European Games 2015 / table tennis
At the European Games 2015 in Baku , Azerbaijan , four table tennis competitions were held from June 13th to 19th, 2015 , one team competition (with 16 teams) and one individual competition for men and women. The winners of the individual competitions qualified directly for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .
Portugal won the men's team competition ahead of France, Austria and Germany, while Germany won the women's team ahead of the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Ukraine.
In the individual, Dimitrij Ovtcharov won ahead of Uladsimir Samsonau and Kou Lei for the men and Li Jiao ahead of Li Jie and Melek Hu for the women.
team
The first round of the team competitions took place on June 13th, the quarter and semi-finals on June 14th, the game for third place and the final on June 15th.
The game was played according to the Olympic system : Each team consisted of three players who played in a double and up to four singles (each with 3 sets) until one team had won 3 points. Each player was allowed to play a maximum of twice per game, i.e. either in two singles or in a single and a double. There was no group stage, the game was played in a knockout system from the start.
Substitute players were not allowed according to the regulations, which was fatal for the German men's team: After the first round, Timo Boll had to cancel the tournament due to illness, so that the opponent had two points in every subsequent game and Boll's teammates Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Patrick Baum each one Had to win the game. Against Sweden this succeeded, but in the semi-final against France one game and thus the entire match was lost.
Men
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
 Germany
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Spain
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Germany
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Sweden
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2 | |||||||||||||
 Ukraine
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Sweden
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Germany
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2 | |||||||||||||
 France
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Belarus
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Czech Republic
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Belarus
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0 | |||||||||||||
| France
|
3 | |||||||||||||
 Greece
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1 | |||||||||||||
| France
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| France
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1 | |||||||||||||
 Portugal
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Austria
|
3 | |||||||||||||
 Croatia
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Austria
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Russia
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0 | |||||||||||||
 Hungary
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Russia
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Austria
|
1 | |||||||||||||
| Portugal
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3 | 3rd place match | ||||||||||||
 Poland
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Azerbaijan
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Poland
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0 | Germany
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0 | |||||||||||
| Portugal
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3 | Austria
|
3 | |||||||||||
 Romania
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Portugal
|
3 | |||||||||||||
Women
| Round of 16 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | final | |||||||||||
| Germany
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Hungary
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Germany
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Russia
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Portugal
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Russia
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Germany
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Czech Republic
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0 | |||||||||||||
| France
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan
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0 | |||||||||||||
| France
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Czech Republic
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Czech Republic
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Austria
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Germany
|
3 | |||||||||||||
 Netherlands
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Belarus
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Sweden
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Sweden
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3 | |||||||||||||
| Romania
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Ukraine
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2 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands
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3 | 3rd place match | ||||||||||||
| Poland
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3 | |||||||||||||
 Luxembourg
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1 | |||||||||||||
| Poland
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2 | Czech Republic
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3 | |||||||||||
| Netherlands
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3 | Ukraine
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1 | |||||||||||
 Serbia
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0 | |||||||||||||
| Netherlands
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3 | |||||||||||||
singles
47 athletes competed in each of the individual competitions, with a maximum of two players for each country. Again, there was no group phase, just a knockout phase. The 31 worst placed players met in the first round and played out the participants for the next round in 15 duels (one player each was automatically qualified for the second round). In the second round, the 16 winners from the first round then met the top 16 players, and the normal knockout system continued.
Men
1 not started due to illness
Women
Medal table
| rank | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Germany
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 |
Netherlands
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1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |
Portugal
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1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4th |
France
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 United Kingdom
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0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 |
Austria
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
|
Czech Republic
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Turkey
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0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
|
Ukraine
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| total | 4th | 4th | 4th | 12 | |
Web links
- Table tennis on baku2015.com (English)
- The European games on the side of the ITTF (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ttbl.de - Via Baku to Rio Accessed June 15, 2015.
- ↑ tischtennis.de - Strong alone, but not strong enough: Decimated DTTB men play for bronze Retrieved on April 9, 2018.