Croatia was the only team who damaged the French flawless series of wins at the Junior Boy’s Teams Event at the 56th European Youth Championships in Ostrava. However, even strong Croatian team could not did more but to win one singles match against , Croatia was the only team who damaged the French flawless series of wins at the Junior Boy’s Teams Event at the 56th European Youth Championships in Ostrava. However, even strong Croatian team could not did more but to win one singles match against mighty Alexandre ROBINOT, Enzo ANGLES and Alexandre CASSIN. France is at the top of the Group A at the end of the first phase of the competition. They beat Russia and Belgium as well. “I do not regret I am not be able to defend my title in cadet Singles Event. I am feeling so good playing against juniors,” said best ranked cadet boy in the hall, CASSIN. Croatia finished second, Russia third and Belgium at fourth position. In Group B nothing went according to “plan”. Netherlands seeded only at the position no. three emerged at the top, Hungary, seeded no. one finished second. Italy from position no. two slipped to spot no. four and Slovakia is third. Laurens TROMER, Rajko GOMMERS, Martin KHATCHANOV and Koen HAGERAATS beat Hungarian players and Slovakia’s representatives, but suffered by the hands of Italians. At the end they were only  Italian’s casualties. In Group C favourites also stumbled. Sweden’s Anton KALLBERG, Viktor GORMAN and Carl AHLANDER JOHANSSON reached the top from the third position. Poland fell from top spot to third place. Portugal is second. In Group D Germany’s Marc RODE, Kilian ORT, Florian SCHREINER and QIU Liang recorded all three victories. Host nation booked second position, whilst thanks to victory over Romania, Serbia went one place higher then the rankings predicted. “It was easier then we thought before the tournament. Marc RODE was at the real leader of the generation. He was not so impressive on the opening day, but today he was very good. Rode proved he is important player for the team,” said Klaus SCHMITTINGER. —> FINAL TIME SCHEDULE – New! (updated July 13th, 22h30 CET)

Romanian stars  booked top position in Group A in the Cadet Girls Teams Event at the European Youth Championships in Ostrava. Adina DIACONU, Andreea CLAPA and Andreea DRAGOMAN succeeded against Belarus, Slovenia and Greece. There were no surprises in that, Romanian stars  booked top position in Group A in the Cadet Girls Teams Event at the European Youth Championships in Ostrava. Adina DIACONU, Andreea CLAPA and Andreea DRAGOMAN succeeded against Belarus, Slovenia and Greece. There were no surprises in that Group, so all the teams concluded the first phase according to seedings. Audrey ZARIF, Marie MIGOT and Camille CAMPION followed the same path in even more impressive way. In the matches against Croatia, Sweden and Latvia they adversaries failed to post singles individual victory. As a meter of fact, all matches concluded in 3:0 margin. Croatia is second, Sweden third and Latvia fourth. Germany’s Julia KAIM, Lilli EISE and Luisa SAGER dominated in Group C. They also concluded their encounters in straight matches. Poland is second, whilst Ukraine secured third position by beating Hungary in full distance match. Russia’s Maria MALANINA, Daria CHERNORAY and Anastasia KOLISH paved their way to Round 16 with three victories. Serbia, Portugal and Israel could not stop them on their way. Portugal, however, prevented Serbia of making it to the position no. two. They lost only one match against Russia. In lower division, in Group E Belgium’s LOYEN, LUNG and DEGRAEF booked top position. Only Spain made them play all five matches. Luxembourg and Wales lost in straight matches. Austria’s MISCHEK and FUCHS beat Norway and Lithuania to secure play off match for place among best 16. Turkey’s OZKAYA, KULAKCEKEN and ARSLAN exceeded the rankings and beat Slovakia to secure top position in their Group. They also prevailed against Armenia and Ireland. In Group I Czech Republic took advantage of paying at home soil. PYSKATA, SLEZAKOVA and TUSLOVA overcame top seeds Finland, as well as Azerbaijan. —> FINAL TIME SCHEDULE – New! (updated July 13th, 22h30 CET)

France was the only nation in Cadet Boys Teams Event among top 16 teams at the 56th European Youth Championships that managed to justify the top seeded position. Nolan GIVONE, Joe SEYFRIED and Lucas RIGAULT concluded first phase of the Event at the top po, France was the only nation in Cadet Boys Teams Event among top 16 teams at the 56th European Youth Championships that managed to justify the top seeded position. Nolan GIVONE, Joe SEYFRIED and Lucas RIGAULT concluded first phase of the Event at the top position despite defeat against Slovenia at the opening day of the competition. After the shocker defeat, France recovered and beat Germany and Hungary. However Slovenia was very close to another top rated upset. They failed to capitalise on 2:1 lead against Germany, and lost final duel in the group 2:3. On the other side, that win did not help Germans to defend their second position in the Group. They need straight matches victory to stay second. France is first, Slovenia second and Germany third, whilst Hungary is at the last position. Austria gave a hint at the opening day, that they are capable of great things and they continued to prove it. No. two seeds in Group B Thomas GRININGER and Andreas LEVENKO went straight to Round of 16 unbeaten in group. They overcame top seeds Russia, Sweden and Estonia. Russia is second and Sweden and Estonia third and fourth in Group B. Top seeds in Group C, Romania has slipped to third place and they will have to play play off match to stay among top teams. Denmark’s Andreas DILLING, Andreas LIND and Michel Nikolai DE VOSS moved to the top, followed by Italy. Moldova is fourth in the Group. In thrilling match of the last round Denmark stretched Italy to full distance, but Luca BRESSAN and Daniele PINTO prevailed at the end. Patrik KLOS, Tomas POLANSKI and Jiri MARTINKO shined in front of host nation. They emerged at the top of the Group D following the success in all three rounds. Czech Republic beat top seeds Poland, Belgium and Turkey. They lost only one singles match against Poland. The winners of four lower Groups will fight for the place in Top 16. In Group E that is Belarus. KHANIN and LABANAU lost their match against Netherlands, but prevailed against Switzerland and Iceland. In Group F that right earned England. SAVILL, GILES and JARVIL beat adversaries from team of Ukraine, Scotland and Ireland. Only Scotland made them go full distance. There were no surprises in Group G neither. Lithuania’s STANKEVICIUS, SKIRMANTAS and LESIV booked top place. They accounted for Greece, Norway and San Marino. Portugal booked they place for play off. SILVA and PINTO beat Serbia and Croatia. In Group I Slovakia’s BRAT, SPANIK and PAVOLKA overcame Finland’s, Spain’s and Bulgaria’s players. In Group J Israel’s AVIV, SIMON and TSOOK beat Luxembourg, Wales and Bosnia and Herzegovina to secure their opportunity to play for higher division. —> FINAL TIME SCHEDULE – New! (updated July 13th, 22h30 CET)

Anastasia KOLISH made very significant progress at the European rankings this month. Only 12 years old cadet moved from spot no. 67 to eight in July. It secured her the place in the national team of Russia for the 56th European Youth Championships in Ostr, Anastasia KOLISH made very significant progress at the European rankings this month. Only 12 years old cadet moved from spot no. 67 to eight in July. It secured her the place in the national team of Russia for the 56th European Youth Championships in Ostrava. In the opening match in the Group D, KOLISH overcame Portugal’s Marta SANTOS without losing the game. Russia stayed at the same course and eventually won the duel in straight matches against Portugal. Latter Russia beat Serbia to justify their position in the Group. KOLISH already won European championships title in Singles in the mini cadet category last year, but it is her first appearance at the Youth Europeans. “I was so worried. It is great honor for me to be the part of the team, but it is also great pressure. Very match here is important and I am enjoying playing,” said Anastasia who is coming from Sankt Petersburg. Anastasia’s  improvement at the list was made after great performance at the Polish Open in Wladislawowo. KOLISH beat Belgium’s Lauranne HACKEMACK and Margo DEGRAF as well as Isabele LUPULESKU of Serbia in Team’s Event. KOLISH successfully concluded qualifications in Singles before she overcame few notable names in main draw. Before Anastasia reached quarterfinal she beat one of the seeds Yuko KATO of Japan and Europe’s no. 5 Andreea CLAPA.

The opening round brought first upset already at the Cadet Boys teams Event at the European Youth Championships in Ostrava. Continental champions team of France lost their match against Slovenia. Darko JORGIC was a backbone of Slovenia’s success. He overc, The opening round brought first upset already at the Cadet Boys teams Event at the European Youth Championships in Ostrava. Continental champions team of France lost their match against Slovenia. Darko JORGIC was a backbone of Slovenia’s success. He overcame Joe SEYFRIRD and Luca RIGAULT and added another point with the victory in doubles with Erik PAULIN. “That opening win was crucial. We did not expect we could beat France. To be honest, we came here to try to beat Germany and to be third in the Group. However after this victory our aspirations are much higher,” said coach Matej PETAR. JORGIC already clinched the title in doubles in Bratislava and he played in the semis of the Singles Event also in Slovakia. In Poland he was runner up in doubles. “He is in splendid shape,” added PETAR. Slovenia beat Hungary in the second round duel. France recovered and overcame Germany. Slovenia is at the top of the Group, whilst France and Germany are listed at position two and three. In Group B, there are more surprises. Austria emerged at the top at the standings. Thomas GRININGER and Andreas LEVENKO overcame Russia and Estonia. Russia falls to the second position since they beat Sweden in the first round. Hosts, Patrik KLOS and Tomas POLANSKY beat leading nation in the Group D to secure top spot at the end of the day. Also, Romania failed to justify their rankings and lost encounter against Denmark’s Andreas DILLING and Andreas LIND. In the opening Rounds of the Cadet Girls Team’s Event Romania showed no weak points. Adina DIACONU and Andrea CLAPA beat Slovenia and Belarus to secure top position after day one. Greece failed to post single victory. Audrey Zarif and Marie MIGOT of France showed no mercy in Group B. Croatia and Sweden lost against them. Russia with young, rising star Anastasia KOLISH safely closed their matches against Portugal and Serbia. Maria MALANINA was at the top of the game with five wins out of five matches today. German team with Julia KAIM, Lilli EISE and Jeannie WOLF overcame Hungary and Poland.

Titleholders in Junior Girls Team’s Event, Romania, successfully started their campaign at the 56th European Youth Championships in Ostrava. In Group A they beat Sweden in straight matches. In the same Group Serbia struggled to justify their rankings agai, Titleholders in Junior Girls Team’s Event, Romania, successfully started their campaign at the 56th European Youth Championships in Ostrava. In Group A they beat Sweden in straight matches. In the same Group Serbia struggled to justify their rankings against Netherlands. Kim VERMAAS upset Ana Zofija FENJVESI it the opening match, but eventually, favorites prevailed. In Group B Germany’s Nina MITTELHAM, Theresa KRAFT and Chantal MANTZ showed great form. They inflicted the pain in the host nation supporters in the opening round. “I was happy that I beat Karolina MYNAROVA here. In two previous occasions she overcame me. Last time it was very recently at the French Open,” explained Nina. Croatia went through great difficulties in duel against Greece. After Mateja JEGER and Lea RAKOVEC established the lead, Filia EMIRI brought back Greece back in game. Aikaterini TOILOU leveled the score, but JEGER saved Croatia in the decisive duel. Leaders in Group C, France beat Turkey and Belarus overcame Hungary, so there were no surprises in that Group. Both winning teams recorded straight matches victories. It was the same situation in Group D. Russia beat Slovakia 3:1, whilst Poland prevailed against Italy 3:0.

French juniors at the 56th European Youth Championships in Ostrava successfully  overcame first hurdle on their way of defending the throne. Mehdi BOULOUSSA, Enzo ANGLES and Alexandre ROBINOT overcame Russia’s Konstantin CHERNV, Sadi ISMAILOV and Ki, French juniors at the 56th European Youth Championships in Ostrava successfully  overcame first hurdle on their way of defending the throne. Mehdi BOULOUSSA, Enzo ANGLES and Alexandre ROBINOT overcame Russia’s Konstantin CHERNV, Sadi ISMAILOV and Kirill SHVETS in straight matches. In the same Group, something that started as an easy match for Croatia ended as big fight. Filip ZELJKO and Tomilav PUCAR prevailed in straight games against Belgium’ s Florent LAMBIET and Martin ALLEGRO, but Arthur BILAS beat Vedran BAKIC to give his team little hope. LAMBIET and PUCAR went full distance, before Croatia’ player brought his team to the victory. In Group B Slovakia beat Italy. Leonardo MUTTI won both his encounters, but it was not sufficient. Samuel KALUZNI, Patrik VLACUSKA and Alexander VALUCH proved Slovakia has very strong team. And second duel in same group also finished after five matches. Netherland was stretched to full distance before Laurens TROMER, Rajko GOMMERS and Martin KHATCHANOV  prevailed against Hungary. After first match Hungary failed to produce further lead, so Dutch team had constant lead. In Group D Germany beat Romania in four matches to secure few minutes more of sleep tonight. Kilian ORT, Marc RODE and Florian SCHREINER overcame Romania. Alin SPELBUS was in charge for only point for his side, but Daniel DAN was also close to bring his team to the decisive match. Czech Republic overcame Serbia. Valentin NADJNEMEDI and Ivor KATIC could not find the game for inspired David REITSPIES. Jakub SEIBERT lost his match against Valentin, but in decisive one against KATIC he was superb

We can already talk about tradition, when we speak about the European Youth Championships in Czech Republic. In 2009 and 2005, Prague hosted the event, whilst 1999 and in 1996 Freydek Mistek was the host, so if anyone knows how to take care of such big co, We can already talk about tradition, when we speak about the European Youth Championships in Czech Republic. In 2009 and 2005, Prague hosted the event, whilst 1999 and in 1996 Freydek Mistek was the host, so if anyone knows how to take care of such big competition, that are Czech Table Tennis officials. From 12th of July until 21st, competitors from 44 countries will participate at the 56th European Youth Championships in Ostrava. In Sareza venue, competition starts with the team’s event, whilst the start of singles are scheduled for 17th of July. In Junior Boys Teams Event 36 teams will participate, in Junior Girls 36, Cadet Boys 41 and Cadet Girls 40. Title holders in Junior Boys and Cadets Team is France, in Junior Girls Romania and in Cadet Girls Germany. In Schwechat last year Tristan FLORE clinched the title in singles. This month he is still no. one at the rankings, but he is not eligible to play in Ostrava. No. two at the rankings Enzo ANGLES of France will be on duty to take over the burden of favorite on his shoulders. Jakub SEIBERT of Czech Republic will have hard task to meet the expectation of host nation crowd. Princess from Austria, crowned champion in Junior Girls Singles Event, Bernadette SZOCS is ready to shine in her ultimate year among youth categories. Lea RAKOVEC of Croatia and Nina MITTELHAM of Germany will be there to make it hard for her. Alexandre CASSIN of France, leading player at the European youth rankings will be there to defend his title in Cadet Boys Singles. Anders LIND of Denmark and Maxim CHAPLYGIN of Russia will also look for their chance. Alena LEMMER of Germany won the title last year, she will not be in OStrava, so the throne is ready for new princess in Cadet Girls Singles Event. Leading trio from European rankings, Marie MIGOT of France, Adina DIACONU of Romania and Maria MALANINA of Russia seek for their place at the medal rostrum. ETTU TV powered by LAOLA1.tv will be broadcasting the best of the action from table one via daily LIVE-Streams as well as all matches from table one and table two on-demand after they have been played. Final time schedule here (after Montenegro’s withdrawal)