Swiss table tennis
Swiss Table Tennis (STT) , formerly the Swiss Table Tennis Association (STTV), is the top organization for Swiss table tennis with its headquarters in the House of Sports in Ittigen near Bern . Its tasks include the implementation of national gaming operations in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein . Currently (2017) it has 263 associations.
history
The STTV was founded on October 12, 1931 in Montreux as a national sports association for table tennis. Gaston Mullegg (president; * 1890; † 1958), Fernand Loubet (secretary) and Ernest Bornand (cashier) served as the board of directors. A little later the STTV became a member of the world association ITTF . In 1932 the area - consisting of 70 associations - was divided into 5 regional associations: Vaud, Neuchâtel, Geneva, Bern and Zurich. The first edition of the first official organ of the association appeared under the editorship of G.Golta on September 10, 1955.
In 1955 the national league for men, consisting of seven teams, was launched. In 1982 the Assembly of Delegates passed a new statute.
At the delegates' meeting on March 6, 2006, the STTV was renamed Swiss Table Tennis (STT).
Membership development
year | societies | Active |
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1934 | 70 | - |
1937 | - | 544 |
1952 | 100 | - |
1957 | 131 | 4000 |
1968 | - | 3000 |
1984 | 400 | 8683 |
2003 | 322 | 6366 |
2004 | 313 | 6385 |
2005 | 309 | 6356 |
2006 | 300 | 6078 |
2007 | 298 | 6158 |
2017 | 263 | 5132 |
President
The previous presidents of the STTV were:
- Gaston Mühlegg (1931–1932)
- Eugène Tripet (1932-1934)
- César Delapraz (1934-1935)
- Paul-Henri Vuille (1935–1942)
- Henri Dubois (1942–1945)
- René Bernard (1945-1946)
- Heinz Urech (1946–1948)
- Roger Favre (1948-1959)
- Ernst Wüest (1959–1963)
- Hugo Urchetti (1963-1969)
- Edwin Dolder (1969–1972)
- Hugo Urchetti (1972–1975)
- Urs Wymann (1975–1984) - Honorary President
- Jürg Vonaesch (1984–1989)
- Werner Schnyder (1989–1992)
- Claude Diethelm (1992-2003)
- Remo Paris (2003-2005)
- Amedeo Wermelinger (2005-2009)
- Franziska Zingg-Lüssi (2009–2011)
- Jean-Pascal Stancu (2011-2015)
- Nicolas Imhof (since 2015)
Game operation
At the team championships, a team consists of three players. Everyone plays against everyone, plus a double. This means that a maximum of 10 games are possible.
Men's teams
The major league is the National League A . There are two national league B groups , including four national league C groups . Each of these groups consists of 8 teams.
The regional leagues are organized below the national leagues. There are 1 to 7 leagues in the various regions.
Women's teams
The major league is the National League A . There are two groups, National League B ( there is no National League C for women). Each of these groups consists of 6 teams.
The regional leagues are organized below the national leagues. There are 1 to 3 leagues in the different regions.
National championships
In the singles, doubles and team competitions there have been the following winners:
National team
The Swiss national team (A-squad) currently consists of the following players:
Lionel Weber with the gentlemen; and Rachel Moret, Rahel Aschwanden and Celine Reust for the ladies. The national team has been coached by Samir Mulabdic since 2006 and has been supported by Shen Zuhjen since 2016. There is also a junior squad, as well as a B and C squad.
The Swiss national team regularly takes part in international tournaments, European championships and world championships. The Swiss table tennis players have so far been denied participation in the Olympic Games. At the end of 2015, Elia Schmid made it into the top 300 of the world rankings for the first time. Rachel Moret was the first Swiss woman to make it into the top 200 in 2014. In March 2018, Rachel Moret achieved her best position so far as world number 68. Lionel Weber also made it to 150th place in the world in March 2018, a new best for the Basel-born player.
World ranking position (as of March 2019)
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International success
year | Event | player | series | Result | Remarks |
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2013 | DHS STT Open Lausanne | Nicola Mohler | Men's singles | 1/4 final | |
2013 | Team EM Schwechat | Men's team | Team competition | 3rd division win | Nicola Mohler , Lionel Weber , Elia Schmid and Nicolas Champod ; Promotion to 2nd division |
2014 | Youth EM Riva del Garda | Elia Schmid | Men's singles | 1/4 final | |
2014 | French Junior + Cadet Open | Elia Schmid | U18 men singles | 1/4 final | |
2014 | Junior Czech Open | Men's team | Team competition | 1/4 final | Lionel Weber , Elia Schmid , Gaël Vendé |
2016 | European Championships Budapest | Rachel Moret | Ladies doubles | 1/4 final | with Alex Galic (SLO) |
2017 | Individual World Cup Düsseldorf | Rachel Moret | Ladies doubles | 1/8 finals | with Alex Galic (SLO) |
2017 | Team EM Luxembourg | Ladies team | team | 2nd place 2nd division | Rachel Moret , Rahel Aschwanden , Celine Reust |
Publications
TOPSPIN magazine was the official organ of STT. It was first published in 1975, had a circulation of 6800 (January 2006) and appeared four times a year. The articles were written in German and French. At the autumn delegates' meeting in 2007, the printed version of the Topspin was canceled instead of an increase in fees. Since then, the Sidespin newsletter has been available as a replacement, which is sent out once a month.
Another official organ of the STT was the magazine Schweizer Tischtennis . This was published every two weeks from 1982, alternately in German and French.
swell
- Edgar Fahrni: Table tennis in Switzerland , DTS magazine 1983/5 pp. 27–28
- Erich Pohoralek: No silver lining on the horizon , DTS magazine 1991/9 pp. 28–29
- Hansueli Schaad: A story full of table tennis , TOPSPIN magazine, 2006/2007 issue 1 p. 28
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1955/19 p. 17
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1955/21 p. 1
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1982/14 issue Süd-West p. 46
- ↑ a b c Yearbook 2016/17 of the STT
- ↑ Urs Wymann: † at the end of 1992 at the age of 64 - DTS magazine , 1993/1 p. 46
- ↑ Vera Bazzi won the Austrian championship in 1989 under the name Vera Kottek ; she had married the Swiss Reto Bazzi. - DTS magazine , 1993/5 p. 37
- ↑ Masterhomepage GmbH: Elite squad. In: swisstabletennis.ch. Retrieved November 15, 2016 .
- ↑ World Ranking. In: ittf.com. Retrieved November 15, 2016 .
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1982/12 issue Süd-West p. 12