Grünwettersbach, Germany, is the venue for Stage 1 of the Europe Cup Men 2024, where teams in four groups are battling to secure their spots in the next round. The winners and runners-up from each group will advance to Stage 2.
The host city for the next stage will be announced on Sunday, following the conclusion of both Stage 1 of the Champions League and Europe Cup. All four groups will converge at a single location for the upcoming phase.
Day 1 featured thrilling matches. Poland’s KS Villa Verde Olesno delivered a commanding performance, defeating Hungary’s PTE PEAC Kalo-Meh in straight matches. On the neighboring table, however, spectators witnessed a more dramatic contest. Spain’s Universidad de Burgos – TPF squandered a 2-0 lead, allowing ASD TT Santa Tecla Nulvi’s Mattias MONGIUSTI to orchestrate an incredible turnaround, shifting the momentum and clinching the match for the Italian side.
In Group B, Slovakia’s SK Vydrany and Germany’s ASC Grünwettersbach both secured victories.
In Group D, SPG Linz triumphed over the Dutch team De Boer Taverzo in a hard-fought, closely contested duel.
Europe Cup Men Stage 1 Group A
KS VILLA VERDE OLESNO – PTE PEAC Kalo-Meh 3-0
- Zengyi WANG – Zsolt PETO 3-1 (11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 12-10)
- Yaroslav ZHMUDENKO – David SZANTOSI 3-1 (11-7, 4-11, 11-8, 11-7)
- Daniel LIS – David MOLNAR 3-1 (12-10, 7-11, 11-5, 11-8)
UNIVERSIDAD DE BURGOS – TPF – ASD TT SANTA TECLA NULVI 2-3
- Simon BELIK – Costantino CAPPUCCIO 3-0 (11-8, 11-9, 11-6)
- Daniel BERZOSA – Tomas KOLDAS 3-1 (6-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-8)
- Aitor COLINA – Mattias MONGIUSTI 0-3 (7-11, 6-11, 10-12)
- Simon BELIK – Tomas KOLDAS 1-3 (11-7, 10-12, 8-11, 9-11)
- Daniel BERZOSA – Costantino CAPPUCCIO 0-3 (10-12, 5-11, 5-11)
Group B
Namiznoteniški klub SAVINJA – ASC Grünwettersbach 0-3
- Brin VOVK PETROVSKI – Leo DE NODREST 0-3 (7-11, 5-11, 4-11)
- Miha PODOBNIK – Guilherme TEODORO 0-3 (6-11, 5-11, 8—1)
- Kristijan ŽIGON Žiga – Louis PRICE 0-3 (4-11, 8-11, 8-11)
SK Vydrany – ALZIRA TENNIS TAULA 3-1
- Peter SEREDA – Juan Pedro SANCHEZ 3-1 (12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 12-10)
- Zoltan LELKES – Jose GUILLOT 0-3 (5-11, 9-11, 7-11)
- Peter MUSKO – Victor PELLICER CLIMENT 3-1 (11-8, 4-11, 11-3, 11-4)
- Peter SEREDA – Jose GUILLOT 3-0 (11-8, 11-6, 11-9)
Group C
KTS GLIWICE – STK Vyhne 1-3
- Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS – Boguslaw KOSZYK 3-1 (10-12, 11-5, 11-8, 11-5)
- Jaroslaw TOMICKI – Miroslav HOREJSI 2-3 (11-13, 11-2, 11-8, 4-11, 5-6)
- Dariusz STEUER – Filip SZYMANSKI 0-3 (6-11, 6-11, 3-11)
- Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS – Miroslav HOREJSI 2-3 (3-11, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8, 3-6)
Group D
SPG Linz – De Boer Taverzo 3-2
- Youssef ABDEL-AZIZ – Ivan KAHN 2-3 (3-11, 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 6-2)
- Zhenlong LIU – Alex NAUMI 2-3 (7-11, 3-11, 13-11, 11-8, 1-6)
- Tobias TISCHBERGER – Milo DE BOER 0-3 (2-11, 6-11, 5-11)
- Youssef ABDEL-AZIZ – Alex NAUMI 3-0 (11-7, 11-8, 11-9)
- Zhenlong LIU – Ivan KAHN 3-1 (11-8, 9-11, 11-7, 11-4)
