European Table Tennis Union published the seeding list for the season 2020/21 in the men and women Champions League and Europe Cup.
The leading club in Men’s Champion League is Russia’s Fakel-Gazprom Orenburg followed by Germany’s Borussia Düsseldorf Russia’s TTSC “UMMC” and Germany’s 1. FC Saarbrücken TT. The list of top 8 clubs goes on with French GV Hennebont TT Portugal’s Sporting Clube de Portugal Poland’s KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki and Denmark’s Roskilde Bordtennis BTK 61. Top 8 clubs have their safe place in the group stage.
From 8th to 16th position are: Austria’s SPG Walter Wels Germany’s Post SV Mühlhausen 1951 e.V Czech TTC Enerfireex Ostrava Netherland’s Boer Taverzo Poland’s K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo Belgium’s TTC Sokah Hoboken French AS Pontoise Cergy TT and Spain’s Leka Enea TDM. Those clubs will fight in stage 1 for the 4 last places in the group stage.
The leading club in Women’s ECL is Poland’s KTS Enea Siarka Tarnobrzeg and the list goes on with Germany’s TTC Berlin eastside Austria’s Linz AG Froschberg French TT Saint-Quentinois and Metz TT Spain’s UCAM Cartagena T.M Czech Republic’s SKST Stavoimpex Hodonin Russia’ sTMK-TAGMET Taganrog French CP Lyssois Lille Métropole Spain’s Girbau-Vic TT Austria’s TTC Villach Spain’s Leka Enea Tenis de Mesa Hingarian Budaörsi 2I SC Turkey’ s Bursa Büyüksehir Belediyespor Czech Republic’s Moravsky Krumlov Russia’s Kazan.
The top seeded club in Men’s Europe Cup is Croatia’s STK Starr Croatia. Positions from no. two to 16 are reserved for Slovakia’s SK Vydrany Spanish CTT Borges Ukraine’s Fortune Kyiv Portugal’s GDCS Juncal Romania’s CSS-SZAK Odorheiu Secuiesc Austria’s Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt Hungary’s PTE PEAC Kalo-Meh Russia’s TTSC UMMC-ELEM Belgium’s Logis Auderghem TT Portugal’s Clube Desportivo Sao Roque Croatia’s STK “Libertas Marinkolor” Spanish Universidad De Burgos Italy’s ASD Marcozzi Cagliari Portugal’s G.D.D Toledos and Italy’s Top Spin Messina.
Austria’s Leistungszentrum Linz Froschberg is the leader in the Europe Cup. The challengers are: French Etival Clairefontaine ASRTT Spanish Tecnigen Linares Portugal’s GDCS Do Juncal Italy’s ASD Quattro Mori Cagliari Spain’s ASSSA Alicante Tenis de Mesa Serbia’s TTC Novi Sad Italy’s A.S.D. Tennistavolo Norbello Luxembourg’s DT Nidderkäerjeng Belgium’s TT Vedrinamur Greece’s ASEA Sarises Florinas French Saint-Denis US 93 Tennis de Table (wild card) and Belgium’s TT Malonne (wild card).
The draws for the 4 competitions will be held in Luxembourg (ETTU office) on Friday 17th July start 1400 CEST and will be live streamed. In case you wish to attend the draw in person please to inform us at registration@ettu.org within latest Monday 13th July and to keep sufficient safety distance due Covid-19 we kindly ask you to attend preferably not with more than 2 delegates per club.
