After unexpectedly poor start in Group C of Men’s European Champions League two weeks ago (3:1 home loss from newcomer Walter Wels), Werder Bremen is again drives to its goals. “The Greens” won two games in three days, from last Friday to Sunday, fi, After unexpectedly poor start in Group C of Men’s European Champions League two weeks ago (3:1 home loss from newcomer Walter Wels), Werder Bremen is again drives to its goals. “The Greens” won two games in three days, from last Friday to Sunday, first at Hennebont in MECL Round 2, and after that in Bundesliga against Hagen (3:0). The victory at France, in front of 1,000 host fans, was team success. Each player brought one point, as last one came from Chinese Taipei’s CHUANG Chih Yuan who beat his compatriot and double partner in national team CHEN Chien-An in straight games. They became together World champions at Paris last spring, defeating in gold medal game Chinese pair HAO Shuai, MA Lin 4:2. “We were in the cauldron of more than 1,000 spectators, showing great morale. This victory brought us back into competition”, said Werder`s coach Cristian TAMAS for club’s website. Just a day after return from France, actual German champion overcame at home TTC Hagen 3:0, so now lead in Bundesliga after three rounds (all three wins, 9:1 match ratio). “It was fantastic weekend. I’m glad that I could help the team as well”, summed Adrian CRISAN who won both his encounters in two matches (the same did Constantin COTI, while CHUANG has 2-1 score). Team manager Sascha GREBER sounds very satisfied: “Overall, it was excellent performance of our players. The win against Hagen after tough away game at France worth a lot. It was Werder`s weekend“.
World N.1 defends Women’s World Cup title in Kobe
LIU Shiwen (CHN) has proven why she is the world’s best table tennis player by claiming gold at the STARTS 2013 ITTF Women’s World Cup, which concluded 23 September 2013 in Kobe, Japan. The 22 year old beat fellow countrywomen WU Yang 11:3, 11, LIU Shiwen (CHN) has proven why she is the world’s best table tennis player by claiming gold at the STARTS 2013 ITTF Women’s World Cup, which concluded 23 September 2013 in Kobe, Japan. The 22 year old beat fellow countrywomen WU Yang 11:3, 11:7, 11:7, 11:2 to claim her third Women’s World Cups from three attempts, the youngest player in history to do so. “It is an honour for me to win the Women’s World Cup for the 3rd time” stated the world number one. “This has given me a lot of confidence, which will hopefully allow me to realize my dreams of becoming World and Olympic Champion.” “I am thrilled to be playing the Women’s World Cup in Japan, where the crowd is very supportive and knowledgeable about the sport. I hope that I will be able to carry this streak forward to next year for the Tokyo World Team Championships when China will be defending our title.“ Despite cruising through the finals 4:0, LIU stated that it was not as straightforward as it seemed: “Mine and WU’s levels are not that far apart. The main difference between us is that I have more experience, and WU was more nervous due to this being her first World Cup.” WU managed to take some positives out of her defeat in the final to LIU: “As this was my first World Cup, I was happy that I was able to show the world my level. I now need to go home and practice my tactics for these big matches, so next time I can win.” FENG Tianwei (SIN) repeated her heroics from London 2012 to claim bronze, outclassing JIANG Huajun (HGK) 11:6, 13:11, 12:10, 11:2. “Overall I am satisfied with my performance, and happy that despite the difficulties I faced in this high level event, I was able to overcome my opponent and bring home the bronze medal. I am looking forward to coming back to Japan next year for the World Team Table Tennis Championships, where I hope I can help Singapore win another medal.” The 17th edition of the Women’s World Cup featured players from every continent who qualified from their respective Continental Cups, making it truly a global affair. African Cup Champion Han Xing (CGO) caused the biggest upset of the tournament, defeating World number 18 Seok Hajung (KOR) in the group stages, which shows the development of the African nations. With 10,000 people turning up to cheer on the top 20 players, it builds the excitement leading up to the 2014 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships being held in Tokyo, Japan on 28 April – 5 May 2014. Next up in 2013 on the ITTF calendar is the LIEBHERR Men’s World Cup in Verviers, Belgium on 25-27 October 2013, which follows the same playing format as the Women’s World Cup.
SHEN Yanfei’s progress halted in quarters
JIANG Huajun reached the semi final of the STARTS Women’s World Cup in the Japanese city of Kobe. She accounted for Spain’s SHEN Yanfei in five games (10:12, 11:8, 11:2, 11:7, 11:8) to book her place in the penultimate round. At the semi final stage, she , JIANG Huajun reached the semi final of the STARTS Women’s World Cup in the Japanese city of Kobe. She accounted for Spain’s SHEN Yanfei in five games (10:12, 11:8, 11:2, 11:7, 11:8) to book her place in the penultimate round. At the semi final stage, she meets China’s LIU Shiwen, the top seed, who overcame Singapore’s YU Mengyu in four straight games (11:6, 11:4, 11:2, 11:8), issuing a clear announcement that she has no intention of surrendering the title won one year earlier in Huangshi. JIANG Huajun grew in confidence; it was a far different performance from the straight games defeat she had suffered last year at the semi final stage of the Women’s Singles event at the GAC Group 2012 ITTF World Tour German Open, when beaten in four straight games by SHEN Yanfei. In the lower half of the draw Japan’s Kasumi ISHIKAWA was beaten by the attacking skills and consistent counter top spin play of Singapore’s FENG Tianwei (11:7, 9:11, 8:11, 11:9, 11:4, 9:11, 11:7); for Ai FUKUHARA it was a very different technique that brought about her downfall. She suffered against the patience and the backspin artistry of China’s WU Yang; a five games defeat was the end result (7:11, 11:7, 11:8,11:9,11:2).
Juniors’ titles for DYJAS and SZOCS
No. one seeds at the European Youth Top 10 in Terni in Junior Category, Jakub DYJAS of Poland and Bernadette SZOCS of Romania clinched the titles in their respective boys and girls category. DYJAS lost only one encounter. He suffered by the hands of Croat, No. one seeds at the European Youth Top 10 in Terni in Junior Category, Jakub DYJAS of Poland and Bernadette SZOCS of Romania clinched the titles in their respective boys and girls category. DYJAS lost only one encounter. He suffered by the hands of Croatia’s Filip ZELJKO on the second day of the tournament. Most important duel for young Polish player was the one against David REITSPIES of Czech Republic. The crucial moment of the match was the opening game, which Poland’s player won by narrow margin 12:10. REITSPIES finished the tournament at second position. Alexandre ROBINOT of France is third. Both ROBINOT and REITSPIES had 13 points. However, David beat French player in five games. Joao GERALDO of Portugal is fourth. He has the 12 points as well as Italian representative Leonardo MUTTI who is fifth and Can AKKUZU of France ranked at position no. six. Seventh is Sam WALKER of England and no. 8 and 9. are Filip ZELJKO and CHEN Diogo of Portugal. Bernadette SZOCS of Romania said goodbye to the European Youth Top 10 with another title on her record. She won it for a fifth time, second time as a junior. Following the footsteps of BADESCU, STUMPER, POTA, DODEAN, OVTCHAROV and FRANZISKA she became a most successful participant, but the comparison is not really fair, because until 2007 we only had a top 12 for juniors. In Italy SZOCS lost only one match – against Croatia’s Mateja JEGER. Her main adversary, Nina MITTELHAM was forced to withdraw after second day of the play. Nina hurt her elbow in the sixth duel so her results by that stage counted. Alina ARLOUSKAYA of Belarus is second, whilst Lea RAKOVAC of Croatia concluded the competition at the position no. three. Bernadette BALINT of Romania is fourth, Mateja JEGER is fifth, followed by Theresa KRAFT of Germany, Irina CIOBANY of Romania, Laura PFEFFER of France, Nina and Giorgia PICOLIN of Italy.
Cadets, POLANSKY and DIACONU on the throne
The most successful male young player at the European Youth Championships in Ostrava earlier this year, Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic added another title to his record. At the Youth Top 10 in Terni, Tomas clinched the title in Cadets category and made , The most successful male young player at the European Youth Championships in Ostrava earlier this year, Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic added another title to his record. At the Youth Top 10 in Terni, Tomas clinched the title in Cadets category and made fantastic season even greater. He already clinched the gold medals in Team’s Event and Doubles, silver in Mixed Doubles and gold in Singles from European championships. In Italy Tomas, born in Decin, succeeded against all adversaries, but one – he lost only one match against Slovenia’s Darko JORGIC. He stretched Darko to full distance before singles quarterfinalists from Ostrava won the match. Joe SEYFRIED of France is second. He had two defeats. The match against SEYFRIED was crucial for Tomas. “We both knew that whoever wins will be the winner of the tournament. SEYFRIED is a tough opponent” said POLANSKY. Andreas LEVENKO is third. Austria’s player was ranked only as seventh player at the tournament, but managed to put under pressure every player. He beat JORGIC in five games. Aliaksandr KHANIN of Belarus is fourth, followed by Alexandru MANOLE of Romania, JORGIC, Nils HOHMEIER of Germany, Nolan GIVONE of France and Daniele PINTO of Portugal. In cadet Girls category another European singles and doubles champion justified its rankings. Adina DIACONU of Romania succeeded in all nine matches at the tournament. She was not even stretched to full distance in any of her encounters. In the last duel at the tournament DIACONU beat main rivalry for gold, Maria MALANINA of Russia. She showed no mercy, by winning in straight games. It was MALANINA’s first defeat in Italy and she clinched second position. DIACONU’S teammate Andrea CLAPA is third, followed by Julia KAIM of Germany, Tin Tin HO of England, Anastasia KOLISH of Russia, Cristina DUMITRACHE of Italy, Lisa LUNG of Belgium, Karoline MISCHEK of Austria and Jennie WOLF of Germany. DUMITRACHE is ranked only at position no. 22 in Europe and came in terni as host nation representative with the wild card. With victories over KOLISH, LUNG and MISCHEK she exceeded the expectations.
Clean sheet for SZOCS, DIACONU and MALANINA
Leonardo MUTTI was not at the very top yesterday, but today he delighted home crowd with three victories today. Italian youngster emerged at the top of the standings in Junior Boys’ category at the Europe Top – 10 in Terni after six rounds of play. , Leonardo MUTTI was not at the very top yesterday, but today he delighted home crowd with three victories today. Italian youngster emerged at the top of the standings in Junior Boys’ category at the Europe Top – 10 in Terni after six rounds of play. On the second day of the tournament MUTTI Overcame Sam WALKER of England, David REITSPIES of Czech Republic and Can AKUZZU of France. Alexandre ROBINOT of France beat Filip ZELJKO of Croatia, Joao GERALDO of Portugal, but after defeat against MUTTI he moved down to spot no. two. Jakub DYJAS of Poland is third. Bernadett SZOCS of Romania has not felt the bitterness of defeat in Terni yet. Three rounds before the end of the tournament young champion, winner of the Top 10 in 2009, 2010 and 2012 is unbeaten this year. Today she overcame Laura PFEFFER of France, Theresa KRAFT of Germany and Giorgia PICCOLIN of Italy. At position no. two in Junior Girls category is Nina MITTELHAM of Germany. Princess of Ostrava European championships earlier this year overcame PFEFFER and Lea RAKOVAC of Croatia but lost against Bernadett BALINT of Romania. Alina ARLOUSKAYA of Belarus is third followed by BALINT and RAKOVAC. At 7 PM tomorrow SZOCS will play against MITTELHAM and that is only one of few very interesting duels we will see. In Cadet Boys Category, comparing previous day, we have new no. one at the standings. Darko JORGIC of Slovenia, quarterfinalist from the singles Event in Ostrava holds the top. Today he overcame Joe SEYFRIED of France and Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic, champion of Ostrava, after thrilling seven games duel. In Cadet Girls Category Adina DIACONU of Romania and Maria MALANINA of Russia are both undefeated after 6 rounds. DIACONU overcame Anastasi KOLISH of Russia, Lisa LUNG of Belgium and Karoline MISCHEK of Austria today, whilst MALANINA succeeded against LUNG, Andrea CLAPA of Romania and Cristina DUMITRACHE. Andrea CLAPA and Julia KAIM of Germany are both at position no. three. Unfortunately, two players were forced to withdraw due the injury. Lucas RIGAULT of France and Tomislav PUCAR of Croatia will not show up in the final standings, since they played less than five matches.
Top-10 favorites are warming up in Terni
At the end of day one at the 2013 Europe Top 10 in Italian City of Terni French Boys and Romanian girls has very good start as we already saw so many times before. After three rounds in Junior Boys’ category Alexandre ROBINOT of France is at the top, At the end of day one at the 2013 Europe Top 10 in Italian City of Terni French Boys and Romanian girls has very good start as we already saw so many times before. After three rounds in Junior Boys’ category Alexandre ROBINOT of France is at the top of the standings. Player who was placed at position no. three last year, had a good start today. ROBINOT beat Sam WALKER of England and compatriot Can AKKUZU, but suffered by the hands of David REISPIES of Czech Republic. David is second after another victory over WALKER. Best ranked player in this category, Poland’s Jakub DYJAS is at position no. 6 with only one defeat and victory over Leonardo MUTTI of Italy and Tomislav PUCAR of Croatia. Winner of Top 10 last year and European champion from 2010, MUTTI is seventh. In Junior Girls Category top seeded Bernadette SZOCS of Romania recorded three victories. Three times title holder at Top 10, SZOCS beat two compatriots, Bernadette BALINT and Irina CIOBANU as well as Alina ARLOUSKAYA of Belarus. European champion from Ostrava Nina MITTELHAM of Germany, also holds top position with three victories over Germany’s Theresa KRAFT, Croatia’s Mateja JEGER and Italian Giorgia PICCOLIN. KRAFT, ARLOUSKYA and Laura PFEFFER of France shared third position. Joe SEYFRIED of France left the hall unbeaten tonight, alongside European cadet champion Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic. Joe beat Alexandru MANOLE of Romania, Lucas RIGAULT of France and Nolan GIVONE of France. Tomas succeeded against Aliaksandr KHANIN of Belarus, Daniele PINTO of Italy and Andreas LEVENKO of Austria. Three players in cadet Girls category recorded all three victories. European champion Adina DIACONU of Romania beat Andrea CLAPA of Romania, Julia KAIM of Germany and Cristina DUMITRACHE of Italy. Maria MALANINA of Russia recorded victories over Anastasia KOLISH of Russia Karoline MISCHEK of Austria and KAIM. Tin Tin HO of England overcame Lisa LUNG of Belgium MISCHEK and DUMITRACHE.
New hard loss of Borussia at Chartres
Round 2 of Men`s European Champions League brought four out of five 3:0 wins and one of them is surprisingly hard Borussia`s loss at Chartres. The same victory belonged to reigning champion Orenburg at Biberach, UMMC at Saarbrucken and Pontoise at Eslov. , Round 2 of Men`s European Champions League brought four out of five 3:0 wins and one of them is surprisingly hard Borussia`s loss at Chartres. The same victory belonged to reigning champion Orenburg at Biberach, UMMC at Saarbrucken and Pontoise at Eslov. Werder Bremen took very important points playing away game against Hennebont. 2012/13 finalist Chartres is unique winning home team tonight. In the reprise of 2012/13 semis, Chartres AS TT again beat ten times European champion Borussia Dusseldorf, this time losing just three sets in Round 2 Group D. Last year at France, GAO Ning took two points with total set ratio 6:0 (against Timo BOLL and Patrick BAUM), but tonight he overcame Indian Kamal ACHANTA harder than he expected, playing five sets of opening encounter. After confident start (7:0, 11:3 in first set) Singaporean lost second 11:1. In third one he missed set ball (10:9, 10:12) as ACHANTA led 2:1 in sets. In next two sets world`s no. 17 managed to play his usual game and it was enough to provide the starting lead for Chartres. It was questions will six times European individual champion Timo BOLL play or not at Chartres, due to his injury at the beginning of the season. He decided to play and lost in four games from Par GERELL who was very concentrated in opening 32-points long set. German missed three set balls (last one he had on 15:14). Actual world`s no. 5 leveled in next set, but Swede took last two (in third 1:3, 6:3, 6:6, 9:6). Robert GARDOS concluded this clash, defeating two times European vice-champion Patrick BAUM in straight games. Austrian made decisive step in first set when he managed to recover after 5:1 lead of German. Guest also had 7:5 in second, but host answered with three consecutive points. Russian champion UMMC confirmed his big ambition in this season at Saarbrucken, where they lost just three sets against German side. These two teams played very exciting 2011/12 semis (SMIRNOV beat TOKIC in decisive game of rematch to secure final for UMMC), but tonight Saarbrucken had no chance to avoid the hard loss. Former European vice-champion TAN Ruiwu beat Slovenian Bojan TOKIC in opening clash, as UMMC`s newcomer Jun MIZUTANI did main job against Bastian STEGER in straight sets. German missed four set balls in total first, losing both long sets (16:14 first, 15:13 third). Tiago APOLONIA was twice one set up, but lost from Alexander SHIBAEV. In last, fifth set, Russian saved match ball (9:10, 12:10) to secure win for his side. Last season`s semi finalist AS Pontoise Cergy had successful trip to Sweden, beating Eslov in straight games. Eslov`s best player in first two rounds, Robert SVENSSON had close opening match against Marcos FREITAS, but Portuguese took crucial third set (14:12) and won in four games. Former Charleroi`s WANG Jian Jun had an easy job against Kasper STERNBERG, whilst Kristian KARLSSON secured victory for French side, defeating Mattias OVERSJO in five games Reigning champion Fakel Gazproma Orenburg showed his class at Biberach. Vladimir SAMSONOV & Company beat 2009 MECL finalists in superb style. “Mr. ECL” opened the game by confident win against Russian Kirill SKACHKOV, 2012 Olympic bronze medalist Dimitrij OVTCHAROV allowed to young Englishman Liam PITCHFORD just opening set, and, finally, the best no. 3 MECL player for years Alexey SMIRNOV overcame 2004 Olympic champion RYU Seung Min in four sets. Werder Bremen managed to recover after surprising loss from Walter Wels in Round 1 game at home. “The Greens” won away game at Hennebont, despite world`s no. 7 CHUANG Chih Yuan lost from Dmitrij PROKOPCOV in second match. CHEH Chien-An and Andrian CRISAN met in first very exciting encounter. After several upside-downs Romanian won fifth set 11:0! CIOTI brought new lead for Werder defeating promising ROBINOT in four sets. CHEH lost in straight games from CHUANG who saved two set balls in third set. It was last chance for Hennebont. GROUP A Ochsenhausen – Orenburg 0:3 Kirill SKACHKOV – Vladimir SAMSONOV 0:3 (7:11, 7:11, 8:11) Liam PITCHFORD – Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 1:3 (11:9, 6:11, 10:12, 7:11) RYU Seung Min – Alexey SMIRNOV 1:3 (9:11, 11:5, 7:11, 12:14) GROUP B Eslov AI – AS Pontoise Cergy 0:3 Robert SVENSSON – Marcos FREITAS 1:3 (8:11, 11:9, 12:14, 5:11) Kasper STERNBERG – WANG Jian Jun 0:3 (6:11, 5:11, 8:11) Mattias OVERSJO – Kristian KARLSSON 2:3 (11:4, 5:11, 10:12, 11:6, 2:11) Saarbrucken – UMMC 0:3 Bojan TOKIC – TAN Ruiwu 1:3 (7:11, 11:1, 9:11, 9:11) Bastian STEGER – Jun MIZUTANI 0:3 (14:16, 3:11, 13:15) Tiago APOLONIA – Alexander SHIBAEV 2:3 (11:6, 4:11, 13:11, 5:11, 9:11) GROUP C Hennebont – Werder Bremen 1:3 CHEH Chien-An – Adrian CRISAN 2:3 (14:16, 11:7, 11:7, 6:11, 0:11) Dmitrij PROKOPCOV – CHUANG Chih Yuan 3:2 (11:8, 11:7, 1:11, 8:11, 12:10) Quentin ROBINOT – Constantin CIOTI 2:3 (11:9, 6:11, 6:11, 11:7, 6:11) CHEH Chien-An – CHUANG Chih Yuan 0:3 (7:11, 4:11, 12:14) GROUP D Chartres – Borussia 3:0 GAO Ning – Kamal ACHANTA 3:2 (11:3, 1:11, 10:12, 11:8, 11:6) Par GERELL – Timo BOLL 3:1 (17:15, 7:11, 11:7, 11:8) Robert GARDOS – Patrick BAUM 3:0 (12:10, 11:9, 11:8)
Road to Tokyo 2020 begins at STARTS 2013 Women’s World Cup
For three Japanese women, tomorrow’s STARTS 2013 ITTF Women’s World Cup in Kobe, Japan marks the start of a 7-year journey towards a dream home Olympics -Tokyo 2020. The Japanese trio of Kasumi ISHIKAWA, Ai FUKUHARA and Sayaka HIRANO, who capt, For three Japanese women, tomorrow’s STARTS 2013 ITTF Women’s World Cup in Kobe, Japan marks the start of a 7-year journey towards a dream home Olympics -Tokyo 2020. The Japanese trio of Kasumi ISHIKAWA, Ai FUKUHARA and Sayaka HIRANO, who captured the Japanese public’s imagination by winning the teams’ silver medal at London 2012, will kick off an exciting era for Japanese table tennis at the Women’s World Cup, being held 21-23 September 2013. FUKUHARA, who had a wax sculpture of her erected in Tokyo’s airport after her London triumph, stated at the Women’s World Cup pre event press conference: “The road to Tokyo starts tomorrow, with this very prestigious event in my home country, which I am desperate to win.” “I will be 32 years old in 2020, so there is still the possibility that I can play. I was very involved in the work to brining the Olympics to Tokyo, so I will be working very hard over the next 7 years starting tomorrow to make this happen.” Recently crowned world number one LIU Shiwen (CHN), also has her eyes on Tokyo 2020, but right now is more focused on the job at hand in Kobe, which is to win her third Women’s World Cup: “I am very glad to come here in Kobe. I came to Kobe 10 years ago, and came in second at the World Junior Championships, beating Ai FUKUHARA on the way. I have also won the Women’s World Cup twice before, so I really want my 3rd this week!“ It will not be easy for FUKUHARA and LIU here in Kobe, as they have to battle 18 other women who have qualified from their respective Continental Cups, to clinch the second most valuable international table tennis gold medal of the year, after the World Championships. The first round of the 16th edition of the Women’s World Cup kicks off tomorrow, with the bottom 12 seeds being placed in four groups of three, with the winner of the group progressing to the next round, where the top 8 seeds are waiting to fight for the quarter final positions. The most interesting match up is group 2, which pits 17-year-old Ariel HSING (USA) against 51-year-old LI Chunli (NZL) and 31-year-old LIU Jia (AUT) in a battle of generations. When asked about the daunting prospect of playing against the two players who are much older and experienced than her, the Stanford student who is often videoed playing table tennis against Warren Buffet and Bill Gates stated: “I will need to fight for every point and try and forget about their experience, as when we are on the table we are all equal. I need to stay focused to be able to do that again and keep moving my feet and play my game.“
Terni opens the doors for European youth
This week, from 20th to 22nd September Italian city of Terny will host 29th European Youth Top 10. The date has been changed, but the fierce battles we are going to see, will surely match all previous editions of the one of the strongest tournaments for E, This week, from 20th to 22nd September Italian city of Terny will host 29th European Youth Top 10. The date has been changed, but the fierce battles we are going to see, will surely match all previous editions of the one of the strongest tournaments for European elite youth. Thanks to statistic of ETTU Ranking Committee Chairman Igor HELLER some interesting statistics occupies our attention. Two participants Bernadette SZOCS and Mateja JEGER are now playing the Top-10 for the 5th time. They share the all-time record. SZOCS can win it for the 4th time, but 3 times is already an all time record. However, the comparison is not really fair, because until 2007 we only had a top 12 for juniors. She can win the juniors for the second time, but that is not unique. Romanian star can join the “club” with the members BADESCU, STUMPER, POTA, DODEAN, OVTCHAROV and FRANZISKA. The other former Top 10 winners are MUTTI and PFEFER. In Terni the youngest participant (by far) is Anastasia KOLISH (despite her 1,75 meter only 11 years and 9 months). The next one is Adina DIACONU, 13 years and 11 months. Kolish is not the first 21st century born player playing in the Top 10. That was Rares SIPOS (ROU), born 2000, last year. SIPOS however had a wildcard, KOLISH is the first 21st century born to qualify through the rankings. In the venue of Palatennistavolo in Via del Centenario in Juniors category will play: Jakub DYJAS of Poland, Alexandre ROBINOT of France, Leonardo MUTTI of Italy, David REITSPIES of Czech Republic, Tomislav PUCAR of Croatia, Joao GERALDO of Portugal, Filip ZELJKO of Croatia, Diogo CHEN of Portugal, Sam WALKER of England and Can AKKUZU of France. In Junior Girls category are invited: Bernadette SZOCS of Romania, Nina MITTELHAM of Germany, Lea RAKOVAC of Croatia, Irina CIOBANU of Romania, Alina ARLOUSKAYA of Belarus, Laura PFEFER of France, Bernadette BALINT of Romania, Theresa KRAFT of Germany, Mateja JEGER of Croatia, Giorgia PICCOLIN of Italy. In Cadet Boys category: Joe SEYFRIED of France, Tomas POLANSKY of Czech Republic, Darko JORGIC of Slovenia, Nolan GIVONE of France, Aliaksandr KHANIN of Belarus, Andreas LEVENKO of Austria, Lucas RIGAULT of France, Nils HOHMEIER of Germany, Alexandru MANOLE of Romania and Daniele PINTO of Italy. Cadet Girls category: Adina DIACONU of Romania, Maria MALANINA of Russia, HO Tin Tin of England, Andreea CLAPA of Romania, Lisa LUNG of Belgium, Jennie WOLF of Germany Anastasia KOLISH of Russia, Karoline MISCHEK of Austria, Julia KAIM of Germany and Cristiana DUMITRACHE of Italy.
