European table tennis championship 1972

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The 8th European Table Tennis Championships took place from April 15 to 22, 1972 in Rotterdam (Netherlands) in the Energiehal.

Participants from 28 countries were represented; Turkey had canceled its participation. Hungary won three titles, namely in the women's team competition and in the doubles with Judit Magos / Henriette Lotaller and István Jónyer / Péter Rózsás . Soja Rudnowa defended their title in the women's singles and Stanislaw Gomoskow / Soja Rudnowa in the mixed match in the Soviet Union . The remaining gold medals went to Sweden, namely in the team competition and in the men's individual with Stellan Bengtsson .

The German women's team reached the final, the men's doubles Eberhard Schöler / János Borzsei (Hungary) made it to the semi-finals. The GDR started with a women's team, which eventually came in seventh. GDR gentlemen were not represented.

Competition mode teams

The men's teams competed in ten preliminary round groups with three teams each. The grouping took place after the placement of the last European championship in 1970 , namely group 1: No. 1,20,21 - group 2: No. 2,19,22 - group 3: No. 3,18,23 etc. were carried out Competitions according to the Swaythling Cup system for teams of three , d. H. three players play a maximum of nine singles. A double is not provided. The first group in the preliminary round then fought for places 1 to 10, the second for places 11 to 20 and the third for places 21 and above. These fights took place in two intermediate round groups. Then it was about the final placement, as the first of the intermediate rounds played against each other, as well as the second and third.

The women's teams played in an analog mode. They competed in eight preliminary round groups, the team fights were held in the Corbillon Cup system for teams of two with a maximum of four singles and one doubles.

Group games men

Opening act
group 1st place place 2 place 3
1. Sweden Romania (Turkey canceled)
2. Yugoslavia Greece Spain
3. USSR Luxembourg Italy
4th Hungary Switzerland Ireland
5. FRG Finland Wales
6th ČSSR Scotland Portugal
7th England Belgium Norway
8th. Denmark Bulgaria jersey
9. France Netherlands
10. Austria Poland
Intermediate groups
group 1st place place 2 place 3 4th place 5th place
A. Sweden Hungary FRG Austria Denmark
B. Yugoslavia ČSSR USSR England France
C. Romania Poland Bulgaria Finland Switzerland
D. Netherlands Scotland Luxembourg Greece Belgium
E. Ireland Wales jersey
F. Italy Norway Portugal Spain
  1. ↑ Winner of the preliminary round groups 1, 4, 5, 8, 10 - play for places 1–10
  2. ↑ Winner of the preliminary round groups 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 - game for places 1–10
  3. ↑ Second of the preliminary round groups 1, 4, 5, 8, 10 - game for places 11–20
  4. ↑ Second of the preliminary round groups 2,3,6,7,9 - game for places 11-20
  5. ↑ Third of the preliminary round groups 4, 5, 8 - game for places 21–27
  6. ↑ Third of the preliminary round groups 2, 3, 6, 7 - game for places 21–27

Group games women

Opening act
group 1st place place 2 place 3
1. USSR France Belgium
2. ČSSR Netherlands Finland
3. England Luxembourg Switzerland
4th Romania Austria Wales
5. GDR Greece Denmark
6th Yugoslavia Poland Ireland
7th FRG Bulgaria Spain
8th. Hungary Sweden jersey
Intermediate groups
group 1st place place 2 place 3 4th place
A. Hungary USSR Romania GDR
B. FRG ČSSR England Yugoslavia
C. Sweden France Greece Austria
D. Poland Bulgaria Netherlands Luxembourg
E. Denmark Belgium Wales jersey
F. Switzerland Finland Ireland Spain
  1. ↑ Winner of the preliminary round groups 1,4,5,8 - game for places 1–8
  2. ↑ Winner of the preliminary round groups 2,3,6,7 - game for places 1–8
  3. ↑ Second of the preliminary round groups 1,4,5,8 - game for places 9-16
  4. ↑ Second of the preliminary round groups 2,3,6,7 - play for places 9-16
  5. ↑ Third of the preliminary round groups 1,4,5,8 - game for places 17–24
  6. ↑ Third of the preliminary round groups 2,3,6,7 - game for places 17–24

Cutting off the Germans

Men's team Germany

The German men's team prevailed in group 5 against Finland and Wales with 5-0 each. In intermediate group A they were defeated by Sweden 5: 3 and Hungary 5: 4, Denmark and Austria were clearly defeated. So she came in third and then had to play against third in Group B, the USSR, for fifth. This match was won 5-2 and Germany finished fifth.

Women's team Germany

The German women defeated Spain 3-0 and Bulgaria 3-2 (after 0-2 deficit) in group three and thus came first. After victories against the ČSSR (3: 2), England (3: 1) and Yugoslavia (3: 0), they also took the top spot in the group B intermediate round and thus reached the final. In this they had no chance in the 0-3 defeat.

Women's team GDR

The GDR team was first in group 5, ahead of Greece (3: 0) and Denmark (3: 1). However, it remained in the intermediate group A against Hungary (0: 3), USSR (0: 3) and Romania (2: 3) and came fourth. The game against fourth in group B, Yugoslavia, for seventh place was won by the GDR 3-1.

Men's singles

Women's singles Germany

Women's singles DDR

Men's doubles

Women's doubles Germany

Ladies double GDR

Mixed Germany

Mixed DDR

Results

competition rank winner
Team men 1. Sweden ( Kjell Johansson , Stellan Bengtsson , Anders Johansson , Carl-Johan Bernhardt , Bo Persson )
2. Yugoslavia ( Dragutin Šurbek , Milivoj Karakašević , Antun Stipančić )
5. Germany ( Eberhard Schöler , Jochen Leiß , Wilfried Lieck , Klaus Schmittinger )
8th. Austria ( Heinz Schlueter , Franz Thallinger , Rudolf Weinmann )
19th Switzerland ( Laszlo Földy , Erwin Heri , Marcel Grimm )
Team women 1. Hungary ( Judit Magos , Beatrix Kisházi , Henriette Lotaller )
2. Germany ( Agnes Simon , Diane Schöler , Edit Wetzel , Wiebke Hendriksen )
7th GDR ( Doris Hovestädt , Petra Stephan )
15th Austria ( Elisabeth Willinger , Gabriele Smekal , Margret Wagner )
17th Switzerland ( Éva Földy , Vreni Lehmann )
Men's singles 1. Stellan Bengtsson (SWE)
2. István Jónyer (HUN)
3. Istvan Korpa (YUG)
Antun Stipančić (YUG)
Ladies singles 1. Soy Rudnova (USSR)
2. Beatrix Kisházi (HUN)
3. Maria Alexandru (ROM)
Ilona Voštová (ČSSR)
Men's doubles 1. István Jónyer / Péter Rózsás (HUN)
2. Kjell Johansson / Stellan Bengtsson (SWE)
3. Eberhard Schöler / János Borzsei (GER / HUN)
Milan Orlowski / Jiri Turai (ČSSR)
Ladies doubles 1. Judit Magos / Henriette Lotaller (HUN)
2. Beatrix Kisházi / Jill Hammersley (HUN / ENG)
3. Soja Rudnowa / Swetlana Fedorova (single)
Maria Alexandru / Carmen Crișan (ROM)
Mixed 1. Stanislaw Gomoskow / Soja Rudnowa (USSR)
2. Stellan Bengtsson / Lena Andersson (SWE)
3. Milan Orlowski / Ilona Voštová (ČSSR)
István Jónyer / Judit Magos (HUN)

literature

  • Detailed report, all results, table tennis show (Austrian TT journal), May 1972, pages 4–23 Online (accessed on December 4, 2011) (PDF; 4.0 MB)
  • All results of the team fights with the associated results of the pairings: DTS magazine , 1972/8 pages 4–11
  • Reports and all individual results: DTS , 1972/9 pages 5–24
  • Table Tennis News - Official Journal of the English Table Tennis Association , issue 48, May / June 1972, pages 1-7 online

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