ITTF European Championships Qualification Team Event
In ten matches nine group leaders emerged victoriously after the first round of the competition in the Men’s Championships Division in ITTF European Championships Qualification Team Event.
It was only the Slovenian team to beat the odds and prevailed against no. one seed Poland. Experienced Bojan TOKIC lost his encounter against WANG Zeng Yi but on his second enter in arena he sealed the duel with the victory over Jakub DYJAS. Fresh from the big success at the ITTF Junior Open in Otocec Darko JORGIC gave Slovenia a dream start and beat Jakub DYJAS in the opening match.
In every group there are three teams and they will play against each other in two matches (home and away). Ten group winners will qualify for the Championships division. The teams who finished the opening stage at poistion no. three in their respective groups will qualify for the Challenge division. Ten teams at position no. two will drawn into five play off matches. Five play off winners will qualify for the Championships division.
Men’s Team
Group A
Austria – Denmark 3:0
Robert GARDOS – Tobias RASMUSSEN 3:0 (11:8 15:13 12:10)
Daniel HABESON – Jonathann GROTH 3:1 (15:13 11:5 6:11 11:4)
Stefan FEGERL – Claus NIELSEN 3:0 (11:9 11:6 11:4)
Group B
Germany – Switzerland 3:0
Patrick FRANZISKA – Lionel WEBER 3:0 (11:6 11:3 11:3)
Benedikt DUDA – Elia SCHMID 3:0 (11:8 11:3 11:7)
Ricardo WALTHER – Nickolas CHAMPOD 3:0 (11:7 11:7 11:6)
Group C
France – Finland 3:0
Tristan FLORE – Benedek OLAH 3:1 (11:7 12:14 11:4 11:7)
Simon GAUZY – Otto TENNILA 3:0 (11:9 11:2 11:5)
Emmanuel LEBESSON – Miikka O’CONNOR 3:0 (11:3 11:8 11:4)
Group D
Belarus – Israel 3:0
Vladimir SAMSONOV – Simon MATAN 3:1 (9:11 11:9 11:4 11:7)
Pavel PLATONOV – Tauber MICHAEL 3:2 (11:4 11:7 6:11 5:11 11:8)
Aliaksandr KHANIN – Omri BEN ARI 3:1 (9:11 11:9 11:6 11:9)
Group E
Sweden – Estonia 3:0
Mattias KARLSSON – Rino Sartemne 3:0 (11:6 11:8 11:6)
Hampus SODERLUND – Aleksandr SMIRNOV 3:0 (11:8 11:1 15:13)
Simon ARVIDSSON – Aleksandr LUSIA 3:0 (11:9 11:9 11:5)
Group F
Portugal – Lithuania 3:0
João GERALDO – Alfredas UDRA 3:0 (11:7 11:8 11:7)
Diogo CHEN – Tomas MIKUTIS 3:1 (11:9 11:9 4:11 11:4)
André SILVA – Arnoldas DOMENKA 3:0 (11:6 11:5 11:8)
Group G
Greece – Netherlands 3:0
Panagiotis GIONIS – Ewort OSTERWOOD 3:0 (11:6 11:8 11:8)
Konstantinos PAPAGERGIU – Laurens TROMER 3:0 (11:8 11:8 11:1)
Kalinikos KREANGA – Rajko GOMMERS 3:0 (11:3 11:8 11:9)
Group H
Poland – Slovenia 1:3
Jakub DYJAS – Darko JORGIC 2:3 (9:11 3:11 11:6 11:6 6:11)
WANG Zeng Yi – Bojan TOKIC 3:2 (11:6 12:10 6:11 7:11 11:8)
Daniel GORAK – Deni KOZUL 2:3 (9:11 5:11 11:7 11:7 6:11)
Jakub DYJAS – Bojan TOKIC 0:3 (8:11 10:12 5:11)
Group I
Russia – Bulgaria 3:0
Grigori VLASOV – Teodor ALEXANDROV 3:1 (8:11 11:7 11:4 11:3)
Kuril SKACHKOV – Petjo KRASTEV 3:2 (11:7 6:11 9:11 11:7 14:12)
Sadi ISMAILOV – Stanislav GOLOVANOV 3:2 (11:8 11:7 5;11 9:11 11:8)
Group J
Czech Republic – Turkey 3:1
Lubomir JANCARIK – Ibrahim GUNDUZ 0:3 (7:11 5:11 9:11)
Tomas KONECNY – Abdullah YIGENLER 3:0 (11:3 11:7 11:6)
Dimitrij PROKOPCOV – Batuhan ULUCAK 3:0 (11:7 11:9 11:7)
Lubomir JANCARIK – Abdullah YIGENLER 3:1 (7:11 11:7 11:1 17:15)
