The top seed of 2014/15 Women`s European Champions League Fenerbahce beat Szekszard 3:1 in the Round 3 of Group A. Turkish champion now has 3-0 score and 9-1 match ratio so they can already set their plans for the semi-final. Istanbul`s side presented t The top seed of 2014/15 Women`s European Champions League Fenerbahce beat Szekszard 3:1 in the Round 3 of Group A. Turkish champion now has 3-0 score and 9-1 match ratio so they can already set their plans for the semi-final. Istanbul`s side presented today its new player world`s no. 6 WU Yang the best ranked participant in 2014/15 WECL. Chinese confirmed her class winning both her games easily in opening encounter against Petra LOVAS and in the last one when she overcame 2013 individually European champion LI Fen (no. 12) who is the third best ranked WECL player. The 2011 ECH runner-up Irene IVANCAN remains unbeaten having now 3-0 individual score. German overcame LI Fen in four games to double Fenerbahce`s lead – 2:0. The most interesting clash was seen between two lowest ranked players on ITTF ranking list: Yana NOSKOVA and Alexa SZVITACS. Host took opening set in close fight while next three belonged to Hungarian who needed more than one set ball in each winning set. WECL Round 3 Group B Fenerbahce – Szekszard 3:1 WU Yang – Petra LOVAS 3:0 (11:9 11:5 11:3) Irene IVANCAN – LI Fen 3:1 (11:7 7:11 12:10 11:6) Yana NOSKOVA – Alexa SZVITACS 1:3 (11:9 10:12 10:12 12:14) WU Yang – LI Fen 3:0 (11:6 13:11 11:9)
Two Russian clubs in WETC quarters
Hungary’s Budaorsi 2I SC is the first club in 2014 Women’s ETTU Cup to book their place in quarter final. After impressive performance at home soil Budaorsi beat Romani’s Dumbravita. Guests played without support of young star Adina DIACONU so everythin Hungary’s Budaorsi 2I SC is the first club in 2014 Women’s ETTU Cup to book their place in quarter final. After impressive performance at home soil Budaorsi beat Romani’s Dumbravita. Guests played without support of young star Adina DIACONU so everything was on Andrea ZANFIR Mihaela DOSPINA and Karla MANEA.In the opening game ZANFIR put Szandra PERGEL under pressure and stretched Hungarian ace to full distance before Budaorsi eventually scored. Mihaela DOSPINA gave hope to guest by beating Mária FAZEKAS but when experienced Cornélia MOLNÁR approached the table the match become one way street. MOLNÁR beat MANEA in straight games and in same furious style PERGEL overcame DOSPINA. The UCAM Cartagena is in the quarterfinal of the ETTU Cup after Spanish side succeeded against Portugal’s Madalena in straight matches. LI Xiang had good international début in UCAM’s jersey. She overcame YAO LI. Portugal’s champion Leila OLIVEIRA was two games up against Iulia NECULA but Iulia recovered to win the match against the player with very powerful topspin backhand that did a lot of damage. Maria XIAO proved to good for Silvia GONCALVES. They will play against TTC Kazan. Russia’s club overcame Bursa in Turkey. Elena DUBKOVA won both points for hosts but Elza SHARIPOVA Steva MOKHNACHEVA and Antonina SAVELYEVA all contributed on the opposite side. Another host secured the quarterfinal place. In Czech Republic Mart Hodonin beat Russia’s Luch Vladimir. Irina JERMAKOVA gave guests dream start with the victory over Siho ONOVA but the rest of the team could not follow. Katerina PENKAKOVA and Lenka HARABASZOVA proved too strong for Maria VINOGRADOVOVA and Olga VLASOVA. Whilst at the end ONOVA who lost opening encounter in full distance match has won the closing one in straight games. Russia’s TMK Tagmet needed full five matches to beat CTT Balaguert Villart Logistic. WANG Tingting was not in the mood for charity but host club had more then one player to secure the victory. Olga BARANOVA and Anna BLAZHKO beat LI Yanlan whilst Valentina SABITOVA succeeded against Anna BISCARRI. TTC Carinthiawinds Villacher was the last club in Round three to book the place in the quarterfinal. LI Qiangbing Amelie SOLJA and Ganna FARLADANSKA lost only three games in that process. WOMEN’S ETC ROUND3 Budaorsi 2I SC – ACS Dumbravita 3:1 Szandra PERGEL – Andrea ZANFIR 3:2 (11:5 9:11 11:6 11:13 11:8) Mária FAZEKAS- Mihaela DOSPINA 0:3 (6:11 5:11 7:11) Cornélia MOLNÁR- Karla MANEA 3:0 (11:3 11:6 11:7) Szandra PERGEL – Mihaela DOSPINA 3:0 (11:4 11:2 11:4) SKST Mart Hodonin – SKNT Luch Vladimir 3:1 Siho ONOVA – Irina JERMAKOVA 2:3 (11:13 11:8 8:11 11:8 10:12) Katerina PENKAKOVA – Maria VINOGRADOVOVA 3:0 (11:9 11:9 11:5 0:0 0:0) Lenka HARABASZOVA – Olga VLASOVOVA 3:0 (11:7 11:5 11:6 0:0 0:0) Siho ONOVA – Maria VINOGRADOVOVA 3:0 (11:5 14:12 13:11 0:0 0:0) UCAM Cartagena – Madalena 3:0 LI Xiang – LI Yao 3:0 (11:4 12:10 11:5) Iulia NECULA -Leila OLIVEIRA 3:2 (4:11 5:11 11:1 11:4 11:8) Maria XIAO -Silvia GONCALVES3:0 (11:4 11:2 11:6) Bursa BKK – TTC Kazan 2:3 Sibel REMZI – Elza SHARIPOVA 2:3 (8:11 11:13 11:8 11:7 5:11) Elena DUBKOVA – Antonina SAVELYEVA3:0 (11:8 11:8 11:9) Anamaria SEBE- Steva MOKHNACHEVA 1:3 (9:11 11:9 8:11 9:11) Elena DUBKOVA-Elza SHARIPOVA 3:2 (4:11 12:10 7:11 11:6 11:4) Sibel REMZI-Antonina SAVELYEVA 0:3 (5:11 9:11 12:14) TMK Tagmet – CTT Balaguert Villart Logistic 3:2 Olga BARANOVA – LI Yanlan 3:0 (11:5 11:6 11:6) Anna BLAZHKO- WANG Tingting 0:3 (5:11 6:11 4:11) Valentina SABITOVA-Anna BISCARRI 3:0 (11:4 11:3 11:6) Olga BARANOVA-WANG Tingting 0:3 (8:11 9:11 5:11) Anna BLAZHKO-LI Yanlan 3:1 (11:9 4:11 11:7 11:6) TTC Carinthiawinds Villacher – Dozy Den Helder Noordkop 3:0 LI Qiangbing-YUN Zhang 3:1 (11:7 11:6 10:12 11:7) Amelie SOLJA-Ana GOGARITA 3:1 (11:8 10:12 11:8 11:4) Ganna FARLADANSKA-Rianne Van DUIN 3:1 (11:7 11:7 6:11 11:5)
President KRAMER hands award to SCHÖLER
ETTU President Ronald KRAMER is in Dusseldorf where he attends the 2014 LIEBHERR World Cup. Among numerous of duties and meetings he had an extra pleasure to present special award to Eberhard SCHÖLER man who was in ETTU governing body for more then two ETTU President Ronald KRAMER is in Dusseldorf where he attends the 2014 LIEBHERR World Cup. Among numerous of duties and meetings he had an extra pleasure to present special award to Eberhard SCHÖLER man who was in ETTU governing body for more then two decades. “Exactly four weeks ago September 26th in Lisbon Portugal during the TMS 2014 European Table Tennis Team Championships the Congress of the European Table Tennis Union has by acclamation and with an overwhelming applause wholeheartedly awarded Mister Eberhard SCHÖLER the Honorary Membership of ETTU. This award is not only based on the achievements of Ebby SCHÖLER as an outstanding player – known as Mister Pokerface – of world-class level. It is also based on his contribution to the overall development of table tennis at all levels in Europe as a member of the Executive Board of the European Table Tennis Union for nearly two decades “stated President KRAMER. President KRAMER reminded the audience of SCHÖLER’s enormous contribution to table tennis community.“As President of the European Table Tennis Union I sincerely feel it as a very great honour to present here today in Düsseldorf the Certificate as a proof of this Honorary Membership. A membership which stands not only for many years of dedication to European table tennis but even more for his achievements his fair play and his great personality as a player and as an administrator. Eberhard SCHÖLER has shown to be a true Ambassador of our sport.”
Timo BOLL vs Asia the World Cup verdict
In the semi final of the 2014 LIEBHERR World Cup MA Long of China will play against Jun MIZUTANI of Japan and Chinese ZHANG Jike will meet Timo BOLL of Germany. Timo BOLL the Men’s World Cup winner in 2002 and 2005 occupying the no.6 seeded position in In the semi final of the 2014 LIEBHERR World Cup MA Long of China will play against Jun MIZUTANI of Japan and Chinese ZHANG Jike will meet Timo BOLL of Germany. Timo BOLL the Men’s World Cup winner in 2002 and 2005 occupying the no.6 seeded position in the draw accounted for colleague Dimitrij OVTCHAROV the no.3 seed in four straight games and thus reversed the result of one year. At the LIEBHERR 2013 Men’s World Cup was staged in the Belgian town of Verviers Dimitrij OVTCHAROV had overcome Timo BOLL in five straight games to secure third place. It is the eighth time in what is now 13 appearances in the Men’s World Cup that Timo BOLL has reached the penultimate round. Previously he progressed to the last four in Jinan in 2002 and three years later in Liège; on both occasions continuing his path of success to emerge as the champion. Later he advanced to the semi-final round in Barcelona in 2007 one year after in Liège and in 2010 in Magdeburg. Meanwhile in his most recent appearances prior to the tournament in Dusseldorf he reserved a last day appearance in Liverpool in 2012 and one year ago in Verviers. In the quarterfinal MA beat Portugal’s Tiago Aplonia in straight games. “In the first two games I had my chances at a 4:0 and 6:3 lead where I played really well. However the longer the game went MA Long was better and better .” In the Round of 16 at the LIEBHERR 2014 Men’s World Cup in Düsseldorf two duels with the players from the same national association faced each other. Marcos FREITAS at the recent TMS 2014 European Team Championships lost just one match throughout the whole tournament; beaten by Timo BOLL in the group stage fixture against Germany. Conversely en route to the final Tiago had won just one of his five encounters before finding form to beat Dimitrij OVTCHAROV in the final against Germany. Today Tiago APOLONIA the no.9 seed overcame Marcos FREITAS the no.7 seed in straight games. “4:0 sounds easy but it was not an easy game. Such thing does not exist anymore on this level. I had the advantage of having already yesterday played two matches he came out cold in the tournament but I have also played well. I managed to play very aggressive” said the world number 17th APOLONIA after the win. Chinese Taipei’s CHIANG Chih-Yuan the no.5 seed accounted for his compatriot CHEN Chien-An the no.11 seed. MA Long beat Japan’s Kenta MATSUDAIRA the no.12 seed in four straight games; Jun MIZUTANI accounted for Panagiotis GIONIS of Greece the no.10 seed. “I started very badly in the first set. I felt a little tired from yesterday and the hall and the floor do not suit me. Yet I still came into the game and have a 6:2 lead in the second set. After that it was very difficult for me “ said Borussia Düsseldorf’s defender GIONIS. Dimitrij OVTCHAROV the best-ranked European on duty in Dusseldorf beat Kamal Sharat ACHANTA of India. However his adversary put him under severe pressure. “ACHANTA played very well we know each other well. In the end of the sixth game I made some easy mistakes. It is not that I’ve thought of a possible quarterfinal against Timo. Such mistakes I do not do. The match was ok for the first round. I am still recovering my shape. However I still suffering from my training deficit due to holidays infection and tooth surgery…It affects my self-confidence ” said OVTCHAROV.
LIEBHERR 2014 Men’s World Cup at ITTF.com/Mobile
ITTF announced that during the LIEBHERR 2014 Men’s World Cup there will live results mobile site located at ITTF.com/Mobile. Fans can follow all the live results from one of the world’s most popular table tennis event on the move! This mobile page will e ITTF announced that during the LIEBHERR 2014 Men’s World Cup there will live results mobile site located at ITTF.com/Mobile. Fans can follow all the live results from one of the world’s most popular table tennis event on the move! This mobile page will eventually be turned into an Android and iPhone app with more features.
Team work keeps Linz on top
After three rounds in Group B of 2014/15 Women`s European Champions League nobody is sure that will play in the semi-final because three clubs are continuing with 2-1 score and one with 0-3. Tonight just one of two double WECL champions fulfilled expecta After three rounds in Group B of 2014/15 Women`s European Champions League nobody is sure that will play in the semi-final because three clubs are continuing with 2-1 score and one with 0-3. Tonight just one of two double WECL champions fulfilled expectations: Linz AG Froschberg – Postas Sport Egyesulet 3:2 Metz TT – TTC Berlin Eastside 3:2. The most successful Austrian club showed team work against Hungarian Postas. On the other side Dutch LI Jiao tried to push his side to the victory but the player who has two WECL titles with Heerlen tonight had no adequate support from her team mates. LI Jiao managed to beat two top European players former champion of Old Continent LIU Jia and Iveta VACENOVSKA both in five games. In second encounter of the Linz`s clash LI missed three match balls in fourth set (10:7 10:12) but continued to the victory. LIU Jia Iveta VACENOVSKA and Sofia POLCANOVA took one point each. Metz repeated last year`s feat beating again TTC Berlin Eastside in five games. It was first defeat of reigning WECL champion. In the previous season Yunli SCHREINER was the hero bringing two points to the French side but club`s newcomer FU Yu took her role this time (SCHREINER wasn’t participated). World`s no. 18 beat Georgina POTA and SHAN Xiaona losing just one set in total. In decisive fifth encounter former individual European champion WU Jiaduo overcame POTA in five sets. Hungarian was a little beat tired after recent World Cup semis held in Linz. WECL Round 3 Group B Linz AG Froschberg – Postas Sport Egyesulet 3:2 LIU Jia – Rita KERTAI 3:1 (11:6 11:2 6:11 13:11) Iveta VACENOVSKA – LI Jiao 2:3 (11:9 6:11 11:13 12:10 7:11) Sofia POLCANOVA – Krisztina AMBRUS 3:0 (11:4 11:9 11:8) LIU Jia – LI Jiao 2:3 (11:3 5:11 4:11 11:8 5:11) Iveta VACENOVSKA – Rita KERTAI 3:0 (11:4 11:5 11:3) Metz TT – TTC Berlin Eastside 3:2 FU Yu – Georgina POTA 3:1 (11:8 9:11 11:2 11:8) WU Jiaduo – SHAN Xiaona 1:3 (11:9 10:12 11:13 8:11) Laura GASNIER – Petrissa SOLJA 1:3 (11:8 6:11 9:11 8:11) FU Yu – SHAN Xiaona 3:0 (11:8 14:12 11:8) WU Jiaduo – Georgina POTA 3:2 (5:11 11:9 11:8 10:12 11:7)
Tiago APOLONIA secured place in main draw
Successful in his opening contest against Brazil’s Cazuo Portugal’s Tiago APOLONIA became the first player to secure his place in the second stage of the LIEBHERR 2014 Men’s World Cup in Düsseldorf. The no.9 seed beat India’s Sharath Kamal ACHANTA the n Successful in his opening contest against Brazil’s Cazuo Portugal’s Tiago APOLONIA became the first player to secure his place in the second stage of the LIEBHERR 2014 Men’s World Cup in Düsseldorf. The no.9 seed beat India’s Sharath Kamal ACHANTA the no.15 seed in four straight games to reserve his position in the knock-out phase of proceedings.“It was my very first match at the World Cup and therefore something special for me. I have played four times against him; it was a tough tight match of course. The victory is good for me “ said APOLONIA after his match against MATSUMOTO. Two players from each of the four groups advance to the second stage and Panagiotis GIONIS endangered that position. GIONIS of Greece the no.10 seed; successful in his opening contest against Australia’s William HENZELL; the 34 year-old defender was beaten by Adrien MATTENET of France the no.16 seed. Against the odds the 27 year old Frenchman won in four straight games. France’s Adrien MATTENET (WR: 58) is usually anything but a killer against defense. “Well I had a bad day today he played well and my attacks did not hit. I simply could not find a rhythm and could not concentrate. The plastic ball gives me even more problems. But I hope I will still qualify for tomorrow and then I will give my very best” said GIONIS from Borussia Düsseldorf. The defensive strategist is a trained dentist but had not practiced for two years. MATTENET had lost on five previous occasions. “It was unbelievable for me winning today because I had played him five times and he had beaten be every time” said Adrien MATTENET. “Today I reflected on the defeats I suffered against him and I used a different tactic to play him.” China’s CHEN Chien-An the 23 year old left hander the no.11 seed recovered from a three games to nil deficit to beat Romania’s Adrian CRISAN the no.13 seed and thus having overcome Kanak Jha of the United States the no.20 seed in his opening contest like Tiago APOLONIA is assured of first place in the group and a main draw berth. Adrian CRISAN could not take advantage of a 3:0 lead against Chen Chien-An. “I was suddenly unfocused and did a little mistake was not aggressive enough and could not use the match points ” analyzed a frustrated CRISAN.
Another exciting weekend of Women’s ETC
The third round of the Women’s ETTU Cup starts this Friday. The duels in Hungary and Czech Republic will open another exciting weekend. 12 clubs will play for the place in quarterfinal. In Round of best of eight the two clubs from European Champions leagu The third round of the Women’s ETTU Cup starts this Friday. The duels in Hungary and Czech Republic will open another exciting weekend. 12 clubs will play for the place in quarterfinal. In Round of best of eight the two clubs from European Champions league will join them. Budaorsi 2I Sport Club will host Romania’s ACS Dumbavita in Hungary. The match is scheduled for 6 pm at the same time the match SKST Mart Hodonin vs. SKNT Luch Vladimir will start. Szandra PERGEL Cornelia MOLNAR Maria FAZEKAS Krisztina SZVITAN Erika ACKERMANN and Timea VASS are on the hosts list. ACS Dumbavita can count on Adiana DIACONU once again. Last time in second round she was in Tours at the Europe TOP 10 so Mihaela DOSPINA Andreea ZANFIR and Alexandra MANEA were in tough position. Czech team can count on Shiho ONO Katerina PENKAKOVA Lenka HARABASZOVA and Kristyna MIKULKOVA. They will face very strong opposition. Luch Vladimir has Maria BYKOVA Irina ERMAKOVA Olga VLASOVA and XU Lu on their list. On Saturday UCAM Cartagena TM from Spain will meet Portugal’s GDCDP Madalena. A former ETTU Cup champion has great experience of playing in this Cup. The leader in Spanish Premiere League has Maria XIAO Iulia NECULA and LI Xiang on their side. GDCDP Madalena count on Leila OLIVIERA Marcia RODRIGUES Anita LUIS… Bursa BBK will play against TTC Kazan. Elena DUBKOVA Anamaria SEBE and Sibel REMZI are the International stars in club whils Emine OZTURK is the only represent of the host nation. Kazan has line up that includes the names of Antonina SAVELYEVA Elza SHAPIROVA AND Svetlana MOKHNACHEVA … Russia’s TMK Tagmet with Anna BLAZHKO Olga BARANOVA and Valentina SABITOVA will host CTT Balaguer Villart Logistic from Spain with WANG Tingting LI Yanlan and Claudia CEJAS. Dutch Dozy Den Helder Noordkom with Rianne VAN DUIN Ana GOGORITA AND Melanie BIERDRAGER will travel to Austria to meet TTC Carinthiawinds Villacher. For Austria’s club play Amelie SOLJA LI Qinangbing and Ganna FARLADANSKA. You can follow live score on our web page.
Biggest stars to shine in Düsseldorf
LIEBHERR 2014 ITTF Men’s World Cup starts tomorrow in Düsseldorf. It is the second time the event has been held in the country. The previous occasion was in Magdeburg. In the ISS Dome from Friday at the LIEBHERR Men’s World Cup will play World Champion ZH LIEBHERR 2014 ITTF Men’s World Cup starts tomorrow in Düsseldorf. It is the second time the event has been held in the country. The previous occasion was in Magdeburg. In the ISS Dome from Friday at the LIEBHERR Men’s World Cup will play World Champion ZHANG Jike of China African Cup Winner Quadri ARUNA of Nigeria Asian Cup Winner MA Long of China Latin American Cup Winner Cazuo MATSUMOTO of Brazil North American Cup Winner JHA Kanak of USA Oceania Cup Winner William HENZELL of Australia Europe Cup Winner Marcos FREITAS of Portugal Jun MIZUTANI of Japan (Asian Cup 3rd place) Adrian CRISAN of Romania (substitution) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV of Germany (Europe Cup 3rd place) CHEN Chien- An Taipei (Asian Cup 4th place) Tiago APOLONIA of Portugal (substitute) Sharath Kamal ACHANTA of India (Asian Cup 6th place) CHUANG Chih-Yuan of Taipei (Asian Cup 7th place) Kenta MATSUDAIRA of Japan (Asian Cup 8th place) TANG Peng of Hong Kong (Asian Cup 9-10th place) Adrien MATTENET of France (Europe Cup 4th place) Alexander SHIBAEV of Russia (Europe Cup 5th place) Timo BOLL (Europe Cup 6th place) Panagiotis GIONIS of Greece (Wild card). Already organizer has sold 6.500 tickets for all 3 days of the tournament. “Our target is to sell about 10.000 altogether and we are quite optimistic that we’ll make that ” says Mr. Martin AMMERMANN CEO of Düsseldorf Congress Sport & Event who joined Dimitrij OVTCHAROV at the press talk on Tuesday at a Chinese restaurant in the “City of Sports” as Düsseldorf calls itself. Under main spotlight will be the best ranked European player OVTCHAROV. “That the World Cup takes place in Düsseldorf is something very special for me. This is the city where I live and practice. My place is only 10 to 12 minutes away from ISS DOME by car. I will sleep at home but still have a room in the player’s hotel where I can rest between the matches. The hotel is even closer to the venue than my home. During the event I should lose as little time as possible to prepare well”. Dimitrij had rough time during the European Championships in Lisbon held last month. He had all 4 wisdom teeth removed the week before the European Championships in September “I’m alive and kicking again after my teeth surgery. I’ve given full speed ahead in practice now for about 2 weeks. Anyway I’ll play the World Cup without too much pressure. After my little aches and pains in the past weeks you cannot expect that I’ll go straight to the top. If I won the bronze medal once again like last year I would be satisfied. Even though my device is usually that I intend to precede first round further compared to last time. MA Long and ZHANG Jike had a long preparation for the Asian Games. Maybe they feel a little tired now. This is usually how I feel after a big big tournament. To beat the Chinese is really difficult: They are either extremely strong or almighty. I hope that in Düsseldorf they’ll be only in rather good shape”.
Metz expects Berlin with good memories
All four WECL Round 3 games will be held from Friday to Monday offering last chance for some clubs to stay in the way to the semi-finals. The teams which met in last final TTC Berlin Eastside and Fenerbahce are unique with possibility to improve their All four WECL Round 3 games will be held from Friday to Monday offering last chance for some clubs to stay in the way to the semi-finals. The teams which met in last final TTC Berlin Eastside and Fenerbahce are unique with possibility to improve their scores on 3-0. One of the clashes which attracts more attention is the one in Schwechat where 2012 finalist SVNO STROCK will play against 2014 semi-finalist Zamek Tarnobrzeg. Maybe is better to say: actual ETTU Cup winner and Austrian champion against Polish champion! It will be the very first home game of STROCK which restructured and rejuvenated team last summer. Tamara BOROS` side can’t count on its no. 1 player Daniela DODEAN who still suffers from a knee injury. However the host side will do its best to reach first win in the group. STROCK stressed on its website that „Matilda EKHOLM (Sweden) Dora MADARASZ (Hungary) Tetyana BILENKO (Ukrain) and the team starlets Lea RAKOVAC (Croatia) and Tamolwan KHETKUEN (Thailand) – who are the youngest players in the current WECL season (17-year-old) – are willing to fight for their chance.” They know very well that the biggest threaten for them should be world’s no. 8 HAN Ying who led German national team to the gold on the recent 2014 European Championships in Lisbon. Top seeded Fenerbahce welcomes Szekszard this Sunday. Hungarian side expects the game with 1-1 score beating STROCK in Round 2. Turkish side is very close to secure the semis. In Group B Metz TT tries to repeat surprise from last season when it beat TTC Berlin Eastside 3:2 in group stage. German side after the best season in its history (all three titles in 2014: WECL German League and Cup) is super motivated to confirm all achievements. Metz`s team manager Loic BELGUISE said: “Last year we were the last team of the group and in spite of our great victory against Berlin we finished fourth. So this year with FU Yu (world’s no. 18) WU Jiaduo Yunli SCHREINER and Laura GASNIER our goal is to finish 3rd or 2nd of this group and we want to win French championship for the first time”. Speaking about favorites in the group Loic BELGUESE added: “In our group Berlin and Linz are favorites to go to the semi-final. For the moment we have one lose and one important victory against Budapest. For our match against Berlin we will try our best and my players are ready to fight. Everybody in Metz TT are exciting for this match and we expect around 900/1000 spectators. All players will play with good atmosphere and good conditions”. Two-time WECL champion Linz AG Froschberg hosts Postas Sport Egyesulet. Austrian champion plays for its second win while guests still have no victory. WECL Round 3 GROUP A: Fenerbahce – Szekszard (October 26th 13h30 CET); SVNO STROCK – KTS Spar Zamek Tarnobrzeg (October 27th 19h00 CET) GROUP B: Linz AG Froschberg – Postas Sport Egyesulet (October 24th 18h00 CET); Metz TT – TTC Berlin Eastside (October 24th 19h30 CET)
