Linz. Three Germans made it to the final day of the European Championships in Linz and are fighting for gold. The semi-finals take place in the morning and the finals in doubles and singles from 3:30 p.m.
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Sunday
Men’s singles, semi-finals
12:10 p.m.: Benedikt Duda – Dimitrij Ovtcharov
1 pm: Truls Moregardh SWE – Alexis Lebrun FRA
Women’s singles, semi-finals
11.20 a.m.: Nina Mittelham – Sofia Polcanova AUT
10.30 Uhr: Bernadette Szöcs ROU – Maria Xiao ESP
Doubles and singles finals from 3:30 p.m
Final at 3:30 p.m
Sofia Polcanova/Bernadette Szöcs AUT/ROU – Barbora Balazova/Hana Matelova SVK/CZE
Final around 4:10 p.m
Alexis Lebrun/Felix Lebrun FRA – Anton Källberg/Truls Möregardh SWE
Final women’s singles around 4:50 p.m
Final men’s singles around 5:40 p.m
Award ceremony after completion of all finals
Saturday
Men’s singles, quarterfinals
Benedikt Duda – Felix Lebrun 4:3 (-5,-4,9,-6,6,14,6) – Officially 4:0 – Felix Lebrun received a red card after throwing a bat after match point and was disqualified.
Dimitrij Ovtcharov – Patrick Franziska 4:0 (3,6,7,8)
Dang Qiu – Alexis Lebrun 1:4 (7,-9,-8,-6,-11)
Women’s singles, quarterfinals
Yuan Wan – Nina Mittelham 1:4 (-6,-5,9,-7,-8)
Sabine Winter – Sofia Polcanova AUT 1:4 (7,-8,-3,-8,-10)
Women’s singles, round of 16
Yuan Wan – Jieni Shao POR 4:1 (13,-11,9,7,9)
Nina Mittelham – Fu Yu POR 4:2 (-9,5,9,-9,8,6)
Sabine Winter – Elizabeta Samara ROU 4:3 (10,-6,5,-10,-13,10,6)
Men’s singles, round of 16
Patrick Franziska – Andrej Gacina CRO 4:1 (-8,8,6,6,5)
Benedikt Duda – Juan Perez ESP 4:0 (4,7,6,9)
Dimitrij Ovtcharov – Marcos Freitas BY 4:2 (-9,8,8,9,-5,5)
Andre Bertelsmeier – Felix Lebrun FROM 1:4 (-10,-3,10,-3,-10)
Dang Qiu – Alvaro Robles ESP 4:0 (6,2,5,7)
Men’s doubles, quarterfinals
Dang Qiu/Benedikt Duda – Kristian Karlsson/Mattias Falck SWE 2:3 (9,-6,-7,8,-7)
Freitag
Men’s singles, round best 32
Dimitrij Ovtcharov – Martin Allegro BEL 4:0 (8,3,16,6)
Andre Bertelsmeier – Ovidiu Ionescu ROU 4:2 (-2,7,9,-7,2,7)
Patrick Franziska – João Geraldo BY 4:1 (-10,3,6,10,11)
Dang Qiu – Wang Yang SVK 4:0 (10,6,6,8)
Benedikt Duda – Lubomir Pistej SVK 4:1 (9,9,-10,10,9)
Women’s singles, round best 32
Annett Kaufmann – Bernadette Szoczs ROU 0:4 (8,2,3,9)
Yuan One – Thin Ho ENG 4:3 (6,-3,7,-4,-8,3,8)
Sabine Winter – Franziska Schreiner 4:1 (9,-8,6,7,14)
Nina Mittelham – Gaia Monfardini ITA 4:3 (-6,-8,14,9,7,-6,6)
Men’s doubles round of 16
Andre Bertelsmeier/Fanbo Meng – Kristian Karlsson/Mattias Falck SWE 0:3 (-11,-3,-10)
Dang Qiu/Benedikt Duda – Robert Gardos/Daniel Habesohn AUT 3:0 (11,9,6)
Women’s doubles round of 16
10.40 a.m.: Nina Mittelham/Annett Kaufmann – Linda Bergström/Christina Källberg SWE 1:3 (-11,-9,7,-10)
11.15 a.m.: Yuan Wan/Sabine Winter – Sabina Surjan/Izabela Lupulesku SRB 0:3 (-4,-12,-4)
Mixed semi-finals
Patrick Franziska/Annett Kaufmann – Robert Gardos/Sofia Polcanova AUT 2:3 (-8,10,12,-9,-14)
Simon Gauzy/Prithika Pavade FRA – Alvaro Robles/Maria Xiao ESP 1:3 (-8,-5,9,-9)
Finale
Alvaro Robles/Maria Xiao ESP- Robert Gardos/Sofia Polcanova AUT 3:0 (8,9,10)
Thursday
Men’s Singles, Round Best 64
Benedikt Duda – Nandor Ecseki HUN 4:0 (10,7,10,5)
Dimitrij Ovtcharov – Ioannis Sgouropoulos GRE 4:1 (3,5,8,-4,9)
Patrick Franziska – Julian Rzihauschek AUT 4:0 (8,4,6,7)
Dang Qiu – Gabrielus Camara DOWN 4:0 (11,3,6,9)André Bertelsmeier – Lilian Bardet FRA – 4:3 (10,-8,8,9,-9,-14,7)
Women’s Singles, Round Best 64
Nina Mittelham – Aikaterini Toliou GRE 4:0 (6,7,6,7)
Mia Griesel – Fu Yu BY 0:4 (-8,-2,-8,-9)
Yuan Wan – Sofia-Xuan Zhang ESP 4:2 (-5,8,5,10,-9,4)
Franziska Schreiner – Hana Arapovic CRO 4:3 (7,6,-2,-8,-4,9,9)
Sabine Winter – Matilde Pinto BY 4:0 (9,8,4,6)
Annett Kaufmann – Elena Zaharia ROU 4:0 (6,2,3,9)
Sophia Klee – Giorgia Piccolin ITA 1:4 (-7,-9,-3,6,-10)
Mixed quarterfinals
Annett Kaufmann/Patrick Franziska – Liam Pitchford ENG / Anna Hursey WAL 3:0 (11,8,10)
Mixed round of 16
Annett Kaufmann/Patrick Franziska – Bernadette Szoczs/Ovidiu Ionescu ROU 3:1 (10,7,-6,3)
Mia Griesel/Andre Bertelsmeier – Alvaro Robles/Maria Xiao ESP 1:3 (-4,-5,5,-10)
Women’s Doubles Round Best 32nd
Sabine Winter/Yuan Wan – Hana Arapovic/Ivana Malobabic CRO 3:0 (13,4,6)
Nina Mittelham/Annett Kaufmann – Alexandra Chiriacova MDA / Anastasya Dymytrenko UKR 3:2 (3,-10,-8,6,8)
Men’s Doubles Round Best 32nd
Fanbo Meng/Andre Bertelsmeier – Eduard Ionescu/Darius Movileanu ROU 3:1 (12,11,-10,7)
Dang Qiu/Benedikt Duda – Kas van Oost NED / Luka Mladenovic LUX 3:1 (-9,6,6,4)
Wednesday
Mixed – Round Best 32
Andre Bertelsmeier/Mia Griesel – John Oyebode/Gaia Monfardini ITA 3:1 (-8,8,15,8)
Patrick Franziska/Annett Kaufmann – Ibrahim Gündüz/Sibel Altinkaya TUR 3:1 (4.8,-11.9)
Women’s Singles Qualification – Group
Sophia Klee – Matilde Pinto POR, 3:0 (6,4,9)
Mia Griesel – Margo Degraef CALL 3:1 (9,3,-10,6)
Women’s and men’s singles, play-off game for entry into the main draw
Sophia Klee – Martine Toftaker NOR 3:2 (-10,9,-7,8,3)
Mia Griesel – Filippa Bergand SWE 3:1 (7,-6,5,7)
Andre Bertelsmeier – Nikon Shutov AIN 3:0 (6,8,9)
Fanbo Meng – Pavel Sirucek CZE 2:3 (7,9,-4,-12,-9)
Men’s doubles qualification, 2nd round*
Andre Bertelsmeier/Fanbo Meng – Ondrej Kveton/Jan Valenta CZE 3:2 (3,4,-10,-13,10)
Tuesday
Men’s singles
Andre Bertelsmeier – Barrish Moullet SUI 3:0 (7,8,2)
Fanbo Meng – Vladimir Petkov BUL 3:0 (7,11,7)
Women’s singles
Elisa Nguyen – Martine Toftaker NOR 1:3 (5,-3,-8,-7)
Sophia Klee – Amelia Uce-Nikolov MKD 3:0 (6,4,4)
Mia Griesel – Leman Abdulhamidova AZE 3:0 (2,6,11)
Men’s singles
Andre Bertelsmeier – Anton Limonov UKR 3:1 (-8,3,4,8)
Fanbo Meng – Connor Green ENG 3:1 (-10,8,6,4,)
Women’s singles
Elisa Nguyen – Elena Zaharia ROU 0:3 (-9,-10,-6)
Sophia Klee – Zemfira Mikayilova AZE 3:0 (6,3,9,)
Mia Griesel – Komelija Riliskyte LTU 0:3
Mixed, 2. Runde*
Patrick Franziska/Annett Kaufmann – Thor Christensen/Emma Clement DEN 3:0 (6,8,6)
Andre Bertelsmeier/Mia Griesel – Filip Zeljko/Mateja Jeger CRO 3:0 (9,9,6)
Women’s singles, group 5*
Elena Zaharia ROU, Martine Toftaker NOR, Elisa Nguyen GER
Women’s singles, group 21*
Sophia Klee GERMatilde Pinto POR, Zemfira Mikhailova AZE, Amelia Uce-Nikolov MKD
Women’s singles, group 22*
Margo Degraef BEL, Mia Griesel GERLeman Abdulhamidova AZE, Komelija Riliskyte LTU
*The 16 winners of groups 1 to 16 are directly in the main field. The eight winners of groups 17-24 and all 24 runners-up will play 16 other participants in a relegation round for the main field.
Men’s singles, group 13*
Andre Bertelsmeier GERAnton Limonov UKR, Barrish Moullet SUI
Men’s singles, group 15*
Fanbo Meng GERConnor Green ENG, Vladimir Petkov BUL
*The winners of groups 1-32 will play the 32 participants for the main field in a relegation round against the runners-up in groups 1-32.
Complex path from qualification to the main draw
In the men’s individual qualification, the 32 free places in the main field are not automatically awarded to the 32 group winners. They will fight in a decisive relegation round against a drawn group runner-up for a ticket to the main round of the best 64. Andre Bertelsmeier and Fanbo Meng are favorites in their pools with three players each.
For women, the mode is adapted to the 24 groups. The winners of groups 1 to 16 are directly in the main field. The eight winners of groups 17 to 24 and the 24 runners-up play for 16 additional places. Sophia Klee and Mia Griesel were drawn into pools 21 and 22, which have four players. Elisa Nguyen is the outsider in Group 5 of three. In the men’s doubles, all three DTTB duos initially have a bye and can reach the main round of the best 32 with a win in the second round.
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European Championships in Linz: The line-up of the German Table Tennis Association
Men’s singles
Main field: Dang Qiu (Borussia Düsseldorf, world ranking 13th), Patrick Franziska (1. FC Saarbrücken TT, WR: 12), Dimitrij Ovtcharov (TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell, WR: 16), Benedikt Duda (TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt, WR: 28 )
Qualification: Andre Bertelsmeier (1. FC Köln, WR: 135), Fanbo Meng (TTC RhönSprudel Fulda-Maberzell, WR: 151)
Women’s singles
Main field: Nina Mittelham (ttc berlin eastside, WR: 20), Sabine Winter (TSV Dachau, WR: 57), Annett Kaufmann (SV DJK Kolbermoor, WR: 103), Franziska Schreiner (TSV Langstadt, WR: 106), Yuan Wan (TTC Weinheim, WR: 108)
Qualification: Sophia Klee (TSV Langstadt, WR: 232), Mia Griesel (ttc berlin eastside, WR: 253), Elisa Nguyen (DJK Sportbund Stuttgart, WR: 501)
Women’s doubles*
Main draw: Annett Kaufmann/Nina Mittelham, Yuan Wan/Sabine Winter
Men’s doubles*
Main draw: Benedikt Duda/Dang Qiu
Qualification: Fanbo Meng/Andre Bertelsmeier
Mixed doubles*
Qualification: Patrick Franziska/Annett Kaufmann, Andre/Bertelsmeier/Mia Griesel
*A maximum of two combinations may be registered per nation for the doubles competitions
Sports management
Richard Prause (sports director)
Women’s coaching team
Tamara Boros (national coach women), Zoltan Batorfi (assistant national coach women), Lara Broich (national coach youth squad 1 female / U19)
Men’s coaching team
Jörg Roßkopf (national coach men), Lars Hielscher (DTTB head coach Düsseldorf), Dustin Gesinghaus (national coach youth squad 1 male / U19)
Medical department
Dr. Thomas Garn (team doctor), Birgit Schmidt, Annette Zischka (physiotherapists OSP Hessen)
Organization leader
Kolja Rottmann (DTTB competitive sports)
Presse
Manfred Schillings
referee
Michaela Hübener (Deputy Chief Referee, Hürth), Nico Zorn (Bremen)
