European table tennis championship 1992
The 18th European table tennis championship took place from April 10th to 20th, 1992 in Stuttgart . The venue was the Schleyer Hall and the nearby Molly Schauffele Sports Hall.
Jörg Roßkopf became European champion in individual. It was the second German title win in the individual competition after Agnes Simon in 1962 . Sweden won the men's team competition for the fourth time in a row, Germany came third. Sweden also dominated the men's doubles and won gold ( Jörgen Persson / Erik Lindh ), silver and bronze. The women won the team from Romania, the European champion in the singles was Bettine Vriesekoop from the Netherlands , the doubles went to the Yugoslavs Jasna Fazlić / Gordana Perkučin .
The German women's team reached seventh place. The doubles Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner , regarded as favorites, were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
A total of around 42,000 spectators attended the event.
Competition mode teams
There were 39 men's and 36 women's teams. Albania had reported, but did not compete.
It was played in almost the same mode as in the previous EM 1990 . Category 3 was omitted, but four groups started in the lower performance category 2. This time all groups were consistently designated with "A", "B", ... "F". The division of the teams into the categories was based on the category division of the previous European Championship, taking into account the promoted and relegated teams. The two groups from Category 1 consisted of six teams, the four groups from Category 2 consisted of six to seven teams. The game was played in the everyone against everyone mode. The two first and second in the table 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. Similarly, the four first in the table from Category 2 played for places 13 to 16, the four runners-up from category 2 around places 17 to 20, 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 held this time according to the modified Swaythling Cup system for teams of three , i.e. with a double.
The four group winners in category 2 fought for places 13 to 16. Places 13 and 14 entitled to promotion to the higher category 1 at the next European championship. Similarly, the penultimate and last from category 1 determined who was relegated: They played places 9 to 12, with the eleventh and twelfth having to compete 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.
Category 1 | Category 2 | |||||
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space | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F. |
1. | Sweden | France | Spain | Poland | Turkey | Greece |
2. | England | Germany | Bulgaria | Norway | Slovenia | Croatia |
3. | Austria | Belgium | Ireland | Switzerland | Finland | Romania |
4th | Netherlands | ČSSR | Portugal | Estonia | Lithuania | Italy |
5. | Hungary | CIS | Latvia | Cyprus | Luxembourg | Israel |
6th | Denmark | Yugoslavia | Liechtenstein | Iceland | Scotland | Wales |
7th | Albania | Malta | jersey | guernsey |
Category 1 | Category 2 | |||||
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space | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F. |
1. | Romania | CIS | Italy | Poland | Croatia | Slovenia |
2. | Netherlands | Yugoslavia | Lithuania | Spain | Denmark | Austria |
3. | Germany | ČSSR | Greece | Switzerland | Finland | Scotland |
4th | Hungary | England | Norway | Ireland | Latvia | Luxembourg |
5. | Sweden | France | Israel | Portugal | Estonia | Wales |
6th | Belgium | Bulgaria | Albania | Cyprus | Turkey | Malta |
7th | Iceland |
- Ascent
- descent
- ↑ a b c relegated
- ↑ a b Belgium is actually relegated. Since Yugoslavia will not compete in the next European Championship, Belgium will remain in category 1.
Men's | Ladies | |||
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Semifinals | Sweden - Germany England - France |
4: 1 4: 2 |
Romania - Yugoslavia Netherlands - CIS |
3: 2 3: 0 |
Endgame | Sweden - England | 4: 1 | Romania - Netherlands | 3: 1 |
3rd place match | Germany - France | 4: 1 | CIS - Yugoslavia | 3: 2 |
Cutting off the Germans
Eva Jeler was the head coach . The Yugoslav Zlatko Cordas looked after the men, Dirk Schimmelpfennig trained the women. The coaching team also included Klaus Schmittinger .
Only in the individual competitions did Christian Dreher , Hans-Jürgen Fischer , Sascha Köstner , Richard Prause , Torben Wosik , Nicole Delle , Cornelia Faltermaier , Christina Fischer and Christiane Praedel win .
Men's team
The German team suffered a 4-1 defeat against France in the 1st category in Group B. In contrast, there were victories over the ČSSR, Yugoslavia, CIS and Belgium. That was enough for second place. In the second round for places 1 to 4 she was defeated by Sweden 1: 4, in the game for third place the revenge against France was successful.
The best German player was Jörg Roßkopf with a 10: 4 balance.
Women's team
The German women were divided into Group A of Category 1 and came in third here. They won against Belgium, Hungary, Sweden and the Netherlands, but lost against Romania. So they finished third and played for places 5 to 8. Here they lost to England and won the game for place five against the ČSSR.
Men's singles
- Jörg Roßkopf : Victory against Ioannis Kordoutis (Greece), Zsolt Harczi (Hungary), Petr Korbel (ČSSR), Chen Xinhua (England), Zoran Primorac (Croatia) and in the final against Jean-Michel Saive (Belgium)
- Steffen Fetzner : Victory against Josef Plachý (ČSSR), defeat against Qianli Qian (Austria)
- Georg Böhm : Victory against Evgueni Shetinin ( United Team EUN ), loss against Peter Karlsson (Sweden)
- Peter Franz : Victory against Nicolas Chatelain (France), loss against Jan-Ove Waldner (Sweden)
- Torben Wosik : defeat against Slobodan Grujić (Yugoslavia)
- Richard Prause : in qualification victory against John Broe (Scotland), without a fight against J. Härms (Estonia), defeat against Zoltán Bátorfi (Hungary)
- Hans-Jürgen Fischer : in the qualification victory against Jose Maria Pales Pon (Spain), Cristian Ignat (Romania), Werner Schlager (Austria), defeat in the main round against Thierry Cabrera (Belgium)
- Christian Dreher : in qualification defeat against Pasi Valasti (Finland)
- Sascha Köstner : in qualification victory against Kim Hogsberg (Denmark), S. Sabrioglu (Turkey), Roberto Casares Sanchez (Spain), defeat in the main round against Călin Creangă (Greece)
Ladies singles
- Olga Nemes : Victory against Oksana Kravchenko ( United EUN team ), loss against Gerdie Keen (Netherlands)
- Nicole Struse : Victory against Sandra Susilo (Croatia), loss against Jelena Timina ( United EUN team )
- Elke Schall : defeat against Emily Noor (Netherlands)
- Nicole Delle : in qualification defeat against Johanna Kaimio (Finland)
- Cornelia Faltermaier : in the qualification victory against Diana Zerdila (Greece), Lene Ingebrigtsen (Norway), Martina Rabl (Austria), defeat in the main round against Åsa Svensson (Sweden)
- Christina Fischer : in qualification victory against Karin Albustin (Austria), loss against Branka Batinić (Croatia)
- Christiane Praedel : Victory against Daniela Gergeltschewa (Bulgaria), Pia Eliasson Hansen (Denmark), loss against Agnes Le Lannic (France)
Men's doubles
- Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner : Victory against Chen Xinhua / Matthew Syed (England), Oktay Cimen / Gurhan Yaldiz (Turkey), defeat in the quarter-finals against Ilija Lupulesku / Slobodan Grujić (Yugoslavia)
- Peter Franz / Torben Wosik : Victory against Carl Prean / Alan Cooke (England), Călin Creangă / Zoran Kalinić (Greece / Yugoslavia), defeat in the quarter-finals against Peter Karlsson / Thomas von Scheele (Sweden)
- Christian Dreher / Hans-Jürgen Fischer : in the qualification victory against De Vrind / Marc Closset (Netherlands / Belgium), Vasile Florea / Cristian Ignat (Romania), Nigel Tyler / Ioannis Kordoutis (Wales / Greece), defeat against Andrei Masunow / Dmitri Masunow ( United EUN Team )
- Georg Böhm / Richard Prause : in the qualification victory against Artur Jorge Gomez da Silva / Rogerio Alfar (Portugal), Aleksandar Karakašević / Luca Ricci (Yugoslavia / Italy), defeat against Didier Mommessin / Christophe Legoût (France)
- Sascha Köstner / Josef Plachý (ČSSR): in qualification defeat against Damir Atikovic / Neven Karkovic (Croatia)
Ladies doubles
- Olga Nemes / Cornelia Faltermaier : Victory against Nicole Delle / Tu Dai Yong (Germany / Switzerland), defeat against Csilla Bátorfi / Gabriella Wirth (Hungary)
- Elke Schall / Nicole Struse : Victory against Polona Cehovin / Andreja Urh-Ojsterek (Slovenia), loss against Jasna Fazlić / Gordana Perkučin (Yugoslavia)
- Christina Fischer / Christiane Praedel : in the qualification win against Katalina Vicheva / J.Mihailova (Bulgaria), Rūta Garkauskaite / Kristina Totilaite (Lithuania), Agnes Le Lannic / Rozenn Yquel (France), defeat in the main round against Vivien Ellö / Krisztina Tóth (Hungary)
- Nicole Delle / Tu Dai Yong (Switzerland): in the qualification victory against Marianne Blikken / Sonja Rasmussen (Norway), defeat in the main round against Olga Nemes / Cornelia Faltermaier (Germany)
Mixed
- Steffen Fetzner / Olga Nemes : Victory against Gurhan Yaldiz / Selda Cimen (Turkey), defeat against Trinko Keen / Gerdie Keen (Netherlands)
- Jörg Roßkopf / Nicole Struse : Victory against Massimo Costantini / Alessia Arisi (Italy), Allan Bentsen / Pernilla Pettersson (Denmark), Ivan Stoyanov / Katalina Vicheva (Bulgaria), defeat in the quarter-finals against Călin Creangă / Otilia Bădescu (Greece / Romania)
- Peter Franz / Elke Schall : Victory against Zoran Kalinić / Gordana Perkučin (Yugoslavia), Sandor Varga / Vivien Ellö (Hungary), Maxim Shmyrev / Valentina Popová , defeat in the quarter-finals against Thomas von Scheele / Marie Svensson (Sweden)
- Torben Wosik / Christina Fischer : Victory against Piotr Szafranek / Anna Januszyk (Poland), loss against Thomas von Scheele / Marie Svensson (Sweden)
- Sascha Köstner / Nicole Delle : defeat against Petr Korbel / Marie Hrachová (ČSSR)
- Richard Prause / Cornelia Faltermaier : defeat against Thierry Cabrera / Daniela Gergeltschewa (Belgium / Bulgaria)
- Hans-Jürgen Fischer / Tu Dai Yong (Switzerland): Victory against Mika Pyykkö / Sari Suomalainen (Finland), loss against Zoran Primorac / Csilla Bátorfi (Croatia / Hungary)
useful information
- As the most successful athletes in the team competitions, Jörg Roßkopf and Bettine Vriesekoop were awarded the JOOLA Trophy and received 5,000 DM.
- At the age of 14, Nicole Delle was the youngest German player to take part in a European Championship.
- The Dutch trainer Jan Vlieg received the fairness award. He successfully acted on the referee when he mistakenly awarded his protégé Bettine Vriesekoop a point in the game against Olga Nemes . The referee corrected his decision.
- The women's doubles final had to be canceled because the Hungarian Gabriella Wirth could not continue playing for health reasons.
- The youngest participant was 13-year-old Sabine Borre Larsen from Denmark.
- The Faroe Islands stayed away from this European Championship because they wanted to set up an office for the table tennis association instead.
- A total of 4246 sets were played at this EM. The most common result was 21:19 (400 times), followed by 21:18 (365 times) and 22:20 (190 times).
- Only three players were able to win a game after a 2-0 set deficit: Jörg Roßkopf , Jean-Philippe Gatien and Wang Yansheng .
- The highest victory went to the Frenchman Rozenn Yquel with 21: 3, 21: 3 against Hrafnhildur Sigurdardottir from Iceland.
- There were 89 referees from 21 nations in action. Erwin Preiss was the head judge.
- All 42 doping tests carried out were negative.
ETTU Congress
The ETTU Congress met parallel to the competitions . The delegates from 37 countries elected Hans Wilhelm Gäb from Germany as the new president. His predecessor Mihovil Kapetanic (Yugoslavia) no longer competed. Since the office of Vice President according to the ETTU statutes may not be held by a compatriot of the President, Ella Zeller-Constantinescu had to give up this position. In addition, the structure of the top management was changed: There should now be three Vice Presidents and a full-time Secretary General.
Results
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1992/5, page 44
- ↑ Magazine DTS , 1992/5 Page 11
- ↑ a b DTS magazine , 1992/5 page 23
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1992/5, page 14
- ↑ a b c d DTS magazine , 1992/5 page 20
- ↑ a b DTS magazine , 1992/5 page 21
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1992/6 page 36
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1992/5, pages 12-13
literature
- Detailed report in the DTS magazine DTS , 1992/5, pages 4–26, 41–53
Web links
- Gentlemen on ettu.org, all results ( memento from June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 19, 2016)
- Team competition women on ettu.org, all results ( memento from June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 19, 2016)
- Men's singles on ettu.org, all results ( memento from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 19, 2016)
- Women's singles on ettu.org, all results ( memento of October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 19, 2016)
- Men's doubles on ettu.org, all results ( memento from June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 19, 2016)
- Ladies doubles on ettu.org, all results ( memento of October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 19, 2016)
- Mixed competition on ettu.org, all results ( memento of October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 19, 2016)