Champions League Men | 6 Nov 2021

1. FC Saarbrücken TT and Fakel Gazprom Orenburg moving forward in big style

In Group C and D in the TT European Champions League Men favorites are unbeaten after two days of play. 1. FC Saarbrücken TT and Fakel Gazprom Orenburg clinched two wins each.

In Group D Fakel Gazprom Orenburg justified their rankings and overcame the hosts, KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki. The back bone of Orenburg success was Hugo CALDERANO once again. He overcame Marek BADOWSKI and CHUANG Chih-Yuan. Marcos FREITAS joined him with the victory over Panagiotis GIONIS.

TTC Neu-Ulm overcame SF SKK El Nino Praha, so they will play against Bogoria tomorrow for the second remaining place in the quarterfinal.

Day earlier, Truls MOREGARD beat Patrick FRANZISKA to show splendid form, but 1. FC Saarbrücken TT proved too strong for K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo. Today, Swede repeated the good performance and led Polish club into the victory against AS Pontoise Cergy. French side still cannot count on Tristan FLORE and Quentin ROBINOT, their top two players. Moregrad beat Rafael CABRERA, Jakub DYJAS proved too strong for Emmanuel LEBESSON and Taimu ARINOBU overcame Adrien MATTENET.

Both matches in Germany concluded by 3:0 margin. In second 1. FC Saarbrücken TT overcame Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 3:0. In addition Darko JORGIC, Patrick FRANZISKA and Tomas POLANSKY beat Jens LUNDQVIST, Mikkel HINDERSSON and Allan BENTSEN in straight games.

Group C

Day 2

K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo - AS Pontoise Cergy 3:0

Truls MOREGARD - Rafael CABRERA 3:0 (11:1, 11:5, 11:6)

Jakub DYJAS - Emmanuel LEBESSON 3:1 (12:10, 9:11, 11:9, 12:10)

Taimu ARINOBU - Adrien MATTENET 3:1 (6:11, 11:8, 11:5, 11:6)

1. FC Saarbrücken TT - Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 3:0

Darko JORGIC - Jens LUNDQVIST 3:0 (11:7, 11:9, 14:12)

Patrick FRANZISKA - Mikkel HINDERSSON 3:0 (11:6, 11:1, 11:4)

Tomas POLANSKY - Allan BENTSEN 3:0 (11:4, 11:9, 11:7)

Day 1

K.S. Dekorglass Dzialdowo - 1. FC Saarbrücken TT 1:3

Jakub DYJAS - Darko JORGIC 1:3 (9:11, 8:11, 14:12, 6:11)

Truls MOREGARD - Patrick FRANZISKA 3:2 (11:13, 11:7, 11:8, 9:11, 6:5)

Taimu ARINOBU - Tomas POLANSKY 1:3 (11:7, 10:12, 13:15, 5:11)

Jakub DYJAS - Patrick FRANZISKA 0:3 (5:11, 11:13, 7:11)

AS Pontoise Cergy - Roskilde Bordtennis Btk61 2:3

Rafael CABRERA - Jens LUNDQVIST 0:3 (8:11, 4:11, 3:11)

Emmanuel LEBESSON - Michael MAZE 3:1 (10:12, 11:9, 11:6, 11:7)

Adrien MATTENET - Mikkel HINDERSSON 3:0 (11:8, 11:9, 11:8)

Emmanuel LEBESSON - Jens LUNDQVIST 2:3 (3:11, 4:11, 11:5, 11:7, 4:6)

Rafael CABRERA - Michael MAZE 0:3 (2:11, 9:11, 1:11)

Group D

Day 2

Fakel Gazprom Orenburg - KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 3:1

LIN Yun-Ju - CHUANG Chih-Yuan 2:3 (11:9, 4:11, 9:11, 11:6, 5:6)

Hugo CALDERANO - Marek BADOWSKI 3:0 (11:5, 11:1, 12:10)

Marcos FREITAS - Panagiotis GIONIS 3:2 (11:1, 10:12, 5:11, 11:4, 6:1)

Hugo CALDERANO - Chih-Yuan CHUANG 3:1 (10:12, 11:5, 11:4, 11:8)

TTC Neu-Ulm - SF SKK El Nino Praha 3:1

Lev KATSMAN - Jakub ZELINKA 3:1 (11:3, 8:11, 11:7, 11:8)

Vladimir SIDORENKO - Jiri VRABLIK 1:3 (11:9, 9:11, 7:11, 7:11)

Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS - Frantisek ONDERKA 3:0 (11:7, 11:6, 11:3)

Lev KATSMAN - Jiri VRABLIK 3:1 (11:7, 8:11, 11:5, 11:6)

Day 1

Fakel Gazprom Orenburg - TTC Neu-Ulm 3:2

LIN Yun Ju - Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 2:3 (11:4, 5:11, 8:11, 11:5, 4:6)

Hugo CALDERANO - Lev KATSMAN 3:1 (9:11, 11:2, 11:9, 11:5)

Marcos FREITAS - Vladimir SIDORENKO 3:0 (11:4, 11:7, 11:7)

LIN Yun Ju - Lev KATSMAN 2:3 (12:14, 11:6, 8:11, 11:3, 2:6)

Hugo CALDERANO - Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS 3:0 (11:2, 20:18, 11:7)

SF SKK El Nino Praha - KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki 1:3

Jiri VRABLIK - Chih-Yuan CHUANG 3:2 (11:6, 10:12, 6:11, 11:5, 6:2)

Frantisek ONDERKA - Panagiotis GIONIS 0:3 (9:11, 5:11, 6:11)

Jakub ZELINKA - Marek BADOWSKI 2:3 (9:11, 4:11, 11:9, 11:7, 2:6)

Jiri VRABLIK - Panagiotis GIONIS 2:3 (8:11, 11:4, 3:11, 11:6, 3:6)