European table tennis championship 1986

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The 15th European Table Tennis Championship took place from April 5th to 13th, 1986 in Prague .

The men dominated Sweden, which won the team competition and won further titles with Jörgen Persson in singles and Erik Lindh / Jan-Ove Waldner in doubles. Csilla Bátorfi from Hungary, who also won gold with the Hungarian team, became the European individual champion. In doubles, Fliura Bulatowa / Elena Kowtun from the USSR won, in mixed the Czechoslovak couple Jindřich Panský / Marie Hrachová .

The German women's team came third. Olga Nemes reached the quarter-finals in singles, doubles and mixed.

Competition mode teams

There were 27 men's and 24 women's teams.

It was played in the same mode as in the previous EM 1984 . The teams played in two performance categories, Category 1 and the lower Category 2, with the classification of categories taking into account the promoted and relegated teams of the previous European Championship in 1984 . In each of the two categories, two groups with at least six teams played in the mode everyone against everyone. The two table first and second from category 1 played for places 1 to 4, the third and fourth for places 5 to 8 and the fifth and sixth for places 9 to 12. The two table first and second from category 2 played similarly around places 13 to 16, etc.

In the placement games for places 1 to 4, the first from Group A played against the second from Group B. The winners fought for the European Championship, the losers for 3rd and 4th places. The other places were played out in the same way. A team fight was carried out according to the Swaythling Cup system for teams of three .

The first two in category 2 will fight for places 13 to 14. Places 13 and 16 entitle them to promotion to the higher category 1 at the next European championship. Similarly, the penultimate and last from category 1 determine the relegated: They play places 9 to 12, with the eleventh and twelfth playing in category 2 at the next European Championship.

A similar system with two categories was provided for the women, who each consisted of teams of two and played according to the Swaythling Cup system , i.e. with four singles and one doubles.

Final result of the group games men
Category 1 Category 2
space Group A Group B Group A Group B
1. Sweden Poland Italy England
2. France ČSSR Denmark Belgium
3. USSR Yugoslavia Finland Turkey
4th Hungary Germany Switzerland Netherlands
5. Bulgaria Romania Luxembourg Scotland
6th Austria Norway Greece Wales
7th Ireland Spain
8th. Faroe Islands
Final result of the group games women
Category 1 Category 2
space Group A Group B Group A Group B
1. Hungary USSR Belgium Italy
2. ČSSR Germany Poland Denmark
3. France Netherlands Austria Norway
4th England Romania Switzerland Scotland
5. Yugoslavia Bulgaria Spain Greece
6th Finland Sweden Wales Turkey
7th
8th.
Ascent
  1. ↑ a b c d Newcomers in category 1, as 13th or 14th place in the placement games
descent
  1. ↑ a b c d Relegated from category 1 to category 2, as eleventh or twelfth in the placement games.
Placement games 1 - 4
Men's Ladies
Semifinals France - Poland
Sweden - ČSSR 		5: 4
5: 1 		USSR - ČSSR
Hungary - Germany 		3: 0
3: 1
Endgame Sweden - France 5-0 Hungary - USSR 3: 2
3rd place match Poland - ČSSR 5: 1 Germany - ČSSR 3: 1

Cutting off the Germans

The head coach of the Germans was the French Charles Roesch . Istvan Korpa trained the women.

Men's team

A scandal over the behavior of Georg Böhm - he left the team after a confrontation with coach Roesch - weakened the German team.

The German team started in the 1st category in group B. After three defeats (Poland, ČSSR, Yugoslavia) and two wins (Norway, Romania) they reached fourth place. So it was in the intermediate round for places 5 to 8. Here they were defeated by the USSR and Yugoslavia 1: 5 each and came in eighth.

Women's team

In the run-up, there was uncertainty as to whether Olga Nemes , who had emigrated from Romania, could compete in Prague without having to fear any problems. She therefore considered not to start. Only two days before the start of the tournament did the ČSSR guarantee unhindered entry and exit. This led to uncertainty in the German team. In particular, Margit Freiberg , who was intended for the team, was not used.

The German women were also assigned to group B of the 1st category and came in second. They won against Sweden, Romania and Bulgaria, but lost against the USSR and the Netherlands. So they finished second and played for places 1 to 4. Here they lost to Hungary with 1: 3 and then won against ČSSR with 3: 1, which meant third place and thus bronze.

Men's singles

Ladies singles

Men's doubles

Ladies doubles

Mixed

useful information

ETTU Congress

The ETTU Congress met parallel to the competitions . In the presence of representatives from 31 associations, the Isle of Man became the 35th member of the ETTU. The Yugoslav Mihovil Kapetanic was elected as the new president, replacing György Lakatos . Since Peter von Pierer resigned from the management committee, there was no representative of the Federal Republic of Germany on the ETTU board in the following years.

Results

competition rank winner
Team men 1. Sweden ( Erik Lindh , Ulf Carlsson , Jan-Ove Waldner , Mikael Appelgren , Jörgen Persson )
2. France ( Jacques Secrétin , Patrick Renversé , Patrick Birocheau , Bruno Parietti , Jean-Philippe Gatien )
3. Poland ( Andrzej Grubba , Leszek Kucharski , Stefan Dryszel , Norbert Mnich , Andrzej Jakubowicz )
4th ČSSR ( Milan Orlowski , Jindřich Panský , Vladislav Broda , Milan Grman , Jiri Javurek )
8th. Germany ( Peter Stellwag , Ralf Wosik , Georg Böhm , Jürgen Rebel , Jörg Roßkopf )
11. Austria ( Stanislaw Fraczyk , Gottfried Bär , Dietmar Palmi , Erich Amplatz )
20th Switzerland
Team women 1. Hungary ( Csilla Bátorfi , Zsuzsa Oláh , Edit Urbán , Györgyi Fazekas )
2. USSR ( Narine Antonyan , Valentina Popová , Fliura Bulatowa , Elena Kowtun )
3. Germany ( Olga Nemes , Katja Nolten , Susanne Wenzel , Anke Schreiber )
4th ČSSR ( Marie Hrachová , Renata Kasalová , Alena Šafářová , Miluse Kocova )
17th Austria ( Andrea Krauskopf , Barbara Wiltsche , Vera Kottek , Brigitte Gropper )
18th Switzerland (Tyler, Cotter)
Men's singles 1. Jörgen Persson (SWE)
2. Leszek Kucharski (POL)
3rd to 4th Ulf Carlsson (SWE)
3rd to 4th Andrzej Grubba (POL)
Ladies singles 1. Csilla Bátorfi (HUN)
2. Fliura Bulatowa (USSR)
3rd to 4th Lisa Bellinger (ENG)
3rd to 4th Otilia Bădescu (ROM)
Men's doubles 1. Jan-Ove Waldner / Erik Lindh (SWE)
2. Mikael Appelgren / Ulf Carlsson (SWE)
3rd to 4th Dragutin Šurbek / Zoran Kalinić (YUG)
3rd to 4th Ilija Lupulesku / Zoran Primorac (YUG)
Ladies doubles 1. Fliura Bulatowa / Elena Kowtun (USSR)
2. Bettine Vriesekoop / Marie Hrachová (NLD / ČSSR)
3rd to 4th Maria Alboiu / Otilia Bădescu (ROM)
3rd to 4th Barbro Wiktorsson / Marie Svensson (SWE)
Mixed 1. Jindřich Panský / Marie Hrachová (ČSSR)
2. Ilija Lupulesku / Gordana Perkučin (YUG)
3rd to 4th Dragutin Šurbek / Branka Batinić (YUG)
3rd to 4th Milan Orlowski / Alena Šafářová (ČSSR)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Journal DTS , 1986/5 page 3 + page 5 + 1986/6 page 26-27
  2. ↑ N.Ö. Tischtennis-Nachrichten (Austrian magazine) 1986/4 page 6
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1986/5 page 4
  4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1986/5 page 14
  5. ↑ DTS magazine , 1988/4 page 19
  6. ↑ DTS magazine , 1986/6 page 24

literature

  • Detailed report in the DTS magazine DTS , 1986/5 pages 2–20 + 1986/6 pages 24–27
  • N.Ö. Tischtennis-Nachrichten (Austrian table tennis newspaper) 1986/4 pages 6–9

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