11:7 9:11 11:8) Rita KERTAI – Irene Terezija IVANCAN 0:3 (7:11 4:11 10:12) Krisztina AMBRUS – Elizabeta SAMARA 0:3 (5:11 3:11 7:11) LI Jiao – Irene Terezija IVANCAN 1:3 (6:11 9:11 11:7 4:11) GROUP D: CP Lyssois Lille Metropole – KTS SPAR Zamek 1:3 Bernadete SZOCS – Natalia PARTYKA 1:3 (11:8 7:11 7:11 9:11) YANG Xiaoxin – HAN Ying 3:1 (12:10 11:8 5:11 11:6) WANG Yuting – LI Qian 0:3 (9:11 5:11 4:11) Bernadete SZOCS – HAN Ying 1:3 (11:5 5:11 8:11 10:12)
Big victory for Olimpia Unia Borussia survived in Poland
Six TTCLM Round 4 matches are finished as Eslovs and Chartres secured their quarter-final places as unique undefeated teams Actual ETTU Cup winner Eslovs and 2013 TTCLM finalist Chartres secured their places in the 2015/16 TTCLM quarter-finals staying as unique unbeaten teams after Round 4. Swedish club beat tonight KTS Energa Manekin Torun 3:1 while French side overcame STEN Ostrov Havlickuv Brod 3:2. Four more matches were held in the last couple of hours: Vaillante Sports Angers TT – FC Saarbrucken 1:3 Olimpia Unia Grudziadz – Wienviertel Niederosterreich 3:0 GV Hennebont TT – UMMC Verknaya Pyshma 1:3 Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki – Borussia Dusseldorf 2:3. In the Group A Saarbrucken beat Angers in France to continue toward next round with 2-2 score. German side was beaten in the first two rounds held at its home but now was successful second time in a row playing away. Tiago APOLONIA contributed with two points while Bojan TOKIC got one. Olimpia Unia Grudziadz showed one of its best moments on European scene as they beat the 2008 TTCLM champion Niederosterreich 3:0. It was a good team work of WANG Yang Yoshida KAII and Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO who defeat Stefan FEGERL HOU Yingchao and Daniel HABESOHN respectively. Both sides continue with two victories in Group B in which UMMC continues alone on the top. Russians defeated away Hennebont 3:1 thanks to new convinced play of Japanese Jun MIZUTANI. Eslovs repeated his usual recipe for success as each his player provided one point against KTS Energa Manekin Tourn – 3:1. Swedish team now has 4-0 score while Polish side still waits for its first win. Guests were successful in the Group D: Chartres in Czech Republic and Borussia in Poland. Dusseldorf`s club was faced with a tough task playing again without Timo BOLL but they managed to survive after 2:1 lead of Bogoria. Patrick FRANZISKA beat both Jakub KOSOWSKI and Daniel GORAK. In the fifth decisive encounter GIONIS lost opening set against KOSOWSKI but took next three in a row to bring very important victory for the ten times European champion. TTCLM Round 4 GROUP A Vaillante Sports Angers TT – FC Saarbrucken 1:3 Jon PERSSON – Bojan TOKIC 1:3 (8:11 11:13 11:6 3:11) CHEN Jian – Tiago APOLONIA 2:3 (12:14 8:11 13:11 12:10 8:11) Jens LUNDQVIST – Adrien MATTENET 3:0 (11:8 11:8 11:6) Jon PERSSON – Tiago APOLONIA 1:3 (11:13 5:11 6:11) SPG Walter Wels – Fakel Gazproma Orenburg (November 28th 18:15 CET) GROUP B Olimpia Unia Grudziadz – Wienviertel Niederosterreich 3:0 WANG Yang – Stefan FEGERL 3:0 (11:9 11:9 11:6) Yoshida KAII – HOU Yingchao 3:2 (11:7 7:11 11:5 9:11 11:6) Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO – Daniel HABESOHN 3:2 (11:8 11:8 8:11 10:12 11:5) GV Hennebont TT – UMMC Verknaya Pyshma 1:3 Quentin ROBINOT – Alexander SHIBAEV 1:3 (11:9 7:11 7:11 4:11) Dmitrij PROKOPCOV – Jun MIZUTANI 2:3 (5:11 11:7 5:11 12:10 6:11) Kalinikos KREANGA – Grigory VLASOV 3:0 (11:2 11:5 11:9) Quentin ROBINOT – Jun MIZUTANI 2:3 (11:6 8:11 5:11 11:6 4:11) GROUP C AS Pontoise Cergy – SV Werder Bremen 3:1 (played on November 26th) Eslovs Ai Bordtennis – KTS Energa Manekin Torun 3:1 XU Hui – Cazuo MATSUMOTO 2:3 (4:11 13:11 8:11 12:10 15:17) Robert SVENSSON – Konrad KULPA 3:1 (11:9 9:11 11:7 11:6) Mattias OVERSJO – Pawel PIOTROWSKI 3:0 (15:13 11:6 11:4) XU Hui – Konrad KULPA 3:0 (12:10 11:9 13:11) GROUP D STEN Ostrov Havlickuv Brod – Chartres ASTT 2:3 Matsaka MORIZONO – Robert GARDOS 3:0 (11:3 11:5 11:9) Pavel SIRUCEK – Par GERELL 3:1 (11:13 7:11 14:12 8:11) Petr KORBEL – Joao MONTEIRO 1:3 (7:11 8:11 11:7 11:13) Matsaka MORIZONO – Alexandre ROBINOT 3:0 (11:5 11:7 11:6) Pavel SIRUCEK – Robert GARDOS 1:3 (8:11 11:9 10:12 3:11) Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki – Borussia Dusseldorf 2:3 Daniel GORAK – Panagiotis GIONIS 3:2 (11:6 12:10 9:11 14:16 11:7) Jakub KOSOWSKI – Patrick FRANZISKA 1:3 (12:10 9:11 9:11 11:13) Pawel FERTIKOWSKI – Sharat Kamal ACHANTA 3:1 (11:7 11:8 10:12 11:9) Daniel GORAK – Patrick FRANZISKA 1:3 (12:10 8:11 5:11 2:11) Jakub KOSOWSKI – Panagiotis GIONIS 1:3 (11:6 8:11 6:11 6:11)
Honorary membership for Jeanny DOM
ETTU President Ronald KRAMER presented the certificate and the golden pin that belong to the Honorary Membership to former ETTU Secretary General in Luxembourg today November 27th. During ETTU ‘s Congress on September 30th in Ekaterinburg Ms DOM was appointed Honorary Member of ETTU during the Congress for her long outstanding and meritorious service for ETTU and European table tennis. Jeanny DOM could not be present at the Congress and the draw for the qualification for the 2017 European Championships in Luxembourg was seen a nice moment to meet. ETTU President Ronald KRAMER stated after today’s ceremony: “Our Congress accepted by acclamation the nomination of Ms. Jeanny DOM for the ETTU Honorary Membership and I am pleased that we have found this opportunity to present the diploma and the pin to Jeanny today in Luxembourg.” Jeanny DOM is four times Luxembourg Champion seven times Sportswoman of the year; in the period between 1987 and 1993 she was Secretary in Luxembourg TTF; in the period between 1993 and 1995 she was ETTU Secretary and from 1995 to 2013 ETTU Secretary General.
Champion from Austria in the group with Hungary and Denmark
The 2017 ITTF European Championships Qualification Draw was conducted in Luxembourg today European champions from Ekaterinburg team of Austria will start their journey in the qualifications toward 2017 ITTF European Championships against Hungary and Denmark. After the 2017 ITTF European Championships Qualification Draw was conducted in Luxembourg today reigning champions in Women’s Team’s Event team of Germany will play against Slovenia and England. Austrian team rewrote the history books in Russia taking for the very first time the title in Men’s Teams Event at Old Continent. In the final of the 2015 LIEBHERR ITTF European Championships Robert GARDOS Stefan FEGERL and Daniel HABESOHN beat Germany 3:2 hence they must be considered as clear favourites in their qualifying group. “The draw is very hard with Denmark and Hungary we have very strong teams in our Group. However we are European champions and we have to accept the challenge ” stated Robert GARDOS. His teammate Stefan FEGEREL added:”The draw is very hard for us. Denmark and Hungary are good Teams with also strong and dangerous players. It will not be easy but our goal is first place in the Group.” The nation that holds position no. two at the seeding Germany will play against Serbia and Switzerland. DTTB Sports Director Richard PRAUSE did not want to underestimate the future adversaries. “We shall not underestimate Serbia. The team has three equally strong players. After recovering from the injury Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC is back to his old shape. Against Serbia we have to be much focused.” Switzerland has worked hard year after year. The team currently occupies position no. 42 of the ITTF World Team Ranking. Young hope is the 19-year-old European-Games participant of 2014 Elia SCHMID. “With a good junior-high performance sports concept the Swiss try and bring their young players to a higher level. This has already worked out in some areas ” says PRAUSE. France Italy and Finland are in the Group C. In Group D are: Belarus Croatia and Israel. In Group E are: Sweden Slovakia Estonia. In Group F: Portugal Ukraine Lithuania. In Group G are: Greece England Netherlands. In Group H: Poland Belgium Slovenia. In Group I are: Russia Spain Bulgaria. In Group J: Czech Republic Romania Turkey. In top Group in Women’s Team Championships Division Germany will meet Slovenia and England. “Of course we are favorites against both teams ” says German women’s national coach Jie SCHÖPP who will probably compete in the European Championship Qualification event with a mix of established and young players on her team. “We have not played against Slovenia and England for quite a while. We will observe their players in the following months so that we are not blindsided in the qualification matches. One thing is for sure: We will not underestimate them”. Further in group B are: Romania Netherlands Greece. In group C are: Russia Belarus and Bulgaria. In Group D: Ukraine Croatia and Finland. In Group E: Poland Spain Switzerland. In Group F: Austria Luxembourg Kosovo. In Group G: Czech Republic Serbia and Lithuania. In Group H: Portugal Turkey Azerbaijan. In Group I: France Slovakia Italy. In Group J: Hungary Sweden Belgium. The Group stage starts on September 27th 2016 with clashes between teams on position one and three. The duel between second vs. first team in the group will be played on November 1st. On November 22nd the third team will meet the second and on December 13th third will play against first. You can see the laola video on demand here Draw documents here
FREITAS keeps Pontoise chances
The 2014 TTCLM winner beat at home Werder Bremen 3:1 in the Round 4 of Group C Champions of TTCLM in the 2013/14 season significantly improved their chances for the 2015/16 quarter-final as they beat at home the 2013 Bundesliga champion: AS Pontoise Cergy – SV Werder Bremen 3:1. In the first match between these two rivals German side won 3:2 so now both teams have 2-2 score. As many times before Marcos FREITAS did the main job in his team. Tonight he beat both Constantin CIOTI and Bastian STEGER while the third Pontoise`s point secured Kristian KARLSSON. Portuguese first defeated CIOTI in straight games. Then Swede prevailed against former individual bronze medalist from European Championships Bastian STEGER. Host lost the first gem missing one set ball but after that took three sets in a row. Most exciting clash was one between WANG Jian Jun and Kirill SKACHKOV. Chinese was twice one set up but Russian managed to turn the result to provide new chance for his team-mates. Multiple medalists from the several biggest events met in the fourth clash as FREITAS overcame STEGER in four games. Now both teams continue with two wins toward the Round 5. TTCLW Round 4 Group C AS Pontoise Cergy – SV Werder Bremen 3:1 Marcos FREITAS – Constantin CIOTI 3:0 (11:8 12:10 11:9) Kristian KARLSSON – Bastian STEGER 3:1 (11:13 11:2 11:6 12:10) WANG Jian Jun – Kirill SKACHKOV 2:3 (11:9 9:11 11:8 7:11 9:11) Marcos FREITAS – Bastian STEGER 3:1 (11:6 10:12 11:8 11:9)
ECLW Round 4: Top seed plays in Saint-Quentin
All four matches of Round 4 will be held this Friday and Saturday giving a clearer picture about chances for the quarter-final stage The ECLW Round 4 comes this Friday and Saturday with one game from each of four groups: Saint Quentin –Berlin (Group A Nov 27 19:30 CET) UCAM Cartagena –STRÖCK (Group B Nov 28 11:00 CET) Postas – Fenerbahce (Group C Nov 27 16:00 CET) and Lille – Zamek (Group D Nov 27 19:00 CET). Two times ECLW champion and top seed Berlin Eastside (2-0 score) traveled to France to meet Saint-Quentin (1-1). In the first encounter German side won at home 3:1 as SHAN Xiaona got two points. „We are looking forward to meeting Berlin Eastside at home although the tragic events in Paris are still in everybody’s mind” stressed Jean-Louis POLARD TTSQ Manager and Vice President. „The German team is the best one no doubt out of the 37 teams which compete in the European Champions League Women and the ETTU Cup. With three players in the European Top 10 ranking (N°2 N°3 and N°9 in November 2015) coach Irina PALINA and President Alexander TEICHMANN feel secure. Moreover young Petrissa SOLJA has shaken the table tennis world with her bronze medal at the World Cup beating Japanese World N°4 and Singaporean World N°6. The public in Saint-Quentin should enjoy a superb match on Friday evening whatever the result will be.” All three Group B teams has 1-1 score each and this Saturday Cartagena hosts STROCK who won 3:0 first match at Schwechat. WSA Women Head Coach Neven CEGNAR emphasizes importance of this clash: „Despite our 3:0 win in the first match we are aware that they showed their real strength against Szekszard when they scored important victory playing in their best line-up. Now they play in front of their fans hence they must be considered as favorites no matter how our team will look like. We will give our best bearing in mind that we must win minimum one of the remaining two games to secure probably knock-out stage.” Defending ECLW champion plays in Hungary this Friday fighting for its second victory in Group C: Postas (0-2) – Fenerbahce (1-1). Host side needs win to improve chances for the quarter-final as club’s President Rostás GÁBOR stated: „It is a great honor to host the title holder team Fenerbahce in Budapest in our hall. However we will do our best led by LI Jiao to reach the quarter-finals. Although the favorite of match is our opponent our players are waiting for Friday’s match in good form.” Finally in Group D the winner in the upcoming duel will have significantly better chance to reach next stage: Lille (1-1) – Zamek (1-1). YANG Xiaoxin was unsolvable problem for Polish champion in the first game held in Poland when French club won 3:1. ECLW Round 4 GROUP A: TT Saint Quentin – TTC Berlin Eastside (Nov 27 19:30 CET) GROUP B: UCAM Cartagena – SVNO STRÖCK (Nov 28 11:00 CET) GROUP C: Postas Sport Egyesulet – Fenerbahce Spor Kulubu (Nov 27 16:00 CET) GROUP D: CP Lyssois Lille Metropole – KTS SPAR Zamek (Nov 27 19:00 CET)
Battle of Generations
After the unexpectedly huge success of the table tennis gala last year in Budapest – the appearance of Jörgen Persson Mikael Appelgren and the long-ago Hungarian golden team István Jónyer Tibor Klampár Gábor Gergely – it was obvious that we would carry on this year. Supported by the Hungarian Table Tennis Association Budapest Ice Palace will host great performers this time on Sunday the 20th of December. The most brilliant – and at the same time most popular – player with the magic wrist the Swedish legend six times World Champion Jan-Ove Waldner will come together with the Belgian European Champion Jean-Michel Saive who has taken part in seven Olympic Games. Fans can see the double World Champion Tibor Klampár and Krisztina Tóth with seven gold medals from European Championships and of course many Hungarian top players from mini cadets to seniors. The highlight of the evening will be the match between Waldner and Klampár who played an unforgettable World Championships quarterfinal at Dortmund in 1989. Just a few days before Christmas the Battle of Generations returns – Sunday 20th of December 16:00. Let’s celebrate Hungarian Table Tennis together. Website: http://generaciokcsataja.hu/2015/ Ticket sales: http://generaciokcsataja.jegy.hu/program/generaciok-csataja-2015-a-visszavago-63372/308418
Get ready for the draw for the 2017 ITTF European Championships Qualification Team Events
The draw will be held in Luxembourg Friday 11 AM watch it live on Laola1 TV The draw for the 2017 ITTF European Championships Qualification Team Events will be held in Luxembourg at 11 AM on Friday. The total of 42 Associations with men’s teams and 39 with women’s teams entered. In Championships Division there are 10 groups of 3 three pots to draw and the seedeing is according to the results of the Team Events at the European Championships 2015. N pot one are: Austria Germany Belarus France Sweden Portugal Greece Poland Russia Czech Republic. In pot no. two are: Hungary Poland Serbia Croatia Spain Romania Ukraine Belgium Slovakia Italy and England. In Pot no. 3 are: Denmark Lithuania Israel Turkey Slovenia Bulgaria Switzerland Finland Estonia Netherlands. In Women’s teams Championships Division in pot no. one are top seeds: Germany Romania Russia Ukraine Poland Austria Czech Republic Portugal France Hungary. In pot no. two are: Serbia Netherlands Luxembourg Sweden Belarus Slovakia Spain Turkey Slovenia Croatia. In pot no. three: Lithuania England Italy Greece Belgium Switzerland Bulgaria Finland Azerbaijan Kosovo.
Michael MAZE’s comeback in big style
Danish star will play against MA Lin in Copenhagen in the Ansgar Church On the August 17th a very special table tennis event will take place in Copenhagen in the Ansgar Church. The church was closed and sold last year to a big table tennis fan. He will open it for local activities including table tennis . The first event will be a clash between Michael MAZE and MA Lin. MAZE will try to avenge his defeat against Chinese star. They met last time in Shanghai 2005 in the semifinal of the World Championships. It will be the first match for Michael MAZE since his knee surgery last year. For sure it will be the highlight of the night but it will not be all. There will be other matches. The Danish champion Jonathan GROTH will play against ZUO Huarong and European Veterans champion in doubles Niels RAMBERG will play against LIU Mao; in addition there will be an exhibition match between GUE Yue Hua and CHENG Yinghaio.The umpire will be the Korean ambassador in Denmark Young Sam Ma (blue badge umpire). Two days later there will be a similar event in the Town Hall of Odense as a part of the Festival in name of the fairy tale writer H.C. ANDERSEN who was born in Odense. Michael MAZE is ambassador for ANDERSEN who is very famous in China. At that event Jonathan GROTH will be replaced by the local national player Morten Hyrup RASMUSSEN . “In a week I’ll be playing Tsingtao Table Tennis Tour in Absalon on Vesterbro Copenhagen. I can’t wait to get a World Championship rematch against the Chinese legend MA Lin. Also Jonathan GROTH ZUO Hua GUO Yuehua CHENG Yinghua Niels RAMBERG and LIU Mao will be playing. It’s a private event but you can watch it live on TV 2 SPORT from 7.30pm ” stated MAZE on his Facebook aaccount.
TTCLM Round 4: Orenburg seeks revenge in Austria
From Thursday to Saturday TTCLM Round 4 will be held as defending champion are fully motivated against Walter Wels who upset the odds in the opening round Two leading clubs in the Group A will meet in the Round 4 in Austria. Defending TTCLM champion Orenburg are determined to revenge over 2014 Austrian champion for 3:1 home defeat in the Round 1. Japanese Yuya OSHIMA beat both Orenburg stars Dimitrij OVTCHAROV and Vladimir SAMSONOV and Zolt PETE added one point for the biggest TTCLM upset so far in the ongoing season. Russian champion spent last few days in Germany as Coach Viktor ANDREEV stressed that all his players are in full strength. Angers and Saarbrucken are the opponents in the other Group A clash. Both recorded one victory and two defeats hence the upcoming game should be decisive for them. In the Group B UMMC went to France without Zoran PRIMORAC who continues his recovery from injury. Hennebont is forced to play without CHUANG Chih-Yuan who still waits for permission of Taiwanese Table Tennis Association . Hennebont`s coach Boris ABRAHAM stated on club`s website that he can count on KREANGA PROKOPCOV and ROBINOT in the upcoming matches. Olimpia Unia will try to improve its chances for the quarter-final playing at home against 2008 TTCLM winner Niederosterreich. If Polish club overcome Austrians both sides would have two victories after four rounds. The 2014 TTCLM champion AS Pontoise Cergy has no right for mistake against Werder Bremen. After 3:2 home defeat from Eslovs French club put itself in a bad situation. Leading club in Group C Eslovs has a chance to book its place for the next stage fighting for the fourth victory in a row against KTS Energa Manekin Torun. Ten times European champion Borussia targets its new quarter-final while Bogoria seeks its first victory in the upcoming game which will be held in Poland. German club showed remarkable team spirit in the Round 8 of Bundesliga as they overcame away Bergneustadt 3:2 in the crucial game for the play-of spot. Dusseldorf side was struck by several injuries in the last few months (Timo BOLL is out of the action since September) but Kamal ACHANTA and Patrick FRANZISKA managed to recover. Indian player lead the squad against Bergneustadt securing two points against MENGEL and DUDA. The 2013 TTCLM finalist Chartres is unique unbeaten team in the Group D but STEN Ostrov is not afraid by that fact. Manager of Czech team Jan HRNCIRIK stated: “We are preparing for a revenge for match in Chartres in which we had very good start but at the end lost 3:1. It is our last chance to fight for quarter-final as well”. TTCLM Round 4 GROUP A Vaillante Sports Angers TT – FC Saarbrucken (November 27th 19:30 CET) SPG Walter Wels – Fakel Gazproma Orenburg (November 28th 18:15 CET) GROUP B Olimpia Unia Grudziadz – Wienviertel Niederosterreich (November 27th 18:00 CET) GV Hennebont TT – UMMC Verknaya Pyshma (November 27th 19:30 CET) GROUP C AS Pontoise Cergy – SV Werder Bremen (November 26th 19:45 CET) Eslovs Ai Bordtennis – KTS Energa Manekin Torun (November 27th 20:00 CET) GROUP D STEN Ostrov Havlickuv Brod – Chartres ASTT (November 27th 18:00 CET) Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki – Borussia Dusseldorf (November 27th 18:30 CET)
