Elected to the office of President of the International Table Tennis Federation officially assuming duties on Monday 1 September 2014 in succession to Adham SHARARA month ago Thomas WEIKERT has announced his resignation as President of the German Table Elected to the office of President of the International Table Tennis Federation officially assuming duties on Monday 1 September 2014 in succession to Adham SHARARA month ago Thomas WEIKERT has announced his resignation as President of the German Table Tennis Association (DTTB). The 53 year-old lawyer relinquished the role on Tuesday after a ten year tenure of office. It is a position he has held since his election on Sunday 12 June 2005 at the General Assembly when becoming the association’s twelfth President. He succeeded Walter GRUNDAHL. On Tuesday in Germany at the General Assembly all regulations had to be strictly followed. “First Thomas WEIKERT had to resign as President then Michael GEIGER had to resign as Vice President Finance – because according to our statutes the treasurer is not allowed to hold a second position ” the Secretary General of the German Association Matthias VATHEUER explains. He supervised the order managed the pollings among the EC members and kept records about the whole process. “Michael GEIGER could then be appointed President by the remaining EC members. After this the EC with the new President appointed Dr. Hans-Jürgen HACKENBERG as the new Vice President Finance”. Thomas WEIKERT will remain in the DTTB as Counselor. The first board meeting under the direction of Michael GEIGER and participation of Dr. Hans-Jürgen HACKENBERG’S is during the GAC Group ITTF World Tour German Open in Bremen next week (March 18 to 22). New DTTB Presidium President: Michael GEIGER (Haslach im Kinzigtal) Honorary President: Hans Wilhelm GÄB (Hofheim) Vice-President Competitive Sports: Heike AHLERT (Schleswig) Finance: Dr. Hans-Jürgen HACKENBERG (Gießen) Sport Development: Arne KLINDT (Hamburg) Youth Sports: Jürgen AHLERT (Schleswig) General Secretary: Matthias VATHEUER (Oberursel)DTTB
Advantage for Eslovs and Grudziadz
Both French representatives in Men’s ETTU Cup semi final had a bad day. Vaillante Angers lost against Eslovs AL in Sweden whilst Stella Sport La Romagne suffered defeat at the home soil against Olimpia Unia Grudziadz from Poland. In Sweden Eslovs A Both French representatives in Men’s ETTU Cup semi final had a bad day. Vaillante Angers lost against Eslovs AL in Sweden whilst Stella Sport La Romagne suffered defeat at the home soil against Olimpia Unia Grudziadz from Poland. In Sweden Eslovs AL beat Vaillante Angers in the thrilling four matches duel. That gave them advantage but they are far from safe ground before their trip to France next month. XU Hui succeeded in straight games against Jon PERSSON. However last two games were very close. Jens LUNDQVIST leveled the game in the duel against Robert SVENSSON but he could not repeat the success against XU Hui in the fourth match. Jens stretched XU to full distance he had 2:0 lead before host club’s player recovered to seal the match. Polish Olimpia Unia Grudziadz made great advantage for the second leg. CHEN Tian Yuan opened the duel victoriously but after that it was all about the guests. Kaii YOSHIDA was the back bone of the club’s success with two victories against Adbel Kader SALIFOU and CHEN Tian Yuan. Eslovs AL – Vaillante Angers 3:1 XU Hui – Jon PERSSON 3:0 (11:7 11:9 12:10) Robert SVENSSON – Jens LUNDQVIST 0:3 (10:12 7:11 8:11) Mattias OEVERSJÖ – Kenji MATSUDAIRA 3:2 (11:9 6:11 9:11 11:4 11:7) XU Hui – Jens LUNDQVIST 3:2 (8:11 6:11 12:10 11:8 11:4) Stella Sport La Romagne – Olimpia Unia Grudziadz 1:3 CHEN Tian Yuan – Bartosz SUCH 3:0 (11:8 11:7 11:9) Adbel Kader SALIFOU – Kaii YOSHIDA 0:3 (12:14 8:11 7:11) Brice OLLIVIER – WANG Yang 0:3 (12:14 4:11 6:11) CHEN Tian Yuan – Kaii YOSHIDA 1:3 (8:11 6:11 12:10 10:12)
GAO as a key-factor for Borussia!
Three former Men`s European Champions League winners and one runner-up will fight for the two final tickets in the upcoming MECL semi-finals as 1st leg will be played this Friday and Saturday: Chartres ASTT – Borussia Dusseldorf (March 13th 19h00 CET)
The sportsman signs a long-term partnership with ETTU
The sportsman media group has signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU): the sports rights and sports marketing agency is taking over global TV marketing and marketing of the European Table Tennis Champions League
Penultimate stage in Sweden Spain Poland
Sweden Spain and Poland will host first leg of the semi final duels in the Men’s and Women’s ETTU Cup this weekend. Second leg is scheduled for the first weekend of April. In Sweden Eslovs AL will host French Vaillante Angers. Hosts booked their place af
Linz likes underdog role
It remains just two more games in the Women`s European Champions League which will decide the winner of the 2014/15 edition. The first final leg will be held this Sunday in Austria where two times WECL winner Linz AG Froschberg hosts actual runner-up and It remains just two more games in the Women`s European Champions League which will decide the winner of the 2014/15 edition. The first final leg will be held this Sunday in Austria where two times WECL winner Linz AG Froschberg hosts actual runner-up and top seeded Fenerbahce. Turkish champion is considered as a clear favorite but they face upcoming clash with a clear warning from the latest final when they were upset by TTC Berlin Eastside. Fenerbahce is still unbeaten this season having 8-0 score and losing just five sets in total while Austrian side has 6-2 but buoyed by two fast wins in the semi-finals against domestic rival SVNO STROCK. “We expect a sold out playing venue here in Linz. We specially activated in addition to our fans the Turkey community in Linz. At least half of them are really in love with the Club of Fenerbahce Istanbul I think the other half is for Galatasaray or Besiktas” said Linz`s President Günther RENNER speaking about fan attitude of the Turkish. Froschberg won twice WECL in 2009 and 2013 playing two more times in the final. Coach BIAN Yadong combined five players in eight matches so far with an excellent outcome of LI Xiaodan (8-0 score). Other four are LIU Jia (7-5) Sofia POLCANOVA (4-1) Iveta VECENOVSKA (3-3) and Camelia POSTOACA (1-0). They are aware that the biggest threat for them will be for sure the world`s no. 7 Chinese WU Yang the best ranked player in the competition. But Günther RENNER stressed that the 14 times Austrian champion is able to play against anybody: “We are now the fifth time in the final it`s not very new for us but it could be new for some players of our young team but also for WU Yang. We are happy that we are at the top of Europe again now we want to have the summit cross. It was no easy season for us but LI Xiaodan helped us in critical situations to get over it. Now we expect more input and greed from our home grown players. Nobody knows if a club can reach the Champions League Final again year for year so every players has to find a way to compete on the highest level that is possible. The pressure is absolutely on the side of Fenerbahce I think they need to win the title we don`t. Usually we are best when we are underestimated I hope this is still the same.” Returning match comes on April 4th in Istanbul. Linz has a chance to become the first club with three WECL crowns while Fenerbahce plays for its very first title.
Beat The Best: SAIVE vs. AHRENS
It is no question that Jean-Michel SAIVE is the better table tennis player than Bernd AHRENS who plays in the fourth German League. But what happens if they are not testing their topspins? What if they are playing quite unusual games which have at least It is no question that Jean-Michel SAIVE is the better table tennis player than Bernd AHRENS who plays in the fourth German League. But what happens if they are not testing their topspins? What if they are playing quite unusual games which have at least something to do with table tennis? This question will be answered in “Beat The Best“ a challenge initiated by the German website myTischtennis.de and supported by STIGA. In the following days table tennis legend Jean-Michel SAIVE will be challenged by an amateur player in different games the first one is called „Blowing“. The next video will be published tomorrow. If you want to get an impression here are the first two videos. The Opening: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFacpypljvU Game 1 “Blowing”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WZT_QPVZ48
MECL top seed with best line-up in Austria
After seven weeks break the 2014/15 Men`s European Champions League continues by the 1st semi-final matches this Friday and Saturday. One of two games will be held in Wolkersdorf Austria where Wienviertel Niederosterreich hosts Fakel Gazproma Orenburg After seven weeks break the 2014/15 Men`s European Champions League continues by the 1st semi-final matches this Friday and Saturday. One of two games will be held in Wolkersdorf Austria where Wienviertel Niederosterreich hosts Fakel Gazproma Orenburg (Saturday March 14th 17h00 CET). “There is no doubt that Fakel Gazprom Orenburg is favorite. Our players promise to do their best to make great matches” stressed Niederosterreich`s President Dr Johann FRIEDSCHRÖDER. The 14 times Austrian champion and 2008 MECL winner played variable during the group stage but finished on the top of the Group B having 4-2 score. In the opening round held in Chartres the team showed how dangerous it could be beating GAO Ning & Company 3:0 (9-1). Strong Chinese defender HOU Yingchao played the 15 individually matches so far more than any other MECL player this season having 12-3 score (39-14). He won all four his encounters in the quarter final against Bogoria beating twice OH Sang Eun. Stefan FEGERL (5-5) and Daniel HABESOHN (5-4) contributed enough to secure semi-final spot for their side. Two times MECL champion Orenburg is aiming its third title. The team spends the last stage of the preparation in Dusseldorf. Dimitrij OVTCHAROV missed recent German Championships because of the injury received last Thursday during the practice but he will be in the squad of the Russian champion. Coach of Fakel Gazproma Orenburg Valeriy SALABAEV said: “Our rival is very strong and our team is preparing for this duel very carefully. We are having a training session in Dusseldorf where we’ll try to design the forthcoming match. Our team is incredibly motivated and determined to win this hardest battle. We are going to play with our best forces and do our best to create a kind of a margin for our home match.” As in the previous five seasons Orenburg easily passed its group (5-1) suffering just one defeat from the last year`s champion Pontoise Cergy. In the semis they beat twice 3:0 Saarbrucken. All three Fakel Gazproma`s players fulfilled expectations of their coach so far: Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 7-1 score (26-8 in sets) Vladimir SAMSONOV 7-1 (23-7) and Alexei SMIRNOV 6-2 (20-12). Other semi-final clash will be held in Chartres where French champion expects ten times European champion Borussia Dusseldorf (Friday March 13th 19h00 CET).
Azerbaijani President receives Russia’s presidential aide
Azerbaijani President Ilham ALIYEV on Monday received Vice-President of the Russian Olympic Committee aide to the Russian President Igor LEVITIN. LEVITIN presented to the head of state a memorial album dedicated to the Sochi Winter Olympics APA reported Azerbaijani President Ilham ALIYEV on Monday received Vice-President of the Russian Olympic Committee aide to the Russian President Igor LEVITIN. LEVITIN presented to the head of state a memorial album dedicated to the Sochi Winter Olympics APA reported. The presidential aide said Russian athletes are well prepared for the Baku-2015 first European Games noting that Russia will be represented by as many as 300 athletes. LEVITIN said he hopes Azerbaijan will organize the first European Games at a high level and wished Azerbaijan success in this regard. President Ilham ALIYEV said in his turn that despite the decision on the holding of the first European Games in Baku was adopted little time ago Azerbaijan has done huge work in this respect and will not spare any efforts for the Games to be organized at a high level. The head of state outlined that the event is not important solely for Azerbaijani but the expansion of international sports cooperation in general. The sides stressed that bilateral relations between Azerbaijan and Russia are developing in all spheres expressing their confidence that these relations will continue to expand. Official Russian NOC delegation in next two days will inspect Games facilities Village and venues including Baku Sports Hall for TT. In the delegation is also the ETTU Vice President Roman MARKOV.
Golf Tournament for table tennis players in Tampere
The 11th European Veterans Table Tennis Championships (June 29th until July 4th 2015 at Tampere) already can count on 1900 registered players and more than 400 accompanying persons. Organizing committee announced that they received entries from 35 countr The 11th European Veterans Table Tennis Championships (June 29th until July 4th 2015 at Tampere) already can count on 1900 registered players and more than 400 accompanying persons. Organizing committee announced that they received entries from 35 countries. Germany topping the list by far with 600 entries. More than 100 entries come from Sweden Russia and England around 100 also from France and Czech Republic… Men’s singles 50 is the biggest event with more than 350 participants. The number of participants is increasing everyday. DING Yi (Austria) is the most notable name so far but the list is not completed yet. “As we know that many table tennis players are enthusiastic golf players we will on the free dayWednesday July 1st organize a special Golf Tournament for Table Tennis Players. This Golf tournament will be open for all table tennis players and coaches not only for those participating in Veterans Championships” announced on behalf of Organizing Committee ETTU Vice President Sonja GREFBERG. More then 200 volunteers will work during the Championships to make this event unforgettable for everyone…
