Europe Top 16 Cup 2017 (table tennis)

2016 ← Europe Top 16 → 2018
	Men	Women
date	03. – 05.02.
place	Antibes
winner	Dimitrij Ovtcharov Alexander Schibajew Simon Gauzy	Li Jie Petrissa Solja Sabine Winter

The table tennis Europe Top 16 Cup in 2017 was from 3 to 5 February at the French Antibes instead. The defending champions were Dimitrij Ovtcharov for the men and Shen Yanfei for the women , who has since retired from professional sport. Gold went to Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Li Jie .

qualification

The reigning individual European champions Emmanuel Lebesson and Melek Hu qualified as well as the top 14 European players in the world rankings from December 2016 (without taking into account the European champions). If there was no player from the host France among these 15 players, the host was allowed to name another participant, otherwise the last place was also awarded via the world rankings. An association was allowed to be represented by a maximum of four players.

player	WRL	ERL	Players	WRL	ERL
Dimitrij Ovtcharov	6th	1	Han Ying	8th	1
Vladimir Samsonov	8th	2	Melek Hu	13	2
Timo Boll	11	3	Petrissa Solja	18th	3
Marcos Freitas	12	4th	Elizabeta Samara	20th	4th
Simon Gauzy	16	5	Liu Jia	21st	5
Stefan Fegerl	20th	6th	Shan Xiaona	22nd	6th
Bastian Steger	22nd	7th	Li Jie	27	7th
Tiago Apolonia	22nd	8th	Fu Yu	32	8th
Kristian Karlsson	24	9	Li Qian	38	9
Andrej Gaćina	25th	10	Georgina Póta	39	10
Mattias Karlsson	28	11	Matilda Ekholm	40	11
Emmanuel Lebesson	30th	12	Li Jiao	43	12
Kou Lei	32	13	Sabine Winter	45	13
João Monteiro	33	14th	Shen Yanfei	47	14th
Alexander Shibayev	34	15th	Polina Mikhailova	48	15th
Jonathan Groth	36	16	Li Fen	49	16
Panagiotis Gionis	37	17th	Daniela Dodean	50	17th
			Li Xue	51	18th
			Yang Xiaoxin	52	19th
			Sofia Polcanova	53	20th
			Wiktoryja Paulovich	54	21st
			Tetyana Bilenko	56	22nd
			Kristin Silbereisen	57	23
			Ni Xialian	62	24
			Iveta Vacenovská	63	25th
			Shao Jieni	66	26th
			Bernadette Szőcs	70	27
			Katarzyna Grzybowska	71	28
			Maria Dolgikh	73	29
			Barbora Balážová	78	30th
			Stephanie Loeuillette	180	84

no eligibility to play in world tournaments

no participation

Host wildcard

reigning European champion

mode

The 16 participants were divided into 4 groups, in which everyone played against everyone. The group first and second qualified for the quarter-finals. Places 1–8 were played out, the top three automatically qualified for the World Cup . In the group phase, each individual was played in the best-of-five mode and thus consisted of three to five sets; from the quarter-finals onwards, the best-of-seven mode was used.

Attendees

The first column indicates the final ranking, the columns "WRL" and "ERL" the world and European ranking positions from February 2017 relevant for the setting.

Item	Men	WRL	ERL	Women	WRL	ERL
1	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	5	1	Li Jie	28	8th
2	Alexander Shibayev	35	15th	Petrissa Solja	15th	4th
3	Simon Gauzy	15th	5	Sabine Winter	38	12
4th	Kou Lei	35	16	Liu Jia	14th	3
5	Timo Boll	10	3	Georgina Póta	30th	9
6th	Andrej Gaćina	28	10	Bernadette Szőcs	57	23
7th	Tiago Apolonia	25th	9	Matilda Ekholm	32	10
8th	Stefan Fegerl	21st	6th	Daniela Dodean	47	18th
9	Marcos Freitas	14th	4th	Barbora Balážová	77	33
	Panagiotis Gionis	34	14th	Tetyana Bilenko	46	17th
	Jonathan Groth	38	18th	Li Qian	33	11
	Emmanuel Lebesson	31	11	Sofia Polcanova	49	20th
13	Kristian Karlsson	22nd	7th	Melek Hu	10	2
	Mattias Karlsson	32	12	Stephanie Loeuilette	157	77
	João Monteiro	33	13	Polina Mikhailova	42	15th
	Vladimir Samsonov	8th	2	Wiktoryja Paulovich	48	19th

Men

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Dimitrij Ovtcharov	3: 1	João Monteiro
Simon Gauzy	3: 2	Jonathan Groth
Dimitrij Ovtcharov	3: 2	Simon Gauzy
João Monteiro	1: 3	Jonathan Groth
Simon Gauzy	3: 1	João Monteiro
Dimitrij Ovtcharov	3: 2	Jonathan Groth

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	3	9: 5	6th
2	Simon Gauzy	3	8: 6	5
3	Jonathan Groth	3	7: 7	4th
4th	João Monteiro	3	3: 9	3

Group 2

	Result
Vladimir Samsonov	2: 3	Emmanuel Lebesson
Tiago Apolonia	3: 2	Kou Lei
Vladimir Samsonov	1: 3	Tiago Apolonia
Emmanuel Lebesson	0: 3	Kou Lei
Tiago Apolonia	3: 1	Emmanuel Lebesson
Vladimir Samsonov	0: 3	Kou Lei

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Tiago Apolonia	3	9: 4	6th
2	Kou Lei	3	8: 3	5
3	Emmanuel Lebesson	3	4: 8	4th
4th	Vladimir Samsonov	3	3: 9	3

Group 3

	Result
Timo Boll	3: 2	Mattias Karlsson
Stefan Fegerl	3: 2	Panagiotis Gionis
Timo Boll	3: 1	Stefan Fegerl
Mattias Karlsson	0: 3	Panagiotis Gionis
Stefan Fegerl	3: 2	Mattias Karlsson
Timo Boll	3-0	Panagiotis Gionis

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Timo Boll	3	9: 3	6th
2	Stefan Fegerl	3	7: 7	5
3	Panagiotis Gionis	3	5: 6	4th
4th	Mattias Karlsson	3	4: 9	3

Group 4

	Result
Marcos Freitas	0: 3	Andrej Gaćina
Kristian Karlsson	1: 3	Alexander Shibayev
Marcos Freitas	3-0	Kristian Karlsson
Andrej Gaćina	3: 2	Alexander Shibayev
Kristian Karlsson	3: 1	Andrej Gaćina
Marcos Freitas	2: 3	Alexander Shibayev

space	player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Andrej Gaćina	3	7: 5	5
2	Alexander Shibayev	3	8: 6	5
3	Marcos Freitas	3	5: 6	4th
4th	Kristian Karlsson	3	4: 7	4th

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	4th
	Stefan Fegerl	0
					Dimitrij Ovtcharov	4th
					Kou Lei	3
	Kou Lei	4th
	Andrej Gaćina	3
									Dimitrij Ovtcharov	4th
									Alexander Shibayev	2
	Timo Boll	2
	Simon Gauzy	4th
					Simon Gauzy	2			3rd place match
					Alex. Shibayev	4th
	Alex. Shibayev	4th							Kou Lei	0
	Tiago Apolonia	3							Simon Gauzy	4th

Placement games

for space	Player 1	Result	Player 2	for space	Player 1	Result	Player 2
5-6	Stefan Fegerl	3: 4	Andrej Gaćina	5	Andrej Gaćina	0: 4	Timo Boll
	Timo Boll	4: 1	Tiago Apolonia	7th	Stefan Fegerl	0: 4	Tiago Apolonia

Women

Group stage

Group 1

	Result
Melek Hu	0: 3	Daniela Dodean
Georgina Póta	3: 2	Sofia Polcanova
Melek Hu	3: 2	Georgina Póta
Daniela Dodean	3: 2	Sofia Polcanova
Georgina Póta	3: 2	Daniela Dodean
Melek Hu	1: 3	Sofia Polcanova

space	Player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Georgina Póta	3	8: 7	5
2	Daniela Dodean	3	8: 5	5
3	Sofia Polcanova	3	7: 7	4th
4th	Melek Hu	3	4: 8	4th

Group 2

	Result
Liu Jia	3: 1	Polina Mikhailova
Sabine Winter	3: 2	Barbora Balážová
Liu Jia	3: 2	Sabine Winter
Polina Mikhailova	0: 3	Barbora Balážová
Sabine Winter	3-0	Polina Mikhailova
Liu Jia	3: 2	Barbora Balážová

space	Player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Liu Jia	3	9: 5	6th
2	Sabine Winter	3	8: 5	5
3	Barbora Balážová	3	7: 6	4th
4th	Polina Mikhailova	3	1: 9	3

Group 3

	Result
Petrissa Solja	3: 2	Tetyana Bilenko
Matilda Ekholm	3: 1	Stephanie Loeuilette
Petrissa Solja	3: 1	Matilda Ekholm
Tetyana Bilenko	3: 2	Stephanie Loeuilette
Matilda Ekholm	3-0	Tetyana Bilenko
Petrissa Solja	3-0	Stephanie Loeuilette

space	Player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Petrissa Solja	3	9: 3	6th
2	Matilda Ekholm	3	7: 4	5
3	Tetyana Bilenko	3	5: 8	4th
4th	Stephanie Loeuilette	3	3: 9	3

Group 4

	Result
Li Jie	0: 3	Wiktoryja Paulovich
Li Qian	2: 3	Bernadette Szőcs
Li Jie	3: 2	Li Qian
Wiktoryja Paulovich	1: 3	Bernadette Szőcs
Li Qian	3: 2	Wiktoryja Paulovich
Li Jie	3: 2	Bernadette Szőcs

space	Player	Games	sentences	Points
1	Li Jie	3	6: 7	5
2	Bernadette Szőcs	3	8: 6	5
3	Li Qian	3	7: 8	4th
4th	Wiktoryja Paulovich	3	6: 6	4th

Main round

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	Georgina Póta	3
	Sabine Winter	4th
					Sabine Winter	2
					Li Jie	4th
	Matilda Ekholm	2
	Li Jie	4th
									Li Jie	4th
									Petrissa Solja	1
	Petrissa Solja	4th
	Bernadette Szőcs	2
					Petrissa Solja	4th			3rd place match
					Liu Jia	1
	Daniela Dodean	0							Sabine Winter	4th
	Liu Jia	4th							Liu Jia	3

Placement games

for space	Player 1	Result	Player 2	for space	Player 1	Result	Player 2
5-6	Georgina Póta	4: 3	Matilda Ekholm	5	Georgina Póta	4-0	Bernadette Szőcs
	Bernadette Szőcs	4: 3	Daniela Dodean	7th	Matilda Ekholm	4: 2	Daniela Dodean

Web links

• Official website (accessed January 2, 2017)
• The Europe Top 16 Cup 2017 on the ITTF website (accessed January 2, 2017)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ittf.com: Invitation list for 2017 ITTF Europe Top 16 competition released. December 20, 2016, accessed January 2, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ittf.com: ITTF World Ranking Men. (No longer available online.) December 2016, archived from the original on January 2, 2017 ; accessed on January 2, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ ittf.com: ITTF World Ranking Women. (No longer available online.) December 2016, archived from the original on January 2, 2017 ; accessed on January 2, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ ^{a b} ittf.com: PROSPECTUS INFORMATION. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 2, 2017 ; accessed on January 2, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.