European table tennis championship 1966
The 5th European Table Tennis Championship took place from April 13th to 20th, 1966 in London in the Empire Pool, today's Wembley Arena .
In Sweden, the team and Kjell Johansson defended the title in the individual. Johansson was also European champion in doubles with Hans Alsér . The Romanian Maria Alexandru won the women's singles title, Éva Kóczián / Erzsébet Jurik won the doubles. The Hungarian women's team won another medal.
The German women's team came in fourth, the women's doubles Agnes Simon / Edit Buchholz reached the semi-finals.
Competition mode teams
A total of 30 men's and 24 women's teams were registered. In the preliminary round, each team played against each other in eight groups of three or four. The eight winners reached the intermediate round, which was held in two groups of four. The winners of these two groups made it to the final. Similarly, the eight second in the preliminary round played in two groups for places 9 to 16 and the eight third in the preliminary round in two groups for places 17 and worse.
The men played with teams of three according to the Swaythling Cup system , i.e. without doubles. A women's team consisted of two players. The game was played according to the Corbillon Cup system , i.e. first two singles, then one double and then again a maximum of two singles.
- Final result of the intermediate round
| space | Men's group A | Men's group B |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sweden | USSR |
| 2. | Romania | Yugoslavia |
| 3. | England | CSR |
| 4th | Hungary | Germany |
| space | Women group A | Women group B |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | USSR | Hungary |
| 2. | ČSSR | Germany |
| 3. | England | Romania |
| 4th | Poland | GDR |
Cutting off the Germans
Hannelore Männer was nominated as a replacement for Rosemarie Seidel , who had previously waived participation.
Men's team Germany
The German men met Norway and Poland in preliminary group 6. Both games were won 5-0.
In the intermediate group, the opponents of the Germans were called the USSR, Yugoslavia and ČSSR. Only against the USSR achieved a 5-2 success. In contrast, the team lost 4: 5 against the ČSSR and 1: 5 against Yugoslavia. In the game for places 7 and 8, Germany won 5: 4.
The best German team player was Eberhard Schöler , who only lost to Istvan Korpa and otherwise won all games.
Women's team Germany
The women's team prevailed in preliminary group 6 against Scotland and Belgium with 3-0 each. In the second round there was an unexpected 3-0 win against Romania. With the same result she won against the GDR:
Agnes Simon – Gabriele Geißler 2:1 Edit Buchholz – Elke Richter 2:0 Simon/Buchholz – Geißler/Hovestädt 2:0
Because of the following 3-0 defeat against Hungary, the entry into the final was missed. In the game for third place, Germany lost 3-0 to the ČSSR.
Men's singles
Eberhard Schöler , who had wonbronzeat the previous World Cup , was one of the favorites. Therefore, the professional world was disappointed when he waseliminatedafter 3-0 wins over Danielsen (Norway) and Francis Dubus (France) against the Hungarian Péter Rózsás . Karl-Heinz Scholl lost to Vladimír Miko (ČSSR)in the first round. Hans Micheiloff advanced two rounds against Gerard Bakker (Netherlands) and Christos Christodoulatos (Greece), but then Hans Alsér (Sweden) was too strong. Dieter Weitz defeated Tony Piddock (England), but then had no chance against Sándor Harangi (Hungary). Martin Ness convinced against the Russian Sarkis Sarchajan and thenfailed3-0 to Siegfried Lemke (GDR). Günter Köcher missed the qualification against Bengt Levin (Sweden). In the subsequent consolation round he came through victories over u. a. Cornelius Warren (England) through to the final.
Men's doubles
Schöler / Weitz werestoppedby the later European champions Alsér / Johansson (Sweden). Ness / Micheiloff made it into the last eight, where they lost to Jaroslav Staněk / Vladimír Miko (ČSSR). Scholl / Köcher eliminated the Poles Janusz Kusinski / Zbigniew Calinski, but not the Yugoslavs Istvan Korpa / Edvard Vecko .
Ladies singles
Agnes Simon retired after defeating Cirila Pirc (Yugoslavia) against the Russian Signe Paisjärv . Edit Buchholz lost to Erzsébet Jurik (Hungary). Hannelore Männer justified her nomination. She survived the qualification, defeating Lena Rundström (Sweden), Morreau (Spain), Peyan (Yugoslavia) and Liza (Finland) and only failed in the last 16 to Mary Shannon-Wright (England). Jutta Krüger won against Marie-France Petre (Belgium), but then the later European champion Maria Alexandru (Romania) was too strong.
Gabriele Geissler got under the last eight. Among other things, she had won against the Hungarian Erzsébet Jurik .
Ladies doubles
Simon / Buchholz beat Cirila Pirc / Tatjana Jecmenica (Yugoslavia) and Rita Pogosova / Richter (USSR / GDR) and reached the semi-finals. Here they were defeated by Éva Kóczián / Erzsébet Jurik (Hungary) with 1: 3.
The chance double Krüger / men lost against Czeslawa Noworyta / Danuta Calinska (Poland).
Mixed
The experts were disappointed by the German mixed pairings because they were eliminated very early: Schöler / Simon against Sándor Harangi / Éva Kóczián (Hungary), Weitz / Buchholz against Günter Heine / Willinger (Austria), Scholl / men against Gennadi Averin / Laima Balaishite (USSR), Micheiloff / Krüger versus Ralph Gunnion / Pauline Martin (England).
politics
At the ETTU conference in Budapest in October 1965, the two German representatives, FRG and GDR, were ordered not to use any other country names except for the names DTTB and DTTV. They were also not allowed to display any state emblems.
ITTF and ETTU Congress
The ITTF and ETTU committees met in London at the same time as the competitions.
The world association ITTF decided not to host the 1967 World Cup in Melbourne because the Australian government did not want to guarantee that all nations - especially North Vietnam - would be allowed to enter. A change to the service rule was discussed, according to which the referee and opponent must see the ball when serving.
The European association ETTU stipulated that the ETTU Cup (trade fair cup) should take place under the supervision of the ETTU. In addition, the introduction of a European league was discussed. The statutes were changed so that the Presidium should consist of President, Vice-President and General Secretary. The ETTU committee was expanded to eight members, and the next European championship was awarded to Lyon. The DTTB general secretary Heinz Grelke was elected to the ETTU board.
Results
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- Detailed reports: DTS magazine , 1966/9
- Austrian table tennis show 1966/03 (accessed on March 9, 2011) (PDF; 3.1 MB)
- Results page of the ETTU ( Memento from June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 19, 2016)
- GDR squad: DTS magazine , 1966/6 page 29
- ITTF and ETTU Congress: DTS magazine , 1966/7 page 5 + 1966/9 page 28