Just one of two favorites was successful tonight in Round 4 games of 2014/15 Women`s European Champions League. Reigning champion Berlin Eastside was ruthless against Postas giving just two sets to its opponent while last season`s semi-finalist and 2012 Just one of two favorites was successful tonight in Round 4 games of 2014/15 Women`s European Champions League. Reigning champion Berlin Eastside was ruthless against Postas giving just two sets to its opponent while last season`s semi-finalist and 2012 ETTU Cup runner-up Zamek Tarnobrzeg was beaten in five matches by Szekszard. German club again defeated Postas 3:0 this time in Budapest. Irina PALINA`s team overcame same rival in opening round held in Berlin. Georgina POTA announced comfortable win for his side beating Rita KERTAI in straight games. SHAN Xiaona increased Berlin`s lead playing four sets against LI Jiao. Host who took two WECL titles with Dutch Heerlen easily lost first two sets and the forth one. SHAN confirmed why she is considered as one of the best players in the competition in last two seasons. Petrissa SOLJA improved his group stage score on 4-0. She beat Krisztina AMBRUS in straight games. Regarding Group B game Szekszard achieved very important victory against Zamek. Now both sides have two wins each. The 2013 individual European champion LI Fen brought two points to Hungarian club beating Natalia PARTYKA and HAN Ying. The last and decisive point came from Petra LOVAS who saved two match balls against PARTYKA. Host was two sets down but showed how she is mentally strong saving two match balls. WECL Round 4 Group A: Szekszard – Zamek Tarnobrzeg 3:2 LI Fen – Natalia PARTYKA 3:0 (11:7 11:9 11:9) Petra LOVAS – HAN Ying 0:3 (9:11 5:11 3:11) Alexa SZVITACS – LI Qian 0:3 (4:11 4:11 8:11) LI Fen – HAN Ying 3:2 (11:9 7:11 8:11 13:11 11:9) Petra LOVAS – Natalia PARTYKA 3:2 (7:11 9:11 13:11 11:9 13:11) Group B: Postas – Berlin Eastside 0:3 Rita KERTAI – Georgina POTA 0:3 (9:11 2:11 9:11) LI Jiao – SHAN Xiaona 1:3 (2:11 5:11 11:9 5:11) Krisztina AMBRUS – Petrissa SOLJA 0:3 (7:11 2:11 9:11)    

This Friday and Saturday all eight Round 4 matches of 2014/15 Men`s European Champions League will be held revealing some new names of quarter-finalists. Three games will be broadcasted live and free on ETTU TV powered by LAOLA1.tv In Group A top MECL se This Friday and Saturday all eight Round 4 matches of 2014/15 Men`s European Champions League will be held revealing some new names of quarter-finalists. Three games will be broadcasted live and free on ETTU TV powered by LAOLA1.tv In Group A top MECL seed Orenburg are fighting to confirm top spot having an impressive 3-0 (9-0) score after three rounds. Vladimir SAMSONOV Dimitrij OVTCHAROV and Alexei SMIRNOV will play this Friday in Poland against Olimpia Unia Grudziadz. Russian champion was better in opening round (3:0). “The forthcoming match is very important for our team. The result can affect our position in the group. Our aim is to be the first. The match is expected to be hard as the strongest members of the Polish club are going to play. All our players are preparing hard for the match” said Orenburg`s coach Valeriy SALABAEV Roskilde hosts reigning champion Pontoise. Host side still has no victory while guests are playing for third one. Manager and player of Danish club Allan BENTSEN explains that his team is not in a good shape: “It will be a hard match for us because Pontoise is last year`s champion. After our first match and Michael MAZE`s surgery it have been a hard Champions League. We hope to show some fantastic table tennis in Roskilde with world Nr. 9 Marcus FREITAS there are sure something to look forward for our fans and sponsors. We hope to be back next year with a stronger team”. Pontoise`s coach-player Peter FRANZ warns his team mates that it could be crucial period:“The MECL group stage is getting to the deciding matches. Next weeks will be very busy and very important. We know that we are the favorite against Roskilde but we know that the match against this experienced players can be very difficult too. We need to be focused from the first point. Anyway Marcos and Kristian showed a good performance in the Swedish Open and I am confident that we have a good chance to succeed.” Group B is the most equal one as all four teams still has a chance to reach next stage. Chratres and Werder were considered as favorites before the season but Eslovs and Wienviertel Niederosterreich are in better positions after first three rounds having 2-1 score each. President of Austrian side the 2008 MECL champions Johann FRIEDSCHRODER stressed: “In face of our victory in Chartres with the result 0:3 Weinviertel Niederösterreich is not the favorite in this game. Chartres has three player ranked in the world ranking list before our players. Therefore each result is possible. I hope that our team can benefit from the home field advantage”. Russian UMMC leads in Group C with all three victories. Tatiana KUTERGINA`s side plays in France against Angers (1-2 score) and second match of this group will be held in Czech Republic: Sten Marketing (0-3 score) – Saarbrucken (2-1). Erwin BERG Saarbrucken`s team manager hopes that his team will secured the ticket for the next stage: “We have hard weeks in front of us. We want to end the year with some good results so the match against the Czech team will be very important for us to become self-confident. We want to reach quarter finals so a victory on Friday is essential for us.” Group D brings well known rivalry between Bogoria and Borussia. Ten times European champion and the most successful Bundesliga`s club ever has all three wins. Timo BOLL & Co. won 3:0 t home in opening round but they know how hard games they had against Polish champion in the past: “After the first three matches we´ve got a line-up in the table that looks good” says Borussia`s coach Danny HEISTER. “We won all matches and if we will win in Bogoria on Friday too we are in the quarter finals! This is a comfortable situation but we would like to finalize this goal as early as possible. Our team is self-assured. Only Patrick FRANZISKA is missing in Poland – he is still injured. Timo BOLL Kamal ACHANTA and Panagiotis GIONIS playing on a high level at the moment. So I look forward with a good feeling.” Borussia`s Manager Andreas PREUSS adds: “It will be an important match for Bogoria because they are on the same level on points with Hennebont and Wels. So they know the meaning of this game to reach the next round. I expect a fighting team especially because they are playing at home and a full-throated audience. Bogoria has beaten Hennebont one month ago in Poland 3:0. This is warning enough to us. We have to be prepared and focused. I would be happy if our team would play as good as in the first months of this season. Then we are able to win.” 2013/14 Men`s European Champions League Round 4 Group A: Olimpia Unia Grudziadz – Fakel Gazproma Orenburg (November 21st 19h00 CET); Roskilde Bordtennis – AS Pontoise Cergy (November 21st 18h30 CET) Group B: Niederosterreich – Chartres (November 22nd 17h00 CET live on LAOLA1.tv); Eslovs – Werder Bremen (November 21st 19h00 CET) Group C: Angers Vaillante – UMMC (November 21st 19h30 CET live on LAOLA1.tv); Sten Marketing – Saarbrucken (November 21st 19h00 CET) Group D: Bogoria Grodzisk – Borussia Dusseldorf (November 21st 18h30 CET live on LAOLA1.tv); Walter Wels – Hennebont (November 22nd 19h00 CET)  

“I’m positive that it’s going to be fascinating match which we can win” said Bogoria’s coach Tomasz REDZIMSKI before Friday`s Men`s European Champions League classic in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. This kind of matches always elect “I’m positive that it’s going to be fascinating match which we can win” said Bogoria’s coach Tomasz REDZIMSKI before Friday`s Men`s European Champions League classic in Grodzisk Mazowiecki. This kind of matches always electrify table tennis fans in Grodzisk Mazowiecki and Poland. On Friday polish national champion Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki will face one of the best teams in the world Borussia Duesseldorf (18h30). It will be eight encounter between these two teams in the history of European Champions League. The record is better for Borussia – 5-2. In 2011/2012 season Bogoria beat German rivals twice 3:1. The game between OH Sang Eun and Timo BOLL was unforgettable – Korean was down 1:2 and 6:10 but eventually he won 3:2. This season in September in Duesseldorf the hosts gave Bogoria severe lesson winning 3:0. “We have to play at our highest level to win against Borussia. My players already have victories against their opponents but the important thing is to play their best on right time on Friday. Big question is how to beat Timo BOLL but also GIONIS and ACHANTA play really well. All my players will be fully motivated concentrated and ready to fight until the end of the match”  explained Tomasz REDZIMSKI. Both teams will start the game with calm situation in national leagues. Dartom Bogoria in Polish Superleague is first after nine matches (22 points). OH Sang Eun is unbeatable Daniel GORAK and Robert FLORAS both have over 75% of effectiveness Pawel FERTIKOWSKI won five of his eight games. In German Bundesleaugue Danny HEISTER’s team is also first with seven victories in a row (14 points). “We want to win to improve our situation in the group. It will help us to cut down the pressure for matches against Wels and Hennebont. We have to play braver and use their weak sides. Match against German team is something exceptional” – admitted Daniel GORAK who narrowly lost to WANG Hao 3:4 in recently ended Swedish Open. The clash of immemorial rivals will start on Fridays at 18h30 in Grodzisk Mazowiecki and will be broadcasted live on ETTU TV.  

From Friday to Monday Round 4 of 2014/15 Women`s European Champions League will be held with some crucial games in group stage tor taking the semi-final spots. Group A: SVNO STROCK- Fenerbahce (November 24th 19h00 CET) Szekszard – Zamek Tarnobrzeg (Nove From Friday to Monday Round 4 of 2014/15 Women`s European Champions League will be held with some crucial games in group stage tor taking the semi-final spots. Group A: SVNO STROCK- Fenerbahce (November 24th 19h00 CET) Szekszard – Zamek Tarnobrzeg (November21st 18h00 CET); Group B: Metz – Linz AG Froschberg (November 22nd 19h30 CET) Postas – Berlin Eastside (November 21st 16h00 CET live on Laola1.tv). For the time being Fenerbahce is unique unbeaten club after three games. Two WECL runner-ups from last three seasons will meet in Schwechat in Group A. Young and promising SVNO STROCK`s team will try to reach its first victory in this season while Turkish champion plays to confirm its second semi-final in a row. In previous meeting at Istanbul no. 1 seed won 3:0 but all games were close. Fenerbahce showed its power playing first three rounds with five players: WEN Jia Irene IVANCAN Elisabeta SAMARA WU Yang and Yana NOSKOVA. In other Group A clash Szekszard (1-2 score) hosts last season`s semi-finalist Zamek Tarnobrzeg (2-1). That could be decisive game for both sides. Polish team won 3:1 at home but Hungarian side has two players who know the way to European titles: LI Fen was 2013 European individual champion while Petra LOVAS lifted 2012 WECL trophy. Szekszard managed to beat STROCK 3:2 in Round 2 when LI secured two points. Three out of four Group B clubs have 2-1 score after three rounds: actual champion Berlin 2013 winner Linz and Metz. Upcoming game in France attracts huge attention and everybody agrees that the winner will be much closer to the final:   “We are very happy to have a high professional club playing the WECL like Metz they also have a huge number of spectators which motivates our players a lot” emphasized Linz`s president Gunther RENNER. “Our French friends are looking like one of the biggest opponents for the future because the region and the city are helping them a lot and the spectators will push them hopefully also in the future. The match will be tough to win and the actual situation in the group is also for us very thrilling.”   Individual European champion from 2005 and two times WECL winner LIU Jia stressed that his side will have a hard job against Metz:   “The first match against Metz felt much closer than the result of 3:0. We know we can lose the game if we are not able to reach 100% of our possible performance. I think this game is like a matchpoint for our goal to reach the semi-final so both teams have a lot of pressure. We want to avoid a deciding game against Berlin so we have to win in France.”   Defending WECL champion Berlin plays in Hungary with a chance to be alone on the top of Group B. German side has the same score like Linz even in set ratio (2-1 8-5). However Postas will try to surprise favorites.   “Of course there is no longer a realistic chance to reach the semi-finals but we do not give up the original goal to acquire one victory. Our team will fight in every game against the team of Berlin for the success” said Postas` President Gabor ROSTAS   Berlin`s coach Irina PALINA believes that it`s still everything “open” for his team:   “Our minimum purpose next three weekend is to win two from three matches. Maximum-all. We will fight and try to reach semifinal. Our girls were playing very gut in different international competitions and reached all dream about so now they are concentrated for the ECL”.   2013/14 Women`s European Champions League Round 4   Group A SVNO STROCK- Fenerbahce (November 24th 19h00 CET) Szekszard – Zamek Tarnobrzeg (November21st 18h00 CET)   Group B Metz – Linz AG Froschberg (November 22nd 19h30 CET) Postas – Berlin Eastside (November 21st 16h00 CET)