You can find all relevant documents regarding European club competition The proposed regulations for the European Club Competition Men and Women have been adopted by majority of the votes. You can find all relevant documents regarding Table Tennis Champions League Men Women European Champions League ETTU Cup for men and women here. The good news is that 12 clubs will compete in ECLW in new season whilst the number of clubs in TTCL is 16. Entries for all competitions are open now until June 29th (you can find it here). Club entries have to be done by the national associations using the online entry system https://www.ttm.co.at/onlineentries/users/login . For login please use the same as you have used for past events. Club representatives are invited to attend the draw and workshop of the 2015/2016 Champion league Clubs in Bratislava Slovakia on Monday 13th July 205. You can find invitation here.
Baku 2015 European Games Opening Ceremony sold out
The countdown has begun – 3 days to go Baku 2015 European Games announced today that Friday’s Opening Ceremony for the inaugural event will be staged in front of a full house. Mr Simon CLEGG Chief Operating Officer of Baku 2015 said: “This is an amazing achievement and something of which we should be extremely proud for what will be the biggest night in Azerbaijan’s sporting history. With just three days to go to the spectacular show we have hit another significant milestone on this incredible journey. For 30 months we have been transforming a vision into a reality and now we will welcome the most significant addition to the European sporting calendar for 50 years with a full stadium. My thanks go to all the BEGOC staff more than 78 per cent of whom are locals to all their hard work in delivering not only this sold-out Opening Ceremony but also the entire Games where the sporting sessions are also selling rapidly.” Mr CLEGG also revealed that a total of 106 sports sessions have also been sold out and added: “The excitement around the European Games which has been so obvious in Baku is continuing to be reflected in the ticket sales.” BEGOC has also been working closely with the authorities in Azerbaijan to ensure that there are anti-scalping laws in place to protect the thousands who want to come to the European Games. Head of Ticketing Mirjam Bogataj said: “We have worked closely with the National Olympic Committee of Republic of Azerbaijan the Ministry of Youth and Sport and the National Parliament on this legislation. We want to ensure that all the tickets that are purchased are genuine and the best way to do that is to make sure that you only purchase tickets from our ticket booths across Baku and the one in Mingachevir.’ For those who have not managed to secure a prized ticket to the biggest night in Azerbaijan’s sporting history the official Baku 2015 website will capture every moment of the Ceremony itself including exclusive behind the scenes footage. The opening Ceremony will be streamed live worldwide on Baku2015.com and there will be live coverage of the big day from 12 noon Baku time on the site and through the social media platforms. The ramp-up to the Opening Ceremony will include a live blog tweets and posts of the excitement building throughout the Azerbaijani capital. Exclusive behind-the-scenes clips will be revealed during the Ceremony and a 10 minute highlights package of the show will be made available minutes after the end of the event. The Baku2015.com homepage will be taken over by the colours of the Opening Ceremony and the third exclusive preview trailer will be revealed on Wednesday.
PROVOST and YANG of Monaco clinched gold in Iceland
16th Games of the Small States of Europe was held in Reykjavik The Table tennis tournament at the16th Games of the Small States of Europe in Reykjavik Iceland has been played in TBR Sports Hall. During five competition days from June 2nd to June 6th a total of 8 associations competed in Team’s and Singles Events. The 8 associations took part of the competition: Andorra Cyprus Iceland Luxembourg Malta Monaco Montenegro and San Marino (33 players 17 men and 16 women participated). TD 16th GSSE Singles men 1. Damien PROVOST Monaco2. Irfan CEKIC Montenegro3. Marios YIANGOU Cyprus3. Luka BAKIC Montenegro Singles women 1. YANG Xiaoxin Monaco 2. Sarah De NUTTE Luxembourg3. Viktoria LUCENKOVA Malta3.Egle TAMASAUSKAITE Luxembourg Men’s team1. Monaco2. Montenegro3. Luxembourg3. San Marino Women’s team1. Lucembourg2. Monaco3. Malta3. Montenegro Doubles men 1. Luka BAKIC Irfan CEKIC Montenegro2. Eric GLOD Gilles MICHELY Luxembourg3. Marios YIANGOU Yiangos YIANGOU Cyprus3. Lorenzo RAGNI Marco VANNUCCI San Marino Doubles women 1. Sarah De NUTTE NI Xia Lian Luxembourg 2. Lauren Riley YANG Xiaoxin Monaco 3. Sonja JANKOVIC Neda MILACIC BOGDANOVIC Montenegro 3. Viktoria LUCENKOVA Jessica PACE Malta
2019 World Table Tennis Championships Bidding Opens
ITTF opens up the bidding process for the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships The bidding process for the world’s biggest table tennis event the World Table Tennis Championships is now opened for 2019. The 2019 edition will be the individual championships with the men’s & women’s singles men’s & women’s doubles and mixed doubles world champions being crowned. The World Championships promises the world’s best table tennis players on show from over 100 countries in one of the biggest sporting event on the planet. On the bid opening ITTF’s CEO Judit FARAGO stated: “We look forward and expect strong interest from national associations and cities to host our showcase event. After successful world championships in recent years we believe that stakeholders are aware of the benefits the organisation of the event could bring them. There is always big media attention on who is crowned as world champion but it is even more attractive in the year before the Olympic Games the winner in 2019 will be surely considered as favourite in 2020 in Tokyo.” The World Table Tennis Championships is the ITTF’s most valuable event with over 450 million people following the 2015 championships. This included 330 million watching the event live on TV in 170 countries. In addition to the extraordinary media values the event offers the World Championships also provides substantial economic benefits for the host city. The 2015 event brought Suzhou China US$156 million of revenue as a result of hosting the event. Bidding for the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships which will be the 55th edition dating back to 1926 closes on 31 October 2015 and allocation of the event will take place at the 2016 ITTF Annual General Meeting in Kuala Lumpur. Тhe figures from the Qoros 2015 World Table Tennis Championships: Countries that broadcasted the event live on TV: 170 CCTV viewers: 252 million World wide TV viewers: 330 million ITTF.com unique visitors over 8 days: 10 million itTV unique viewers over 8 days (live and on demand) : 1 million 440 matches on itTV Countries that watched itTV: 179 People who saw content on ITTF’s Facebook: 3 million YouTube views: 7 million Countries that watched content on YouTube: 231 Minutes watched on YouTube: 25 million Accredited media: 1 000 Media articles: 11 000 The upcoming World Championships already allocated are: 2016 – Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 2017 – Dusseldorf Germany 2018 – Halmstad Sweden
Baku 2015 Flame arrives in Baku in spectacular style
The Baku 2015 Flame made a dramatic entrance to Baku yesterday as part of a five-day tour of the capital city ahead of the Opening Ceremony of the inaugural European Games on Friday 12 June The flame was captured by President Ilham ALIYEV on April 26 in Ateshgah and has toured Azerbaijan for the past six weeks involving 750 000 spectators in anticipation of Baku 2015 and the coming together of Europe’s 50 sporting nations in this historic moment for the country and the whole continent. The Baku 2015 Flame arrived at Satko Pier by boat early this evening carried by oil worker Nahid Nuriyev who had travelled with it from the Oil Rocks production facility in the Caspian Sea off Baku. Mr Nuriyev then passed the flame to President Ilham ALIYEV who led the Baku 2015 Torch along the Bulvar. First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva was passed the flame by mugham singer Arif BABAYEV and torchbearers Isfar SARABSKIY Igbal HAJIZADE and Firengiz ALIZADE carried it along Neftchilar Avenue followed by a parade of Azerbaijan’s famous Karabakh horses. From there torchbearers Namik ABDULLAYEV Zemfira MEFTAHADDINOVA and Omar ELDAROV led the torch to Flag Square and Crystal Hall with a giant model horse accompanying the final torchbearer to take the flame into the Maiden Tower where it will stay overnight until the Opening Ceremony. In total the flame travelled 16km across the city and was carried by 100 torchbearers. Mr Azad RAHIMOV Azerbaijan’s Minister of Youth and Sport and Chief Executive Officer of Baku 2015 said: “The Journey of the Flame has fuelled the imagination of the Azerbaijani public over the past six weeks and it was wonderful to see Baku take part in the celebrations this evening with the same enthusiasm as people across the country. Apart from building anticipation ahead of the Opening Ceremony the Journey is a unique chance for this great capital city to be seen in a new light and I’m sure that in the coming four days we will see the best of Baku.”
Switzerland: 11th title in a row for Rio-Star Muttenz
In Nationalliga A new champion beat Meyrin 6:3 and 6:1 In the men’s Nationalliga A Rio-Star Muttenz clinched the title again. 19-year old Elia SCHMID and his teammates HU Jiashun and YANG Chengbowen managed to beat Meyrin in the play-off-finals 6:3 and 6:1. The former english international Andrew RUSHTON and his compatriot David MEADS (in doubles) recorded the only victories for Meyrin. The fourth player for Rio-Star was Dominic SCHAUFELBERGER being sucessfully on duty during the the regular season. Next season the club from Basel will continue its „youth development work“ since the promising talent Filip KARIN joined the champion..
French Juniors will meet Hungary Spain and Croatia
The draw for the forthcoming 2015 European Youth Championships in Bratislava was conducted today In Bruxelles at the Belgian TTF headquarters ETTU Youth Committee Chair Sandra DEATON the ETTU Ranking Committee Chair Igor HELLER and the Deputy Secretary General Pierre KASS conducted the draw for the forthcoming 2015 European Youth Championships in Bratislava (10th – 19th July). The draw was done on the current ITTF ranking list (May 2015).In the Junior Boys Teams Event 40 countries will have its representatives. In top Division top seeds last year’s winners team of France will play against Hungary Spain and Croatia. In Group B Sweden will meet Germany Slovakia and Denmark. In Group C 2014 runners up Poland will meet Czech Republic Belarus and Portugal. In Group D Russia will face the opposition from Slovenia Austria and Ukraine. In Riva del Garda last year France clinched the title in Juniors Girls Team’s Event as well. Now in Group A they will start their journey at the Championships with matches in the first phase against Hungary Serbia and Estonia. In Group B are Romania at the top followed by Spain Portugal and Croatia. In Group C Germany will face Poland Czech Republic and Israel. In Group D Russia is the leader followed by Belarus Slovenia and Italy. The complete list of teams includes 34 countries in this event. French players stood at the top position of the medal rostrum three times last year in the Team’s Event. Cadets won the title in Italy but on the top of the Group A is Romania. They will meet Poland Hungary and Czech Republic. France is the leading nation in the Group B. Russia Turkey and Denmark are also there. In Group C Italy is at the top followed by Lithuania Sweden and Slovenia whilst in Group D Germany at the top will play against Moldova Belgium and Serbia. In Cadet girls Event Romania succeeded to the throne in Riva del Garda but at the top of the list is runner up – Russia. In Group A Russia will meet Czech Republic Poland and Hungary. In Group B France will play against Belarus Germany and Austria. At the top of the Group C is Sweden. Serbia Belgium and Spain will try to halt their progress. In Group D Romania is with Slovakia Turkey and Ukraine. Team Events will be played from 10th to 14th of July.
Orenburg`s time in the TTCHL
“I am proud of our magnificent team and always believed in its success! These tremendous victories – a worthy gift to Russia and to our native Gazprom” stressed Orenburg`s vice-president Victor ANDREEV speaking about their third title in the TTCLM Fakel Gazproma Orenburg started their table tennis life in the opening year of the third millennium but these 14 years was enough to establish itself as one of the best European clubs. Actually Russian club is just one of three who managed to reach TTCHL three times since its foundation (October 20th 2001). Belgian Charleroi did it four times since that (2001/2002 2002/2003 2003/2004 2006/2007) Borussia took three (2008/2009 2009/2010 2010/2011) as well as Orenburg (2011/2012 2012/2013 2014/2015). Although Russian side is proven champion its vice-president Victor ANDREEV emphasized that the recent third TTCHL title reached after exciting finals against Borussia has a special place in the club`s history. Ten times European champion had 3:1 advantage from the Dusseldorf`s first final leg but they were beaten 3:0 on the Russian soil.“The May 29 2015 is a historical date for Russia”! stressed Victor ANDREEV. “TTC Fakel – Gazprom for the third time won a title of the strongest club of Europe! It was the great victory over great club Borussia Düsseldorf. This match became the real decoration of the 2014/2015 Champions League! Our players made the real sports feat! We prepared very seriously for this match all players were adjusted on a victory”. ANDREEV explained why coach Valery SALABAEV in the final rematch put Vladimir SAMSONOV to play as team`s no. 1 instead of Dimitrij OVTCHAROV: “It was necessary to risk with the line-up of our players but we hoped for success. Lineup of our team was successful. SAMSONOV OVTCHAROV and SMIRNOV played simply perfectly. The match turned out fantastic! Our players were in an excellent form thanks to Fakel – Gazprom’s magnificent victory on May 24 in Yekaterinburg in the final of the Russian Championship over one of the strongest clubs of Europe – UMMC!” Coach SALABAEV added:“Sometimes in two-legged opposition defeat in the first game is a good incentive before the second meeting. The line-up chosen for the score 3:0 and each player was determined to win in his game. Strong support of the Orenburg fans helped us to cope with this difficult task”. Orenburg was founded on 20th October 2001. Since 2003 the title sponsor of the club is Gazprom who provided an excellent conditions for club`s development. In its very first season in Russian Super League (2004/2005) he managed to become a champion. Table Tennis Center of Russia has been opened in 2013. After 14 years Orenburg has 15 titles in total. They won Russian Super League seven times (2005 2006 2008 2011 2012 2014 2015) Russian Cup three times (2006 2009 2012) as well as TTCLM (2012 2013 2015) reaching two more competition once ETTU Cup (2010) and European Super Cup (2012). The recent final against Borussia was Fakel Gazproma`s sixth in a row in both ETTU competitions since they won ETTU Cup in 2010. After all Victor ANDREEV wanted to say one more thing:“I am proud of our magnificent team and always believed in its success! These tremendous victories – a worthy gift to Russia and to our native Gazprom”!
DR CASL regains the title in Croatia
Men’s team clinched the title whilst girls had to settle with second position DR CASL regains the title lost last year in the close finish of the season in Croatia. They also won the top position in the European Superleague. In Superlaeague they defended the crown and that takes the club to second position of the overall list below the Niederösterreich with 11 titles. In the first leg it was 5:5 and in return leg 6:2. After thrilling closing game in the decisive play off final match the women’s team suffered defeat against Mladost. VUGRINEC had nine match points in total against DURAK before she lost the encounter. Superleague final second leg Dr. Časl – U-21 6:2Japec Zeng – Fučec Čipin 3:1 (11:7 11:9 8:11 13:11)Japec – Simović 3:1 (9:11 12:10 12:10 11:9)Zeng -Pucar 2:3 (11:7 12:10 7:11 3:11 10:12)Kolarek – Zeljko 1:3 (7:11 11:9 11:13 3:11)Zeng – Čipin 3:1 (11:8 11:6 10:12 11:8)Japec – Zeljko 3:1 ( 8:11 11:9 11:6 11:8)Kolarek – Pucar 3:1 (11:8 10:12 11:4 11:7)Zeng – Zeljko 10:12 12:10 15:17 11:6 11:9
Czech table tennis celebrated its Ninetieth birthday
Celebrations of the 90th anniversary of organized table tennis in Bohemia and Moravia took place on Saturday May 30th in Hodonin Exactly ninety years went by since the history of organized table tennis in the Czech Lands Moravia and Slovak began. This significant anniversary of a ping-pong village was greatly remembered and celebrated in Hodonin last week. The Czechoslovakia now Czech table tennis definitely had a lot to celebrate. Apart of many other accomplishments they are pride of an amazing number of twenty-nine gold medals from the World championships as well as in having the second most successful player in the entire history of the world of table tennis. – Bohumil VANA. However it was not only Bohumil VANA who made the country famous but there are many other famous names who have forever become an indispensable part of the world table tennis history such as Marie KETTNEROVA Vera VOTRUBCOVA Vlasta DEPETRISOVA Stanislav KOLAR and later after the war Ivan ANDREADIS and Ladislav STIPEK. All these and many others have contributed to the fact that table tennis is one of the historically most successful sports ever practiced in the Czech Republic. Surely it is no coincidence that the Czechoslovak table tennis players still carry the forth place in the number of medals from the world championships behind „great ping pong countries“ of China Hungary and Japan. Celebrations of the 90th anniversary of organized table tennis in Bohemia and Moravia took place on Saturday May 30th in Hodonin. Apart of a grand Czech delegation the Czech table tennis for remotely promoted and congratulated to by the leaders of the World and European table tennis organisations- Thomas WEIKERTand Ronald KRAMER. So called Galadne was attended by many prominent personalities of the Czech table tennis as well as special guests from abroad. Amongst the most attractive certainly belonged to the trio of world champions coming from Hungary István JONYER Tibor KLAMPAR and Gabor GERGELY.The extremely rich program offered many examples of exhibition matches such as the younger vs. older generation match between Tomas TREGLER (current CZ representant) and the legendary Elisabeth KREJCOVA-FURSTOVA as well as the “golden age” match played by Jindrich PANSKY Marie HRACHOVA Josef DVORACEK and Alice GROFOVA-CHLADEKOVA. The celebration in Hodonin could of course not happen without the presence of the current Czech table tennis representatives. Besides the aforementioned Tomas TREGLER the art of current ping pong was as well presented by Iveta VACENOVSKA Hana MATELOVA or Kateřina PENKAVOVA. The highlight of the program was a 30minutes long speech presented by the Vice World Champions in doubles from 1985 Jindřich PANSKY and his long-term colleague and friend Milan ORLOWSKI. During the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the Czech table tennis in Hodonin the Hall of Fame of Czech table tennis was enriched by 8 new grand names. Its founding members –Milan ORLOWSKI Jindrich PANSKY and Petr KORBEL have inaugurated their new colleagues Marta LUZOVA-HEJMOVA Eva POKORNA-KROUPOVA Eliska KREJCOVA-FURSTOVA Libuše UHROVA-GRAFKOVA and in memoriam: Ladislav STIPEK Vlasta VLKOVA-DEPETRISOVA Vera JAKESOVA-VOTRUBCOVA and Vaclav TEREBA. The Czech table tennis is more than alive. With humility and reverence it constantly looks into the future. And it hopes to be as successful as during the past ninety years..
