European table tennis championship 1970

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The 7th European table tennis championship took place in Moscow in April 1970 in the Sports Palace (near Red Square ).

The Swedish men's team won the title for the fourth time in a row. The women’s team won the USSR. The German men came in fifth, the women in seventh. The GDR did not provide a men's team, but a women's team, which won against the West German team and reached fifth place. In the women's category, the USSR won all competitions with Rudnowa, in the singles Soja Rudnowa , in the doubles Swetlana Grinberg / Soja Rudnowa and also the mixed Stanislaw Gomoskow / Soja Rudnowa succeeded in defending the title. The European champion in the men's singles was the Swede Hans Alsér , the double competition was won by Antun Stipančić / Dragutin Šurbek from Yugoslavia.

The greatest success for Germany was the silver medal in women's doubles with Agnes Simon / Diane Schöler . Eberhard Schöler was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the individual against Istvan Korpa (Yugoslavia). Diane Schöler also reached the quarterfinals in the singles, where she lost to Rita Pogosova (USSR).

Bernt Jansen complained in advance about health problems. He was therefore not excluded from participation and was replaced by Detlef Siewert .

Competition mode teams

For both women and men, five preliminary round groups with three or four teams each were drawn. The first two in each group qualified for the intermediate round. There were groups A and B with five teams each, which competed in the everyone against everyone mode. The winners of these two groups contested the final, the second placed fought for places three and four etc. The third and fourth placed in the preliminary round were sorted into the intermediate round groups C and D and played there for the back places.

Men's

A team consisted of three players who competed in the mode everyone-against-everyone. Doubles were not played. Thus a maximum of nine fights were possible, whereby the encounter ended after five victories (best-of-five). Romania did not provide a men's team.

Group games men - preliminary round
space Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5
1. Sweden USSR Yugoslavia Hungary CSSR
2. France Bulgaria Denmark Germany England
3. Poland Austria Netherlands Switzerland Finland
4th Turkey Belgium Greece Luxembourg Scotland
Group games men - intermediate round
space Group A Group B Group C Group D
1. Sweden Yugoslavia Poland Netherlands
2. Hungary USSR Belgium Bulgaria
3. CSSR Germany Finland Scotland
4th Denmark England Luxembourg Switzerland
5. Austria France Greece Turkey
Men - final matches
space pairing Result
Endgame Sweden - Yugoslavia 5: 4
Semifinals USSR - Hungary 5: 2
5th-6th Germany - CSSR 5: 2
7th-8th England - Denmark 5: 2
9-10 France - Austria 5: 2
11-12 Poland - Netherlands 5: 2
13-14 Bulgaria - Belgium 5: 1
15.-16. Scotland - Finland 5: 3
17.-18. Switzerland - Luxembourg 5: 2
19. – 20. Greece - Turkey 5-0

Ladies

A team consisted of two players who competed individually against the two of the opposing team. There was also a double pairing. Thus a maximum of five fights were possible, whereby the encounter ended after three victories (best-of-three).

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Group games women - preliminary round
space Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5
1. Germany USSR Poland Romania GDR
2. Sweden Bulgaria CSSR Hungary England
3. Switzerland Yugoslavia Netherlands Greece Belgium
4th France Luxembourg Austria Finland
Group games women - intermediate round
space Group A Group B Group C Group D
1. CSSR USSR Greece Yugoslavia
2. Romania England Switzerland Austria
3. GDR Poland France Netherlands
4th Germany Sweden Belgium Finland
5. Bulgaria Hungary France
Ladies - final matches
space pairing Result
Endgame USSR - CSSR 3-0
Semifinals England - Romania 3: 2
5th-6th GDR - Poland 3-0
7th-8th Germany - Sweden 3-0
9-10 Hungary - Bulgaria 3-0
11-12 Yugoslavia - Greece 3-0
13-14 Austria Switzerland 3: 1
15.-16. Netherlands - France 3: 2
17.-18. Belgium - Finland 3: 1

Performance of the German teams

The German men won in the preliminary round with 5: 1 against Luxembourg and 5: 0 against Switzerland. Due to the 1: 5 defeat against Hungary they came in second. In the second round they beat England (5: 2) and France (5: 1). but lost to the USSR and Yugoslavia 2: 5 each. In the game for fifth place, they beat the CSSR 5-2.

The women came in first in the preliminary round with 3-0 victories against Switzerland and Sweden. In the second round, they could only prevail 3-0 against Bulgaria. By contrast, they lost 3-0 to CSSR, 3-1 to GDR and 3-2 to Romania. In the game for seventh place, they beat Sweden 3-0.

The GDR women's team also came undefeated in the preliminary round to first place through victories over England, Finland and Belgium. In the second round there were wins against Germany (3: 1) and Bulgaria (3: 0) and defeats against Romania (2: 3) and the CSSR. In the game for fifth place, they beat Poland 3-0.

In the prestige duel GDR - Germany the following results were achieved:

Individual competitions

Men's singles

The furthest came Eberhard Schöler , who after victories over Mátyás Beleznay (Hungary) and Bert van der Helm (Netherlands) reached the quarter-finals, where he was defeated by the Yugoslav Istvan Korpa . Wilfried Lieck won against Richard Yule (Scotland) and Dragutin Šurbek (Yugoslavia), then failed in the round of 16 against the Swede Stellan Bengtsson . Martin Ness defeated Nico van Slobbe (Netherlands) and was eliminated in the second round against Stanislaw Gomoskow (USSR). Klaus Schmittinger (against Bo Persson , Sweden) and Detlef Siewert (against Milan Orlowski , CSSR) ended in the first round .

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
   Eberhard Schöler 1        
 Istvan Korpa 3  
 Istvan Korpa 3
   Kjell Johansson 2  
 Antun Stipančić 2
   Kjell Johansson 3  
   Istvan Korpa 0
   Hans Alsér 3
   Stanislaw Gomoskov 0
 Hans Alsér 3  
 Hans Alsér 3
   Stellan Bengtsson 0  
 Tibor Klampár 2
   Stellan Bengtsson 3  

Men's doubles

Farthest from the German participants came Eberhard Schöler on the side of the Hungarian János Borzsei . After victories over Kollárovits / Staněk (CSSR) and Bernhardt / Svensson (Sweden) they were in the quarterfinals, where they were defeated by Amelin / Gomoskow (USSR). Wilfried Lieck / Martin Ness were eliminated in the round of 16 against the Swedes Bengtsson / Bo Persson . Before that, they had won against Krecke / Boden (Luxembourg) and Neale / Barnes (England). Detlef Siewert / Klaus Schmittinger survived the first round against Baudry / Rosmarin (Belgium), but then failed against Jiri Turai / Vladimír Miko (CSSR)

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
   Hans Alsér / Kjell Johansson 3        
 Jiri Turai / Vladimír Miko 1  
 Hans Alsér / Kjell Johansson 3
   Tibor Klampár / István Jónyer 2  
 Milivoj Karakašević / Zlatko Cordas 0
   Tibor Klampár / István Jónyer 3  
   Hans Alsér / Kjell Johansson 2
   Antun Stipančić / Dragutin Šurbek 3
   Antun Stipančić / Dragutin Šurbek 3
 Stellan Bengtsson / Bo Persson 0  
 Antun Stipančić / Dragutin Šurbek 3
   Anatoly Amelin / Stanislaw Gomoskow 1  
 Eberhard Schöler / János Borzsei 1
   Anatoly Amelin / Stanislaw Gomoskow 3  

Ladies singles

Only Doris Hovestädt (GDR) and Diane Schöler (Germany) made it to the quarter-finals. There came Diane Rowe about the stations Asta Gedraitite (USSR) and Danuta Calinska (Poland), then she lost to Rita Pogosova (USSR). Edit Buchholz survived the first round against Volkova (USSR), then was defeated in the round of 16 by the new European champion Soja Rudnowa . Agnes Simon (against Bella Anisimova, USSR) and Wiebke Hendriksen (against Ilona Voštová , CSSR) were eliminated in the first round .

After the first round win against Novoryta (Poland), Doris Hovestädt fought a narrow victory over the Russian Swetlana Grinberg , but lost to Ilona Voštová (CSSR) in the quarter-finals .

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
   Maria Alexandru 3        
 Bella Anisimova 0  
 Maria Alexandru 2
   Ilona Voštová 3  
 Doris Hovestädt 1
   Ilona Voštová 3  
   Ilona Voštová 2
   Soy Rudnova 3
   Diane Schöler 2
 Rita Pogosova 3  
 Rita Pogosova 2
   Soy Rudnova 3  
 Mary Wright 0
   Soy Rudnova 3  

Ladies doubles

Diane Schöler / Agnes Simon only lost to the Russians Swetlana Grinberg / Soja Rudnowa in the final. Before that they hadeliminatedEllen Klatt / Cirila Korpa (Netherlands / Yugoslavia), Eleonora Mihalca / Lessay (Romania), Rita Pogosova / Bella Anisimova (USSR) and Danuta Calinska / Czeslawa Noworyta (Poland). Edit Buchholz / Wiebke Hendriksen were eliminatedfrom Maria Alexandru / Carmen Crisan (Romania)in the first round.

The GDR double Doris Hovestädt / Petra Stephan reached the quarter-finals after victories over Mavis van Gelder / Ruth van Kempen (Belgium) and Christiane Andre / Vreni Lehmann (Switzerland), where they lost to the eventual winners Swetlana Grinberg / Soja Rudnowa (USSR).

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
   Swetlana Grinberg / Soja Rudnowa 3        
 Doris Hovestädt / Petra Stephan 0  
 Swetlana Grinberg / Soja Rudnowa 3
   Maria Alexandru / Carmen Crisan 0  
 Emilia Neikova / Albertina Rangelova 0
   Maria Alexandru / Carmen Crisan 3  
   Swetlana Grinberg / Soja Rudnowa 3
   Diane Schöler / Agnes Simon 1
   Danuta Calinska / Czeslawa Noworyta 3
 Evdokija Golubkova / Asta Gedraitite 0  
 Danuta Calinska / Czeslawa Noworyta 0
   Diane Schöler / Agnes Simon 3  
 Rita Pogosova / Bella Anisimova 2
   Diane Schöler / Agnes Simon 3  

Mixed

In mixed, two German couples made it to the quarter-finals. Wilfried Lieck / Agnes Simon were defeated by the English Denis Neale / Mary Wright . Before that they had won against Marcel Grimm / Christiane Andre (Switzerland) and Georgiy Strelnikov / Evdokija Golubkova (USSR). The couple Eberhard Schöler / Diane Schöler won against Zlatko Cordas / Cirila Korpa (Yugoslavia) and Carl-Johan Bernhardt / Marita Neidert (Sweden) and lost against Anatoli Amelin / Swetlana Grinberg (USSR). Detlef Siewert / Edit Buchholz prevailed against Milan Orlowski / Shelagh Hession (CSSR / England), but not in the round of 16 against István Jónyer / Agnes Hernadi (Hungary).

Tibor Klampár / Doris Hovestädt won against Gaston Detaille / Josiane Detaille (Belgium) and lost to Vladimír Miko / Ilona Voštová in the round of 16.

  Quarter finals Semifinals final
                           
   Stanislaw Gomoskow / Soja Rudnowa 3        
 István Jónyer / Agnes Hernadi 1  
 Stanislaw Gomoskow / Soja Rudnowa 3
   Denis Neale / Mary Wright 1  
 Wilfried Lieck / Agnes Simon 1
   Denis Neale / Mary Wright 3  
   Stanislaw Gomoskow / Soja Rudnowa 3
   Sarkis Sarchajan / Rita Pogosova 0
   Sarkis Sarchajan / Rita Pogosova 3
 Vladimír Miko / Ilona Voštová 1  
 Sarkis Sarchajan / Rita Pogosova 3
   Anatoli Amelin / Swetlana Grinberg 1  
 Anatoli Amelin / Swetlana Grinberg 3
   Eberhard Schöler / Diane Schöler 1  

Results

Individual competitions only: Klaus Schmittinger

competition rank winner
Team men 1. Sweden ( Kjell Johansson , Hans Alsér , Stellan Bengtsson , Bo Persson )
2. Yugoslavia ( Dragutin Šurbek , Istvan Korpa , Milivoj Karakašević )
3. USSR ( Sarkis Sarchajan , Anatoli Amelin , Stanislaw Gomoskow )
4th Hungary ( Tibor Klampár , János Borzsei , István Jónyer )
5. Germany ( Eberhard Schöler , Wilfried Lieck , Martin Ness , Detlef Siewert )
10. Austria ( Heinz Schlueter , Rudolf Weinmann , Franz Thallinger )
17th Switzerland ( Mario Mariotti , Bernard Chatton, Marcel Grimm )
Team women 1. USSR ( Swetlana Grinberg , Soja Rudnowa , Rita Pogosowa )
2. ČSSR ( Ilona Voštová , Jitka Karlíková , Alica Grofová )
3. England ( Jill Shirley , Mary Wright , Karenza Mathews )
4th Romania (Carmen Crisan, Maria Alexandru , Eleonora Mihalca )
5. GDR ( Doris Hovestädt , Petra Stephan )
7th Germany ( Agnes Simon , Edit Buchholz , Diane Schöler , Wiebke Hendriksen )
13. Austria
14th Switzerland ( Vreni Lehmann , Catherine Boppe , Christiane Andre )
Men's singles 1. Hans Alsér (SWE)
2. Istvan Korpa (YUG)
3. Stellan Bengtsson (SWE)
Kjell Johansson (SWE)
Ladies singles 1. Soy Rudnova (USSR)
2. Ilona Voštová (ČSSR)
3. Maria Alexandru (ROM)
Rita Pogosova (USSR)
Men's doubles 1. Antun Stipančić / Dragutin Šurbek (JUG)
2. Hans Alsér / Kjell Johansson (SWE)
3. Anatoly Amelin / Stanislaw Gomoskow (USSR)
Tibor Klampár / István Jónyer (HUN)
Ladies doubles 1. Swetlana Grinberg / Soja Rudnowa (USSR)
2. Agnes Simon / Diane Schöler (GER)
3. Danuta Calinska / Czeslawa Noworyta (POL)
Maria Alexandru / Carmen Crișan (ROM)
Mixed 1. Stanislaw Gomoskow / Soja Rudnowa (USSR)
2. Sarkis Sarchajan / Rita Pogosova (USSR)
3. Anatoli Amelin / Swetlana Grinberg (USSR)
Denis Neale / Mary Wright (ENG)

Trivia

In the reports of the DTS magazine , the winners trophies are given names that are otherwise rarely used:

  • Men’s team: Hungarian Cup
  • Team women: Romania Cup
  • Individual men: Sweden Cup
  • Individual women: Yugoslavia Cup
  • Double men: CSSR-Pokal
  • Doubles women: England Cup
  • Mixed: Karl-Eckardt-Pokal (named after the German table tennis official Karl-Heinz Eckardt who died in 1957 )

swell

  • Team results of the German teams: Manfred Schäfer: A game for life. 75 years of DTTB. (1925-2000) . Published by the German Table Tennis Association DTTB , Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-00-005890-7 , pages 181–197
  • Description of the competition mode for team and individual competitions in the DTS magazine , 1970/6 page 5
  • Results and comments in DTS magazine , 1970/78 pages 3–12 + 1970/9 pages 3–10
  • Detailed reports in Table Tennis News, No. 32, May 1970 Online (accessed September 17, 2018)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1970/6 page 4
  2. ↑ Manfred Schäfer: A game for life. 75 years of DTTB. (1925-2000). Published by the German Table Tennis Association DTTB, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-00-005890-7 , page 126