Petr Korbel

Petr Korbel
Nation:	Czech Republic
Date of birth:	June 6, 1971
Place of birth:	Havířov
Size:	181 cm
Playing hand:	Right handed
How to play:	Shakehand
Best world ranking :	16 (September 2001)
Best national ranking:	1 (March 2009)
Clubs as active: ???? - 1990 Bratislava 1990-1991 Montpellier-Le Cres 1991-1993 TTC Altena 1993-1994 Borussia Düsseldorf 1994-1996 MTG Horst-Essen 1996-1997 Post SV Telekom Mülheim 1997-2002 TTC drawbridge Grenzau 2002-2004 Start Horni Sucha 2004-2006 Müller Würzburger Hofbräu 2006-2008 Borussia Düsseldorf 2008-2010 Royal Villette Charleroi 2010–2012 TTC Ruhrstadt Herne 2012 STEN marketing HB Ostrov

Petr Korbel (born June 6, 1971 in Havířov , Czechoslovakia ) is a former Czech table tennis player . He played for several German Bundesliga clubs.

Career

Petr Korbel was Czech champion six times, namely in 1996, 1998, 2000–2002 and 2006. Korbel celebrated his first major international success in 1988 when he won the European Junior Championship. At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, he finished fourth at the European Championship in 2000 in Bremen he won the bronze medal. In March 2009, he took first place in the Czech ranking.

Korbel played from July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2008 for Borussia Düsseldorf, where he already had a one-year contract in 1993/94; before that he played for Müller Würzburger Hofbräu and made it to the quarterfinals of the German Open. He was team champion with Würzburg in 2004/05. From 2008 to 2010 he played at the top Belgian club Royal Villette Charleroi, after which he returned to Germany and now plays at TTC Ruhrstadt Herne.

Petr Korbel is 1.81 m tall and is right-handed, he plays the Butterfly Korbel OFF blade and the Butterfly Sriver G2 rubber. He has been married to Romana Kvapilova, who played in the 2nd Bundesliga in the 1990s, since July 1995, and has one daughter.

Petr Korbel has been coached by his father Karol Korbel, a former Czech first division player, since his youth.

Career as a player

Tournament participation

• WM : 1991 , 1993 , 1995 , 1997 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2008
• Summer Olympic Games: 1992 , 1996 , 2000 , 2004
• European championship : 1992 , 1994 , 1998 , 2000 , 2002 , 2005
• Europe TOP-12 : 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004 to 2008

titles and achievements

• 3rd place World Championship 1991 (team)
• 3rd place Europe TOP-12 2001 and 2004
• 1st place European Championship 1988 (youth singles)
• 5 times German team champion (1999, 2001, 2002 with TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau ; 2005 with Müller Würzburger Hofbräu , 2008 with Borussia Düsseldorf )

Success at the ITTF Pro Tour

• 1997 English Open: 2nd place
• 2000 French Open: 3rd place
• 2003 Danish Open: 3rd place
• 2006 Qatar Open: 3rd place
• 2006, 2009 and 2010: Participation in the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals

Successes at the Japanese Super Circuit

• Jul 2002 in Aomori: 1st place
• Sep 2002 in Osaka: 2nd place
• Aug 2003 in Hiroshima: 2nd place
• Jan 2004 in Tokyo: 1st place
• May 2004 in Osaka: 1st place
• May 2005 in Osaka: 1st place

Participation in the ITTF World All Stars Circuit

• June 1994 in Malaysia: quarter-final win against Kōji Matsushita , semi-final loss against Wang Tao
• June 1994 in Hong Kong: quarter-final loss to Johnny Huang
• October 1994 in Lisbon (final tournament): defeats in the preliminary round against Wang Tao , Jean-Philippe Gatien and Zoran Primorac

More results

• 2001 China versus World: defeats to Wang Liqin (1: 4) and Liu Guoliang (2: 4)

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
CZE	European Championship	2012	Herning	THE	last 32	last 32
CZE	European Championship	2005	Aarhus	THE	last 16
CZE	European Championship	2002	Zagreb	HRV	last 16
CZE	European Championship	2000	Bremen	GER	Semifinals
CZE	European Championship	1998	Eindhoven	NED	last 16
CZE	European Championship	1994	Birmingham	CLOSELY	last 16
TCH	European Championship	1992	Stuttgart	GER	last 16
TCH	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1988	Novi Sad	YUG	gold
CZE	EURO TOP12	2008	Frankfurt	GER	9th place
CZE	EURO TOP12	2007	Arezzo	ITA	5th place
CZE	EURO TOP12	2006	Copenhagen	THE	5th place
CZE	EURO TOP12	2005	Rennes	FRA	5th place
CZE	EURO TOP12	2004	Frankfurt	GER	3rd place
CZE	EURO TOP12	2002	Rotterdam	NED	9
CZE	EURO TOP12	2001	catfish	AUT	3
CZE	EURO TOP12	1997	Eindhoven	NED	11
CZE	EURO TOP12	1994	Arezzo	ITA	11
CZE	Olympic games	2008	Beijing	CHN	last 64
CZE	Olympic games	2004	Athens	GRE	last 32	last 32
CZE	Olympic games	2000	Sydney	OUT	last 32	immediately excluded
CZE	Olympic games	1996	Atlanta	United States	4th	immediately excluded
TCH	Olympic games	1992	Barcelona	ESP	immediately excluded	no participants
CZE	Pro tour	2013	Stockholm	SWE	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2013	Olomouc	CZE	last 64
CZE	Pro tour	2013	Yokohama	JPN	last 64
CZE	Pro tour	2012	Olomouc	CZE	last 64	Semifinals
CZE	Pro tour	2012	Kobe	JPN	last 64
CZE	Pro tour	2011	Schwechat	AUT	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	2011	Kobe	JPN	last 16	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2011	Władysławowo	POLE	Quarter finals	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2011	Dortmund	GER	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	2011	Dubai	UAE	last 64	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2011	Velenje	SLO	last 64
CZE	Pro tour	2010	Warsaw	POLE	last 64	silver
CZE	Pro tour	2010	catfish	AUT	last 64	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2010	Kobe	JPN	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	2010	Berlin	GER	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2010	Kuwait City	KUW	last 32	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2010	Doha	QAT	last 64
CZE	Pro tour	2009	Warsaw	POLE	last 32	Semifinals
CZE	Pro tour	2009	Sheffield	CLOSELY	last 64
CZE	Pro tour	2009	Wakayama	JPN	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	2009	Bremen	GER	last 64	Quarter finals
CZE	Pro tour	2009	Doha	QAT	last 32	Quarter finals
CZE	Pro tour	2009	Kuwait City	KUW	last 64
CZE	Pro tour	2009	Frederikshavn	THE	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2009	Frederikshavn	THE		Quarter finals
CZE	Pro tour	2009	Velenje	SVN	Quarter finals	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2008	Warsaw	POLE	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
CZE	Pro tour	2008	Berlin	GER	Quarter finals			9
CZE	Pro tour	2008	Doha	QAT	last 64
CZE	Pro tour	2008	Velenje	SVN	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	2007	Bremen	GER	last 64	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2007	Toulouse	FRA	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	2007	St. Petersburg	RUS	last 64
CZE	Pro tour	2007	Shenzhen	CHN	last 16	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2007	Taipei	TPE	Quarter finals
CZE	Pro tour	2007	Chiba	JPN	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2007	Salwa Cup	KUW	last 16	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2007	Doha	QAT	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	2006	Warsaw	POLE	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2006	Bayreuth	GER	Quarter finals	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2006	Yokohama	JPN	last 64
CZE	Pro tour	2006	Santiago	CHI	Quarter finals	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2006	Doha	QAT	Semifinals
CZE	Pro tour	2006	Zagreb	HRV	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	2005	Gothenburg	SWE	last 64
CZE	Pro tour	2005	Magdeburg	GER	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	2005	Yokohama	JPN	last 64
CZE	Pro tour	2005	Zagreb	HRV	Quarter finals
CZE	Pro tour	2004	catfish	AUT	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2004	Leipzig	GER	Quarter finals
CZE	Pro tour	2004	Aarhus	THE	last 64	gold
CZE	Pro tour	2004	Kobe	JPN	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	2004	Chicago	United States	Quarter finals
CZE	Pro tour	2003	Aarhus	THE	Semifinals	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2003	Bremen	GER	last 64
CZE	Pro tour	2003	Kobe	JPN	last 32	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2003	Croatia	HRV	last 64
CZE	Pro tour	2002	Magdeburg	GER	last 32	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2002	Kobe	JPN	last 32	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2002	Doha	QAT	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	2002	Cairo	EGY	last 64	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2002	catfish	AUT	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2001	Skovde	SWE	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2001	Rotterdam	NED	last 32	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	2001	Bayreuth	GER	last 16	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	2001	Zagreb	HRV	Quarter finals	Rd 1
CZE	Pro tour	2001	Doha	QAT	last 32	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2001	Chatham	CLOSELY	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2000	Umeå	SWE	last 16	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2000	Warsaw	POLE	last 16	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	2000	Toulouse	FRA	Semifinals	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	1999	Karlskrona	SWE	last 16	Rd 1
CZE	Pro tour	1999	Lievin	FRA	last 32	Rd 1
CZE	Pro tour	1999	Zagreb	HRV	last 16	Semifinals
CZE	Pro tour	1999	Hopton-on-Sea	CLOSELY	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	1998	Sundsvall	SWE	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	1998	Courmayeur	ITA	last 32	Rd 1
CZE	Pro tour	1998	Melbourne	OUT	last 32	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	1997	Squid	SWE	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	1997	Linz	AUT	last 32	last 32
CZE	Pro tour	1997	Gdańsk	POLE	last 16	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	1997	Kettering	CLOSELY	silver	last 16
CZE	Pro tour	1996	Kettering	CLOSELY	Quarter finals	Quarter finals
CZE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2010	Seoul	COR		Quarter finals
CZE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2009	Macau	MAC		Quarter finals
CZE	Pro Tour Grand Finals	2006	Hong Kong	HKG	last 16
CZE	World Championship	2012	Dortmund	GER				23
CZE	World Championship	2011	Rotterdam	NED	last 128	last 64	last 64
CZE	World Championship	2010	Moscow	RUS				9
CZE	World Championship	2009	Yokohama	JPN	last 64	last 32	last 32
CZE	World Championship	2008	Guangzhou	CHN				5
CZE	World Championship	2007	Zagreb	HRV	last 128	last 32	last 128
CZE	World Championship	2006	Bremen	GER				5
CZE	World Championship	2005	Shanghai	CHN	last 32	last 64
CZE	World Championship	2004	Doha	QAT				13
CZE	World Championship	2003	Paris	FRA	last 32	last 32
CZE	World Championship	2001	Osaka	JPN	last 32	last 32	no participants	15th
CZE	World Championship	2000	Kuala Lumpur	MAS				9-12
CZE	World Championship	1999	Eindhoven	NED	last 64	last 32	Scratched
CZE	World Championship	1997	Manchester	CLOSELY	last 32	last 32	last 32	19th
CZE	World Championship	1995	Tianjin	CHN	last 32	Scratched	last 16	11
CZE	World Championship	1993	Gothenburg	SWE	last 128	last 32	last 64	10
TCH	World Championship	1991	Chiba City	JPN	last 128	last 64	last 128	3
CZE	WTC World Team Cup	2009	Linz	AUT	5th place
CZE	WTC World Team Cup	2007	Magdeburg	GER				7th
CZE	WTC World Team Cup	1995	Atlanta	United States				9
CZE	WTC World Team Cup	1994	Nimes	FRA				5
TCH	WTC World Team Cup	1991	Barcelona	ESP				9

Web links

• "Korbel is Borussia's good" spirit " ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Westdeutsche Zeitung , December 6, 2006 (accessed on October 8, 2012)
• Petr Korbel at Pingpong.cz ( Czech )
• Petr Korbel's biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed June 21, 2014)
• Petr Korbel in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed June 21, 2014)
• Brief portrait (accessed October 18, 2019)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1991/6 page 9
2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1993/4 page 12
3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1994/6 page 18
4. ↑ Magazine DTS , 1996/5 Page 23
5. ↑ ITTF table of results (accessed October 18, 2019)