Triple 6-0 score for UMMC in group stage

December 25, 2019
3:46 pm
Champions League Men

2019/20 TTCLM group stage Review

The 2019/20 Table Tennis Champions League Men players with the best group stage win-loss records are two members of TTSC UMMC Jonathan GROTH and Alexander SHIBAEV. They won all six their encounters in Group B where their team also finished with six consecutive wins.

Players with the best individual scores so far are following (at least four games played): Jonathan GROTH (UMMC) 6-0 (18-4) Alexander SHIBAEV (UMMC) 6-0 (18-4) Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Orenburg) 4-0 (12-0) Darko JORGIC (Saarbrucken) 4-0 (12-2) Kristian KARLSSON (Borussia) 4-0 (12-3) Panagiotis GIONIS (Bogoria) 7-1 (22-10) Andrej GACINA (UMMC) 6-1 (20-4) Marcos FREITAS (Orenburg) 6-1 (20-8) Pavel SIRUCEK (Bogoria) 5-1 (16-3) Tomas POLANSKY (Saarbrucken) 5-1 (16-4) Vladimir SAMSONOV (Orenbrug) 4-1 (14-4) Cedric NUYTINCK (Hennebont) 4-1 (14-5) Quentin ROBINOT (Hennebont) 4-1 (12-6) Timo BOLL (Borussia) 3-1 (10-3) Anton KALLBERG (Borussia) 5-2 (18-8) SHANG Kun (Saarbrucken) 4-2 (14-6)… There are three more unbeaten players with only three encounters in group stage: Patrick FRANZISKA (Saarbrucken) 3-0 (9-2) Omar ASSAR (Borussia) 3-0 (9-1) Ricardo WALTHER (Borussia) 3-0 (9-1).

Four teams enter knockout stage unbeaten: reigning TTCLM champion and five-time winner Fakel Gazprom Orenburg 6-0 (18-2) record holder and 11-time champion Borussia Dusseldorf 6-0 (18-3) current runner-up TTSC UMMC 6-0 (18-3) and 2012 finalist FC Saarbrucken 6-0 (18-4). Other 2019/20 quarter-finalists have the following win-loss records: KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 4-2 (16-6) Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 3-3 (13-10) GV Hennebont 3-3 (12-11) Post SV Muhlhausen 3-3 (10-11).

The 2019/20 TTCLM quarter-finals will see the next four matchups: GV Hennebont TT (FRA) – Fakel Gazprom Orenburg (RUS) Post SV Muhlhausen 1951 e.V. (GER) – FC Saarbrucken TT (GER) K.S. Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki (POL) – TTSC UMMC (RUS) Roskilde Bordtennis BTK61 (DEN) – Borussia Dusseldorf (GER). Second placed clubs in group stage will play first leg on home soil scheduled for mid-January.

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