At the 40th Balkan U21 Senior Championships in Tirana Serbia and Bulgaria clinched top positions in their respective groups in Men’s team event. In Women’s team event Serbia and Romania lead in their respective groups. Bulgaria overcame Montenegro Bosni At the 40th Balkan U21 Senior Championships in Tirana Serbia and Bulgaria clinched top positions in their respective groups in Men’s team event. In Women’s team event Serbia and Romania lead in their respective groups. Bulgaria overcame Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania to secure top position. Serbia overcame Romania FYRO Macedonia and Kosovo. In semi final Serbia will beet Montenegro whilst Bulgaria will play against Romania. In Women’s Teams Event Serbia overcame Bosnia and Herzegovina Montenegro and Albania. Romania beat Bulgaria and Kosovo. Serbia will meet Bulgaria and Romania will play against Bosnia and Herzegovina in next stage.
Leading trio holds its positions on new ETTU Rankings
Portugal’s Tiago APOLONIA replaced Patrick BAUM of Germany at the position no. six at the new October’s ETTU Rankings. BAUM is seventh whilst one place below is Andrej GACINA of Croatia. GACINA moved up from spot no. 11. Panagiotis GIONIS of Greece is Portugal’s Tiago APOLONIA replaced Patrick BAUM of Germany at the position no. six at the new October’s ETTU Rankings. BAUM is seventh whilst one place below is Andrej GACINA of Croatia. GACINA moved up from spot no. 11. Panagiotis GIONIS of Greece is ninth. At the top Dimitrij OVTCHAROV and Timo BOLL of Germany Vladimir SAMSONOV of Belarus still holds their positions. Germany’s HAN Ying is at the top of the Women’s Rankings. LI Fen of Sweden moved up to position no. two and replaced LIU Jia of Austria. Elizabeta SAMARA of Romania is fourth. At the top position in Men’s U21 Rankings is Liam PICHFORD of England followed by Simon GAUZY of France. Stephane OUAICHE of France progressed from position no. seven to place no. four. Sofia POLCANOVA of Austria Petrissa SOLJA of Germany and Bernadette SZOCS of Romania are the top trio in Women’s U21 rankings. Dora MADARASZ of Hungary moved from spot no. seven to place no. five. Can AKKUZU of France is again at the top of Junior Boys Rankings. David REITSPIES of Czech Republic lost his position as DIOGO Chen moved to spot no. two. Nina MITTELHAM of Germany is best ranked junior girl Lea RAKOVAC of Croatia is second and Chantal MANTZ of Germany is third. In Cadet boy’s list Cristian PLETEA of Romania is first; his compatriot Rares SIPOS is second and Nolan GIVONE of France is third. Denis IVONIN of Russia progressed from seveth to fourth position. Adina DIACONU is at the top of Cadet Rankings Lisa LUNG of Belgium is placed at position no. two and Maria TAYLAKOVA of Russia is third.
Successfull selection camp in Saarbrucken
Selection camp in Saarbrucken concluded in great atmosphere after hard work in fantastic conditions. 27 young players four sparring partners and 15 coaches successfully finished the program which included trainings experts analyzes coach meetings test Selection camp in Saarbrucken concluded in great atmosphere after hard work in fantastic conditions. 27 young players four sparring partners and 15 coaches successfully finished the program which included trainings experts analyzes coach meetings testing and finally tournament. The list of the players who will be involved in the future actions as a part of the Eurotalents program is also made. “We had 27 players nine girls and 18 boys between 10 and 14 years. We also had four sparing partners from Saaralnd region ” stated ETTU Development Manager Neven CEGNAR. The camp was conducted under guidance of CEGNAR and Tamara BOROS. “The conception of the camp is done the way all the coaches were fully involved. We had trainings each day from 9.30 to 12.15 4 to 6.30 PM and evening trainings from 8 to 9.30. The exception was Wednesday when we did not have evening training. On Thursday we had big anthropometric and motoric test whilst the weekend was reserved for tournament. “ In Germany coaches had three very important meeting in order to determine the best possible course for future development of Eurotalents project and strategy of development of table tennis in Europe. They also analyzed the results of the anthropometric and motoric tests. The entire program was made on the basis of ten trainings one anthropometric and motoric test conducted by Dr. Miran KONDRIC and dr Goran MUNIVRANA and tournament with two events. We had two groups of players: born 2004 2003 and 2002 and the group born from 1999 to 2001. The players were divided in two groups in the early stage of the tournament. In both Events all players played against each other in the Group and then additional challenge match against the player ranked at the same position from the other group. Final standings in group with younger players: 1 Maksim GREBNEV (RUS); 2 Tomas MARTINKO (CZE); 3 Tiago LI (POR); 4 Samuel KULCZYCKI (POL); 5 Tal ISRAELI (ISR); 6 Adrien RASSENFOSSE (BEL); 7 Barish MOULET (SUI); 8 Maciej KUBIK (POL); 9 Andrea PUPPO (ITA); 10 Kas Van OOST (NED); 11 Kornelija RILISKYTE (LTU); 12 Emilija RILISKYTE (LTU); 13 Linda ZADEROVA (CZE) The older group: 1 Laurens DEVOS (BEL); 2 Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK (AUT); 3 Roel BOGIE (NED); 4 Anastasia KOLISH (RUS); 5 Leonie HARTBRICH (HUN); 6 Alex NAUMI (FIN); 7 Zdena BLASKOVA (CZE); 8 Denise PAYET (ENG); 9 Krisztina VARGA (ROM); 10 Osiro SHINOHARA (SUI); 11 Yaniv KARMAZIN; 12 Shayan SIRAY (ENG); 13 Vlad HURLOI (ROM); 14 Annika LUNDSTROM (FIN) The evaluation and final selection for the further ETTU Projects has been done by coaches Istvan KORPA Richard PRAUSE Tamara BOROS and Neven CEGNAR. After consideration of all eight segments of evaluation 11 players were selected: 1 Maksim GREBNEV (RUS); 2 Anastasia KOLISH (RUS); 3 Samuel KULCZYCKI (POL); 4 Maciej KUBIK (POL); 5 Linda ZADEROVA (CZE); 6 Emilija RILISKYTE (LTU); 7 Kornelija RILISKYTE (LTU); 8 Tal ISRAELI (ISR); 9 Kas Van OOST (NED); 10 Tiago LI (POR); 11 Adrien RASSENFOSSE (BEL)
Baku 2015 EB signs broadcast agreement with Arab States
Baku 2015 European Games announced an extensive agreement has been signed with the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU). The significant deal will see guaranteed coverage of the inaugural European Games in 20 countries across the Middle East and North Af Baku 2015 European Games announced an extensive agreement has been signed with the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU). The significant deal will see guaranteed coverage of the inaugural European Games in 20 countries across the Middle East and North Africa. The agreement means ASBU will offer free-to-air live coverage throughits member broadcasters with full Arabic commentary and highlights packages of the 17 days of competition also available. The deal ensures coverage will be available in Algeria Bahrain Djibouti Egypt Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mauritania Morocco Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia Sudan Syria Tunisia United Arab Emirates and Yemen. Mr Simon CLEGG Chief Operating Officer of Baku 2015 said: “This is a major moment for the Baku 2015 European Games and we are very proud to have secured the agreement with ASBU to provide coverage across the Middle East and North Africa. This agreement is proof that interest in the inaugural European Games extends beyond the shores of our continent and we are confident that with more agreements in the pipeline that the European Games will attract a truly global audience.” ASBU is a long-time Olympic Games rights holder with a focus on delivering top-quality sports coverage to their member broadcasters. They held the rights for the London 2012 Olympic Games and will also broadcast the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in the region. Mr Salah Eddine MAAOUI ASBU General Director said: “It is a great honour to have secured this important deal with Baku 2015. The first European Games will be a thrilling celebration of sport that fans all over the Arab world will enjoy. We are looking forward to bringing this historic event and the exciting action to the entire region.” ASBU will work closely with Baku 2015 host broadcaster International Sports Broadcasting and will manage their production through teams based in Baku during the Games.Live coverage of the Baku 2015 Opening and Closing Ceremonies has also been agreed. Broadcast members will also be screening the content across their entire digital platforms to ensure enhanced coverage of the European Games for viewers. Baku 2015 is the first ever European Games an exciting and innovative multi-sport event for the continent which will take place from 12 – 28 June 2015. There will be a total of 20 sports at Baku 2015: 16 Olympic sports and four non-Olympic sports. More than 6 000 athletes from across Europe will be representing their nations over 17 days of competition. Nine of the sports will offer qualification opportunities for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Those sports include Archery Athletics Cycling Shooting Swimming Table Tennis Taekwondo Triathlon and Volleyball.
GD Toledos and STK Dr. Casl clinched the titles
Istanbul was the recent home for the 1st Mediterranean Clubs Cup. GD Toledos of Portugal and STK Dr. Casl of Croatia clinched the titles in their respectice Men’s and Women’s Events. Mediterranean Table Tennis Union stands behind a highly successful organ Istanbul was the recent home for the 1st Mediterranean Clubs Cup. GD Toledos of Portugal and STK Dr. Casl of Croatia clinched the titles in their respectice Men’s and Women’s Events. Mediterranean Table Tennis Union stands behind a highly successful organization with 3 Continents represented: Africa with two clubs Asia with one club and Europe with ten clubs. “This was made possible thanks to the important help brought by the Turkish TTA and this event deserves to be perpetuated now” said MTTU President Christian MICHELIS. “Two Associations have already announced their interest for organizing the second edition. That proves the interest of this competition for the 23 Members of our Union.” WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS: 10 clubs Standing matches 1st round: Aladza Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) vs TTC Prishtina (Kosovo) 3/0; Raquette Marmandaise (France)vs Budocnost (Montenegro) 3/0 Standing matches 2nd round: Raquette Marmandaise (France) vs Rafraf Sports Club (Tunisia) 3/1; Spin 2012 Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina)vs Teuta (Albania) 3/1 Semi Finals: Grupo de Sportivo do Centro (Portugal) vs CukurovaUniversitesi (Turkey) 3/2; STK Dr. Casl (Croatia) vs TTC Inter Diskontravne (Slovenia) 3/2 Standing matches 3rd round: Teuta (Albania) vs Rafraf Sports Club (Tunisia) 3/1; Spin 2012 Sarajevo (BosniaHerzegovina) vs Raquette Marmandaise (France) 3/0; TTC Inter Diskontravne (Slovenia) vs CukurovaUniversitesi (Turkey) 3/0 Final: STK Dr. Casl (Croatia)vsGrupo de Sportivo do Centro (Portugal) 3/2 Classification: 1. STK Dr. Casl (Croatia); 2. Grupo de Sportivo do Centro (Portugal); 3. TTC Inter Diskontravne (Slovenia); 4. Cukurova Universitesi (Turkey); 5. Spin 2012 Sarajevo (BosniaHerzegovina); 6. Raquette Marmandaise (France); 7. Teuta (Albania); 8. Rafraf Sports Club (Tunisia); 9. TC Prishtina (Kosovo)&Budocnost (Montenegro) MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS: 12 clubs Standing matches 1st round: Zaquiet Kontech Sport (Tunisia) vs Wahda Club (Lybia) 3/0; TTC Prishtina (Kosovo)vs Studenti (Albania) 3/0; TTC Banat (Serbia) vs Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon) 3/1; Aladza Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) vs Bemted (Turkey) 3/0 Standing matches 2nd round: Aladza Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) vs Zaquiet Kontech Sport (Tunisia) 3/1;TTC Banat (Serbia) vs TTC Prishtina (Kosovo) 3/0 Semi Finals: STK Dr. Casl (Croatia) vs Table Tennis Krka (Slovenia) 3/0; GD Toledos (Portugal) vs Sporting Union Agen (France) 3/0 Standing matches 3rd round: ZaquietKontech Sport (Tunisia)vs TTC Prishtina (Kosovo) 3/0; TTC Banat (Serbia) vs Aladza Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) 3/0; Table Tennis Krka (Slovenia)vs Sporting Union Agen (France) 3/2 Final: GD Toledos (Portugal) vs STK Dr. Casl (Croatia) 3/1 Classification: 1. GD Toledos (Portugal); 2. STK Dr. Casl (Croatia); 3. Table Tennis Krka (Slovenia); 4. Sporting Union Agen (France); 5. TTC Banat (Serbia); 6. Aladza Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina); 7. ZaquietKontech Sport (Tunisia); 8. TTC Prishtina (Kosovo); 9. Wahda Club (Lybia) Studenti (Albania) Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon) & Bemted (Turkey)
STK Dr. CASL in both semis at Mediterranean Clubs Cup
In the semi final of the 1st Mediterranean Clubs Cup in Istanbul the group phase of the competition concluded. In Women’s semifinal Grupo de Sportivo do Centro from Portugal will play against Cukurova Universitesi from Turkey whilst TTC Inter Diskontravne In the semi final of the 1st Mediterranean Clubs Cup in Istanbul the group phase of the competition concluded. In Women’s semifinal Grupo de Sportivo do Centro from Portugal will play against Cukurova Universitesi from Turkey whilst TTC Inter Diskontravne from Slovenia will meet Croatia’s STK Dr. CASL. In Men’s Cup Dr CASL also has representative in the penultimate stage. They will play against Table Tennis Krka from Slovenia whilst GD Toledos from Portugal will play against Sporting Union from France. WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS Group A: Grupo de Sportivo do Centro (Portugal) vs Budocnost (Montenegro) 3/0 1.Grupo de Sportivo do Centro (Portugal) 2. Budocnost (Montenegro) Group B: Raquette Marmandaise (France) vs Rafraf Sports Club (Tunisia) 3/1 TTC Inter Diskontravne (Slovenia) vs Raquette Marmandaise (France) 3/0 TTC Inter Diskontravne (Slovenia) vs Rafraf Sports Club (Tunisia) 3/0 1. TTC Inter Diskontravne (Slovenia) 2. Raquette Marmandaise (France) 3. Rafraf Sports Club (Tunisia) Group C: Aladza Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) vs Teuta (Albania) 3/0 STK Dr. Casl (Croatia) vs Aladza Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) 3/0 STK Dr. Casl (Croatia) vs Teuta (Albania) 3/0 1. STK Dr. Casl (Croatia) 2. Aladza Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) 3.Teuta (Albania) Group D: Cukurova Universitesi (Turkey) vs TTC Prishtina (Kosovo) 3/1 1. Cukurova Universitesi (Turkey) 2. TTC Prishtina (Kosovo) Standing matches 1st round: TTC Prishtina (Kosovo) vs Aladza Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) Budocnost (Montenegro) vs Raquette Marmandaise (France) Semi Finals: Grupo de Sportivo do Centro (Portugal) vs Cukurova Universitesi (Turkey) TTC Inter Diskontravne (Slovenia) vs STK Dr. Casl (Croatia) MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIPS Group A: Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon) vs Wahda Club (Lybia) 3/1 Table Tennis Krka (Slovenia) vs Wahda Club (Lybia) 3/0 Table Tennis Krka (Slovenia) vs Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon) 3/1 1. Table Tennis Krka (Slovenia) 2. Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon) 3. Wahda Club (Lybia) Group B: Spin 2012 Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) vs Zaquiet Kontech Sport (Tunisia) 3/1 GD Toledos (Portugal) vs Spin 2012 Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) 3/0 GD Toledos (Portugal) vs Zaquiet Kontech Sport (Tunisia) 3/0 1. GD Toledos (Portugal) 2. Spin 2012 Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) 3. Zaquiet Kontech Sport (Tunisia) Group C: TTC Prishtina (Kosovo) vs Bemted (Turkey) 3/0 Sporting Union (France) vs TTC Prishtina (Kosovo) 3/0 Sporting Union (France) vs Bemted (Turkey) 3/0 1. Sporting Union (France) 2. TTC Prishtina (Kosovo) 3. Bemted (Turkey) Group D: TTC Banat (Serbia) vs Studenti (Albania) 3/0 STK Dr. Casl (Croatia) vs TTC Banat (Serbia) 3/1 STK Dr. Casl (Croatia) vs Studenti (Albania) 3/0 1. STK Dr. Casl (Croatia) 2. TTC Banat (Serbia) 3. Studenti (Albania) Standing matches 1st round: Wahda Club (Lybia) vs Zaquiet Kontech Sport (Tunisia) TTC Prishtina (Kosovo) vs Studenti (Albania) Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon) vs TTC Banat (Serbia) Spin 2012 Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) vs Bemted (Turkey) Semi Finals: Table Tennis Krka (Slovenia) vs STK Dr. Casl (Croatia) GD Toledos (Portugal) vs Sporting Union (France)
Harder than scheduled for UMMC
Russian UMMC defeated Czech Sten Marketing HB Ostrov 3:1 in the last Round 3 game of Men1s European Champions League. Verkhnaya Pyshma`s side continues unbeaten on the top of Group C as one of three clubs in the league with all three victories. The best Russian UMMC defeated Czech Sten Marketing HB Ostrov 3:1 in the last Round 3 game of Men1s European Champions League. Verkhnaya Pyshma`s side continues unbeaten on the top of Group C as one of three clubs in the league with all three victories. The best ranked UMMC player Jun MIZUTANI scored two wins beating Tomas TREGLER and Pavel SIRUCEK both in straight games. Japanese has 4-0 individual score after three rounds. Second and third game was fully exciting having five games each. First Alexander SHIBAEV overcame Pavel SIRUCEK who led after first and third set while Josef SIMONCIK managed to beat 2012 European Championship runner-up TAN Ruiwu. SIMONCIK amazingly turned the game after two easily taken sets by TAN. Finally 2010 Pro Tour Grand Finals winner MIZUTANI secured new win for UMMC defeating Pavel SIRUCEK. Men`s European Champions League Round 3 – Group C TTSC UMMC – Sten Marketing HB Ostrov 3:1 Jun MIZUTANI – Tomas TREGLER 3:0 (11:9 11:8 11:8) Alexander SHIBAEV – Pavel SIRUCEK 3:2 (11:7 8:11 12:14 11:4 12:10) TAN Ruiwu – Josef SIMONCIK 2:3 (7:11 11:3 11:4 4:11 6:11) Jun MIZUTANI – Pavel SIRUCEK 3:0 (11:6 11:9 11:7)
SVENSSON breaks the bank in Chartres
Eslov is again on the good course to reach its third MECL quarter-final. Swedish club opened this season with a defeat in Bremen but tonight in Round 3 reached second win in a row: Chartres – Eslov 2:3. The man of the match was Robert SVENSSON who took Eslov is again on the good course to reach its third MECL quarter-final. Swedish club opened this season with a defeat in Bremen but tonight in Round 3 reached second win in a row: Chartres – Eslov 2:3. The man of the match was Robert SVENSSON who took two points beating Robert GARDOS in first encounter and Par GERELL in the last one. Third point for the guests provided Chinese XU Hui. All matches took four sets each. In the other Group B game Wienvertel Niederosterrecih overcame Werder Bremen 3:2. Stefan FEGERL succeeded the same achieve as SVENSSON leading his side to the second win in the season. Austrian needed to play 10 sets and to reach 104 points (almost 11 per set) in total tonight against Bastian STEGER and Constantin CIOTI. Chinese HOU Yingchao secured one more victory for the 2008 MECL winner. There is unexpected situation in Group B after first three rounds. Favorites Chartresd and Bremen have 1-2 score while Eslov and Niederosterrecih 2-1. Reigning MECL champion managed to recover after big defeat in Round 2 from no. 1 seed Orenburg: Olimpia Unia Grudziadz – AS Pontoise Cergy 0:3. French side played excellent in Poland reaching maybe crucial victory in battle for quarter final from Group A. One of the heroes from the recent European team`s championships Portuguese Marcos FREITAS beat WANG Yang in five games. It was important advantage for Pontoise. Guest made a decisive run in fifth set coming from 4:4 to 8:4. In next game Japanese Yoshida KAII tried to level situation against WANG Jian Jun but Chinese prevailed in four sets. Dane Kristian KARLSSON who played important role in the last MECL final concluded the match defeating Bartosz SUCH. In Group C Saarbrucken defeated Angers away 3:1 in very important game for the place which lead to the quarter-final. The key man in German side was Tiago APOLONIA who continues good play from recent European Championships where he reached gold with Portugal national team. Tonight he beat Kenji MATSUDAIRA and Jens LUNDQVIST. Slovenian Bojan TOKIC brought other point for the 2012 MECL semi-finalists. Men`s European Champions League Round 3 Group A Olimpia Unia Grudziadz – AS Pontoise Cergy 0:3 WANG Yang – Marcos FREITAS 2:3 (5:11 2:11 11:5 11:8 7:11) Yoshida KAII – WANG Jian Jun 1:3 (11:7 10:12 5:11 7:11) Bartosz SUCH – Kristian KARLSSON 1:3 (11:6 5:11 9:11 9:11) Group B Chartres – Eslov 2:3 Robert GARDOS – Robert SVENSSON 0:3 (6:11 9:11 10:12) Par GERELL – XU Hui 3:1 (11:5 8:11 11:4 11:8) Damien ELOI – Mattias OVERSJO 3:1 (12:10 11:8 10:12 11:9) Robert GARDOS – XU Hui 0:3 (14:16 9:11 8:11) Par GERELL – Robert SVENSSON 1:3 (8:11 11:5 9:11 6:11) Wienviertel Niederosterreich – SW Werder Bremen 3:2 HOU Yingchao – Constantin CIOTI 3:0 (11:2 12:10 11:6) Stefan FEGERL – Bastian STEGER 3:2 (8:11 19:17 10:12 11:9 11:8) Daniel HABESOHN – Adrian CRISAN 1:3 (11:3 7:11 6:11 8:11) HOU Yingchao – Bastian STEGER 2:3 (7:11 9:11 12:10 11:3 5:11) Stefan FEGERL – Constantin CIOTI 3:2 (7:11 11:4 14:12 13:11) Group C Vaillante Angers – FC Saarbrucken 1:3 Jens LUDQVIST – Bojan TOKIC 0:3 (4:11 2:11 5:11) Kenji MATSUDAIRA – Tiago APOLONIA 1:3 (11:8 5:11 9:11 9:11) Jon PERSSON – Adrien MATTENET 3:1 (11:6 13:11 8:11 11:9) Jens LUNDQVIST – Tiago APOLONIA 1:3 (8:11 7:11 11:9 10:12)
Mediterranean Clubs Cup premiere in Istanbul
Mediterranean Table Tennis Union launched first ever Mediterranean Clubs Cup. This weekend in Istanbul 13 national associations will have their representatives in Turkey: Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia France Kosovo Lebanon Libya Montenegro Mediterranean Table Tennis Union launched first ever Mediterranean Clubs Cup. This weekend in Istanbul 13 national associations will have their representatives in Turkey: Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia France Kosovo Lebanon Libya Montenegro Portugal Serbia Slovenia Tunisia and host nation. The draw has been directed by Mr. Christian MICHELIS MTTU President and Mr. Veli Ozan CAKIR ETTU Vice President. WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT: 10 clubs Group A: Grupo de Sportivo do Centro (Portugal) Budocnost (Montenegro) Group B: TTC Inter Diskontravne (Slovenia) Raquette Marmandaise (France) Rafraf Sports Club (Tunisia) Group C: STK Dr. Casl (Croatia) Aladza Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) Teuta (Albania) Group D: TTC Prishtina (Kosovo) Cukurova (Turkey) MEN’S TOURNAMENT: 12 clubs Group A: Table Tennis Krka (Slovenia) Wahda Club (Lybia) Riyadi Beirut (Lebanon) Group B: GD Toledos (Portugal) Spin 2012 Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina) Zaquiet Kontech Sport (Tunisia) Group C: Sporting Union (France) TTC Prishtina (Kosovo) Bemfed (Turkey) Group D: STK Dr. Casl (Croatia) TTC Banat (Serbia) Studenti (Albania)
Bogoria’s first win Borussia unbeaten
Polish champion Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki beat French GV Hennebont 3:0 in the first Saturday’s match of Men`s European Champions League Round 3. Both clubs continue with 1-2 score keeping the chance for the quarter-final spot. OH Sang Eun defeate Polish champion Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki beat French GV Hennebont 3:0 in the first Saturday’s match of Men`s European Champions League Round 3. Both clubs continue with 1-2 score keeping the chance for the quarter-final spot. OH Sang Eun defeated CHO Eon Rae in straight games of the opening encounter. Host former world`s Top 10 player had a clear distance in each set. One of decisive moments was seen in second match when Daniel GORAK overcame French talent Quentin ROBINOT in five games. Young guest managed to level on 2:2 despite being two sets down but host made crucial run in late fifth set coming from 5:6 to 9:6. ROBINOT saved one set ball on 10:8. Pawel FERTIKOWSKI suffered two defeats in first two rounds playing as team`s no. 3 but tonight showed his best game this season. He overcame confidently Dimitrij PROKOPCOV in straight games. Other Group D game was held in Wels where the winner of German Bundesliga defeated Austrian champion: Walter Wels – Borussia 1:3. Timo BOLL brought two points for the guests beating in straight games both Dominique PLATTNER and Lehel DEMETER. Third point for Borussia came from Greek Panagiotis GIONIS who was better than DEMETTER playing five games in opening clash. It was the third victory in the row for the ten times European champion. Borussia shows that will again play one of the leading roles in MECL after two disappointing seasons. Timo BOLL now has 4-0 score (12-1 in sets). After first three rounds German champion is alone on the top of Group D. Other three clubs Hennebont Bogoria and Walter Wels are continuing competition with 1-2 score each. Men`s European Champions League Round 3 Group D Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki – GV Hennebont 3:0 OH Sang Eun – CHO Eon Rae 3:0 (11:9 11:7 11:7) Daniel GORAK – Quentin ROBINOT 3:2 (11:5 12:10 7:11 4:11 11:9) Pawel FERTIKOWSKI – Dimitrij PROKOPCOV 3:0 (11:9 11:7 11:9) Walter Wels – Borussia Dusseldorf 1:3 Lehel DEMETER – Panagiotis GIONIS 2:3 (8:11 11:5 11:5 9:11 5:11) Dominique PLATTNER – Timo BOLL 0:3 (5:11 4:11 9:11) Zolt PETE – Sharat Kamal ACHANTA 3:1 (11:9 11:4 5:11 11:6) Lehel DEMETER – Timo BOLL 0:3 (4:11 8:11 4:11)
