At the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour, Brazil Open in Santos the qualification stages are concluded. The main draw starts today with all Europeans successfully emerged to the Round of 32. Europeans successfully concluded opening day of the competition. In,
Men’s ECL draw: hard task for top seeds
The 2012/2013 ECL draw was held at Victor`s Residenz Hotel in Saarbrucken, in presence of European Table Tennis Union`s President Stefano BOSI. Totally 12 clubs was involved, four less than in previous seasons. They were divided in four groups, leading by,
No support for EOC Games from Summer Olympic International Federations
Тhe Summer Olympic International Federations decided unanimously to support a resolution stating that they could not support any project to create a EOC Games in the foreseeable future. They continue to have concerns regarding costs to the International f,
Brazil Open: good start for Europeans in Santos
At the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour, Brazil Open in Santos Europeans successfully concluded opening day of the competition. In the qualification stages they are unbeaten. Ryan JENKINS of Wales overcame host nation favorite Lindney CASTRO at the opening ,
12 clubs running for 2012/2013 Men’s ECL
In 2012/2013 only 12 Men’s club will play European Champions League Top seed is reigning champion, the best Russian club Fakel GAZPROM of Orenburg, followed by 10 times European champion, Borussia Dusseldorf. The draw will be held this Friday at Saa,
Lithuanian Cadet&Mini Cadet Open in memory of Brone BALAISIENE
Few days left until begin 2nd Lithuanian cadet&mini cadet open in Memory of coach Brone BALAISIENE. The competition will be held on 15-17 of June in capital of Lithuania, Vilnius. Organizers, Vilnius table tennis federation and Lithuanian table tennis,
France-Sweden early clash in Schwechat
At the European Youth Championships in Austria from 13th to 22nd July top seeds and reigning champions France, in the Junior Team’s Event will play against Sweden, Russia and Serbia in Group A. In Group B Germany is at the top and they will be challenged ,
Brazil Open in Santos: points for London
GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour Brazil Open, starts in Santos tomorrow. The leading name at the seeding in the Men’s Singles is JOO See Hyuk of Korea since the winner on home soil in the city of Kobe, Japan’s Jun MIZUTANI cancelled his participation. Korea,
Team Ranking for EYC draw released
European Table Tennis Union office released the Team Ranking for Draw for European Youth Championships in Austria from 13th to 22nd July. France is at spot number one at three out of four lists in Vienna. In Junior Boys Category France, Germany, Hungary a,
The road to London starts in Schwechat
The stars of the table tennis scene have as their preparation the World Team Championships in Dortmund, the first part of the World Tour and the (inter) national club championships already behind them. This has been followed by a more or less (too) short , The stars of the table tennis scene have as their preparation the World Team Championships in Dortmund, the first part of the World Tour and the (inter) national club championships already behind them. This has been followed by a more or less (too) short period of refueling. July 1st is the launch date for many of Europe’s top players to begin their final intensive preparations for London… in the Werner SCHLAGER Academy in Schwechat. Of special note will be the week of 1st to 7th July for the very best of a European course. The top stars of the continent will be working under the guidance and coordination of the WSA head coach Richard PRAUSE, Mario AMIZIC and Dirk WAGNER for one hard week. Overall, players from 14 nations are on that top-class course for which there was even far more interest and applications than those. Among the outstanding caregivers is the German men’s head coach Jorg Rosskopf in this really great scene, as a World Champion in doubles, individual European Champion, and an Olympic medalist as a player. At the end of this training week a tournament will be held. On Friday, 6 July (14.30 clock) and Saturday, 7 July (10.30 clock) you can admire BOLL, SAMSONOV, MAZE and Co. in the fight for the title in the WSA Hall. The entrance fee for this tournament: 5 € / day. The list of participants (in the course and in the tournament): Timo BOLL, Dimitri OVTCHAROV, Bastian STEGER, Patrick BAUM (all Germany), Vladimir SAMSONOV (Belarus), Allan BENTSEN, Michael MAZE (Denmark), Adam PATTANTYÚS, Daniel ZWICKL (Hungary), Andrei GACINA, Zoran PRIMORAC (Croatia), Adrien MATTENET (France), Bojan TOKIC (Slovenia), Joao MONTEIRO (Portugal), Carlos MACHADO (Spain), Alexei SMIRNOV, Kirill SKACHKOV, Alexander SHIBAEV (Russia), Werner SCHLAGER, Chen WEIXING, Robert GARDOS, Daniel HABESOHN (Austria). Female: WU Jiaduo, Kristin SILBEREISEN, Irene IVANCAN, Zhenqi BARTHEL (all Germany), Viktoria PAVLOVICH, Alexandra PRIVALOVA (Belarus), Iveta VACENOVSKA, Dana HADACOVA (Czech Republic), Mie SKOV (Denmark), Cornelia MOLNAR, Yuan TIAN (Croatia), LI Xue, Xian YI Fang (France), Sara RAMIREZ, Galia DVORAK (Spain), Matilda EKHOLM (Sweden), Daniela DODEAN Elisabetha SAMARA (Romania), LIU Jia, LI Qiangbing, Amelie SOLJA, Sofia POLCANOVA (Austria). (by Martin SÖRÖS, WSA) Photo: Mario AMIZIC (courtesy Butterfly-World)
