Fakel Gazproma Orenburg beat away Walter Wels 3:0 in the Round 4 of Group A Defending TTCLM champion Fakel Gazproma Orenburg took revenge over Walter Wels after showing its super class in Austria to win 3:0. Champions beaten 3:1 at home three months ago now had much easier job because Yuya OSHIMA was absent. When these two clubs met in Orenburg Japanese defeated both European stars Dimitrij OVTCHAROV and Vladimir SAMSONOV. Tonight clash started by Vladimir SAMSONOV victory against Mihai BOBOCICA. Italian played decent in all five sets but in the latest one Byelorussian relied on his experience to secure Orenburg`s advantage. Actual individual European champion was super motivated against player who beat him in the Round 1 and result speaks for itself: Zolt PETE – Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 0:3 (3:11 7:11 5:11). Alexey SMIRNOV concluded the match by 3:1 victory against Dominuque PLATTNER. Russian had a match ball in the third game but host managed to extend the game by one set. After four rounds Orenburg tops Group A with 3-1 score followed by Saarbrucken (2-2) Walter Wels (2-2) and Angers (1-3). TTCLM Round 4 Group A SPG Walter Wels – Fakel Gazproma Orenburg 0:3 Mihai BOBOCICA – Vladimir SAMSONOV 2:3 (9:11 11:8 12:14 11:7 9:11) Zolt PETE – Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 0:3 (3:11 7:11 5:11) Dominique PLATTNER – Alexei SMIRNOV 1:3 (9:11 4:11 12:10 11:13)
Cartagena leads in ECLW Group B
Spanish club beat SVNO STROCK 3:1 in the latest Round 4 match UCAM Cartagena tops ECLW Group B after Round 4 as it beat at home the 2012 ECLW finalist SVNO STROCK 3:1. In the opening round Austrian side won 3:0 in Schwechat so it will be interesting to see how the things will unfold in the next two rounds. As in the previous round against Szekszard SHEN Yanfei contributed with two points. First she beat Matilda EKHOLM in five games while in the fourth encounter she prevailed against Tetyana BILENKO. Ukrainian player leveled the score after two matches as she overcame Maria XIAO. Third point for Cartagena got WANG Zhipei who was better than Croatian rising star Lea RAKOVAC. ECLW Round 4 Group B UCAM Cartagena – SVNO STROCK 3:1 SHEN Yanfei – Matilda EKHOLM 3:2 (7:11 8:11 12:10 11:8 11:7) Maria XIAO – Tetyana BILENKO 1:3 (11:9 5:11 6:11 1:11) WANG Zhipei – Lea RAKOVAC 3:1 (11:5 6:11 11:3 15:13) SHEN Yanfei – Tetyana BILENKO 3:1 (11:5 6:11 12:10 11:2)
France topping the European list
2015 World Junior Championships in La Roche sur Yon The 2015 World Junior Championships which commences in La Roche sur Yon France tomorrow gathered 20 teams in Junior Boys and 19 in Junior Girls Team Events. Top seeded in both categories is China whilst France is the best seeded European team. In Boys category they are at the position no. four and in Girls category no. three. Boys from Sweden are just one place above; whilst in Girls category Romania follows hosts closely at position no. four. We can expect very close battle between the best European teams. In the final of the Boys’ Team event at the European Youth Championships the French trio formed by Alexandre CASSIN Can AKKUZU and Joe SEYFRIED recorded a three matches to one success in the final against the Swedish trio of Anton KÄLLBERG Malte MOREGARDH and Simon SODERLUND. Notably Alexandre CASSIN beat both Simon SODERLUND and Anton KÄLLBERG. All six players are on duty in La Roche sur Yon. Latter in Bratislava Anton KÄLLBERG clinched the title in singles. Further at the LIEBHERR Men’s World Cup in Halmstad he booked his place in the main draw whilst at the GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Tour Swedish Open in Stockholm he recorded a second round win over China’s YAN An before overcoming Russia’s Vasily LAKEEV. In Girls Category Audrey ZARIF of France and Adina DIACONU of Romania will lead the European challenge. The top seed is China’s WANG Manyu. Beaten at the semi-final stage by LIU Gaoyang in Rabat one year ago in Shanghai the winner Wang Manyu attempts to do what has never been done before; that is to retain the Junior Girls’ Singles title at a World Junior Championships. In fact it is a feat that has not been achieved in the counterpart Boys’ Singles event; if she can succeed in La Roche sur Yon when play in the eight day tournament concludes on Sunday 6th December she will have her own special place in the annals of sport. She will match ZHU Yuling as having won the Junior Girls’ Singles title on two occasions; ZHU Yuling appeared in three consecutive finals.
WECL Round 4: Just guest celebrates
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
