French AS Pontoise Cergy beat Russian champion UMMC at Verkhnaya Pyshma 3:1 and now both clubs have 3-1 score in Group B of Men`s European Champions League. Japanese Jun MIZUTANI who was the man of the match in first encounter (Russian team won 3:2) now French AS Pontoise Cergy beat Russian champion UMMC at Verkhnaya Pyshma 3:1 and now both clubs have 3-1 score in Group B of Men`s European Champions League. Japanese Jun MIZUTANI who was the man of the match in first encounter (Russian team won 3:2) now lost twice from Marcos FREITAS and WANG Jian Jun. However both teams have a good chance to reach quarter final (Saarbrucken has 2-2 Eslov 0-4). Two lefthanders opened the clash having five sets. Marcos FREITAS played one of his best games in MECL reacting very fast in many long rallies. He lost first set while next two he finished with some points in a row (2nd 5:4 10:5 3rd 8:7 11:7) starting very well in fourth (5:2) but Japanese managed to push the game into the fifth set. After 8:4 lead of Portuguese host took two consecutive points and Pontoise took the time out. After that guest ended the match with three points in a row (10:6 was fantastic long rally). Alexander SHIBAEV leveled on 1:1 against former Charleroi`s WANG Jian Jun in four games. Russian managed to save one set ball in opening set (9:10 14:12) Chinese was better in second whilst host led the game in third in fourth. A new clash between two lefthanders happened in third match: Kristian KARLSSON surprised the 2012 individual European vice-champion TAN Ruiwu in straight sets. Guest made a nice feat in third coming from 4:8 and 8:10 to 12:10. Finally WANG had overcome MIZUTANI in five sets. Japanese stayed out of the focus in late opening set (9:8 10:12) and early second (0:6). He leveled on 2:2 but lost much energy and guest used that. UMMC – AS Pontoise Cergy 1:3 Jun MIZUTANI – Marcos FREITAS 2:3 (11:7 7:11 7:11 11:9 7:11) Alexander SHIBAEV – WANG Jian Jun 3:1 (14:12 10:12 11:6 11:9) TAN Ruiwu – Kristian KARLSSON 0:3 (6:11 6:11 10:12) Jun MIYUTANI – WANG Jian Jun 2:3 (10:12 4:11 12:10 11:8 4:11)
Bronze medallists maintained their form in Rabat
Bronze medals winners in Junior Boy’s Team’s Event Poland and France as well as Romania in Junior Girls category successfully continued their journey at the 2013 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Rabat. In Singles Event Frenchman Enzo ANGLE Bronze medals winners in Junior Boy’s Team’s Event Poland and France as well as Romania in Junior Girls category successfully continued their journey at the 2013 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Rabat. In Singles Event Frenchman Enzo ANGLES the no.8 seed ended the hopes of Poland’s Adrian WIECEK in straight games. Tristan FLORE scored against Alessandro BACIOCCHI of Italy Alexandre ROBINOT overcame JHA KANAK of USA. Jakub DYJAS was the major reason for the bronze medal gained by Poland in the Boys’ Team event with two wins against Korea beating both KANG Minho and JANG Woojin. He maintained his form in the Singles Event. The no.11 seed he beat Belgium’s Martin ALLEGRO in four straight games to book his place in the second round. In the second round will also play QIU Dang QIU Liang and Kilian ORT of Germany Rajko GOMMERS of Netherlands Filip ZELJKO of Croatia Adam SZUDI and Tamas LAKATOS of Hungary Diogo CHEN of Portugal Leonardo MUTTI of Italy Carl AHLANDER of Sweden and Samuel WALKER of England. Romania’s Bernadette SZOCS had to recover from a two games to nil deficit to beat Laura PFEFER of France but she made it to the second round. Occupying the no.8 seeded position in the draw Bernadette SZOCS eventually prevailed in six games. SZOCS in both Bahrain in 2011 and Hyderabad one year ago won bronze in the Girls’ Doubles event with Irina CIOBANU. CIOBANU also joined her after victory against LEE Zion of USA today. Young Adian DIACONU also clinched the victory. She overcame Sutirtha MUKHERJEE of India. Chantal MANZ Theresa KRAFT and WAN Yuan of Germany succeeded. France will count on Marie MIGOT and Marina BERHO whilst Belarus has Katsiaryna BARAVOK and Alina ARLOUSKAYA and Croatia has Lea RAKOVAC.
Niederosterreich cancelled Borussia!
After three consecutive MECL titles (2009-2011) Borussia will not play in quarter final second season in a row. The 2008 champion Niederosterreich won 3:0 at Dusseldorf to reach next stage. In the other three tonight`s matches of Men`s European Champion After three consecutive MECL titles (2009-2011) Borussia will not play in quarter final second season in a row. The 2008 champion Niederosterreich won 3:0 at Dusseldorf to reach next stage. In the other three tonight`s matches of Men`s European Champions League Round 4 reigning champion Orenburg defeated Angers at France 3:2 Saarbrucken overcame Eslov in Sweden while current German champion Werder Bremen took quarter final ticket defeating Walter Wels 3:0 in Austria. Group A provided super interesting clash between Angers and Orenburg. Three players from the podium of the 2013 LIEBHERR European Championships were involved: Angers` Panagiotis GIONIS (bronze) and Orenburg`s Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (gold) and Vladimir SAMSONOV (silver). Greek beat him both first SAMSONOV (Byelorussian eliminated him in 2013 ECH semis) and German in fourth encounter. But that was not enough for host side. BROSSIER lost both his matches (last one in fifth game from SAMSONOV who won opening set 18:16) while Orenburg`s SMIRNOV confirmed why hi is the best no. 3 player in the competition. Angers still has a good chance to progress in next stage while Orenburg confirmed top spot of the Group A as unique unbeaten team. In Group B first out of two games is finished as 2012 MECL semi finalist had successful trip to Sweden. Host opened well the game when Robert SVENSSON surprised Tiago APOLONIA in four games but Bastian STEGER led his team to the victory. Individual bronze medalist from recent 2013 LIEBHERR European Championships took two points against Kasper STERNBERG in second encounter and SVENSSON in fourth. Slovenian Bojan TOKIC had very easy job on no. 3 position losing just nine points in total against Mattias OVERSJO. The best Eslov`s player SVENSSON had a good try when he came from 6:9 to 11:9 in third set of last match. But STEGER dominated in the rest of the game. Werder Bremen got revenge at Austria defeating Walter Wels 3:0 in Group C. Austrians surprisingly won 3:1 in opening round in Germany but tonight The Greens confirmed why they are considered as one of main candidates for the 2013 MECL crown. Just opening clash was close when ZHAN Jian and Adrian CRISAN played five games. The host managed to save one match ball (9:10 in fourth set) but he couldn`t repeat his achieve from the first clash when he was a hero (beat COTI and CHUANG). In ultimate set Romanian made decisive step when he took three points in a row (7:7 7:10). Serbian Zolt PETE who beat CRISAN in Round 1 tonight had some good moments against CHUANG Chih-Yuan especially in first set when he didn`t use set ball (7:9 10:9). Werder`s best player managed to beat him in straight games. COTI concluded the match against DEMETER. Daniel HABESOHN shocked the audience when he defeated Timo BOLL in five games of inaugural match at Dusseldorf. Austrian even had one match ball in fourth set (9:10) but six times individual European champion succeeded to survive in that moment. When German started 3:1 in fifth it looked like that big surprise will not happen but Niederosterreich`s player turned on 8:4 and won the encounter. Patrick BAUM doesn`t like to play against experienced defender CHEN Weixing who beat him many times in last three seasons. Austrian scored new win against German. There were two crucial moments: in first set (host missed 10:7) and in fourth (8:8 8:10 for CHEN). Indian ACHANTA was a last hope of The Lions but FEGERL in a big style provided important win to Austrians. Round 4 of Men`s European Champions League Group A: Vaillante Angers – Gazproma Orenburg 2:3 Panagiotios GIONIS – Vladimir SAMSONOV 3:2 (11:4 5:11 11:7 4:11 11:6) Benjamin BROSSIER – Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 1:3 (11:8 8:11 12:14 9:11) Michel MARTINEZ – Alexey SMIRNOV 0:3 (8:11 3:11 8:11) Panagiotis GIONIS – Dimitrij OVTCHAROV 3:2 (15:13 13:11 6:11 6:11 11:9) Benjamin BROSSIER – Vladimir SAMSONOV 1:3 (16:18 11:7 6:11 8:11) Group B: Eslov – Saarbrucken 1:3 Robert SVENSSON – Tiago APOLONIA 3:1 (11:9 11:9 9:11 11:6) Kasper STERNBERG – Bastian STEGER 1:3 (6:11 11:6 8:11 6:11) Mattias OVERSJO – Bojan TOKIC 0:3 (3:11 4:11 2:11) Robert SVENSSON – Bastian STEGER 1:3 (6:11 8:11 11:9 7:11) Group C: Walter Wels – Werder Bremen 0:3 ZHAN Jian – Adrian CRISAN 2:3 (8:11 11:8 9:11 13:11 9:11) Zolt PETE – CHUANG Chih-Yuan 0:3 (10:12 9:11 4:11) Lehel DEMETER – Constantin CIOTI 1:3 (10:12 11:3 9:11 9:11) Group D: Borussia Dusseldorf – Niederosterreich 0:3 Timo BOLL – Daniel HABESOHN 2:3 (5:11 5:11 11:5 12:10 4:11) Patrick BAUM – CHEN Weixing 1:3 (12:14 11:9 7:11 9:11) Sharat Kamal ACHANTA – Stefan FEGERL 0:3 (9:11 5:11 6:11)
Dynamic development for Austrian success
Austrian Table Tennis Association has elected a new President. Mr. Hans FRIEDINGER former Vice-President for Top Sports was elected unanimously at the General Meeting for a period of two years. President FRIEDINGER has been President of the Upper Austri Austrian Table Tennis Association has elected a new President. Mr. Hans FRIEDINGER former Vice-President for Top Sports was elected unanimously at the General Meeting for a period of two years. President FRIEDINGER has been President of the Upper Austrian Table Tennis Association for more than two decades and he was officiating as Austrian Sports Director for 14 years. In 2009 he has been elected “Official of the Year” out of all Austrian sports officials “As official I am proud to have joined the career of our World Champion 2003 Werner SCHLAGER. For more than 50 years I am an active player at present of course on a modest level ” added President FRIEDINGER. In the interview for the ETTU web site newly elected president revealed his future plans. “Austria is a small country with a long table tennis tradition. At present the international performance of our players is fine and our internal structure is still improving ” stated President FRIEDINGER. President FRIEDINGER spoke about the programs. “We will certainly increase international training activities. We are lucky to have the Werner SCHLAGER Academy as a privileged tool but will still try to participate in training camps in China and other countries and will also try to enhance partnerships with some competitive associations.” – What will be the main focus in your work in next period and can you introduce us with most important points in your presidential program? “I have been Sports Director of our association for a long time and as a consequence I am still very much interested in top sports. Key words of my activity will be “Dynamic Development” “Professionalism” “Active Engagement and Commitment” as well as “Representation”. – What is your main goal in this Olympic cycle? “A clear and short answer – the first Olympic medal of an Austrian table tennis player.” – Who will be the key players for next period in Austrian national team? “Our top players Robert GARDOS Daniel HABESOHN Stefan FEGERL LIU Jia Amelie SOLJA and Sofia POLCANOVA are already challenged by our promising youngsters”. – What is your opinion about the situation in European table tennis regarding the expansion of Asian sport? “We have to admit reality. On medium-term we are forced to develop strategies for bringing up more and stronger native European players. I am convinced that the only way to improve our sport in Europe significantly is to have more joint high-quality training camps – starting already at young age categories. So this way of co-operation is seriously needed.”
Not yet X-Mas time for all but one
Women European Champions League`s Round 5 is coming this weekend with four games in two groups. In Group A called “The Group of Death” everything is possible while in Group B reigning champion Linz AG Froschberg (4-0 score) already booked semi final ti Women European Champions League`s Round 5 is coming this weekend with four games in two groups. In Group A called “The Group of Death” everything is possible while in Group B reigning champion Linz AG Froschberg (4-0 score) already booked semi final ticket and Zamek Tarnobrzeg (3-1) is very close to achieve the same. Both Group A games will be live broadcasted on LAOLA1.tv. Leading club of Group A the 2012 WECL champion Berlin Eastside (3-1) is going to Istanbul to meet no. 1 seed Fenerbahce (2-2). In first game at Berlin the host team won 3:2 after 0:2. Now it`s coach Irina PALINA believes that his side is able to secure semis on hottest soil in the competition: “Before we start to play group Istanbul was a favorite now everything is possible in our group. We go to Istanbul with full team and we hope that we can book place for semi final already on Saturday”. After 3:1 home loss from Berlin Austrian SVS STROCK (2-2 score) managed to survive against Fenerbahce (3:2 0:2) playing at Schwechat so now Martin SOROS` team expects Metzm(1-3) in good mood. On the other side French club wants to confirm that its win against Berlin is not matter of coincidence. Defending champion Linz had good preparation for its game in Group B against Zamek informed us Froschberg`s Robert RENNER. LIU Jia & Company are practicing on the highest possible standard. Players like MA Liang ZHAN Jiang from Singapore Alexandra PRIVALOVA Zsolt PETÖ Lucijan MUNTEANU Antonin SCHWARZER and Lehel DEMETER preparing together with Linz`s women team which is actual public elected “Team of the Year” of the upper Austria before Ice Hockey and Football Champions. Before their game coach BIAN Yadong and his girls will support Walter Wels against Werder Bremen in Round 4 of Men`s ECL. “It will be again very hard against the Polish team” says Linz`s LIU Jia who has both WECL titles of that club (2009 2013). “We will try to prevent two victories of HAN Ying and if we do so we can win again. Of course we are already tired because of the very long season but we are looking forward to a nice Christmas holiday time together with the Family “Renner” in the Austrian mountains. That is our silver lining and it is our goal to give the Club the present it deserves – to be No. 1 again.” LIU Jia`s team mate Iveta VACENOVSKA speaks about team`s and her individual goals: “I want to be on the first place in the group and complete this ECL season with zero defeats in single. I`m fit and full recovered from a physical fatigue and we will make a big show for our loyal and responsive audience. The training group including the very strong men is sometimes challenging but that makes us so strong in the match against women”. Linz president Günther RENNER is sure that his side will continue its winning streak: “We want to make a good Show on Saturday. Politicians the press company representatives and VIP`s from the whole range of the society will be in Linz so we want to have a strong fight and a thrilling match again.” Tyumen and Budaorsi are playing to avoid last spot of Group B. Russian team was better (3:2) in their first clash when Ruta PASKAUSKIENE brought two points. Round 5 of Women`s European Champions League Group A: Fenerbahce – TTC Berlin Eastside (Saturday December 7th 13h30 CET live on LAOLA1.tv); SVS STROCK – Metz (Monday December 9th 19h00 CET live on LAOLA1.tv) Group B: Linz AG Froschberg – Zamek Tarnobrzeg (Saturday December 7th 16h00 CET); Tyumen – Budaorsi 2i SC (Sunday December 8th 15h00 CET)
Both titles in WJC Team’s event for China
China clinched gold in both Team’s Events at the 2013 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Rabat. In both finals Japan suffered the defeat. In Junior Boys Team’s Event Poland and France clinched bronze medal whilst Korea Germany Taipei and B China clinched gold in both Team’s Events at the 2013 ITTF World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Rabat. In both finals Japan suffered the defeat. In Junior Boys Team’s Event Poland and France clinched bronze medal whilst Korea Germany Taipei and Brazil completed the list of top 8 teams. In Junior Girls Team’s Event Romania and Hong Kong reached the third position. Korea Taipei Germany and USA are listed below. In the Mixed Doubles Event CHEN Diogo of Portugal and Irina CIOBANU of Romania Nandor ECSEKI and Bernadett BALINT Hungarian-Romanian combination Poland’s Jakub DYJAS and Sandra WABIK Joao GERALDO and Bernadette SZOCS another Portugal’s Romania’s combination Enzo ANGLES and Marie MIGOT of France as well as Italy’s Leonardo MUTTI and Croatia’s Lea RAKOVAC reached the Round of 16.
Once again it’s time for Finlandia Open
Finnish Table Tennis Association organizes the 24th Finlandia Open international table tennis tournament from Wednesday the 5th to Sunday the 8th December. Finlandia Open uses ”progressive knock out system” in singles events like it has done for many year Finnish Table Tennis Association organizes the 24th Finlandia Open international table tennis tournament from Wednesday the 5th to Sunday the 8th December. Finlandia Open uses ”progressive knock out system” in singles events like it has done for many years. Finlandia Open is a popular tournament for young and promising players and this year doesn’t make an exception. Totally 128 men and 63 women players from 34 countries will give us an exciting four days. Top seeded players are Jan ZIBRAT (SLO WR 264) and Antonina SAVELYEVA (RUS WR 198). Finlandia Open started with men’s and women’s a team events on Thursday. Singles competition will start on Friday which also includes team finals. Singles champions we will know on Sunday after the finals. The venue is Kisakallio sports institute in Lohja (60 km west from capital city Helsinki) like it was last year too. “We hope and believe to see a lot of good and fair matches. Hopefully there will be many future top players looking for international experience ” said Markus HEIKKINEN in the name of the organizers. The list of participants you can find here
Switzerland awaits the best European men and women
The ITTF Board of Directors made a decision in 2012 that the Continental Cups or an equivalent shall serve as qualification for the World Cups starting January 2013. The DHS 2014 Europe Cup will serve as the European qualification tournament for the 2014 The ITTF Board of Directors made a decision in 2012 that the Continental Cups or an equivalent shall serve as qualification for the World Cups starting January 2013. The DHS 2014 Europe Cup will serve as the European qualification tournament for the 2014 Men’s and Women’s World Cup. The tournament will be organized on 7-9 February in Lausanne Switzerland with participation of 12 men’s and 12 women’s players who are eligible for World title events. Invitations will be based on the latest European ranking extracted from the December 2013 ITTF World Ranking list with a limit of 2 players per association. The Prospectus and information will be published and sent to ETTU member associations with invited players in the next 48 hours For more information visit www.ittf.com www.ettu.org and Here below the official documents to read/download: – DHS Europe Cup prospectus – DHS Europe Cup accommodation – DHS Europe Cup confirmation Join the event on Facebook and Twitter
Another five ECL matches live on ETTU tv
Another FIVE world class table tennis matches this weekend meaning there is only one place to be for fans right here with us on ETTU TV powered by LAOLA1.tv! ETTU Champions League Men – Borussia Düsseldorf – SVS Niederösterreich ASTT | 06.12. Another FIVE world class table tennis matches this weekend meaning there is only one place to be for fans right here with us on ETTU TV powered by LAOLA1.tv! ETTU Champions League Men – Borussia Düsseldorf – SVS Niederösterreich ASTT | 06.12.2013 19:00 CET The Red Lions still remain optimistic about getting into the next round of the ETTU Champions League despite being bottom of the table after 3 matches. 2 defeats in a row mean they welcome SVS Niederösterreich in desperate need of a win to put their Champions League season back on track. Find out if they can get that much needed win LIVE on Friday evening at 19:00 CET. ETTU Champions League Men – SPG Walter Wels – SV Werder Bremen | 06.12.2013 20:00 CET An hour later the 2nd Austrian – German clash of the night will get underway in Group D as top of the table Wels host Werder Bremen. The Champions league debutants have a 50/50 record and a win will help their chances of getting to the next round. Join us LIVE and FREE on Friday at 20:00 CET to find out the winner of this one on http://ettu.laola1.tv. ETTU Champions League Men – UMMC Verkhnaya Pyshma – AS Pontoise Cergy | 07.12.2013 12:00 CET It will be table tennis at dinner time for fans of UMMC and Pontoise as the unbeaten Russians welcome the French side. UMMC recorded a decent 3-2 away win the last time these two played each other in September and they will be expecting to keep their record in front of their home fans as well. Join us for some lunch time table tennis to see which team will take the spoils in our early afternoon match LIVE on http://ettu.laola1.tv. ETTU Champions League Women – Fenerbahce Sport Club – TTC Berlin Eastside | 07.12.2013 13:30 CET The 2nd game of Saturday afternoon comes from Turkey as last season’s ETTU Cup winners Fenerbahce take on former Champions League winners Berlin Eastside a big big match in the women’s tournament. The German’s come into this match unbeaten and they will be favourites to keep this record against the team in 2nd in the table. Can the Turkish team end Berlin’s unbeaten run? Find out at 13:30 CET on http://ettu.laola1.tv. ETTU Champions League Women – SVS Ströck vs. Metz TT | 09.12.2013 19:00 CET The 2nd game of the round from the women’s event on http://ettu.laola1.tv also comes from Group A as SVS welcome Metz TT to the Multiversum. Metz currently find themselves bottom of the table with 3 defeats in a row and this one doesn’t look like being any better either. Can the French side win their first match of the season? Find out on Monday night.
Crucial weekend to be MECL turning point
After five weeks break Men’s European Champions League is coming back this Friday and Saturday by Round 4 games and it could be last chance for some clubs to get quarter final spot. One of them is ten times European champion Borussia Dusseldorf who expec After five weeks break Men’s European Champions League is coming back this Friday and Saturday by Round 4 games and it could be last chance for some clubs to get quarter final spot. One of them is ten times European champion Borussia Dusseldorf who expects the 2008 winner Niederosterreich in MECL Classic. In Group A reigning champion Fakel Gazproma Orenburg goes to France to meet Vaillante Angers. Russians won first game at home 3:1 thanks to new individual European champion Dimitrij OVTCHAROV who took two points (BROSSIER and LUNDQVIST). Orenburg has 2-0 score Angers 1-1 and French side will stay in very good position even it lost because of big win against Ochsenhausen (3:0 9:2 in sets) which still has no victory. Guests are arriving with their best line-up: Vladimir SAMSONOV Dimitrij OVTCHAROV Alexey SMIRNOV. “Vaillante Angers is a very strong rival. We managed to beat them in a hard fight in Orenburg. So our preparation for the match is very serious. We’ll use our best forces. Our players are concentrated on the victory especially taking into account that our success in France will make us the winner in our group” Orenburg`s coach Valeriy SALABAEV said. Group B offers battle for the top spot at Verkhnaya Pyshma where Russian champion UMMC (3-0 score) plays for fourth victory in a row against Pontoise (2-1). Their first meeting was very close having five games and amazing ending in which JUN Mizutani and TAN Ruiwu turned the match. First Japanese leveled against Marcos FREITAS (3:2) while TAN brought winning point in clash with Tristan FLORE (3:2). No matter how this game will be finished the ultimate round between Pontoise and Saarbrucken at Germany should be decisive one for quarter final places. French side won 3:2 (10:9) in first game. This weekend Saarbrucken (1-2 score) goes to Sweden to meet Eslov who still has no win. Group C is most interesting one having all three clubs with 1-1 score: Werder Bremen Hennebont and Walter Wels. This Friday German champion plays at Austria for revenge after surprising lost in opening round at home (3:1). ZHAN Jian was a big mystery for Constantin CIOTI and CHUANG Chih Yuan and third point for Walter Wels provided Serbian Zolt PETE against Adrian CRISAN. Zhan has 4-0 score in two rounds but his two wins were not enough to stop Hennebont`s victory (3:2) in Round 3. Finally two great MECL clubs will have their new battle. Borussia (0-2) and Niederosterreich (1-1) used to play one against another in last couple of seasons and Germans had more successes but last December Austrian side went to the quarter final from group stage. It’s clear that Chartres (2-0) will go to the next stage this time so just one of two rivals this Friday at Dusseldorf can progress among the best eight teams. Niederosterreich won first game at home (3:2) but Borussia now can count on Timo BOLL having much better team’s shape. Austrians are hoping that LEUNG Chu Yan could have again his day and maybe as he did at Schwechat bring new two points. Round 4 of Men`s European Champions League Group A: Vaillante Angers – Gazproma Orenburg (December 6th 19h30 CET) Group B: UMMC – AS Pontoise Cergy (December 7th 12h00 CET live on LAOLA1.tv); Eslov – Saarbrucken (December 6th 19h30 CET) Group C: Walter Wels – Werder Bremen (December 6th 20h00 CET live on LAOLA1.tv) Group D: Borussia Dusseldorf – Niederosterreich (December 6th 19h00 CET live on LAOLA1.tv)
