ETTU Champions League 2012/13

ETTU Champions League 2012/13
Cup winners	Gazprom Fakel Orenburg (2nd title)
Beginning	September 7, 2012
final	April 12th and 26th, 2013
Teams	12
Games	24 + 14 play-off games  (of which 38 played)
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The ETTU Champions League of men 2012/13 was the 15th edition of the ETTU Champions League , which is organized by the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU). Twelve teams took part in the main field of the competition. Gazprom Fakel Orenburg from Russia won the tournament and was able to defend last year's title.

Tournament mode

The game was played in four groups of three teams each. Everyone played everyone against everyone twice. The best two teams in each group reached the quarter-finals. The entire knockout round including the final was played with a return leg.

Preliminary round

Group A

space	team	Games	sentences	Points
1	Gazprom Fakel Orenburg	4th	12: 4	8th
2	1. FC Saarbrücken	4th	8: 9	5
3	GV Hennebont	4th	4:12	5

date	Home team	Visiting team	Result
0Sep 7 2012	Gazprom Fakel Orenburg	GV Hennebont	3: 1
23 Sep 2012	1. FC Saarbrücken	Gazprom Fakel Orenburg	2: 3
0Oct 5, 2012	GV Hennebont	1. FC Saarbrücken	0: 3
Nov 16, 2012	GV Hennebont	Gazprom Fakel Orenburg	0: 3
Nov 30, 2012	Gazprom Fakel Orenburg	1. FC Saarbrücken	3: 1
Dec 21, 2012	1. FC Saarbrücken	GV Hennebont	2: 3

Group B

space	team	Games	sentences	Points
1	Chartres ASTT	4th	12: 3	8th
2	TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen	4th	9: 7	6th
3	SKK El Nino Prague	4th	3:12	4th

date	Home team	Visiting team	Result
0Sep 7 2012	TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen	SKK El Nino Prague	3: 1
0Sep 7 2012	Chartres ASTT	TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen	3: 1
0Oct 4, 2012	SKK El Nino Prague	Chartres ASTT	0: 3
0Nov 5, 2012	SKK El Nino Prague	TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen	2: 3
Nov 30, 2012	TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen	Chartres ASTT	2: 3
Dec 21, 2012	Chartres ASTT	SKK El Nino Prague	3-0

Group C

space	team	Games	sentences	Points
1	AS Pontoise-Cergy TT	4th	7: 6	6th
2	Werder Bremen	4th	7: 7	6th
3	UMMC Verkhnaya Pyshma	4th	7: 8	6th

date	Home team	Visiting team	Result
0Sep 7 2012	Werder Bremen	AS Pontoise-Cergy TT	3-0
23 Sep 2012	UMMC Verkhnaya Pyshma	Werder Bremen	1: 3
0Oct 4, 2012	AS Pontoise-Cergy TT	UMMC Verkhnaya Pyshma	1: 3
Nov 16, 2012	AS Pontoise-Cergy TT	Werder Bremen	3-0
Nov 30, 2012	Werder Bremen	UMMC Verkhnaya Pyshma	1: 3
Dec 21, 2012	UMMC Verkhnaya Pyshma	AS Pontoise-Cergy TT	0: 3

Group D

space	team	Games	sentences	Points
1	Borussia Düsseldorf	4th	12: 6	8th
2	SVS Lower Austria	4th	11: 5	6th
3	Borgia Grodzisk	4th	2:12	4th

date	Home team	Visiting team	Result
0Sep 7 2012	Borussia Düsseldorf	Borgia Grodzisk	3: 1
Sep 20 2012	SVS Lower Austria	Borussia Düsseldorf	2: 3
0Oct 5, 2012	Borgia Grodzisk	SVS Lower Austria	0: 3
Nov 16, 2012	Borgia Grodzisk	Borussia Düsseldorf	1: 3
Nov 30, 2012	Borussia Düsseldorf	SVS Lower Austria	3: 2
Dec 21, 2012	SVS Lower Austria	Borgia Grodzisk	3-0

KO rounds

Quarter finals

The quarter-finals took place from February 8th to 11th and February 14th to 17th.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Gazprom Fakel Orenburg	6: 1	TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen	3: 1	3-0
SVS Lower Austria	4: 5	AS Pontoise-Cergy TT	1: 3	3: 2
Chartres ASTT	6: 3	1. FC Saarbrücken	3: 2	3: 1
Werder Bremen	3: 6	Borussia Düsseldorf	2: 3	1: 3

Semifinals

The semi-finals took place on March 8th and 11th and on March 22nd and 25th.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Gazprom Fakel Orenburg	6: 2	AS Pontoise-Cergy TT	3-0	3: 2
Chartres ASTT	4: 4	Borussia Düsseldorf	3: 1	1: 3

final

The finals took place on April 12th and 26th.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Gazprom Fakel Orenburg	4: 4	Chartres ASTT	1: 3	3: 1

First leg

Teams	Chartres ASTT	Gazprom Fakel Orenburg	1: 3
Single 1	Gao Ning	Vladimir Samsonov	3: 1
Single 2	Par Gerell	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	1: 3
Single 3	Robert Gardos	Alexei Smirnov	1: 3
Single 4	Gao Ning	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	2: 3

Return leg

Teams	Gazprom Fakel Orenburg	Chartres ASTT	1: 3
Single 1	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	Robert Gardos	1: 3
Single 2	Vladimir Samsonov	Gao Ning	2: 3
Single 3	Alexei Smirnov	Par Gerell	3-0
Single 4	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	Gao Ning	0: 3

If there was a tie of 4: 4 games, the set ratio had to decide, but there, too, it was a draw with 16:16. It was therefore necessary to take into account the point ratio, which with 316: 312 balls was decisive for Orenburg.

Web links

• ETTU Men's European Champions League on ETTU.org ( Memento from May 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on February 10, 2016)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ MyTischtennis.de CL: Four points bring Orenburg title defense