It’s almost done for Ochsenhausen

March 8, 2014
12:00 am
Europe Cup Men

After first leg of 2013/14 ETTU Cup semi-final Liebherr Ochsenhausen are 99 percent sure that will play in the ultimate chapter of this competition winning 3:0 (9:1) away match against Walter Wels. From the first moment there was no question who will wi

Liam PITCHFORD had easy job against Serbian Zolt PETE in opening game. Former Olympic champion RYU Seung Min overcame Dominique PLATNER even easier. Simon GAUZY lost opening set against Lehel DEMETER but managed to win in four games. Young Frenchmen made a key step in late fourth set when he turned from 8:9 to 11:9.

Second German club Saarbrucken had not success in France. The 2012 MECL semi-finalist is beaten by Stella Sport La Romagne 3:1. The man of the match was CHEN Tianyuan who had overcome Bojan TOKIC in opening encounter concluding the match against member of German national team Bastian STEGER. Both games took four sets.
STEGER defeated Ollivier BRICE in second match while Abdel Kader SALIFOU brought very important win to the host defeating in straight games Portuguese Tiago APOPLONIA in third encounter.

In first Women`s semi-final Club Pongiste Lyssois Lille Metropole beat away SKST CSAD Hodonin 3:1. YANG Xiao Xin provided two points for the guest`s side overcoming Lenka HARABASZOVA and Katerina PENKAVOVA who brought unique win for the host.

Men`s ETTU Cup s 1st semi-finals

Walter Wels – Liebherr Ochsenhausen 0:3
Zolt PETE – Liam PITCHFORD 0:3 (7:11 6:11 8:11)
Dominique PLATTNER – RYU Seung Min 0:3 (4:11 4:11 8:11)
Lehel DEMETER – Simon GAUZY 1:3 (11:3 10:12 9:11 9:11)

Stella Sport La Romagne – Saarbrucken 3:1
CHEN Tianyuan – Bojan TOKIC 3:1 (3:11 11:6 11:3 11:6)
Ollivier BRICE – Bastian STEGER 1:3 (14:16 10:12 11:7 10:12)
Abdel Kader SALIFOU – Tiago APOLONIA 3:0 (11:7 12:10 12:10)
CHEN Tianyuan – Bastian STEGER 3:1 (11:5 8:11 11:8 11:8)

Women`s ETTU Cup 1st semi-final

SKST CSAD Hodonin –Club Pongiste Lyssois Lille Metropole 1:3
Katerina PENKAVOVA – Bernadette SZOCS 3:1 (11:13 12:10 11:7 11:4)
Lenka HARABASZOVA – YANG Xiao Xin 2:3 (11:9 11:8 8:11 3:11 4:11)
Kristina MIKULCOVA – Agnès LE LANNIC 1:3 (5:11 11:9 10:12 7:11)
Katerina PENKAVOVA – YANG Xiao Xin 1:3 (11:8 7:11 9:11 4:11)

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