European table tennis championship 1972
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
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 |
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 |
- ↑ Winner of the preliminary round groups 1, 4, 5, 8, 10 - play for places 1–10
- ↑ Winner of the preliminary round groups 2, 3, 6, 7, 9 - game for places 1–10
- ↑ Second of the preliminary round groups 1, 4, 5, 8, 10 - game for places 11–20
- ↑ Second of the preliminary round groups 2,3,6,7,9 - game for places 11-20
- ↑ Third of the preliminary round groups 4, 5, 8 - game for places 21–27
- ↑ Third of the preliminary round groups 2, 3, 6, 7 - game for places 21–27
Group games women
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 |
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 |
- ↑ Winner of the preliminary round groups 1,4,5,8 - game for places 1–8
- ↑ Winner of the preliminary round groups 2,3,6,7 - game for places 1–8
- ↑ Second of the preliminary round groups 1,4,5,8 - game for places 9-16
- ↑ Second of the preliminary round groups 2,3,6,7 - play for places 9-16
- ↑ Third of the preliminary round groups 1,4,5,8 - game for places 17–24
- ↑ 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
- Eberhard Schöler : Victory against Frank Bougeard (Jersey), Richard Yule (Scotland), Matyas Beleznai (Hungary), defeat against Antun Stipančić (Yugoslavia)
- Wilfried Lieck : BYE, Nico Van Slobbe (Netherlands), Dragutin Šurbek (Yugoslavia), loss to Denis Neale (England)
- Jochen Leiß : defeat against Sarkis Sarchajan (USSR)
- Klaus Schmittinger : Victory against Jose Alvoeiro (Portugal), loss against Gábor Gergely (Hungary)
Women's singles Germany
- Agnes Simon : loss to Henriette Lotaller (Hungary)
- Wiebke Hendriksen : Victory against Rita Pogosova (USSR), loss against Jill Hammersley (England)
- Marta Hejma : defeat against Doris Hovestädt (GDR)
- Diane Schöler : Victory against Elmira Antonyan (USSR), Albertina Rangelova (Bulgaria), Birgitta Radberg (Sweden), loss against Ilona Voštová (ČSSR)
- Edit Wetzel : Victory against Brigitte Thiriet , Eleonora Vlaicov (Romania), loss against Beatrix Kisházi (Hungary)
Women's singles DDR
- Petra Stephan : Victory against Veronique Van Der Laan (Netherlands), Carmen Crișan (Romania), loss against Soja Rudnowa (USSR)
- Doris Hovestädt : Victory against Marta Hejma (FRG), Scrivanou (Greece), loss against Ilona Voštová (ČSSR)
Men's doubles
- Eberhard Schöler / János Borzsei (Hungary): BYE, victory against Jean Krier / Patrick Birocheau (Luxembourg / France), Denis Neale / Trevor Taylor (England), Dragutin Šurbek / Antun Stipančić (Yugoslavia), defeat against Kjell Johansson / Stellan Bengtsson ( Sweden)
- Jochen Leiß / Wilfried Lieck : Victory against Emmanuel Diakakis / Nikolaos Kostopoulos (Greece), Andrzej Baranowski / Zbigniew Fraczyk (Poland), defeat against Milan Orlowski / Jiri Turai (ČSSR)
- Klaus Schmittinger / Weber (France): defeat against Stanislaw Gomoskow / Sarkis Sarchajan
Women's doubles Germany
- Edit Wetzel / Wiebke Hendriksen : Victory against Ann-Christin Hellman / Ann-Christin Johansson (Sweden), loss against Danuta Calinska / Czeslawa Noworyta (Poland)
- Elisabeth Willinger (Austria) / Marta Hejma : Victory against Éva Földy / Vreni Lehmann (Switzerland), defeat against Ilona Voštová / Jitka Karlikova (ČSSR)
- Agnes Simon / Diane Schöler : Victory against Gabriele Smekal / Margret Wagner (Austria), Birgitta Radberg / Lena Andersson (Sweden), loss against Judit Magos / Henriette Lotaller (Hungary)
Ladies double GDR
- Doris Hovestädt / Petra Stephan : Victory against Christiane Putz / Krecke (Luxembourg), Mirjana Resler / Erzebet Korpa (Yugoslavia), defeat against Maria Alexandru / Carmen Crișan (Romania)
Mixed Germany
- Klaus Schmittinger / Wiebke Hendriksen : defeat against Bo Persson / Birgitta Radberg (Sweden)
- Bert Schoofs (Netherlands) / Agnes Simon : Victory against Harry Carver / Edwards (Jersey), loss against Dragutin Šurbek / Mirjana Resler (Yugoslavia)
- Wilfried Lieck / Edit Wetzel : Victory against Camille Putz / Christiane Putz (Luxembourg), defeat against Milan Orlowski / Ilona Voštová (ČSSR)
- Eberhard Schöler / Diane Schöler : Victory against Pavel Ovcarik / Petra Stephan (ČSSR / GDR), Rudolf Weinmann / Margret Wagner (Austria), defeat against Sarkis Sarchajan / Rita Pogosova (USSR)
- Jochen Leiß / Marta Hejma : Victory against Weber / Brigitte Thiriet (France), Zbigniew Fraczyk / Czeslawa Noworyta (Poland), defeat against Antun Stipančić / Maria Alexandru (Yugoslavia / Romania)
Mixed DDR
- Štefan Kollárovits / Doris Hovestädt : Victory against Dorin Giurgiucă / Eleonora Vlaicov (Romania), Herman Hopman / Annemiek van Moorst (Netherlands), loss against Stanislaw Gomoskow / Soja Rudnowa (USSR)
- Pavel Ovcarik (ČSSR) / Petra Stephan : defeat against Eberhard Schöler / Diane Schöler
Results
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
Web links
- Results page of the ETTU ( Memento from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 19, 2016)
- Results on ittf.com (accessed December 4, 2011)