Saarland table tennis association

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The Saarländische Tischtennisbund eV (STTB) is the union of the table tennis clubs in Saarland . 132 associations are affiliated with it (as of June 2017). The president is Werner Laub, the office is in Saarbrücken .

The STTB was founded in 1946. It was initially an independent association, independent of the German Table Tennis Association DTTB and as such became a provisional member in 1950 and a full member in 1951 of the World Table Tennis Association ITTF . He took part in two world championships with his own assets . When it was decided in 1956 to rejoin the Saarland to the Federal Republic of Germany, the STTB joined the German Table Tennis Association DTTB and thus lost its international independence.

history

The first attempts to organize a game in Saarland go back to Erich Mittermüller, who organized championships in 1932, which saw Willi Otto and Miss Seibert as well as the teams Fürstenhausen (men) and Dillingen (women) as winners in the individual competitions. In 1935 the Saarland, which until then had been assigned to France, rejoined the German Empire. The Saarland's sports operations were assigned to the Gaus Süd-West (one of 16 German districts). During the Second World War , table tennis largely came to a standstill.

In the spring of 1946, the clubs that were active at the time and approved by the military government founded the Saarland Table Tennis Association in Saarbrücken in the Zum Hirsch inn . Karl Dorsch (St. Wendel) became the first chairman, while Erich Mittermüller took over the organization of gaming operations. On January 19, 1950, the first official international match was carried out, which was lost in Saarbrücken against Vietnam with 0: 5.

In 1950, the Saarland tried to become a member of the table tennis world association ITTF . This was advocated by the ITTF Congress, which took place parallel to the 1951 World Cup in Vienna: Saarland was accepted as a provisional ( good standing ) member, but together with Germany had to pay for the replacement costs for the Corbillion Cup, which was lost in the chaos of war had gone to participate. The cost of this was £ 10. A good standing member has all the rights of a full member, but is not allowed to vote. However, games with Germany were prohibited.

In 1952, the ITTF Congress accepted Saarland as a full member. As a result, the Saarland took part in the World Championships in 1954 in London and 1955 in Utrecht with women and men, but never came close to medal ranks. At these world championships, the Yugoslav Tibor Harangozo acted as coach.

In 1952, the integration of gaming operations into that of the Federal Republic of Germany was approved. In particular, the Saarlanders were able to take part in German individual and team championships. Saarland had been looking towards Germany for several years, when it joined the interest group of Southwest German table tennis associations . In the 1954/55 season, Saarland teams, namely TV Beckingen and 1. FC Saarbrücken , started in the Oberliga Südwest for the first time.

As a result of a referendum in 1956, the politicians in charge decided to incorporate the Saarland into the Federal Republic of Germany. As a result, Saarland applied for admission to the German Table Tennis Association DTTB in June 1956. The Federal General Assembly in October 1956 in Hachen unanimously approved this proposal. The international independence of the STTB thus expired.

Known players and clubs (incomplete)

The most common Saarland champions since 1946 are Karl-Heinz Russy (10), Peter Engel (4), Andreas Koch (4) and Christoph Brubach (4). Also known throughout Germany are u. a. Georg "Zsolt" Böhm , Josef Böhm , Jürgen Hegenbarth , Jörg Schlichter and Helmut Grob , former national players for Saarland are Willi Trautmann , Ossi Michel and Werner Weiß .

In the women’s category , Anneliese Ratius , Inge Welter and Jutta Deppner each won seven titles, followed by Nikola Neu (6). National players were Eva Graf , Ella Schneider-Lauer , Annette Greisinger , Susanne Wenzel and Olga Nemes .

In 1948, SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken was the first Saarland men's team champion, and 1. FC Saarbrücken won the women's national title . In the 1950s, the men's teams of TV Beckingen and 1. FC Saarbrücken were represented in the highest divisions across Germany. 1. FC Saarbrücken played in the final round of the German championship in 1966 and was one of the teams that were there when the Bundesliga was founded in 1966. In the 1970s he was still active in this highest German league before he withdrew to the lower divisions for financial reasons. Since 2009 he has been playing in the TTBL again. The ATSV Saarbrücken celebrated great successes in the 1980s, when the men became German champions four times and the women's team also won the title in 1985. The women of TTSV Saarlouis-Fraulautern have been playing in the Bundesliga since 2007.

Chair of the STTB

The SSTB has had the following chairpersons since it was founded:

  • 1946 - 1948: Karl Dorsch
  • 1948 - 1964: Erich Voltmer
  • 1964 - 1966: Hans Schuhmacher
  • 1966 - 1970: Wenzel Groß
  • 1970 - 1971: Horst Kilp
  • 1971 - 1971: Rainer Becker (provisional)
  • 1971 - 1982: Eligius Simon († 1990)
  • 1982 - 1995: Helmut John
  • 1995 - 1996: Erwin Berg (provisional)
  • 1996 - 1998: Elmar Maier († 2020)
  • 1999 - 2008: Hermann Leinenbach
  • 2007 - 2008: Rainer Germann
  • 2008 - 2015: Hubert Friedrich (provisional in the first year)
  • since 2015: Werner Laub

literature

  • [STTB50] 50 years of the Saarländischer Tischtennis-Bund 1946-1996, Ed. Saarländischer Tischtennis-Bund eV

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [STTB50] page 16
  2. ↑ a b c [STTB50] pages 17-18
  3. ↑ Minutes of the Annual Meeting (AGM) of the World Association of March 1951, page 6, point 17  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed June 17, 2017)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.old.ittf.com  
  4. ↑ Minutes of the Annual Meeting (AGM) of the World Association from February 1950, page 15, Appendix 6, point 4  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed June 17, 2017)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.old.ittf.com  
  5. ↑ a b [STTB50] page 18
  6. ↑ Minutes of the Annual Meeting (AGM) of the World Association from March 1953, page 3, point 8  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed June 17, 2017)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.old.ittf.com  
  7. ↑ DTS magazine 1954/16, West issue, page 1
  8. ↑ [STTB50] page 19
  9. ^ German Table Tennis Association - 50 years young . Published by the German Table Tennis Association DTTB , 1975. Page 56
  10. ↑ a b The state champions of the Saarland since 1946 (accessed on June 25, 2017)
  11. ↑ [STTB50] page 22
  12. ↑ tischtennis magazine 2020/3 Region 7, page 7