Тhe win2day Bundesliga final between SolexConsult Wr. Neustadt and Winter King Felbermayr Wels ended in favor of the Wels after fantastic U turn in Austria.
The winner of the regular season was already on course for defending the title with 2-0 in matches and 2-0 in sets – but Wels started an incredible comeback: First Nandor ESCEKI turned the game against Felix WETZEL won 3-2 then the Hungarian made with Jiri MARTINKO in the Double the equalizer and MARTINKO ensured the 3-2 lead which Andreas LEVENKO finally brought with a 3-0 against Frane KOJIC across the finish line – he realized the 4-2 victory and the title for Felbermayr Wels.
4-2 after 0-2 – Felbermayr Wels managed an incredible comeback against the dethroned champion: Nandor Ecseki already had his head in the noose against Felix WETZEL: after the opening wins of Frane Kojic (3-1 against Jiri MARTINKO) and Tomas KONECNY (3-1 against Andreas LEVENKO) WETZEL took a 2-0 lead buoyed by euphoria. But ECSEKI found his way into the match won three straight games and started comeback of Wels. After that Ecseki followed up with MARTINKO in doubles with a 3-0 against KOJIC/WETZEL MARTINKO gave Wels the lead for the first time with a 3-0 against Konecny and then the calculators were glowing.
LEVENKO just won a single game in the final match against KOJIC. The Austrian team player won this in a sovereign manner by 11-5.
Wels was the new champion and President Bernhard HUMER took a deep breath: “We rose from the dead and triumphed in the end. We have thus set another milestone in Austrian table tennis after winning the title with Wels II in the 2nd Bundesliga we were the first team to win twice.”
ÖTTV President Wolfgang GOTSCHKE was able to congratulate Wels for the third title after 2014 and 2018.
Wr. Neustadt on the other hand seems to have bad luck with the term “Final at home”: After the narrow defeat in the Europe Cup final against Carrara (It) the second disappointment followed against Wels. Tomas KONECNY has to say goodbye with the silver medal.
“We’re disappointed but since February it’s just been jinxed. However we shouldn’t have lost the two finals at home. I congratulate Wels on the well-deserved title but we want to take our revenge ” said coach Martin DOPPLER.
Nevertheless the season with the ÖTTV Cup victory Europe Cup silver and the runner-up title for Wr. Neustadt went great. “It will be difficult to repeat a season like this” adds DOPPLER who welcomes the top talented Julian RZIHAUSCHEK to the team.
win2day 1. Bundesliga Final:
SolexConsult Wr. Neustadt – Felbermayr Wels 2:4
Frane Kojic – Jiri Martinko 3:1 (-4 8 13 3)
Tomas Konecny – Andreas Levenko 3:1 (-10 5 9 9)
Félix Wetzel – Nandor Ecseki 2:3 (5 9 -7 -8 -7)
Frane Kojic/Félix Wetzel – Jiri Martinko/Nandor Ecseki 0:3 (-9 -6 -9)
Tomas Konecny – Jiri Martinko 0:3 (-9 -9 -9)
Frane Kojic – Andreas Levenko 0:3 (-5 w.o.)
win2day 1. Bundesliga Semis:
SolexConsult Wr. Neustadt – Sparkasse Salzburg 2:4
Tomas Konecny – Francisco Sanchi 2:3 (-9 7 8 -5 -8)
Frane Tomislav Kojic – Florian Bichler 3:0 (4 5 7)
Felix Wetzel – Michael Trink 1:3 (2 -8 -8 -9)
w.o. /w.o. – Francisco Sanchi/Michael Trink 0:3 (-0 -0 -0)
Tomas Konecny – Florian Bichler 3:0 (3 5 3)
Frane Tomislav Kojic – Francisco Sanchi 1:3 (8 -0 -0 -0)
Sparkasse Salzburg – SolexConsult Wr. Neustadt 0:4
Francisco Sanchi – Felix Wetzel 2:3
Florian Bichler – Tomas Konecny 1:3
Michael Trink – Frane Kojic 0:3
Francisco Sanchi/Michael Trink – Frane Kojic/Felix Wetzel 2:3
Felbermayr Wels – UTTC Stockerau 4:0
Jiri Martinko – Maciej Kolodziejczyk 3:1
Andreas Levenko – Chen Weixing 3:0
Nandor Ecseki – David Serdaroglu 3:0
Nandor Ecseki/Jiri Martinko – David Serdaroglu/Maciej Kolodziejczyk 3:0
UTTC Stockerau – Felbermayr Wels 1:4
David Serdaroglu – Andreas Levenko 1:3
Chen Weixing – Jiri Martinko 2:3
Maciej Kolodziejczyk – Nandor Ecseki 3:1
Maciej Kolodziejczyk//David Serdaroglu – Nandor Ecseki/Jiri Martinko 1:3
David Serdaroglu – Jiri Martinko 2:3
