The draw for all four European cups is held in Luxemburg On Thursday December 21st the draw for the European cup quarter-finals is held in Luxembourg gathering altogether 32 clubs in four competitions: Table Tennis Champions League Men European Champions League Women ETTU Cup Men and ETTU Cup Women. ETTU Deputy Secretary General Pierre KASS guided the draw with an assistance of former individual European champion LI Jiao (Postas Sport Egyesulet) and Igor HELLER ETTU Ranking Committee Chair. TTCLM quarter-final offers among other the remake of the 2009 final and all-German clash: Borussia Düsseldorf vs. TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen. Other three pairs are: Eslövs AI BTK Bordtennis (SWE) – TTC Fakel Gazprom Orenburg (RUS) Chartres ASTT (FRA) – 1. FC Saarbrücken TT (GER) G.V. Hennebont T.T. (FRA) – AS Pontoise Cergy TT (FRA). Group winners will play first matches away and they are three times TTCLM winner Orenburg reigning champion Pontoise the 1986 winner Saarbrucken and record holder with 10 titles Borussia. Beside Ochsenhausen two more clubs were TTCLM runner-ups Chartres (2013) and Eslovs (2016). First leg will be held on January 26-27th returning games on February 8-10th. Concerning ECLW defending champion and triple winner TTC Berlin Eastside (GER) will meet ALCL TT Grand Quevilly (FRA) and first leg will be held in France. Double ECLW champion Linz AG Froschberg (AUT) will face 2015 ETTU Cup Women runner-up Metz TT (FRA) TT Saint Quentin (FRA) plays against Szekszard AC (HUN) while no. 3 seed UCAM Cartagena (ESP) will challenge actual ECLW runner-up KTS Siarka ZOT Tarnobrzeg (POL). Group winners and visitors of first games are Berlin Linz Szekszard and Tarnobrzeg. First leg will be held on January 27-29th returning games on February 10-12th. The outcome of the ETTU Cup Men quarter-final is the next: Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki (POL) – Stella Sport La Romagne (FRA) Logis Auderghem (BEL) – UMMC (RUS) SPG Walter Wels (AUT) – Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu (TUR)/STK Libertas Marinkolor (CRO) Halmstad BTK (SWE) – Vaillante Spots Angers (FRA). Russian UMMC the 2012 TTCLM finalist is a main candidate for the title. ETTU Cup Women quarter-final pairs are: SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin (CZE) – CP Lyssosis Lille Metropole (FRA) Budaörsi 2i Sport Club (HUN) – Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyespor (TUR) TuS Bad Driburg (GER) – Tigem SC Ankara (TUR) TTC Kazan (RUS) – Postas Sport Egyesulet (HUN). In both ETTU cups first matches will be held on January 26-29th whilst second leg is scheduled for February 10-12th. Clubs from Champions League have a home right for the returning matches. 2016/17 TTCLM quarter-finals (January 26-27th –February 8-10th) TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen (GER) – Borussia Düsseldorf (GER) Eslövs AI BTK Bordtennis (SWE) – TTC Fakel Gazprom Orenburg (RUS) Chartres ASTT (FRA) – 1. FC Saarbrücken TT (GER) G.V. Hennebont T.T. (FRA) – AS Pontoise Cergy TT (FRA) 2016/17 ECLW quarter-finals (January 26-29th –February 10-12th) Metz TT (FRA) – Linz AG Froschberg (AUT) TT Saint Quentin (FRA) – Szekszard AC (HUN) ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly (FRA) – TTC Berlin Eastside (GER) UCAM Cartagena (ESP) – KTS Siarka ZOT Tarnobrzeg (POL) 2016/17 ETTU Cup Men quarter-finals (January 26-29th – February 10-12th) Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki (POL) – Stella Sport La Romagne (FRA) Logis Auderghem (BEL) – UMMC (RUS) SPG Walter Wels (AUT) – Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu (TUR)/STK Libertas Marinkolor (CRO) Halmstad BTK (SWE) – Vaillante Sports Angers (FRA) 2016/17 ETTU Cup Women quarter-finals (January 26-29th – February 10-12th) SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin (CZE) – CP Lyssosis Lille Metropole (FRA) Budaörsi 2i Sport Club (HUN) – Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyespor (TUR) TuS Bad Driburg (GER) – Tigem SC Ankara (TUR) TTC Kazan (RUS) – Postas Sport Egyesulet (HUN)
European cups draw will be held tommorow 21st December starting 14:00 CET in Luxembourg
All four competitions will be included: TTCLM ECLW ETTU Cup Men and ETTU Cup Women Quarter-final draw for all four European cups in the ongoing season will be held today December 21st in Luxembourg gathering 32 clubs in total from all four competitions: Table Tennis Champions League Men European Champions League Women ETTU Cup Men and ETTU Cup Women. The draw will be live streamed on www.ettu.org and www.loala1.tv from ETTU’s headquarter in Luxembourg 73 rue Adolphe Fischer L-1520 Luxembourg (ground floor). If you plan to attend the draw please arrive no later than 13:30 CET in order that the preparations are not disturbed if you can’t attend please enjoy the live stream direct link:here The best eight clubs in the 2016/17 TTCLM are Fakel Gazprom Orenburg (RUS) TTF LIEBHERR Ochsenhausen (GER) AS Pontoise Cergy (FRA) Eslovs Al Bordtennis (SWE) FC Saarbrücken Tischtennis (GER) G.V. Hennebont TT (FRA) Borussia Düsseldorf (GER) and Chartres ASTT (FRA). After several years the 2012 TTCLM finalist and 2016/17 no. 3 seed UMMC will miss ultimate phase as they finished third in the Group B behind 2015/16 finalists current champion AS Pontoise Cergy and runner-up Eslövs Al Bordtennis. Russian club continues as favorite among the best eight ETTU Cup clubs. The winners of the group are three times TTCLM champion and top seeded Fakel Gazprom Orenburg record holder with 10 TTCLM titles and no. 2 seed Borussia Düsseldorf reigning champion and no. 8 seed AS Pontoise Cergy and 1986 champion and no. 4 seed FC Saarbrucken Tischtennis. Last season`s finalist Eslövs Al Bordtennis will be again the lowest ranked quarterfinalist (no. 13). Concerning ECLW defending champion triple winner and actual no. 1 – TTC Berlin Eastside (GER) – again tops the list of eight best women`s club in the Old Continent. German club is one of two unbeaten teams so far beside two times ECLW champion and no. 8 seed Linz AG Froschberg (AUT). Other six quarterfinalists are no. 2 and 2015/16 runner-up KTS Siarka ZOT Tarnobrzeg (POL) no. 6 TT Saint Quentin (FRA) no. 7 Szekszard (HUN) no. 3 UCAM Cartagena (ESP) no. 9 ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly (FRA) and no. 5 Metz TT (FRA). The winners of the groups are TTC Berlin Eastside Linz AG Froschberg Szekszard AC and KTS Siarka ZOT Tarnobrzeg. Regarding ETTU Cup as usual four third placed both TTCLM and ECLW clubs will join four best clubs from Round 4 of ETTU Cup. In the Men`s Cup TTCLM participants are Vaillante Spots Angers (FRA) UMMC (RUS) Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki (POL) and SPG Walter Wels (AUT) whilst from Round four come Stella Sport La Romagne (FRA) Halmstad BTK (SWE) Logis Auderghem (BEL) plus the winner of the postponed match Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu (TUR) – STK Libertas Marinkolor (CRO). The best eight clubs from ETTU Cup Women are Postas Sport Egyesulet (HUN) TuS Bad Driburg (GER) Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyespor (TUR) SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin (CZE) – all four as no. 3 in their ECLW respective groups as well as for ETTU Cup Round 4 winners: CP Lyssosis Lille Metropole (FRA) Budaörsi 2i Sport Club (HUN) Tigem SC Ankara (TUR) and TTC Kazan (RUS).
Linz and Grand-Quevilly conclude ECLW group stage with wins
European Champions League Women Round 6 Group stage of the 2016/17 European Champions League Women is ended by 3:1 victories of LINZ AG FROSCHBERG and ALCL TT GRAND-QUEVILLY. Two times ECLW winner from Austria beat at home TUS BAD DRIBURG while French side overcame away Hungarian SZEKSZARD AC. Linz engaged four players to beat ECLW newcomer from Germany. Talented Nina MITTELHAM defeated Linda BERGSTROM in the opener to bring lead to guest side but LIU Jia leveled the score against Sarah DE NUTTE in straight games. In the other two encounters Sophia POLCANOVA and MO ZHANG overcame SHI Qi and Sarah DE NUTTE respectively. French club won in Hungary but Szekszard continues from the top spot of Group C. However both sides earlier booked their tickets for the next stage. Grand-Quevilly showed a good team work as LI Fen Shioho ONO and TIAN Juan contributed with one point. Szekszard`s best player Polina MIKHAILOVA who entered the clash with 5-0 individual score this time lost twice. She suffered by the hands of both LI Fen and Shioho ONO. The 2016/17 ECLW Round 6 GROUP B LINZ AG FROSCHBERG – TUS BAD DRIBURG 3:1 Linda BERSTRÖM – Nina MITTELHAM 2:3 (9:11 11:7 11:3 7:11 8:11) LIU Jia – Sarah DE NUTTE 3:0 (12:10 11:6 11:6) Sophia POLCANOVA – SHI Qi 3:0 (11:7 11:9 11:4) MO Zhang – Sarah DE NUTTE 3:0 (11:5 11:4 11:9) GROUP C SZEKSZARD AC – ALCL TT GRAND-QUEVILLY 1:3 Polina MIKHAILOVA – LI Fen 1:3 (9:11 10:12 11:5 9:11) Dora MADARASZ – Shioho ONO 3:1 (8:11 12:10 11:6 11:7) Kitty KERESZTESI – TIAN Yuan 0:3 (2:11 5:11 11:13) Polina MIKHAILOVA – Shioho ONO 1:3 (8:11 11:13 11:6 9:11)
ETTU Cup
In Women’s ETTU Cup TTC Kazan stormed through the Fourth round. Russia’s club beat Romania’s ACS Dumbravita in straight matches to secure the place in the quarterfinal. Antonina SAVELYEVA Anna BLAZHKO and Svetlana MOKHNACHEVA showed no mercy. Budaorsi 2i Sport Club needed one more to overcame GDCS Juncal. Szandra PERGEL was the back bone of hosts success with two points on the score board whilst Mercedesz NAGYVARDI added third to the list. Novi Sad failed to justified their status. By narow margin Tigem SC Ankara progressed to the quarterfinal. With all three players scored Logis Auderghem with legendary Jean Michel SAIVE beat DKV Borges Vall in Spain. On the other side Marc DURAN won both his matches but it was insufficient for overall victory. Women’s ETTU Cup Budaorsi 2i Sport Club – GDCS Juncal 3:1 Szandra PERGEL – Tatiana GARNOVA 3:0 (11:2 11:7 11:7) Maria FAZEKAS – Mitsuki YOSHIDA 1:3 (11:2 6:11 9:11 6:11) Mercedesz NAGYVARDI – Patricia MACIEL 3:0 (11:3 11:8 11:2) Szandra PERGEL – Mitsuki YOSHIDA 3:0 (11:6 12:10 11:6) TTC Kazan – ACS Dumbravita 3:0 Antonina SAVELYEVA – Andreea ZANFIR 3:1 (6:11 11:7 11:3 11:9) Anna BLAZHKO – Adina DIACONU 3:1 (12:10 11:9 9:11 11:5) Svetlana MOKHNACHEVA – Mihaela DOSPINA 3:0 (11:9 11:7 11:6) Novi Sad – Tigem SC Ankara 2:3 Aneta MAKSUTI – Cristina Alina HIRICI 3:2 (11:4 11:4 7:11 7:11 11:4) Anna Zsofia FENYVESI – Zoia NOVIKOVA 0:3 (5:11 6:11 7:11) Viktoria TRUZSINSZKI – Fulya YILDIRIM 3:0 (11:4 11:9 11:8) Aneta MAKSUTI – Zoya NOVIKOVA 1:3 (8:11 3:11 12:10 10:12) Sabina SURJAN – Cristina Alina HIRICI 2:3 (12:10 9:11 5:11 11:8 9:11) Men’s ETTU Cup DKV Borges Vall – Logis Auderghem 2:3 Marc DURAN – Florent LAMBIET 3:1 (11:7 11:13 11:3 11:7) Oriol MONZO – Jean-Michel SAIVE 1:3 (12:10 10:12 6:11 5:11) Jose Luis ANDRADE – Ludovic BIERNY 2:3 (11:13 11:8 10:12 12:10 14:16) Marc DURAN – Jean-Michel SAIVE 3:2 (11:6 5:11 11:7 9:11 11:4) Oriol MONZO – Florent LAMBIET 0:3 (9:11 6:11 4:11)
TT SAINT QUENTIN confirms its place in the next stage of ECLW
Round 6 of European Champions League Women TT SAINT QUENTIN reached quarter-finals of European Champions League Women as they beat Postas Sport Egyesulet second time in the ongoing season. French club defeated Hungarian side 3:0 in their first meeting six weeks ago while now prevailed 3:1. Daniela DODEAN-MONTEIRO won both her games against two former individual European champions Ruta PASKAUSKINE and LI Jiao respectively. Both times she did it in straight games. Audrey ZARIF added one more point against Rita KERTAI winning after four games. METZ TT enters quarter-final stage from the second place of Group D. French team beat Czech SKST STAVOIMPEX HODONIN to finish with 3-1 score in that group. Beside TT SAINT QUENTIN and METZ TT quarter-finalists are: TTC BERLIN EASTSIDE LINZ AG FROSCHBERG UCAM CARTAGENA SZEKSZARD AC ALCL TT GRAND-QUEVILLY and KTS SIARKA ZOT TARNONRZEG. Round 6 is not finished yet as two more matches will be held this Sunday. ECLW Round 6 GROUP A TT SAINT QUENTIN – POSTAS SPORT EGYESULET 3:1 Daniela DODEAN-MONTEIRO – Ruta PASKAUSKIENE 3:0 (11:9 11:7 11:4) RAN Li Kath – LI Jiao 2:3 (13:11 15:13 5:11 8:11 6:11) Audrey ZARIF – Rita KERTAI 3:1 (4:11 12:10 11:6 11:9) Daniela DODEAN –MONTEIRO – LI Jiao 3:0 (12:10 11:8 11:7) GROUP D METZ TT – SKST STAVOIMPEX HODONIN 3:1 FU Yu – Lenka HARABASZOVA 3:0 (11:8 11:5 11:3) Elizabeta SAMARA – Natalia PARTYKA 3:1 (12:10 11:8 6:11 11:8) Pauline CHASSELIN – Renata STRBIKOVA 1:3 (11:8 7:11 6:11 6:11) FU Yu – Natalia PARTYKA 3:1 (13:15 11:6 11:8 11:5)
Ochsenhausen and Eslovs booked their places for the TTCLM quarter-finals
Round 6 of Table Tennis Champions League Men TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN and ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS booked their places for the 2016/17 Table Tennis Champions League Men quarter-finals concluding the list of eight participants after Round 6. Other six are: TTC FAKEL GAZPROM ORENBURG AS PONTOISE CERGY FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF and CHARTRES ASTT. Two TTCLM runner-ups (Ochsenhausen was finalist in 2009 Eslovs is current one) have defeated in the ultimate round ANGERS SPORTS VAILLANTE and UMMC respectively. German club needed just five sets after 3:0 (9:4) away win against Angers in the Round 3 but they won again in straight matches losing just two sets this time. Concerning the game in Sweden both Eslovs and UMMC have hunted a victory in the concluding round. Russian club found itself in a very bad position even before the match due to absence of Andrej GACINA and Grigory VLASOV hence the 3:1 victory in favor of actual TTCLM runner-up was expected. However UMMC had successful opener as Alexander SHIBAEV beat XU Hui in straight games. It was just second defeat of Chinese so far in the ongoing season (his individual score is 10-2). SHIBAEV won the first set (14:12) after amazing rally at the end. In the second set Russian converted big early advantage (7:1) into the 2:0 lead. SHIBAEV was better in the open shots and his tactic was to push XU far from the table. In the third guest turned from 7:8 to 9:8 concluding the clash with two impressive backhands. Next three matches belonged to Eslov`s player. Daniel KOSIBA didn’t have to play against Zoran PRIMORAC (3:0 w. o.) while both Robert SVENSSON and XU Hui overcame Ilya ZHIDKOV in their matches. Borussia Dusseldorf and Chartres ASTT confirmed their supremacy in the Group D winning Round 6 matches 3:0. German club (without Timo BOLL) was a guest of KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN while the 2013 TTCLM runner-up hosted SPG WALTER WELS. ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 recorded its very first victory in Group A against TTC FAKEL GAZPROM ORENBURG whose leading trio MIZUTANI OVTCHAROV SAMSONOV was not present. Reigning TTCLM champion AS PONTOISE CERGY (Marcos FREITAS was absent) confirmed the top spot of Group B as they beat KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK 3:1 TTCLM Round 6 GROUP A ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 – TTC FAKEL GAZPROM ORENBURG 3:1 ZHAI Yujia – Denis IVONIN 3:0 (11:3 11:4 11:4) Ewout OOSTWOUDER – Alexey SMIRNOV 0:3 (6:11 9:11 8:11) Claus NIELSEN – Fedor KUZMIN 3:0 (11:8 11:9 11:7) ZHAI Yujia – Alexey SMIRNOV 3:0 (11:9 11:5 11:5) TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN – VAILLANTE SPORTS ANGERS TT 3:0 Simon GAUZY – Jon PERSSON 3:0 (11:4 11:7 15:13) Joao GERALDO – Christophe LEGOUT 3:2 (10:12 11:3 11:9 9:11 11:7) Jakub DYJAS – David PILARD 3:0 (11:2 11:3 11:4) GROUP B ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS – UMMC 3:1 XU Hui – Alexander SHIBAEV 0:3 (12:14 5:11 9:11) Robert SVENSSON – Ilya ZHIDKOV 3:0 (11:7 11:9 11:6) Daniel KOSIBA – Zoran PRIMORAC 3:0 w. o. XU Hui – Ilya ZHIDKOV 3:0 (11:9 11:5 11:9) AS PONTOISE CERGY – KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK 3:0 Mattias KARLSSON – Mattias OVERSJO 3:0 (11:4 11:5 11:9) Tristan FLORE – Patryk ZATOWKA 3:0 (11:6 11:9 11:4) Niagol STOYANOV – Piotor SZAFRANEK 3:0 (SZAFRANEK retired at 3:3 in 1st set) GROUP D KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN – BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF 0:3 Cazuo MATSUMOTO – Stefan FEGERL 2:3 (11:7 11:3 9:11 9:11 8:11) Pavel SIRUCEK – Anton KALLBERG 2:3 (9:11 11:7 11:6 9:11 9:11) Tomasz KOTOWSKI – Kristian KARLSSON 2:3 (6:11 11:4 11:7 3:11 6:11) CHARTRES ASTT – SPG WALTER WELS 3:0 Alexandre ROBINOT – Dominique PLATTNER 3:0 (11:4 12:10 11:8) Robert GARDOS – WANG Jianjun 3:2 (11:6 11:4 8:11 12:14 11:7) Joao MONTEIRO – Mihai BOBOCICA 3:0 (11:9 13:11 11:6)
Stella Sport La Romagne and CP Lyssois Lille Metropole in quarters
Men’s and Women’s ETTU Cup Top seedes in both Men’s and Women’s ETTU Cup succesfullu concluded the Fourth Round of the competiotion. Both French representative Stella Sport La Romagne and CP Lyssois Lille Metropole recorded home victories. Stella Sport La Romagne faced very few difficulties in the encounter against Ukraine’s Fortune Kyiv. Adrian CRISAN lost against Yevgen PRYSCHEPA but CHEN Tianyuan gave his adversaries no hope. He won both his singles whilst Brice OLLIVER added another one for the overall victory. However it was not perfect day for French clubs. Seeded no. two Istres Tennis de Table lost against Halmstad BTK 2:3. Sweden’s representative were streched to full distance and they whitstood the spirited comback of Istres. In Women’s ETTU Cup French CP Lyssois Lille Metropole overcame Greek’s AO DAO Tavrou on their way to the quarterfinal. It was only Christina FILI who won the game against WY Yue. YANG Xiao Xin and Bernadette SZOCS won in straight games against Aikaterini TOLIOU and Filareti EXARCHOU. Men’ ETTU Cup Stella Sport La Romagne – Fortune Kyiv 3:1 CHEN Tianyuan – Denis KALACHEVSKY 3:0 (11:3 16:14 11:8) Adrian CRISAN –1:3 Yevgen PRYSCHEPA (10:12 11:9 7:11 9:11) Brice OLLIVER – Viktor YEFIMOV 3:0 (10:12 11:7 11:7 13:11) CHEN Tianyuan – Yevgen PRYSCHEPA 3:0 (11:5 11:8 11:8) Istres Tennis de Table – Halmstad BTK 2:3 Benjamin BROSSIER – Elias RANEFUR 1:3 (5:11 11:5 12:14 8:11) Omar ASSAR – Harald ANDERSSON 2:3 (5:11 11:7 11:4 3:11 5:11) Paul GAUZY – Anders ERIKSSON 3:1 (11:9 9:11 11:4 11:9) Benjamin BROSSIER – Elias RANEFUR 3:1 (11:3 11:8 9:11 11:5) Thiago MONTEIRO – Harald ANDERSSON 2:3 (6:11 4:11 11:2 12:10 8:11) Women’s ETTU Cup CP Lyssois Lille Metropole – AO DAO Tavrou 3:0 YANG Xiao Xin – Aikaterini TOLIOU 3:0 (11:8 11:3 11:5) Bernadette SZOCS – Filareti EXARCHOU 3:0 (11:4 11:6 11:6) WU Yue – Christina FILI 3:1 (11:9 8:11 12:10 11:6)
Hennebont goes to TTCLM quarter-finals
TTCLM Round 6: BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI – G.V. HENNEBONT TT 2:3 TTC OSTRAVA 2016 – FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS 3:1 French club Hennebont won deciding clash in Poland to secure quarter-final berth of the 2016/17 Table Tennis Champions League Men while Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki continues its way as one of top 8 ETTU Cup Men clubs. Four times national champion of French ProA League beat Polish side 3:2 thanks to good team work bearing in mind that all three players contributed with one point: CHEN Chieh-An Quentin ROBINOT and Liam PITCHFORD. Boris ABRAHAM`s side didn’t started well as Panagiotis GIONIS beat Liam PICHFORD in four games. World No. 29 CHEN Chieh-An leveled score against former Top 10 player on the ITTF World ranking list GAO Ning (current No. 48) while Quentin ROBINOT provided new lead to guest`s team defeating Daniel GORAK in straight sets. Real drama started by the clash between GIONIS and CHEN. Greek managed to win opening set by narrow margin while in second one won ten consecutive points (0:3 10:3) to improve his lead on 2:0. CHEN refused to give up and took third game without any problem but GIONIS dominated in the ultimate chapter winning one spectacular point: he made full body rotation in his defense for 8:3 lead. Final decision was in the hands of GAO Ning and Liam PITCHFORD. Opening set belonged to Singaporean who led 5:1 10:7 but it wasn’t enough for an easy ending. Guest missed two set balls and GAO finally concluded first se at 15:13. England`s player leveled in second set and won third and fourth one thanks to several points in a row (0:6 in 3rd set from 6:6 to 6:10 in 4th). TTC Ostrava 2016 beat Saarbrucken 3:1 in other Group C match but German team didn’t play in its best line-up. Tomas TREGLER was man of the match as he beat both Leonardo MUTTI and Dennis KLEIN. However Saarbrucken finished first in that group while Czech side stayed on the fourth spot. TTCLM Round 6 GROUP C BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI – G.V. HENNEBONT TT 2:3 Panagiotis GIONIS – Liam PITCHFORD 3:1 (13:11 12:10 9:11 11:2) GAO Ning – CHEN Chieh-An 1:3 (6:11 10:12 11:7 5:11) Daniel GORAK – Quentin ROBINOT 0:3 (10:12 3:11 9:11) Panagiotis GIONIS – CHEN Chieh-An 3:1 (13:11 11:4 7:11 11:3) GAO Ning – Liam PITCHFORD 1:3 (15:13 9:11 8:11 7:11) TTC OSTRAVA 2016 – FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS 3:1 Tomas TREGLER – Leonardo MUTTI 3:1 (11:8 10:12 12:10 11:7) Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC – Dennis KLEIN 3:0 (11:4 12:10 11:3) Petr KORBEL – Andrey SEMENOV 2:3 (11:8 9:11 10:12 11:6 7:11) Tomas TREGLER – Dennis KLEIN 3:1 (11:6 11:9 6:11 11:5)
Three matches in France this weekend
Men’s and Women’s ETTU Cup The fourth round of the Men’s and Women’s ETTU Cup will be played this weekend. In Men’s Event Fortune Kyiv will travel to France to meet Stella Sport La Romagne the top seeds. French side beat Cajasur Priego TM in November after they have been streched to full distance. It was also close match for Ukraine’s representative. They played full five matches against SK Vydrany to reach the next stage. Istres Tennis de Table will also play tomorrow. They will host Halmstad BTK. In Third round French club beat STK Starr Varaždin in straight matcehs whilst Sweden’s representative needed two more to overcame SF SKK El Nino Praha. DKV Borges Vall will host Logis Auderghem on Saturday. In Women’s ETTU Cup there is only one match scheduled for tomorrow. CP Lyssois Lille Metropole will play against AO DAO Tavrou. French club beat Tecnigen Linares last month whilst Greece’s Tavrou overcame CTT Balaguer Villart Logistic. On Saturday Budaorsi 2i Sport Club will host GDCS Juncal Novi Sad will play against Tigem SC Ankara and TTC Kazan will meet ACS Dumbravita.
Who will enter TTCLM quarter-finals: Eslovs or UMMC?
TTCLM Round 6 will be held this Thursday and Friday (December 15-16th) Who will take remaining three tickets for the 2016/17 quarter-finals of Table Tennis Champions League Men it will be clear after the Round 6 this Thursday and Friday. Games in focus are: TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN – VAILLANTE SPORTS ANGERS TT (December 16th 20:00 CET) ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS – UMMC (December 16th 19:30 CET) and BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI – G.V. HENNEBONT TT (December 15th 19:00 CET). Ochsenhausen starts with a big advantage against Angers having 3:0 (9:4) victory from the previous meeting in France. It means that German side needs just five sets to reach quarter-finals. Anger`s president Gérard SARAZIN is aware of the situation: “We are sure to continue in ETTU cup this season and we have reached our goal. The draw was so hard for us with Orenburg untouchable and Ochsenhausen (we lost 3:0 but so no chance for the rematch) the club where play the best young player in the world (except Chinese players)”. Group B brings super clash between current TTCLM runner-up Eslovs and 2012 finalist UMMC. Russian club won first clash 3:2 (11:6) and Swedish club will fight to overcome it. After Round 5 win against reigning TTCLM winner Pontoise UMMC`s coach Tatiana Kutergina stated: “I believe this is not the peak of our form. This is a good quality work good table tennis. Unfortunately there is no chance for us to be the first in the group but the championship is not over for us. We go to Sweden in good sports form and we are determined to win”. The main hero of the match against two times TTCLM champion who brought two points Aleksander SHIBAEV stressed: “At the end of the match I did not even feel tired so strong was the desire to bring it to victory. I’m satisfied with the result the most important thing is that the team won. We must go further to the victory”. From Group C Saarbrucken secured its place among the best eight while Bogoria and Hennebont will fight to join them. Both teams have 3-2 score so it’s clear that the winner of the upcoming clash will enter the next stage of 2016/17 TTCLM. Czech club TTC Ostrava 2016 hosts German team without any chance to avoid fourth place in that group. “We wanted to win finally in Hennebont and from our side match was close and we had our chances especially in first two matches of the evening…but we could not use it” said Ostava`s Petr KORBEL after the Round 5. Group D already announced its quarter-finalists. They are ten times TTCLM champion Borussia and 2013 runner-up Chartres. Round 6 will decide the ETTU Cup quarter-finalist as two teams enter the ultimate round with six points each: KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN and SPG WALTER WELS. Both will face favorites this Friday. The 2016/17 TTCLM Round 6 (December 15-16th) GROUP A ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 – TTC FAKEL GAZPROM ORENBURG (December 16th 20:00 CET) TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN – VAILLANTE SPORTS ANGERS TT (December 16th 20:00 CET) GROUP B ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS – UMMC (December 16th 19:30 CET) AS PONTOISE CERGY – KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK (December 16th 19:30 CET) GROUP C BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI – G.V. HENNEBONT TT (December 15th 19:00 CET) TTC OSTRAVA 2016 – FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS (December 15th 19:00 CET) GROUP D KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN – BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF (December 16th 18:30 CET) CHARTRES ASTT – SPG WALTER WELS (December 16th 18:30 CET)
