Türkiye will be written in the history books as the first-ever champion of the Team’s Mixed event at the Under 13 European Championships. In Zagreb Türkiye composed of Gorkem OCAL Kenan KAHRAMAN Buse KOCAK and Nil BASARAN prevailed against Italy in straight matches. The silver medalists from Italy included Danilo FASO Francesco TREVISAN Gioia PICU Matilde BUZZONI Giulio CAMPAGNA and Federica INTERLANDI.
Spain and Germany secured the bronze medals.
Türkiye was in the fast lane right from the beginning. Both teams understood the importance of the opening duel in the Mixed Doubles and when Gorkem OCAL and Buse KOCAK took control the chances for victory significantly increased. Türkiye’s pairings overcame Danilo FASO and Matilde BUZZONI losing only one game in the duel.
Nil BASARAN widened the gap with a convincing victory over Gioia PICU. The match moved to the stage where Francesco TREVISAN had to fight to keep Italy in the game but Kenan KAHRAMAN had different ideas. Although TREVISAN won the second game he failed to withstand the pressure.
“We are very happy to win this medal. It is a great honor to be the first winners of the Championships. Our team showed great unity and the players had excellent team spirit ” explained coach Gökmen OCAL.
In the play off match for the position no. five France overcame Hungary 3-0 whilst in the match fpor the position no. 7 Czechia prevailed against Ukraine 3-0. Poland overcame Switzerland 3-0 to secure the position no. 9 and Romania beat Sweden 3-2 to book 11th place. Bulgaria overcame Israel 3-1 in their duel for the 13th position.
Italy – Türkiye 0-3
Danilo FASO Matilde BUZZONI – Gorkem OCAL Buse KOÇAK 1-3 (8-11 11-7 6-11 8-11)
Gioia PICU – Nil BASARAN 0-3 (3-11 7-11 5-11)
Francesco TREVISAN – Kenan KAHRAMAN 1-3 (6-11 11-7 9-11 3-11)
Final standings
1 Turkiye
2 Italy
3 Spain
3 Germany
5 France
6 Hungary
7 Czechia
8 Ukraine
9 Poland
10 Switzerland
11 Romania
12 Sweden
13 Bulgaria
14 Israel
15 Belgium
16 Austria
17 Portugal
18 Greece
19 Moldova
20 Azerbaijan
21 Croatia
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina
23 Slovakia
24 Estonia
25 Lithuania
26 Island
27 Lavia
28 Kosovo
