Member Associations | 18 May 2022
Drama in the Finals –STC SKST Bratislava defended its title
The table tennis players of STC SKST Bratislava defended the title of the Slovak Women’s Extraleague Champions again. The final tournament of the 2021/2022 season of the top Slovak league was played in the SKST Arena on Stara Vajnorska street in Bratislava.
The team managed by coach Lucia COLOVICKOVA first eliminated KST Drive Trencianske Jatrabie with a solid victory 5:0 in the Semifinals, thus a tie in the final round would have been sufficient for them to win the entire Championship.
This was exactly what happened in the encounter with SKST Topolcany which ended up in a tie 5:5 and then celebrations of their third consecutive title could have started.
The players of STC SKST took advantage of the home soil and the rule related to the Extraleague’s final rounds according to which in case of a tie a better-placed team after the regular part of the season wins the match. Since the players from Bratislava won the regular season by 2 points ahead of players from Topolcany, a tie in the gold medal match was enough to secure the triumph. A tie has been secured under dramatic circumstances indeed when at the overall score 4:5 Jana TEREZKOVA turned the last match against Renata LACENOVA to her favor (she was down 0:2 in games and 3:8 in the third game). TEREZKOVA won 3:2 in a very tight match and she gained the decisive fifth point for her team. The other three points were scored by Dominika WILTSCHKOVA, one point was added by Eliska STULLEROVA. The winning team consisted by Monika URIKOVA, Nina DAROVCOVA and Noemi NEMETHOVA.
The 2021/2022 Extraleague Champion STC SKST Bratislava won fourteen out of sixteen matches throughout the whole season. The only tie and defeat they experienced was just with the silver medalist SKST Topolcany.
The bronze medal goes to MSK Malacky, first they lost to Topolcany (0:5) in the Semifinals, but then they won against KST Drive Trencianske Jastrabie 5:0 in the 3rd place match and confirmed their position after the regular season.
The results of Saturday’s final rounds for 1st-4th places in the 2021/2022 Women’s Extraleague in SKST Arena in Bratislava (one match per round system):
SEMIFINALS
STC ŠKST Bratislava - KST Drive Trenčianske Jastrabie 5:0
ŠKST Topoľčany - MSK Malacky 5:0
THIRD PLACE MATCH
MSK Malacky - KST Drive Trenčianske 5:0
Pavlína Rajtoková, Natália Kosová - Daniela Gurínová, Terézia Mikulová 3:0 (4, 7, 7)
Henrieta Horníková - Martina Igazová 3:1 (4, 3, -11, 6)
Natália Kosová - Lucia Zajačková 3:0 (2, 8, 9)
Pavlína Rajtoková - Daniela Gurínová 3:0 (4, 6, 3)
Natália Kosová - Martina Igazová 3:0 (2, 5, 4)
FINALS
STC ŠKST Bratislava - ŠKST Topoľčany 5:5
Dominika Wiltschková, Eliška Štullerová - Renáta Lacenová, Adriána Illášová 2:3 (-7, 11, 10, -4, -7)
Monika Uríková - Ema Činčurová 2:3 (5, -8, 9, -4, -4)
Dominika Wiltschková - Renáta Lacenová 3:0 (9, 8, 1)
Eliška Štullerová - Adriána Illášová 1:3 (-9, -8, 8, -5)
Dominika Wiltschková - Ema Činčurová 3:1 (7, -8, 8, 9)
Monika Uríková - Adriána Illášová 1:3 (-5 -8, 7, -8)
Eliška Štullerová - Renáta Lacenová 3:1 (6, -7, 9, 10)
Dominika Wiltschková - Adriána Illášová 3:2 (-6, 7, 8, -7, 8)
Eliška Štullerová - Ema Činčurová 1:3 (-7, 9, -7, -8)
Jana Terezková - Renáta Lacenová 3:2 (-9, -11, 9, 10, 6)
