Great showdown starts

August 1, 2015
12:34 am
Euro-Asia All Stars Challenge

The 2015 Euro-Asia All Stars Challenge sarts today at 08h00 CET (14h00 CST) in the City of Zhangjiagang China. Bastian STEGER and CHUANG Chih-Yuan will face in the opening match

European and Asian stars are determined to show their best on the 2015 Euro-Asia All Stars Challenge which starts today at 08h00 CET (14h00 CST) in the Jiang Su Gymnasium in the City of Zhangjiagang China. Altogether ten matches are scheduled for two days (August 1st and 2nd) five each day.

It will be the 7th clash on Chinese soil between these two most powerful table tennis continents. Since 2009 when this event was established Europeans managed to beat their biggest rivals twice at home but their coach Richard PRAUSE promised good fight against world champion MA Long & Company.

Prize money is 100 000 € in total. Winning team will get 60 000 € while the losers will left the field with 40 000 €.

Asian team: 1 MA Long (CHN world`s no. 1) 2 TANG Peng (HKG no. 13) 3 CHUANG Chih-Yuan (TPE no. 14) 4 GAO Ning (SIN no. 16) 5 Noshad ALAMIYAN (IRI no. 102). Coach: QIN Zhijian (CHN).

European team: 1 Vladimir SAMSONOV (BLR world`s no. 8) 2 Marcos FREITAS (POR no. 10) 3 Robert GARDOS (AUT no. 23) 4 Bastian STEGER (GER no. 26) 5 Andrej GACINA (CRO no. 34). Coach: Richard PRAUSE (GER)

Asia – Europe Day 1 August 1st: CHUANG Chih-Yuan – Bastian STEGER GAO Ning – Robert GARDOS MA Long – Marcos FREITAS TANG Peng – Vladimir SAMSONOV Noshad ALAMIYAN – Andrej GACINA.

Asia-Europe Day 2 August 2nd: CHUANG Chih-Yuan – Andrej GACINA Noshad ALAMIYAN – Robert GARDOS TANG Peng – Marcos FREITAS MA Long – Vladimir SAMSONOV GAO Ning – Bastian STEGER.

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