Germany Cup (table tennis)

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The Germany Cup was an international table tennis event that took place annually on the Whitsun weekend in Trier from 1987 to 1999 . There were often absolute world-class players at the start. Singles and doubles competitions were held for women and men. The organizer was the TTC Yellow-Red Trier association.

History of the Germany Cup

The forerunners of the Germany Cup were the International Trier City Championships, which have been held since 1954. It was replaced in 2000 by youth and senior tournaments, which still take place today (2014) - again under the name of the International Trier City Championships .

International Trier City Championships

The International Trier City Championships were first held in 1954 by the TTC Yellow-Red Trier under the direction of Heinz Guillaume (* 1928). Initially, mainly active players from the nearby Trier catchment area - including Luxembourg - took part, in the 1960s Bundesliga clubs and increasingly foreign players also traveled. The couple Eberhard and Diane Schöler were regular guests and multiple winners during this time . The tournament initially took place in the Barbara School. Due to the increasing number of participants and the resulting increase in space requirements, it moved to the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium in 1965 , to the Post-Sports Hall in 1971 and to the Sports Hall on Mäusheckerweg in 1978.

In the beginning, mixed competitions were played, but later they were limited to single and double competitions. In the 1960s, different performance classes were offered, namely a special class, an A and B class and a senior tournament. In addition, school and youth tournaments have been held since the beginning of 1954. An exception is 1984 when a team tournament for national teams was held. Cash prizes were introduced for the winners in the 1970s.

Germany Cup

In 1987 the tournament was renamed the Germany Cup . The organizer TTC Gelb-Rot Trier now worked closely with the German Table Tennis Association DTTB , which took the tournament into account in its scheduling and was also able to promote participation internationally.

In 1995 the tournament form was changed from the previous knockout system to a round system. After that, four groups were formed in the special class. The four first in the group played another game among themselves, after which the two winners made it to the final group. Six other players automatically qualified for this according to their position in the current ITTF world rankings . The double competitions were canceled.

The Germany Cup was held for the last time in 1999. Heinz Guillaume had withdrawn, and there were increasing financial and scheduling problems. Some athletes also decided not to take part for tactical reasons because they feared losing points in the world rankings.

List of winners until 1999

year Men's origin Ladies origin Remarks
1962 Wolf Berger Frankfurt Mavis van Geldern Brussels
1963 Wolf Berger Frankfurt Mavis van Geldern Brussels
1964 Eberhard Schöler Dusseldorf Rosemarie Seidel Kaiserberg
1965 Eberhard Schöler Dusseldorf Diane Rowe England
1966 Eberhard Schöler Dusseldorf Diane Schöler Dusseldorf
1967 Eberhard Schöler Dusseldorf Diane Schöler Dusseldorf
1968 Günter Köcher Frankfurt Diane Schöler Dusseldorf
1969 Klaus Schmittinger Frankfurt Diane Schöler Dusseldorf
1970 Eberhard Schöler Dusseldorf Diane Schöler Dusseldorf
1971 Bernt Jansen Berlin Diane Schöler Dusseldorf
1972 Bernt Jansen
Vladimír Miko 		Berlin
CSSR		 Jana Eberle Kaiserslautern
1973 Eberhard Schöler Dusseldorf Jana Eberle Kaiserslautern
1974 Jochen Leiß Dusseldorf Jana Eberle Kaiserslautern
1975 Wilfried Lieck Altena Ursula Hirschmüller Kaiserberg
1976 Eberhard Schöler Dusseldorf Ursula Hirschmüller Kaiserberg
1977 Ralf Wosik Dusseldorf Karen Sr. Ireland
1978 Tibor Klampár Hungary Karen Sr. Ireland
1979 István Jónyer Hungary Sabine Wenzel Kronshagen
1980 István Jónyer Hungary Wei lily China
1981 Liang Geliang China Carine Risch Luxembourg
1982 Ralf Wosik Dusseldorf Barbara Lippens Belgium
1983 Desmond Douglas England Judit Magos Hungary
1984 National team Poland National team Hungary Tournament for national teams
1985 Xie Saike China Mirjam Kloppenburg Netherlands
1986 Xu Zeng Cai China Olga Nemes Saarbrücken
1987 Jörgen Persson Sweden Wang Xiaoming | France
1988 Leszek Kucharski Poland Daniela Guergueltcheva Bulgaria
1989 Andrzej Grubba Poland Mirjam Kloppenburg Netherlands
1990 Yang Jianhua Luxembourg Xiu Yanhua China
1991 Andrzej Grubba Poland Tong Ling China Eight athletes from the TOP12 of the world rankings
1992 Chen Xinhua England Tong Ling China 37 nations, prize money: 25,800 DM
1993 Johnny Huang Canada Ni Xialian Luxembourg
1994 Ma Wenge China Jing Tian grains China Prize money: 40,000 DM
1995 Dmitri Masunov Russia Qianhong He China
1996 Thing yi Austria Ni Xialian Luxembourg Prize money: 70,000 DM
1997 Jan-Ove Waldner Sweden Jie Schöpp Germany
1998 Ma Wenge China Tamara Boros Croatia
1999 Vladimir Samsonov Belarus Qianhong Gotsch Betzingen Prize money: 70,200 DM

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c DTS magazine , 1965/12 page 6
  2. ↑ 40 years of the TTVR 1949-1989 - Chronicle of table tennis in the Rhineland, page 8
  3. ↑ a b 50 years of the Tischtennis-Verband Rheinland e. V. , page 48
  4. ↑ a b DTS magazine , 1999/6 pages 27 + 35
  5. ↑ a b DTS magazine , 1990/7 pages 15 + 19
  6. ↑ DTS magazine , 1999/10 page 7
  7. ↑ a b magazine DTS , 1994/6 pages 25 + 36-37
  8. ↑ a b DTS magazine , 1995/7 pages 14 + 17
  9. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1970/11 Page 21
  10. ↑ Youth tournaments - DTS magazine , 1976/12 page 32
  11. ↑ DTS magazine , 1976/13 page 27
  12. ↑ DTS magazine , 1978/11 page 63
  13. ↑ a b DTS magazine , 1992/7, pages 12 + 22-23
  14. ↑ DTS magazine , 1996/7 pages 21 + 23
  15. ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/6 pages 30 + 35

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