In Prague in the opening match of the fourth round in Men’s ETTU Cup Enjoy&Deploy Taverzo beat El Nino EHW in the full distance thriller. In the duel that went full five matches KANG Donghoon was backbone of guest’s success. KANG beat BAI He in the o In Prague in the opening match of the fourth round in Men’s ETTU Cup Enjoy&Deploy Taverzo beat El Nino EHW in the full distance thriller. In the duel that went full five matches KANG Donghoon was backbone of guest’s success. KANG beat BAI He in the opening duel and he sealed the victory by adding another point against Antonín GAVLAS. After GAVLAS beat Trinko KENN in the second match he put KANG under pressure but not enough to bring victory to his team. Rajko GOMMERS added third point to the score sheets by beating Kristián KOBES. Istres Tennis de Table secured the place in the quarterfinal of the Men’s ETTU Cup. French club overcame TTSC Elem in Verhnyaya Pyshma in four matches. CHEN Jian beat Ilya ZHIDKOV and Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO whilst Alexandre ROBINOT joined him with the victory over ZHMUDENKO. Nikita YARUSHIN was the only player to score for host nation. El Nino EHW – Enjoy&Deploy Taverzo 2:3 BAI He – KANG Donghoon 1:3 (11:6 8:11 9:11 5:11) Antonín GAVLAS -Trinko KEEN 3:1 (10:12 11:5 11:2 12:10) Kristián KOBES – Rajko GOMMERS 0:3 (10:12 8:11 5:11) BAI He – Trinko KEEN 3:2 (7:11 11:5 7:11 13:11 11:2) Antonín GAVLAS – KANG Donghoon 1:3 (5:11 9:11 11:8 6:11) Istres – Elem 3:1 CHEN Jian – Ilya ZHIDKOV 3:1 (11:5 11:8 6:11 11:6) Alexandre ROBINOT – Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 3:1 (11:9 12:10 9:11 11:9) Eric MASSON – Nikita YARUSHIN 0:3 (2:11 3:11 2:11) CHEN Jian – Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO 3:1 (11:8 8:11 11:7 11:7)
Chartres and Bogoria reached quarters
Top four seeds Orenburg Borussia UMMC and Chartres are among eight quarter finalists of 2014/15 Men`s European Champions League as well as reigning champion Pontoise 2008 winner Wienviertel Niederosterrech the 2012 semi-finalist Saarbrucken and Poli Top four seeds Orenburg Borussia UMMC and Chartres are among eight quarter finalists of 2014/15 Men`s European Champions League as well as reigning champion Pontoise 2008 winner Wienviertel Niederosterrech the 2012 semi-finalist Saarbrucken and Polish champion Bogoria. Tonight group stage is finished by Round 6 with two clashes in the focus one in Sweden Eslovs – Chartres 2:3 and other in France Hennebont – Bogoria 1:3. The 2013 runner-up Chartes won its crucial game to secure next stage after bad start in Group B while Bogoria overcame Kalinikos KREANGA`s side thanks to Korean OH Sang Eun who obtained two points. In Group A top seeded Orenburg beat away Roskilde 3:0 playing in its usual line-up Vladimir SAMSONOV Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Alexei SMIRNOV. Some clubs changed their squads tonight to rest their leading players but Russian champion always shows its best possible trio. Pontoise lost at home from Olimpia Unia 3:1 playing without WANG Jian Jun. Polish club continues to ETTU Cup quarter final while Roskilde finished fourth. Despite three wins in a row Eslovs will not play in the quarter final because they lost tonight from Chartres 3:2. XU Huo took both points for the host side beating Par GERELL and GAO Ning. On the other side each played of French champion reached one point. One of key moments was seen in the third match between Mattias OVERSJO and Robert GARDOS when guest in the late fifth set took six points in a row. In the latest clash Par GERELL overcame Robert SVENSSON in five games. These two players also met in the ultimate chapter of previous meeting in France when SVENSSON won in five games. Niederosterrecih booked its place in the quarter final before Round 6 but however defeated tonight Werder Bremen away 3:1. The 2008 MECL champion goes to the Top 8 phase from no. 1 spot of Group B In Group C UMMC and Saabrucken secured their quarter final positions earlier. Russian team beat Sten Marketing in five games while German side lost at home from Angers 3:0. Saarbrucken didn’t play in its best line-up while French team was motivated to reach ETTU Cup quarter final. Jon PERSSON Jens LUNDQVIST and Kenji MATSUDAIRA had no problem to beat Adrien MATTENET Cedric NUYTINCK and Marc RODE respectively. Borussia beat Walter Wels 3:1 playing without Timo BOLL in Grpup B. German champion like Orenburg and UMMC won all six games in group phase. Bogoria won in Hennebont 3:1 in crucial match for both sides. OH took two points (Kalinikos KREANGA Dimitrij PROKOPCOV) and Daniel GORAK one (PROKOPCOV). MECL Round 6 GROUP A: Roskilde Bordtennis – Fakel Gazproma Orenburg 0:3 Finn TUGWELL – Vladimir SAMSONOV 0:3 (7:11 3:11 7:11) Leonid MASLOV – Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 0:3 (6:11 7:11 5:11) Allan BENTSEN – Alexei SMIRNOV 1:3 (22:20 7:11 9:11 7:11) Pontoise Cergy – Olimpia Unia Grudziadz 1:3 WANG Jian Jun – WANG Yang 3:1 (9:11 11:6 12:10 11:5) Kristian KARLSSON – Yoshida KAII 2:3 (6:11 17:15 13:11 11:9 15:17) Peter FRANZ – Bartosz SUCH 2:3 (11:8 8:11 9:11 12:10 4:11) WANG Jian Jun – Yoshida KAII 2:3 (8:11 11:5 12:10 6:11 8:11) GROUP B: Eslovs AL – Chartres ASTT 2:3 XU Hui – Par GERELL 3:2 (7:11 9:11 11:9 11:8 11:6) Robert SVENSSON – GAO Ning 0:3 (6:11 5:11 7:11) Mattias OVERSJO – Robert GARDOS 2:3 (3:11 12:10 11:8 4:11 7:11) XU Hui – GAO Ning 3:1 (11:9 11:5 10:12 11:4) Robert SVENSSON – Par GERELL 1:3 (8:11 7:11 11:8 6:11) SW Werder Bremen – Wienviertel Niederosterreich 1:3 Constantin CIOTI – Daniel HABESOHN 2:3 (15:17 11:5 6:11 11:8 8:11) Hunor-Janos SZOCS – HOU Yingchao 2:3 (13:11 4:11 11:9 4:11 4:11) Adrian CRISAN – Dominik HABESOHN 3:1 (11:7 11:8 7:11 11:7) Constantin CIOTI – HOU Yingchao 0:3 (2:11 10:12 4:11) GROUP C: Sten Marketing HB Ostrov – TTSC UMMC 2:3 Pavel SIRUCEK – Joao MONTEIRO 3:1 (5:11 11:8 11:3 11:8) Tomas TREGLER – Grigorij VLASOV 2:3 (11:13 11:8 11:6 7:11 7:11) Petr KORBEL – TAN Ruiwu 3:1 (15:13 4:11 11:8 11:9) Pavel SIRUCEK – Grigorij VLASOV 2:3 (5:11 9:11 11:6 11:7 11:13) Tomas TREGLER – Joao MONTEIRO 1:3 (5:11 11:8 8:11 7:11) FC Saarbrucken – Vaillante Angers 0:3 Adrien MATTENET – Jon PERSSON 1:3 (7:11 7:11 11:5 5:11) Cedric NUYTINCK – Jens LUNDQVIST 1:3 (11:7 10:12 8:11 9:11) Marc RODE – Kenji MATSUDAIRA 2:3 (11:8 7:11 4:11 11:7 7:11) GROUP D: Borussia Dusseldorf – Walter Wels 3:1 Panagiotis GIONIS – Lehel DEMETER 3:0 (11:4 11:3 11:4) Kamal Sharat ACHANTA – Zolt PETE 3:1 (11:3 10:12 11:3 11:5) Danny HEISTER – Dominique PLATTNER 0:3 (6:11 8:11 10:12) Panagiotis GIONIS – Zolt PETE 3:0 (11:3 11:7 11:5) Hennebont – Bogoria Grodzisk 1:3 Dimitrij PROKOPCOV – Daniel GORAK 1:3 (11:8 11:13 5:11 3:11) Kalinikos KREANGA – OH Sang Eun 0:3 (8:11 6:11 11:13) Quentin ROBINOT – Robert FLORAS 3:0 (15:13 11:3 11:5) Dimitrij PROKOPCOV – OH Sang Eun 1:3 (11:6 2:11 7:11 3:11)
No Europeans since Round of 16 in Shanghai
Asian adversaries halted progress of Europeans in the Round of 16 at the Wisdom 2014 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Shanghai. QIU Dang of Germany lost his duel against XUE Fei of China Anton KALLBERG of Sweden failed to find the answer agains Asian adversaries halted progress of Europeans in the Round of 16 at the Wisdom 2014 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Shanghai. QIU Dang of Germany lost his duel against XUE Fei of China Anton KALLBERG of Sweden failed to find the answer against LIANG Jingkun of China and finally Filip ZELJKO of Croatia lost against WANG Chuqin of China. In Junior Girls Singles Event in the same stage Ekaterina GUSEVA of Russia suffered by the hands of CHEN Xingtong of China Germany’s Nina MITTELHAM lost against Mima ITO of Japan and WANG Manyu of China proved to strong for Lea RAKOVAC of Croatia. In penultimate stage will play seven Chinese and one player from Japan. In Boys category ZHU Chaohui will meet CHEN Ke whilst in other semi final WANG Manyu will meet HE Zhuojia all from China. In Girls Event Japan’s Yuto MURAMATSU will meet XUE Fei and LIU Dingshuo will play against YU Ziyang.
Portuguese President awards National Team
The Portuguese President of the Republic Aníbal CAVACO Silva honoured the male national team crowned European Champions at the tournament held in September in Portugal. The award ceremony took place last Monday at the official House of the President. The Portuguese President of the Republic Aníbal CAVACO Silva honoured the male national team crowned European Champions at the tournament held in September in Portugal. The award ceremony took place last Monday at the official House of the President. The athletes Marcos FREITAS Tiago APOLONIA João MONTEIRO João GERALDO and Diogo CHEN were awarded the degree of Commander of the Order of Infante D. Henrique. Four players have been present at the ceremony Diogo CHEN (away in Shangai at the Junior World Championships) was represented at the by his father CHEN Shi Shao. The national team coach Peter RUFINO and the President of the Portuguese Table Tennis Federation Pedro MOURA were awarded the Medal of the Order of Merit.
Finland Open: team titles for Iran and France
Iran with brothers Nima & Noshad ALAMIYAN DARONKOLAEI is crowned winner of Men´s Team Event at the 25th Finlandia Open. A bit surprisingly Nima took care of two points by beating both Stephane OUAICHE and Gregoire JEAN. His opening game against OUAIC Iran with brothers Nima & Noshad ALAMIYAN DARONKOLAEI is crowned winner of Men´s Team Event at the 25th Finlandia Open. A bit surprisingly Nima took care of two points by beating both Stephane OUAICHE and Gregoire JEAN. His opening game against OUAICHE was strange: after four tough games he was suddenly leading the 5th set by 10-0! The “better brother” Noshad took the third point by beating Jean 3-0 in similar style. However on the next table France managed to win Women’s team final against Japan 3-0. Emmanuelle LENNON and Stephanie LOEUILLETTE won 3:0 but there were five sets in two out of three games. In Men’s singles four players are still fighting for the title on Sunday. The first semifinal pair is interesting with brothers Alamiyan from Iran. In the other semi Stephane OUAICHE will meet Japan´s Takuya JIN whose appearances so far has been very impressive. The home audience was forced to be quite disappointed after Benedek OLAH´s marginal loss to Nima ALAMIYAN with 9-11 in the 7th set. In 9-10 OLAH still had his chances but he managed to make an unforced error in an easy smash just over the net. In women´s singles semifinals Japan´s Miyu KATO will face Antonina SAVELIEVA from Russia and the other Japanese Rei YAMAMOTO Serbia’s Anamaria ERDELJI.
Filip ZELJKO upsets the favorite in China
At the Wisdom 2014 World Junior Championships in the Chinese city of Shanghai total of 21 boys and girls from Europe reached the second round of the Singles Event. In the round of 32 will play 11 boys and 10 girls from Old Continent. Anton KALBERG of Swe At the Wisdom 2014 World Junior Championships in the Chinese city of Shanghai total of 21 boys and girls from Europe reached the second round of the Singles Event. In the round of 32 will play 11 boys and 10 girls from Old Continent. Anton KALBERG of Sweden and Filip ZELJKO of Croatia was forced to go full distance in their first round’s duels. KALLBERG beat Stanislav KUCERA of Czech Republic and ZELJKO succeeded against Asuka SAKAI of Japan. Whilst the result of the duel between Swede and Czech was expected ZELJKO’s success came as a surprise according to the seeding. Croat is listed at the position no. 25 whilst SAKAI is no. 6. Croatia is the only nation with two representatives in second round. Tomislav PUCAR joined ZELJKO after success against PARK Ganghyeon of Korea. Alexandre CASSIN of France Andreas DILLING of Denmark Aliaksandr KHANIN of Belarus QIU Dang of Germany Patryk ZATOWKA of Poland Adam SZUDI of Hungary Cristian PLETEA of Romania and Kirill GERASSIMENKO of Kazakhstan all reached next round. In Junior Girls Singles Natalia BAJOR of Poland and Laura PFEFER of France had to go all seven games. Diana LUPU of Romania forced BAJOR to go all seven games with last game concluded 13:11. LIN Chia Hsuan put PFEFER on severe test. She will not be alone in the second round. Marie MIGOT and Audrey ZARIF from French team also booked the place in the next round. Ekaterina GUSEVA and Maria MALANINA of Russia is also still in the game alongside Bernadett BALINT and Adina DIAONU of Romania Nina MITTELHAM of Germany Lea RAKOVAC of Croatia.
Both Austrian clubs join WECL semis
The latest Round 6 of 2014/15 Women`s European Champions League brought all four victories to the guests and very special moments for Austrian SVNO STROCK which made one of the biggest comebacks in WECL group stage. Tonight the 2012 WECL runner-up beat aw The latest Round 6 of 2014/15 Women`s European Champions League brought all four victories to the guests and very special moments for Austrian SVNO STROCK which made one of the biggest comebacks in WECL group stage. Tonight the 2012 WECL runner-up beat away Zamek Tarnobrzeg 3:2 to secure semi-final in season which didn’t` promise to much to them in the beginning. Actually Schwechat`s side opened current WECL edition with four consecutive defeats. Other Round 6 results are: Szekszard – Fenerbahce 0:3 Postas – Linz 0:3 Berlin – Metz 2:3. In the semi-final no. 1 seed Fenerbahce will meet reigning champion Berlin Eastside while in all-Austrian semis former WECL champion Linz AG Froschberg plays against SVNO STROCK in the reprise of 2012 semi-final. The last season`s semi-finalist Zamek was favorite against STROCK but HAN Ying was not enough to stop good team`s work from the other side. After first two matches teams were leveled and it was clear that third encounter will have a big importance. In that clash Renata STRBIKOVA and Dora MADARASZ played 2:2 6:7 and soon it looked like the guest has the win in her hands but after 6:10 host saved four set balls. However MADARASZ managed to take next two points to secure 2:1 lead for STROCK. HAN confidently defeated EKHOLM to provide fifth match for his side. In crucial battle well known defender Tetyana BILENKO beat Natalia PARTYKA in straight games. In other Group A game Fenerbahce was better than Szekszard 3:0. Turkish champion goes to the semis with all six wins. Tonight they again changed their line-ups playing with Irene IVANCAN WU Yang and Yana NOSKOVA. But however Fenerbahce has no mercy. In Group B Metz beat away defending champion but Berlin continues to the semis. These two clubs and Linz AG Froschberg finished all with 4-2 score thus number of match points ratio between them decided the final standing: Linz 16-9 Berlin 16-10 Metz 13-11. Austrian champion and WECL winner from 2009 and 2013 Froschberg defeated away Hungarian Postas. Camelia POSTOACA LIU Jia and Sofia POLCANOVA contributed with one point. Berlin was beaten 3:2 at home. Irina PALINA`s side wanted to avoid Fenerbahce for sure before the final but now they will meet in the semis. In fifth encounter WU Jiaduo beat Georgina POTA in five games.
Cyprus Friendship table tennis tournament 2014
Great success had the annual Cyprus Friendship Table Tennis Tournament which took place in Polyproponitirio Evangelos Florakis in Nicosia Cyprus from 28-30 November 2014. In this tournament participated Greece Romania Jordan Malta and Cyprus and many Great success had the annual Cyprus Friendship Table Tennis Tournament which took place in Polyproponitirio Evangelos Florakis in Nicosia Cyprus from 28-30 November 2014. In this tournament participated Greece Romania Jordan Malta and Cyprus and many very interesting games were held that pleased the friends of Table Tennis who watched them. Greece clinched all the titles both in team and single events and won in total 6 gold 1 silver and one bronze medal. Cyprus followed in second place with 4 silver and 4 bronze medals and Romania in third place with one silver. The Cyprus Friendship Table Tennis Tournament was successful in every way as it was well organized many and very competing games were held in a friendly atmosphere and pleased both competitors and spectators. RESULTS – Team Events Men: 1 Greece 2. Cyprus A 3. Cyprus B. Women: 1. Greece 2. Cyprus B 3. Cyprus A. Men’s Singles: 1.Constantinos KONSTANTINOPOULOS (Greece) 2.George KONSTANTINOPOULOS (Greece) 3.Marios YIANGOU (Cyprus). Women’s Singles: 1. Katerina TOLIOU (Greece) 2. Louiza KOUREA (Cyprus) 3. Georgia ZAVITSANOU (Greece). Men’s Doubles: 1. Constantinos KONSTANTINOPOULOS / George KONSTANTINOPOULOS (Greece) 2. Marios YIANGOU / Hristos HRISTONOF (Cyprus) 3. Zaid Abu YAMAN / Ayman Manshour MAKANAY (Jordan). Women’s Doubles: 1.Katerina TOLIOU / Georgia ZAVITSANOU (Greece) 2.Lorena BARLAN / Alexandra GHEORGHE (Romania) 3.Louiza KOUREA/ Eleftheria PANAGIOTOU (Cyprus).
France aiming for double victory in Finland
The 25th international Finlandia Open at Kisakallio Sports Institute started with team competition on Thursday. At the end of the very long day – at about 10 p.m. – it was clear that France is looking for victory in both men’s and women’s comp The 25th international Finlandia Open at Kisakallio Sports Institute started with team competition on Thursday. At the end of the very long day – at about 10 p.m. – it was clear that France is looking for victory in both men’s and women’s competition. Stephane OUAICHE and Jean GREGOIRE had no big problems against Puerto Rico in their semifinal. They will meet Iran in the final this evening. Iran with Nima and Noshad ALAMIYAN DARONKOLAEI may take a role as a favourite of the local spectators: left-handed Noshan collected applauses by changing his racket hand skillfully during the rallies. In women’s team final unseeded Japan 2 with Mariko TAKAHASHI and Yui ODONO will face France with Stephanie LOEUILLETTE and Emmanuelle LENNON. The formers had severe problems with Russia in their semi final encinter but two victories of TAKAHASHI saved them. Singles with progressive knock out system started this morning. The system is offering 2-3 matches to every participant daily until Sunday. Team finals will take their place at 8 p.m. on Friday evening. You can follow a live stream of the competition here
Final decisions in Eslovs and Hennebont
Six out of eight quarter finalist are already decided while the other two it will be unveiled this Friday when the Round 6 of 2014/15 Men`s European Champions League will be held. Pairs are: Rosklide Bordtennis – Gazproma Orenburg Pontoise Cergy – Olimp Six out of eight quarter finalist are already decided while the other two it will be unveiled this Friday when the Round 6 of 2014/15 Men`s European Champions League will be held. Pairs are: Rosklide Bordtennis – Gazproma Orenburg Pontoise Cergy – Olimpia Unia Eslovs Al – Chartres ASTT SW Werder Bremen – Wienviertel Niederosterreich Sten Marketing HB Ostrov – TTSC UMMC FC Saarbrucken – Vaillante Angers Borussia Dusseldorf – SPG Walter Wels GV Hennebont – Bogoria Grodzisk. In Group A quarter finalists are known. The 2013/14 MECL finalists Pontoise and Orenburg already booked their places for the next stage. Both sides have 4-1 score but Russian champion is on the top because of better set-ratio in games played between themselves. Olimpia Unia is fixed on third spot and it will continue in ETTU Cup. Roskilde is the fourth. In Group B is clear that Werder Bremen will finished on the fourth spot. Other three clubs – Chartres Niederosterreich and Eslovs – have eight points each. But Austrian club the 2008 MECL winner will progress in the quarter-final no matter what will do in Bremen because of better score in mutual games against French and Swedish club. Other quarter-finalist from that group will be the winner of encounter that will be held in Eslov. Remaining question in Group C is: who will as no. 3 continue in ETTU Cup. UMMC is the first for sure Saarbrucken will finish on second spot while Sten Marketing and Angers are waiting the last round with 6 points each but Czech side has the better ratio of wins to losses in games against French club One of the most exciting games in Round 6 should be one in France where Hennebont hosts Bogoria Grodzisk. The winner will reach MECL quarter-final while the loser will continue in the ETTU Cup. Austrian champion Walter Wels will stay on the fourth spot no matter what will happen on Friday. MECL Round 6 Group A: Rosklide Bordtennis – Gazproma Orenburg (December 5th 18h30 CET); Pontoise Cergy – Olimpia Unia (December 5th 19h45 CET) Group B: Eslovs Al – Chartres ASTT (December 5th 19h00 CET); SW Werder Bremen – Wienviertel Niederosterreich (December 5th 19h00 CET) Group C: Sten Marketing HB Ostrov – TTSC UMMC (December 5th 19h00 CET); FC Saarbrucken – Vaillante Angers (December 5th 19h00 CET) Group D: Borussia Dusseldorf – SPG Walter Wels (December 5th 19h00 CET); GV Hennebont – Bogoria Grodzisk (December 5th 19h30 CET)
