Women’s ETTU Cup In the third round of the Women’s ETTU Cup Italian ASV Eppan Tischtennis Raiffeisen was the only club tonight to failed to justify the rankings. GDCS Juncal beat the odds and secured the passage to the next round. For other two favorites it was an easy ride. ACS Dumbravita with Adina DIACONU Andreea ZANFIR and Mihaela DOSPINA booked their place in next round in straight matches against Sparvagen BTK. CP Lyssois Lille Metropole in similar rhythm prevailed against Tecnigen LINARES. ACS Dumbravita – Sparvagen BTK 3:0 Adina DIACONU – Kristina ZETTERSTRÖM 3:1 (11:7 11:2 5:11 11:2) Andreea ZANFIR – Ellen HOLMSTEN 3:1 (11:5 11:8 5:11 11:3) Mihaela DOSPINA – Sannamari BÖLENIUS 3:1 (11:7 9:11 11:8 15:13) CP LYSSOIS LILLE METROPOLE – Tecnigen LINARES 3:0 YANG Xiao Xin – Xu SHIBO 3:0 (11:8 11:3 11:9) Bernadette SZOCS – Zita Melinda CIURCUI 3:0 (11:4 11:6 11:5) Agnès LE LANNIC – Isabel RODRIGUEZ BELTRAN 3:0 (11:3 11:1 11:1) ASV Eppan Tischtennis Raiffeisen – GDCS Juncal 2:3 Debora Viverelli – Tetiana GORNOVA 3:1 (11:9 11:9 7:11 11:5)Denisa ZANCANER – Yoshida MITSUKI 0:3 (2:11 9:11 9:11)Andreaa DODEAN – Raquel ANDRADE 3:1 (11:6 10:12 11:9 11:7)Debora Viverelli – Yoshida MITSUKI 1:3 (2:11 6:11 11:9 2:11)Denisa ZANCANER – Tetiana GORNOVA 0:3 (5:11 8:11 15:17)
Good night for French clubs
Men’s ETTU Cup All the favorites in Men’s ETTU Cup took a full advantage of their high seeding positions and home matches. In Sweden and France hosts Halmstad BTK Stella Sport La Romagne and Istres Tennis de Table with more or less efforts prevailed in the third round of the competition. Halmstad BTK faced the toughest challenge in the knock out match against Czech Republic’s SF SKK El Nino Praha. They were stretched to full distance after being forced to nullify two matches to one deficit. Ondrej BAJGER gave El Nino dream start by beating Fabian AKERSTROM whilst David REITSPIES gave guests second point after duel against Anders ERIKSSON. However it was not enough; Peter ANDERSSON beat both Jakub KLEPRLIK and Ondrej BAJGER in the decisive match. Elias RANEFUR entered the arena in the fourth match of the proceedings to bring the vital win for hosts. Another five matches has been seen in Istres. Hosts prevailed thanks to team effort. All three players CHEN Tianyuan Adrian CRISAN and Brice OLLIVER won one match whilst on the other side of the net Carlos MACHADO recorded both his victories. Istres Tennis de Table proved too strong for Croatia’s STK Starr Varaždin. Only Ronald REDJEP managed to bring some suspense in the duel against Omar ASSAR; Benjamin BROSSIER and Paul GAUZY showed no mercy. Besiktas Jimnastik Kulubu – SPG Linz DNP Halmstad BTK – SF SKK El Nino Praha 3:2 Fabian AKERSTROM – Ondrej BAJGER 2:3 (14:12 5:11 5:11 11:3 9:11) Peter ANDERSSON – Jakub KLEPRLIK 3:2 (11:9 9:11 6:11 11:4 11:7) Anders ERIKSSON – David REITSPIES 0:3 (6:11 7:11 5:11) Elias RANEFUR – Jakub KLEPRLIK 3:1 (8:11 14:12 11:4 11:6) Peter ANDERSSON – Ondrej BAJGER 3:1 (11:7 11:4 8:11 12:10) Istres Tennis de Table – STK Starr Varaždin 3:0 Benjamin BROSSIER – Nikola HORVAT 3:0 (11:8 11:5 11:6) Omar ASSAR – Ronald REDJEP 3:2 (7:11 10:12 11:8 11:8 11:3) Paul GAUZY – Dario KRALJIC 3:0 (11:5 11:5 11:6) Stella Sport La Romagne – Cajasur Priego TM 3:2 CHEN Tianyuan –Alesandro CALVO 3:0 (11:3 11:2 11:6) Adrian CRISAN – Carlos MACHADO 2:3 (6:11 12:10 10:12 11:8 8:11) Brice OLLIVER – Jesus MACHADO 3:0 (11:4 11:2 11:5) CHEN Tianyuan – Carlos MACHADO 1:3 (4:11 7:11 11:7 9:11) Adrian CRISAN – Alesandro CALVO 3:0 (11:6 11:2 11:5)
TTCLM Round 4: Reigning champion books quarter-final berth
Three out of eight Round 4 matches were held tonight: ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS – AS PONTOISE CERGY 2:3 TTC OSTRAVA 2016 – BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI 0:3 KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN – CHARTRES ASTT 0:3 Reigning TTCLM champion AS PONTOISE CERGY booked quarter-final berth as they beat away ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS 3:2 in the reprise of the 2015/16 TTCLM final. French side now has 4-0 score in the Group B while Swedish team stays at 1-3. Chinese XU Hui as many times before provided two points for host team whilst Pontoise had a good team work as each its player contributed by one victory: Marcos FREITAS Mattias KARLSSON and Niagol STOYANOV. STOYANOV brought crucial point to his side defeating Daniel KOSIBE after full five games. The score was set at 2:1 for Pontoise in that moment. Then XU overcame FREITAS in four games to level at 2:2. Portuguese managed to reverse from 6:10 to 11:10 in the fourth set but Chinese responded by three points in a row. These two players met sixth time in last six months (3-3 mutual score). The ultimate clash confronted two Swedish players 14-year-old talent Truls MOREGARDH and runner-up of recent 2016 Swedish Open Mattias KARLSSON who won in straight games. BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI beat away TTC OSTRAVA 2016 repeating the same score as two months ago at home – 3:0. Singaporean GAO Ning overcame Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC in straight games of the opening clash as first close set determined the whole match. It could say that the second match was decisive one. Actually the fifth set between Petr KORBEL and Daniel GORAK. Guest needed seven match balls to conclude this super intense clash while host missed two match balls (13:12 16:15). After all GORAK won 3:2 (7:11 11:5 8:11 11:8 19:17). Former Angers`and Borussia`s player Panagiotis GIONIS had an easy job against Tomas TREGLER in the third match in Ostrava securing victory to his side. Bogoria now has 2-2 score while Ostrava has no any win. The 2012/13 TTCLM runner-up CHARTRES ASTT improved its score to 3-1 in the Group D as they beat away KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN 3:0. It was one of the fastest victories in the ongoing TTCLM season so far bearing in mind that all three encounters were finished in straight games. TTCLM Round 4 (November 24th) GROUP B ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS – AS PONTOISE CERGY 2:3 XU Hui – Mattias KARLSSON 3:0 (12:10 11:8 11:7) Truls MOREGARDH – Marcos FREITAS 1:3 (13:11 5:11 13:15 9:11) Daniel KOSIBA – Niagol STOYANOV 2:3 (11:5 6:11 2:11 11:9 10:12) XU Hui – Marcos FREITAS 3:1 (11:7 9:11 11:6 13:11) Truls MOREGARDH – Mattias KARLSSON 0:3 (7:11 9:11 9:11) GROUP C TTC OSTRAVA 2016 – BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI 0:3 Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC – GAO Ning 0:3 (10:12 8:11 4:11) Petr KORBEL – Daniel GORAK 2:3 (11:7 5:11 11:8 8:11 17:19) Tomas TREGLER – Panagiotis GIONIS 0:3 (7:11 8:11 6:11) GROUP D KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN – CHARTRES ASTT 0:3 Cazuo MATSUMOTO – Robert GARDOS 0:3 (7:11 11:13 7:11) Pavel SIRUCEK – Par GERELL 0:3 (7:11 6:11 9:11) Tomasz KOTOWSKI – Alexandre ROBINOT 0:3 (8:11 7:11 7:11)
ECLW Round 4: TuS bad Driburg tests UCAM Cartagena
Round 4 will be held this Friday November 25th European Champions League Women are continuing by the Round 4 having all four matches this Friday November 25th: Postas Sport Egyesulet – TTC Berlin Eastside TuS bad Driburg – UCAM Cartagena ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly – BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin – KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg. Defending ECLW champion Berlin travels to Hungary with obvious aim to preserve their unbeaten status. Two months ago Irina PALINA`s side beat Postas 3:1 at home as Ruta PASKAUSKIENE took unique point for Budapest`s team. After 0:3 home defeat against TT Saint Quentin in the Round 3 Postas seeks victory in order to take bake their chances for the quarter-finals. ECLW newcomer TuS bad Driburg awaits UCAM Cartagena in the Group B clash. Spanish side planed two wins in first two rounds but after 3:1 defeat in Linz they are determined to beat German team. Spanish club is a clear favorite having best ranked ECLW player CHENG I-Ching (world No. 7) while TuS bad Driburg showed in previous round that has a lot of energy in its squad composed on European junior champion from 2013 Nina MITTELHAM. BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR was considered as a favorite of Group C but with 0-2 score travels to France to meet ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly (1-1). This is the last chance for Turkish side that has the recently crowned individual European champion HU Melek. Shiho ONO was a hero of the first meeting between these two clubs providing two points for French side in the 3:1 away victory. SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin (0-2) hosts KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg (1-1) in the Group D match. Actual ECLW runner-up from Poland beat Hodonin`s team in the opening round 3:1 thanks to world No. 8 HAN Ying who won both her encounters against Lenka HARABASZOVA and Renata STRBIKOVA respectively. Upcoming duel will determine the final status of Czech Republic`s in this group. The 2016/17 ECLW Round 4 (November 25th) Group A 16:00 CET: Postas Sport Egyesulet – TTC Berlin Eastside Group B 19:00 CET: TuS bad Driburg – UCAM Cartagena Group C 19:30 CET: ALCL TT Grand-Quevilly – BURSA BÜYÜKŞEHİR BELEDİYESPOR Group D 18:00 CET: SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin – KTS Siarka-ZOT Tarnobrzeg
ETTU Cup reached Round of 16
Men’s and Women’s ETTU Cup knock out phase The knock out phase of the men’s and women’s ETTU Cup is scheduled for this weekend. After three stages of group matches the eight most successful clubs in preliminary stages joined the top eight seeds. French Stella Sport La Romagne top seeds and favorites for the title will host Spanish Cajasur Priego TM tomorrow. Also on Friday Sweden’s Halmstad BTK will play against SF SKK El Nino Praha whilst French Istres Tennis De Table will host STK Starr Varazdin. On Saturday Austria’s Stockerau awaits STK Libertas Marincolor Ukraine’s Fortune will meet Slovakia’s SK Vydrany TTC Kazan of Russia will travel to Spain to play against no. three and four seeds DKV Borges Vall. On Sunday Belgium’s Logis Auderghem TT will play against Romania’s CS Mioveni. Austria’s SPG Linz will meet Turkish Besiktas Jimnastik Kulübü. The top seeds in the Women’s ETTU Cup French CP Lyssois Lille Metropole will host Spanish Tecnigen Linares on Friday whilst no. two seeds Russia’s TTC Kazan will host Netherlands’ Dozy Den Helder/Noordkop day latter. Romania’s ACS Dumbravita and Sweden’s Sparvägen BTK will play tomorrow as well as Italy’s asv Eppan Tischtennis Raiffeisen vs. Portugal’s GDCS Juncal. On Saturday will meet Spanish CTT Balaguer Villart Logistic vs. Greece’s AO DAO Tavrou Serbia’s Novi Sad vs. A.C.D. Se Sao Joao and Czech’s TT Moravsky Krumlov vs. Turkey’s Tigem Sports Club. On Sunday Hungary’s Budaörsi 2i sc will meet Belgium’s TT Vedrinamur.
TTCLM Round 4: LEBESSON`s Angers hosts Orenburg`s stars
TTCLM Round 4 will be held this Thursday and Friday (November 24-25th) ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 will fight for its first victory in the Group A home game against TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN. German side won 3:2 their opening round clash when ZHAI Yuija secured both points for Danish side. After successful trip to Angers in the latest round the 2009 TTCLM runner-up now targets its third win. VAILLANTE SPORTS ANGERS TT and TTC FAKEL GAZPROM ORENBURG will meet in the other Group A clash. French side needs the victory to take back their chances for the quarter-finals after poor performance against Ochsenhausen in the Round 2 home game (0:3). One actual individual European champion Emmanuel LEBESSON and two former champions Dimitrij OVTCHAROV and Vladimir SAMSONOV will be a part of this promising showdown. Russian giant No. 1 seed are determined to win its fourth consecutive game. The latest TTCLM finalists will have their fourth clash in the last six months: actual TTCLM runner-up ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS hosts double TTCLM champion AS PONTOISE CERGY in the Group B game. Marcos FREITAS & Co. managed to recover after 1:2 in the opening round against Swedish side thanks to FREITAS ho beat XU Hui and victorious point of Tristan FLORE against Daniel KOSIBA. Eslovs now must win to keep their chances for the next stage while French champion plays for its fourth victory in a row. Polish club KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK welcomes the 2012 TTCLM runner-up UMMC playing for its very first victory in the Group C. Russian side has 2-1 score and now wants to improve its chances for the quarter-final. Their breathtaking meeting in Verhknaya Pyshma belonged to UMMC which players managed to reverse the 0:2 score. SHIBAEV defeated WANG 3:1 in the decisive encounter concluded by the longest set (16:14). TTC OSTRAVA 2016 targets its very first win in the Group C as they await BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI (1-2 score). Polish side won their first meeting playing at home but now they need new win in order to preserve some chances for the quarter-final spot. Two teams which occupies two highest positions in that group G. V. HENNEBONT TT and FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS will fight for the top in France. French club did a great job by beating Bogoria in straight games while Germans are determined to defend their unbeaten status. Group D favorites BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF and CHARTRES ASTT will play away this round against SPG WALTER WELS and KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN respectively. Ten times TTCLM champion from Germany won all their matches so far while the 2013 TTCLM runner-up Chartres suffered unique defeat in the duel with Timo BOLL & Co. Bearing in mind current positions SPG WALTER WELS (0-3 score) and KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN (1-2) will fight for the third spot of Group D. The 2016/17 TTCLM Round 4 (November 24-25th) GROUP A ROSKILDE BORDTENNIS BTK61 – TTF LIEBHERR OCHSENHAUSEN (Nov 25 17:00 CET) VAILLANTE SPORTS ANGERS TT – TTC FAKEL GAZPROM ORENBURG (Nov 25 19:30 CET) GROUP B ESLOVS AI BORDTENNIS – AS PONTOISE CERGY (Nov 24 19:30 CET) KS UNIA AZS AWFiS GDANSK – UMMC (Nov 25 18:30 CET) GROUP C TTC OSTRAVA 2016 – BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI (Nov 24 17:00 CET) G.V. HENNEBONT TT – FC SAARBRUCKEN TISCHTENNIS (Nov 25 20:00 CET) GROUP D KST ENERGA-MANEKIN TORUN – CHARTRES ASTT (Nov 24 18:30 CET) SPG WALTER WELS – BORUSSIA DUSSELDORF (Nov 25 19:00 CET)
ITTF & TMS International End Their Exclusive Marketing Agreement
The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) and TMS International have announced that they are ending their fruitful exclusive commercial/marketing partnership on 1 January 2017. TMS International had been managing ITTF commercial rights since 2003 and managed to bring an unprecedented amount of marketing revenue to the International Federation. ITTF President Thomas WEIKERT stated: “Firstly I would like to thank TMS on all their hard work over the years to assist the ITTF in commercialising our sport and bringing us a significant amount of marketing revenue. The time was right for a change and I welcome the new challenge of bringing all the commercial rights in house which will be managed by ITTF’s Marketing & Asia Pacific Headquarters under the guidance of ITTF’s Marketing Director Steve DAINTON.” All of TMS International’s deals brokered with marketing partners contractual partners sponsors TV networks will all be transferred back to the ITTF on 1 January 2017. TMS International’s Managing Director Anders THUNSTROM added: “After many years representing the ITTF with their commercial rights the timing was right for us to find this solution together with ITTF for the benefit of the sport. TMS had more or less reached our capacity of what we were able to generate for the ITTF so for us to jointly look into this with the ITTF was not so difficult. With ITTF now looking after their own rights it will give them some flexibility on how to handle their rights some rights could be kept in-house some other rights the ITTF can look elsewhere to get support which I hope will benefit table tennis in the long-run.” TMS International will continue to service the sport of table tennis and other sports through clubs regional and continental associations and federations with a special focus initially on North America.
New Round of Championships Division Clashes today
Round three of 2017 ITTF European Championships qualifications The Championships Division 2017 ITTF European Championships qualifications Round three is completed. All the favorites prevailed with the exception in Gillingham where England overcame Slovenia in full five matches duel. Men’s Championships Division Denmark – Hungary 2:3 (Odense) Jonathan GROTH – Bence MAJOROS 2:3 (11:6 11:5 6:11 7:11 7:11) Tobias RASMUSSEN – Adam SZUDI 2:3 (11:6 11:8 6:11 6:11 8:11) Anders LIND– Tamas LAKATOS 3:2 (11:4 11:7 9:11 7:11 11:7) Jonathan GROTH – Adam SZUDI 3:0 (11:8 12:10 11:8) Mikkel HINDERSSON – Bence MAJOROS 1:3 (11:6 9:11 8:11 4:11) Switzerland – Serbia 0:3 (Magglingen) Elia SCHMID – Valentin NADJNEMEDI 1:3 (8:11 11:8 8:11 8:11) Nicolas CHAMPUOD – Dragan SUBOTIC 1:3 (14:12 10:12 7:11 5:11) Lars POSCH – Lorencio LUPULESKU 1:3 (3:11 12:10 7:11 7:11) Finland – Italy 1:3 (Helsinki) Benedek OLAH – Jordy PICCOLin 3:2 (11:13 11:2 11:5 9:11 11:8) Alex NAUMI – Leonardo MUTTI 0:3 (7:11 8:11 13:15) Otto TENNILA – Daniele PINTO 1:3 (2:11 11:7 12:14 11:13) Benedek OLAH – leonardo MUTTI 1:3 (11:7 9:11 8:11 6:11) Israel – Croatia 0:3 (Lod) Omri BEN ARI – Andrej GACINA 1:3 (11:8 3:11 4:11 5:11) Mathan SIMON – Tomislav PUCAR 0:3 (9:11 6:11 9:11) Aviv BEN ARI – Frane KOJIC 0:3 (8:11 10:12 8:11) Estonia – Slovakia 0:3 (Tallinn) Tomas LIBENE – Peter SEREDA 1:3 (11:6 6:11 1:11 8:11) Aleksej NIKONOROV – Lubomir PISTEJ 0:3 (6:11 2:11 3:11) Aleksandr LUSHIN – HE Bai 0:3 (2:11 8:11 10:12) Lithuania – Ukraine 0:3 (Vilnius) Alfredas UDRA – Yevhen PRYSCHEPA 0:3 (1:11 8:11 4:11) Tomas MIKUTIS – Yarolsav ZHMUDENKO 0:3 (7:11 9:11 4:11) Arnoldas DOMEIKA – Viktor YEFIMOV 0:3 (5:11 3:11 7:11) Ukraine – Lithuania 3:0 (Vilnius) Viktor YEFIMOV – Medardas STANKEVICIUS 3:2 (10:12 11:3 8:11 11:9 11:3) Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO – Tomas MIKUTIS 3:1 (16:18 11:6 11:5 15:13) Ivan KATKOV – Alfredas UDRA 3:0 (11:6 11:5 11:9) Netherlands – England 0:3 (Zoetermer) Ewout OOSTWOUNDER – Sam WALKER 0:3 (9:11 7:11 10:12) Rajko GOMMERS – Liam PITCHFORD 1:3 (8:11 11:7 5:11 4:11) Laurens TROMER – Paul DRINKHALL 1:3 (3:11 10:12 11:8 5:11) Slovenia – Belgium 1:3 (Nova Gorica) Bojan TOKIC – Robin DEVOS 2:3 (10:12 11:2 11:9 5:11 7:11) Darko JORGIC – Cedric NUYTINK 3:1 (11:7 10:12 11:3 13:11) Deni KOZUL – Martin ALLEGRO 1:3 (6:11 16:14 5:11 6:11) Bojan TOKIC – Cedric NUYTINK 0:3 (8:11 7:11 5:11) Bulgaria – Spain 0:3 (Sofia) Kiril POPOV – Alvaro ROBLES 1:3 (12:10 9:11 10;12 8:11) Petyo KRASTEV – Carlos MACHADO 1:3 (4:11 12:10 2:11 2:11) Denislav KODSABASHEV – Jesus CANTERO 0:3 (9:11 9:11 9:11) Turkey – Romania 0:3 (Gungoren Istanbul) Ibrahim GUNDUZ – Ovidiu IONESCU 2:3 (9:11 11:4 11:8 2:11 7:11) Abdullah YIGENLER – Hunor SZOCS 0:3 (2:11 9:11 1:11) Batuhan ULUCAK – Adrian CRISAN 0:3 (5:11 5:11 5:11) Women’s Championships Division England – Slovenia 3:2 (Gillingham) Kelly SIBLEY – Tamara PAVCNIK 3:0 (11:4 11:3 11:3) Tin Tin HO – Alex GALIC 0:3 (10:12 7:11 7:11) Karina LE FEVRE – Manca FAJMUT 1:3 (7:11 12:10 11:13 6:11) Kelly SIBLEY – Alex GALIC 3:1 (9:11 12;10 11:7 11:8) Tin Tin HO – Tamara PAVCNIK 3:1 (6:11 11:2 11:5 12:10) Greece – Netherlands 1:3 (Piraeus) Aikaterini TOLIOU – Britt EERLAND 1:3 (6:11 7:11 13:11 5:11) Georgia ZAVITSANOU – LI Jie 0:3 (6:11 2:11 5:11) Maria CHRISTOFORAKI – Kim VERMAAS 3:2 (2:11 11:6 11:9 9:11 13:11) Aikaterini TOLIOU – LI Jie 0:3 (2:11 3:11 5:11) Bulgaria – Belarus 0:3 (Sofia) Maria YOVKOVA – Alina ARLOUSKAYA 0:3 (10:12 5;11 4:11) Mihaela DIMOVA – Dasha TRIGOLOS 1:3 (4:11 11:9 4:11 8:11) Krasimira YOVKOVA – Alina NIKITCHANKA 0:3 (6:11 3:11 2:11) Finland – Croatia 0:3 Helsinki Annika LUNDSTROM – TIAN Yuan 0:3 (6:11 5:11 4:11) Anna KIRICHENKO – Mateja JEGER 0:3 (4:11 10:12 6:11) Pihla ERIKSSON – Ivana MALOBABIC 0:3 (5:11 2:11 3:11) Switzerland – Spain 1:3 (Magglingen) Rachel MORETE – Maria XIAO 1:3 (11:7 8:11 6:11 8:11) Rahel ASCHWANDEN – Galia DVORAK wo 0:3 Celine REUST – Sara RAMIREZ 3:2 (9:11 11:8 11:8 7:11 11:6) Rachel MORETE – Galia DVORAK wo 0:3 Kosovo – Wales 0:3 (Prishtina) Nehare JANEVA – Anghard PHILLIPS 0:3 (10:12 7;11 10:12) Linda ZEGIRI – Charlotte CAREY 0:3 (4:11 4;11 4:11) Viona MALOKU – Chloe THOMAS 0:3 (3:11 7:11 7:11) Lithuania – Serbia 2:3 (Vilnius) Ruta PASKAUSKIENE – Anelia LUPULESKU 3:0 (11:6 11:6 11:2) Ugne BASKUTYTE – Andrea TODOROVIC 0:3 (7:11 7:11 7:11) Egle STUCKYTE – Aneta MAKSUTI 3:2 (11:7 9:11 14:12 4:11 11:7) Ruta PASKAUSKIENE – Andrea TODOROVIC 1:3 (11:7 6:11 8:11 6:11) Ugne BASKUTYTE – Izabela LUPULESKU 1:3 (12:10 7:11 12:14 6:11) Italy – Slovakia 1:3 (Terni) Loan LETIONG – Eva ODOROVA 0:3 (5:11 5:11 6:11) Veronica MOSCONI – Barbora BALAZOVA 1:3 (6:11 11:5 7:11 6:11) Jamila LEURENTI – Tatiana KUKULKOVA 3:2 (6:11 11:9 11:6 7:11 11:9) Loan LETIONG – Barbora BALAZOVA 0:3 (8:11 6:11 4:11) Belgium – Sweden 0:3 (Blegny) Eline LOYEN – FEN li 1:3 (10:12 11:7 11:13 11:13) Lisa LUNG – Matilda EKHOLM 0:3 (8:11 6:11 4:11) Nathalie MARCHETTI – Linda BERGSTROM 2:3 (12:10 8:11 12:10 8:11 3:11)
Bogoria seeks victory in Ostrava
Prior the TTCLM Round 4 coach of Polish side Tomasz REDZIMSKI states: „Advance to quarterfinals will be very difficult but if we win all games it is still possible” This Thursday November 24th BOGORIA GRODZISK MAZOWIECKI will play „do or die” match in Czech Republic in their attempt do keep chances to reach the 2016/17 Table Tennis Champions League Men quarter-finals. Polish side has 1-2 score in Group C so far hence coach Tomasz REDZIMSKI is aware of actual situation… “Advance to quarterfinals will be very difficult but if we win all games it is still possible” stated REDZIMSKI before the clash with TT Ostrava 2016 (Bogoria beat team 3:0 in the opening round) Polish club three times TTCLM quarter-finalist (2008/09 2011/12 and 2014/15) lost to GV HENNEBONT TT 3:0 in the Round 3 held in France. REDZIMSKI explained why Panagiotis GIONIS was absent: “Panagiotis couldn’t play because he had two-headed thigh injury which he contracted during the match against England in European Team Qualification”. Bogiria`s coach hoped that his side could win games from 2nd to 4th against Hennebont but when GAO Ning was beaten by CHEN Chien-An in the second encounter (2:0 for host team) it was clear that Bogoria is very far from that goal. Now they believe that the game in Ostrava can be a good chance for team’s recuperation.
Four Europeans at the 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals
Japan’s Yuya OSHIMA has snatched the 16th and final qualification position for the Seamaster Qatar 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals after winning the 2016 Swedish Open over the weekend. OSHIMA defeated Mattias KARLSSON (SWE) in the final a direct shootout for the last & final Grand Finals position which will be held 8-11 December 2016 in Doha Qatar. After the defining match the 22-year-old stated: “This is my best performance ever. I’m very glad with this result. I can’t wait to compete at the World Tour Grand Finals in a few weeks’ time.” OSHIMA secured the last ticket to Doha but it was Olympic champion and world number one MA Long (CHN) who held the top place of the 2016 World Tour standings after the 20 ITTF World Tour events this year. MA secured two World Tour titles in Germany and Qatar this year and will be aiming to defend his World Tour Grand Finals title he won in Lisbon last year to cap off a dream year. MA will be joined by his team mates FAN Zhendong XU Xin and ZHANG Jike in Doha with China securing the top four places in the World Tour Standings. Next on the list is Rio 2016 Olympic Games bronze medalist Jun MIZUTANI (JPN) who has won the World Tour Grand Finals on two occasions and clinched three World Tour titles in 2016. Like fellow Olympic Champion MA Long DING Ning (CHN) also topped the World Tour Standing on the women’s singles side winning 2016 two World Tour events. The 2015 World Tour Grand Finals champion is followed on the list by world number two LIU Shiwen (CHN) and 2014 World Tour Finals Champion Japan’s Kasumi ISHIKAWA. Table tennis’s youngest ever Olympic medalist 16-year-old Mima ITO (JPN) secured her place on the back of winning the Austrian Open one week ago with the Japanese superstar being in danger of missing the $500 000 event prior to her victory. The Seamaster Qatar 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals is the most lucrative table tennis event on the globe with only the top 16 men and women players from the 20 2016 ITTF World Tour events securing their place in Doha. In addition to the singles competition 8 men’s and women’s doubles pairs and 8 men’s and women’s under 21 players will also be making their way to Doha to compete in the event. The qulified players are: MA Long (CHN) FAN Zhendong (CHN) XU Xin (CHN) ZHANG Jike (CHN) Jun MIZUTANI (JPN) CHUANG Chih -Yuan (TPE) Vladimir SAMSONOV (BLR) WONG Chun Ting (HKG) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (GER) Yuto MURAMATSU (JPN) Kenta MATSUDAIRA (JPN) CHEN Chien-An (TPE) JEOUNG Youngsik (KOR) TANG Peng (HKG) Yuya OSHIMA (JPN) LI Ping (QAT). DING Ning (CHN) LIU Shiwen (CHN) ZHU Yuling (CHN) Kasumi ISHIKAWA (JPN) FENG Tianwei (SGP) TIE Yana (HKG) Mima ITO (JPN) CHENG I-Ching (TPE) YANG Haeun (KOR) Miu HIRANO (JPN) Yuka ISHIGAKI (JPN) HAN Ying (GER) LEE Ho Ching (HKG) YU Mengyu (SGP) SHAN Xiaona (GER) Hina HAYATA (JPN).
