Vienna 07. April 2016 – Europe’s best table tennis players in the battle for their ticket to Rio de Janeiro: The European Table Tennis Qualification Tournament for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro is held from Tuesday 12 April until Saturday 16 April in Halmstad Sweden. LAOLA1.tv is covering the competition with comprehensive reporting and showing all matches from table 1 and 2 live.
Europe’s table tennis women and men are facing five days of intense fighting to get one of the precious tickets to Rio de Janeiro. But in the end only 10 women and 10 men will be able to qualify in Halmstad for the Olympic Games in Brazil. Up to 6 players (maximum 3 men and 3 women) of each National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter the competition except for the NOC whose players won the European Games singles event. This NOC are only allowed to send 2 men (GER) or 2 women (NED). Maximum 2 players from one nation can qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games singles events. The games will be played in “best of 7 games” mode. The preliminary stage draw will be conducted on Monday 11 April at 2pm local time (CEST).
LAOLA1.tv will broadcast all games from table one and two worldwide and live and then provide full match coverage on its website. As an added benefit Premium members will be able to follow the matches on the move on their smartphones on the computer accessing up to four simultaneous live streams or via Smart TV in top HD and commercial-free quality.
The European Table Tennis Qualification live on LAOLA1.tv:
Tuesday 12 April (CEST)
10.00 am: Table 1
10.00 am: Table 2
Wednesday 13 April (CEST)
11.00 am: Table 1
11.00 am: Table 2
Thursday 14 April (CEST)
9.30 am: Table 1
9.30 am: Table 2
Friday 15 April (CEST)
10.00 am: Table 1
10.00 am: Table 2
Saturday 16 April (CEST)
10.00 am: Table 1
10.00 am: Table 2
