Austria’s men’s team made it into the final round of the European Championship as group winners which will take place in Malmö (Swe) in mid-September. Two times winner tonight Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK and local hero David SERDAROGLU who scored once brought the packed Alte Au to a boil. World champion Werner SCHLAGER praised young player: “Maciej was in a good mood and showed that he can fill the role of No. 1.” Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK was the hero of the last European Championship group game in Stockerau: against Spain the newly crowned Austrian vice-champion started with a 3:1 win against Alberto LILLO after a 8:11. “I was nervous at the beginning but I stopped making simple mistakes after the first game. The confidence I got from the national championship also helped. I’m happy when I can do my best for Austria ” said the U21 European Championship bronze medalist after his debut victory in the national team. Then David SERDAROGLU set a milestone towards success with a 3-0 win against Miguel PANTOJA. The first game was decisive in which he saved two set points and won 12:10. Then the man from Stocker won the second tight heat with 13:11 and made it 2:0 for Austria with a 3:0. “I was able to vary my systems well and I thank Dr. Raschner who was able to make me fit despite my injury.” Andre KASES then had no chance in the 3-0 draw against Carlos CABALLERO: “It was a difficult game he put a lot of pressure on. Now that I’m looking at the U21 European Championship in Sarajevo on April 5 I know that I have to play more actively and stay closer to the table.” Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK sealed the deal with a 3-0 win against Joan MASIP. Austria – Spain 3:1 Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK – Alberto LILLO 3:1 (8:11 11:7 11:3 11:5) David SERDAROGLU – Miguel Angel PANTOJA 3:0 (12:10 13:11 11:3) Andre Pierre KASES – Carlos CABALLERO 0:3 (1:11 6:11 7:11) Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK – Miguel Angel PANTOJA 3:0 (11:3 11:8 14:12)
TTX EU Format project … more FUN more LIFE presented today in Italy
The project “TTX EU Format … more FUN more LIFE” organized by the Italian Table Tennis Federation as part of a European call within the ERASMUS + funding line has been presented today on Zoom platform. The program covers education training youth and sport in Europe. The project is carried out by the Italian Table Tennis Federation in collaboration with Real Federación Española de Tenis de Mesa Federation Francaise de Tennis de Table Federação Portuguesa De Ténis De Mesa Polish Table Tennis Association Table Tennis Federation of Latvia Malta Table Tennis Association Namiznoteniška zveza Slovenije Hungarian Table Tennis Association and Cyprus Table Tennis Association. The online meeting was attended by Acting president of the European Table Tennis Union Pedro MOURA President of the International Table Tennis Federation Petra SÖRLING President of the Italian Table Tennis Federation Renato Di NAPOLI President and CHIEF Executive Officer of Sport e Salute Spa Vito COZZOLI ITTF Senior Advisor Stefano BOSI and Secretary General of FITeT Giuseppe MARINO. “It is very special moment for the European table tennis. This is ITTF project but it is mainly supported and gained a lot of popularity in Europe. FITET have been main engine of spreading the idea of TTX all over the Continent. We are extremely proud that 10 European associations are the part of this Project which is very well prepared very well organized and well promoted by the Italian national Federation. This is the excellent tool to promote our sport. It is also a positive tool to approach our sport to the community and above all it is very fun ” said ETTU Acting President Pedro MOURA who admitted he had great fun playing it. “ The main topic was Table Tennis X a new fun and inclusive discipline conceived by the International Table Tennis Federation which FITeT promoted in October 2019 hosting the “Roma Ping Pong Fest … a TTX Experience” at via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome. It gathered over 40 000 visitors and in next two years it was attended by thousands of people. TTX uses wooden rackets without rubber covers and bigger and heavier balls than table tennis and can be played by anyone regardless of technical ability and anywhere. “TTX is a great sport which reminds me of our ITTF slogan “Table Tennis for all for life!” In fact TTX is so inclusive that it can be played by all age groups and anywhere. Any table can be a TTX table. TTX was at first appreciated for its fun appeal but later became really professional. It kicked off on a great start in 2019 thanks to the Italian Table Tennis Federation’s fantastic event in Rome but then had to grind to a halt due to the worldwide pandemic. Now fortunately we are on the go again with this great European initiative captained once again by the Italian Table Tennis Federation ” said ITTF President SORLING. “TTX EU Format … more FUN more LIFE based on the collaboration of Italy Cyprus France Hungary Latvia Malta Poland Portugal Slovenia and Spain has the objective to create a European format which involving young people aged 11 to 18 encourages the habit of practicing sport through the diffusion of TTX. “This is an important moment for our Federation. The initial moment was the great event we organized in Rome in via dei Fori Imperiali in October 2019 and subsequently we developed the initiative further. There are ten European countries participating with us. I am sure that many young people between the ages of 11 and 18 will respond to our call as well as the clubs that will organize the various stages with the Federations that will lead us to the final event in Rome. The presence here today of the top executives of the ITTF and ETTU confirms the importance of the project. I am grateful to everyone for the contribution you are giving and will give to the success of the project ” said FITT President Renato Di NAPOLI. Each partner Federation will have to promote the project initiatives on its own territory through national and local Media select a school and two physical education teachers in a disadvantaged area of a city and organize within it between April and May a TTX tournament involving 100 students (target 8-11 years). They will also have to organize a stage of the TTX Europe Tour in a peripheral area of a city with the partecipation of at least 200 young people. TTX Europe Tour includes between June and July 19 stages nine in the European partner countries and ten in Italy. The 19 winners of the school and of the Tour tournaments will be invited each together with a companion to take part in the finals which will take place in Rome in October (from 6th to 8th) during the conclusive three-day event. There will also be a third tournament which will see in action two not competitive athletes for each gender belonging to each Association Partner. The website www.ttxeuformat.com is already operational and so are the social media Facebook @ttxeuformat and Instagram (ttxeuformat).
Vallot VAINULA won his 39th Championships title in Estonia
Estonian National Championships were held in Tallinn. The winners of men and women singles were Vallot VAINULA (MS) and Valeria HACHARD (WS). The 44-year old Vallot VAINULA also broke a record in Estonia having now won 39 championship gold medals. He was also the man of the match by winning gold also in Men’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles. The Chairman of ETTA Priit LEHTLAAN pointed out that a big number of young players coming up and playing at Estonian Championships is something to be to be proud of. “Our bronze medal in Men’s Singles went to Markkos PUKK who is only 16 and there were other great performances from many young players as well. This makes me really happy as I can see our future building up and that our work at ETTA has been effective ” said Lehtlaan.
Truls MÖREGÅRDH and Christina KÄLLBERG defended their titles in Sweden
Truls MÖREGÅRDH and Christina KÄLLBERG defended their titles in Singles at the Swedish Championships last weekend in Eslövshallen Eslöv. In the final of the Men’s singles event Truls overcame Anton KÄLLBERG (6 8 3 10) whilst in the re-run of the 2022 final in Women’s event Christina KÄLLBERG beat Linda BERGSTRÖM (12 5 9 6). In the Men’s Doubles event Pär GERELL and Jens LUNDQUIST prevailed against Simon ARVIDSSON and Elias RANEFUR (5 -7 -5 9 10). In Women’s newly crowned champions are Erika FRONT and Christina KÄLLBERG. At the final hurdle they overcame Filippa BERGAND and Linda BERGSTRÖM (5 13 10). Men’s Singles 1 Truls MÖREGÅRDH Eslövs AI BTK 2 Anton KÄLLBERG Söderhamns UIF 3 Jon PERSSON Söderhamns UIF 3 Elias RANEFUR Ängby SK Women’s Singles 1 Christina KÄLLBERG Halmstad BTK 2 Linda BERGSTRÖM Ängby SK 3 Tilda JOHANSSON Våxtorps BOIS 3 Filippa BERGAND Eslövs AI BTK Men’s Doubles 1 Pär GERELL / Jens LUNDQUIST Kosta SK/Söderhamns UIF 2 Simon ARVIDSSON / Elias RANEFUR Halmstad BTK/Ängby SK 3 Willhelm KINDBLAD / Fabian ÅKERSTRÖM Halmstad BTK 3 Hampus NORDBERG / Jon PERSSON Söderhamns UIF Women’s Doubles 1 Erika FRONT / Christina KÄLLBERG Halmstad BTK 2 Filippa BERGAND / Linda BERGSTRÖM Eslövs AI BTK/Ängby SK 3 Leah TVEIT MUSKANTOR / Rebecca TVEIT MUSKANTOR Köpings BTK/Eslövs AI BTK 3 Hannah HOLGERSSON / Alma RÖÖSE IK Juno Mixed Doubles 1 Truls MÖREGÅRDH / Leah TVEIT MUSKANTOR Eslövs AI BTK/Köpings BTK 2 Fabian ÅKERSTRÖM / Erika FRONT Halmstad BTK 3 Alve SJÖVOLD / Linda BERGSTRÖM Ängby SK 3 Anders ERIKSSON / Alma RÖÖSE SÖDERHAMNS UIF/IK Juno
Belgium national Championships: titles for Adrien RASSENFOSSE and Daria MITYUKOVA
Adrien RASSENFOSSE and Daria MITYUKOVA concluded the Belgium National Championships at the top of the medal rostrum. In the final of the men’s singles RASSENFOSSE beat Florent LAMBIET (7 -8 8 3 -9 7). In Women’s singles Daria MITYUKOVA prevailed against Lilou MASSART (10 7 -6 7 9). In Knokke-Heist Sporthal De Stormmeeuw five times winner of the title in Men’s Singles Cedric NUYTINCK lost his quarterfinal match against Laurens DEVOS. Another year’s winner Nathalie MARCHETTI faced the same faith. Women’s Singles Daria MITYUKOVA (Sokah – A.) Lilou MASSART (R.R. Basecles – H.) Margo DEGRAEF (Dylan Berlaar – A.) Morgane GUIDON (Vedrinamur – N.) Men’s Singles Adrien RASSENFOSSE (Buitenland – Ext.) Florent LAMBIET (Buitenland – Ext.) Martin ALLEGRO (Buitenland – Ext.) Laurens DEVOS (Sokah – A.) Women’s Doubles Julie VAN HAUWAERT / Sara DEVOS Zandvoorde (W.Vl.) / Lauwe (W.Vl.) Daria MITYUKOVA / Marie MAESEN Sokah (A.) / Smash Dolfijn (VB.) Cecile OZER / Lilou MASSART Vedrinamur (N.) / R.R. Basecles (H.) Nathalie MARCHETTI / Margo DEGRAEF Vedrinamur (N.) / Dylan Berlaar (A.) Men’s Doubles Martin ALLEGRO / Florent LAMBIET Buitenland (Ext.) Laurens DEVOS / Florian CNUDDE Sokah (A.) / Buitenland (Ext.) Thibaut DARCIS / Valentin PIERAERT Castellinoise (H.) Adrien RASSENFOSSE / Louis LAFFINEUR Buitenland (Ext.) / Vedrinamur (N.) Mixed Doubles Alessi MASSART / Lilou MASSART Virton (LX.) / R.R. Basecles (H.) Tom CLOSSET / Diest DEVOS Sara (VB.) / Lauwe (W.Vl.) Laurens DEVOS / Margo DEGRAEF Sokah (A.) / Dylan Berlaar (A.) David COMELIAU / Natacha KOSZULAP Logis Auderghem (B.) / Malonne (N.)
The Italian Table Tennis Federation invites to the press conference
The Italian Table Tennis Federation invites to the press conference in which will be presented the TTX EU Format more FUN and more LIFE project on Wednesday March 29th at 11:30A.M. (CET). Among the conference speakers will be ETTU Acting President Pedro MOURA as well as ITTF President Petra SÖRLING FITET President Renato Di NAPOLI FITET Secretary General Giuseppe MARINO President of Sport & Salute Vito COZZOLI and Councilor for Sport of the Municipality of Rome Alessandro ONORATO. The project “TTX EU Format … more FUN more LIFE” organized by the Italian Table Tennis Federation as part of a European call within the ERASMUS + funding line covers education training youth and sport in Europe. The protagonist of the activity is Table Tennis X a new fun and inclusive discipline conceived by the International Table Tennis Federation which FITeT promoted in October 2019. Italy hosted the “Roma Ping Pong Fest … a TTX Experience” at via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome which gathered over 40 000 visitors and then proposed summer tours for two consecutive years which were attended by thousands of people. TTX uses wooden rackets without rubber covers and bigger and heavier balls than table tennis and can be played by anyone regardless of technical ability and anywhere. “TTX EU Format … more FUN more LIFE is based on the collaboration between Italy and other nine European countries which are Cyprus France Hungary Latvia Malta Poland Portugal Slovenia and Spain. The objective is to create a European format which involving young people aged 11 to 18 encourages the habit of practicing sport through the diffusion of TTX. Sign up in advance for this webinar:https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_GABud48iRjG2yAe3FyLKwg
Triumph for Petyo KRASTEV and Maria YOVKOVA in Bulgaria
Petyo KRASTEV and Maria YOVKOVA are the crowned champions of the Bulgarian National championships held last weekend in Panagyurishte (Asarel Arenna). Maria YOVKOVA clinched her first ever title in singles at the Nationals. MEN`S SINGLES Petyo KRASTEV Denislav KODJABASHEV Teodor ALEXANDROV Vladimir PETKOV WOMEN`S SINGLES Maria YOVKOVA Tsvetelina GEORGIEVA Viktoria PERSOVA Kalina HRISTOVA Men`s doubles champions: Vladimir PETKOV Ivaylo KOSEV Women`s doubles champions: Nakova Nelia TUSHLEKOVA Krastina IVANOVA Mixed doubles champions: Vladimir PETKOV Viktoria PERSOVA
Luxembourg Nation Championships: titles for Eric GLOD and Tessy GONDERINGER
Luxembourg Nation Championships: titles for Eric GLOD and Tessy GONDERINGER Eric GLOD and Tessy GONDERINGER won the National Championships in Luxembourg last weekend. GLOD won the final against Luka MLADENOVIC while GONDERINGER won against Enisa SADIKOVIC. All the result at: https://www.fltt.lu/sport-national/competitions-individuelles/national-championships Men’s singles Eric GLOD Luka MLADENOVIC Maël Van DESSEL CHENG Xia Women’s singles Tessy GONDERINGER Enisa SADIKOVIC Dominique KIEFFER Carole HARTMANN Men’s Doubles Eric GLOD / Maël Van DESSEL Luka MLADENOVIC / Eric THILLEN CHENG Xia / Marc DIELISSEN Arlindo De SOUSA / Aaron SAHR Women’s Doubles 1.Tessy GONDERINGER / Dominique KIEFFER Carole HARTMANN / Martine SIMON Ariel BARBOSA / XIAO Jing Ni Enisa SADIKOVIC / Melisa SADIKOVIC Mixed Doubles Maël Van DESSEL / Ariel BARBOSA CHENG Xia / XIAO Jing Ni Joé MICHELS / Tessy GONDERINGER Aaron SAHR / Emilie PIQUARD
Kreshnik MAHMUTI and Shega HASHANI won gold in Kosovo
Kreshnik MAHMUTI and Shega HASHANI are the crowned champions of the Kosovo National Championships. Blend HAJDARI and Fatih KARABAXHAKU won gold in Men’s Doubles whilst Shega HASHANI and Leoresa IMERI clinched titles in Women’s Doubles. Men’s Singles Kreshnik MAHMUTI Fatih KARABAXHAKU Blend HAJDARI Eroll BOSHNJAKU Women’s singles: Shega HASHANI Alma MEHMETI Loresa IMERI Lene OSMANI Men’s doubles: Blend HAJDARI/ Fatih KARABAXHAKU Besart DOMANIKU / Enes DOMANIKU Arti KARABAXHAKU / Jasin VRANIQI Ercan KARABACAK / Eroll BOSHNJAKU Women’s doubles: Shega HASHANI / Leoresa IMERI Alma MEHMETI / Lenë OSMANI Edolinda ALIMEHAJ / Olta VISHAJ Elsa BEHLULI / Maxhire SOJEVA Mixed doubles: Fatih KARABAXHAKU/Lene OSMANI Aulon BIVOLAKU / Leoresa IMERI Blend HAJDARI / Taibe RULI Jeton BEQIRI / Shega HASHANI
Fourth national title for ŠIRUČEK first one for BLAŠKOVÁ
Havířov hosted the Czech National Championships of men and women. Pavel ŠIRUČEK and Zdena BLAŠKOVÁ clinched gold in their respective Men’s and Women’s Singles Event. And on top of that both of them triumphed in the doubles as well. The final day brought one big surprise when Zdena BLAŠKOVÁ knocked out the Czech number one Hana MATELOVÁ in the semifinal after winning 4:3. The same result determined the final. BLAŠKOVÁ fought against Kateřina TOMANOVSKÁ just like last year in Kutná Hora. And this time BLAŠKOVÁ took revenge. „I thought about that duel at the last National Championship. I had a 3:1 lead back then but blew it in the end. That’s why I’m super happy that I could finish it off this time “ said BLAŠKOVÁ after the game. She beat Hana MATELOVÁ in the semifinal. „That’s so valuable. Everything clicked for me in Havířov. The luck the form and mental well-being. There were a lot of fans and I enjoyed huge support from my family here. That helped me as well “ added BLAŠKOVÁ. Lubomír JANČAŘÍK was also eyeing his first-ever title. But he met brilliantly performing Pavel ŠIRUČEK in the final. ŠIRUČEK won 4:1 and grabbed his fourth national championship in singles. „I have to say I played even better than I thought I could. At times I was even stunned by my game. I timed my form perfectly for the tournament and that lasted until the end “ said ŠIRUČEK. Pavel ŠIRUČEK and Jiří MARTINKO won the men’s doubles Zdena BLAŠKOVÁ and Kateřina TOMANOVSKÁ dominated the women’s competition. Tomáš POLANSKÝ and Iva Medlová ČEČOTKA took the gold in the mixed doubles.
