European table tennis championship 1996
The 20th European Table Tennis Championships took place from April 27th to May 7th 1996 in Bratislava . The venues were the main Pasienski hall and the Mladost secondary hall .
Sweden dominated the men's competition, winning gold in singles, doubles and team competitions. There are also two other medals in the individual. Germany achieved the same successes in the women's division: Nicole Struse became European champion in singles and doubles with Elke Schall , and the women's team also won the title. Jie Schöpp and Elke Schall won bronze in the women's singles, Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner in the men's doubles.
Only in mixed did neither Germans nor Swedes make it into the last four.
Competition mode teams
There were 41 men's and 39 women's teams.
It was played in the same mode as in the previous EM 1994 . 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 remaining groups from Category 2 and Category 3 consisted of five 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. The two first and second tables from category 2 played similarly for places 13 to 16, the third and fourth table from Category 2 for 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 match was held for both men and women according to the modified Swaythling Cup system for teams of three , i.e. with a double.
The group first and second in category 2 fought for places 13 to 14, which entitle them 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.
Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | |||||
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space | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F. | Group G |
1. | France | Sweden | Slovakia | Belarus | Israel | Ukraine | Norway |
2. | Belgium | Poland | Austria | Yugoslavia | Switzerland | Portugal | Luxembourg |
3. | Russia | ČSSR | Romania | Greece | Estonia | Bosnia Herzegovina | Armenia |
4th | Germany | Italy | Spain | Denmark | Lithuania | Scotland | Wales |
5. | Netherlands | Hungary | Croatia | Turkey | Iceland | Cyprus | Latvia |
6th | Slovenia | England | Finland | Bulgaria | Malta | Albania | Azerbaijan |
7th | Ireland |
Category 1 | Category 2 | Category 3 | |||||
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space | Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D | Group E | Group F. | Group G |
1. | Hungary | Germany | Netherlands | Slovakia | Luxembourg | Belarus | Portugal |
2. | Romania | England | Armenia | Yugoslavia | Latvia | Turkey | Denmark |
3. | Russia | Italy | Greece | Slovenia | Scotland | Wales | Switzerland |
4th | Ukraine | ČSSR | Bulgaria | Lithuania | Iceland | Estonia | Bosnia Herzegovina |
5. | France | Croatia | Israel | Poland | Albania | Ireland | Malta |
6th | Belgium | Sweden | Austria | Finland | Norway | Azerbaijan | |
7th | Spain |
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Men's | Ladies | |||
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Semifinals | Sweden - Belgium France - Poland |
4: 1 4: 1 |
Hungary - England Germany - Romania |
4-0 4-2 |
Endgame | Sweden - France | 4: 1 | Germany - Hungary | 4: 2 |
3rd place match | Poland - Belgium | 4: 1 | Romania - England | 4-0 |
Cutting off the Germans
Eva Jeler was the head coach . Klaus Schmittinger and the Yugoslav Zlatko Čordaš looked after the men, Dirk Schimmelpfennig trained the women.
Men's team
The German team lost in the 1st category in Group A against France, Belgium and Russia. This contrasted with victories over the Netherlands and Slovenia. This was only enough for fourth place. In the second round for places 5 to 8, she won against the ČSSR and Russia with 4: 1 each, which was enough for fifth place.
The best German player was Jörg Roßkopf with a 10: 2 record in the individual. Thomas Schröder made his debut in the international matches against Slovenia and France, but remained without a win.
Women's team
The German women were divided into group B of category 1 and reached first place by winning 4-0 against Italy, Croatia, Sweden and the ČSSR and 4-1 against England. In the games for places 1 to 4 they defeated Romania 4-2 and finally Hungary 4-2 in the final.
Jie Schöpp scored a 9-0 score in the singles.
Men's singles
- Jörg Roßkopf : Bye in round 1, victory against Linus Eriksson (Finland), Philippe Saive (Belgium), Andrzej Grubba (Poland), defeat in the quarter-finals against Jean-Philippe Gatien (France)
- Steffen Fetzner : Victory against Euan Alexander Walker (Scotland), Zsolt Harczi (Hungary), Nicolas Chatelain (France), loss in the round of 16 against Kalinikos Kreanga (Greece)
- Peter Franz : Victory against Sergej Sokolovski (Ukraine), Kostadin Lengerov (Austria), loss against Jean-Michel Saive (Belgium)
- Richard Prause : defeat against Werner Schlager (Austria)
- Thomas Schröder : defeat against Qianli Qian (Austria)
Ladies singles
- Nicole Struse : BYE, win against Alena Vachovcová (ČZ), Emily Noor (Netherlands), Åsa Svensson (Sweden), Ni Xialian (Luxembourg), Elke Schall (Germany), Krisztina Tóth (Hungary)
- Elke Schall : Victory against Elena Shvets (Ukraine), Rūta Garkauskaite (Lithuania), Otilia Bădescu (Romania), Jelena Timina (Russia), Mirjam Hooman (Netherlands), defeat in the semifinals against Nicole Struse
- Jie Schöpp : BYE, victory against Veronika Pavlovich (Belarus), Pernilla Pettersson (Sweden), Vivien Ello (Hungary), Irina Palina (Russia), loss in the semifinals against Krisztina Tóth (Hungary)
- Olga Nemes : BYE, win against Agnes Le Lannic (France), Elena Kovtun (Ukraine), loss in the round of 16 against Emilia Ciosu (Romania)
- Christina Fischer : Victory against Eldijana Aganovic (Croatia), loss against Andrea Holt (England)
Men's doubles
- Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner : BYE, victory against Miroslav Bindac / Josef Plachý (ČSSR), Ding Yi / Qianli Qian (Austria), Dmitri Masunow / Wladimir Samsonow (Belarus), defeat in the semifinals against Lucjan Błaszczyk / Andrzej Grubba (Poland)
- Peter Franz / Petr Korbel (ČSSR): Victory against Gerard Boyle / Wai Sunchan (Ireland), Vladi Janci / Anton Kutis (Slovakia), loss in the round of 16 against Peter Karlsson / Thomas von Scheele (Sweden)
- Richard Prause / Kostadin Lengerov (Austria): Victory against Erik Lindh / Jens Lundqvist (Sweden), loss against Danir Aitkovic / Zoran Primorac (Croatia)
- Thomas Schröder / Alexander Unterreiner (Austria): defeat against Lucjan Błaszczyk / Andrzej Grubba (Poland)
Ladies doubles
- Elke Schall / Nicole Struse : BYE, victory against Sanela Jurinec / Mirela Sikoronja (Croatia), Alessia Arisi / Galina Melnik (Italy / Russia), Vivien Ello / Tu Dai Yong (Hungary / Switzerland), Otilia Bădescu / Emilia Ciosu (Romania) , Bettine Vriesekoop / Emily Noor (Netherlands)
- Olga Nemes / Jie Schöpp : BYE, win against Armine Makinian / Laura Negrisoli (Armenia / Italy), loss in the round of 16 against Rūta Garkauskaite / Jolanta Prūsienė (Lithuania)
- Christina Fischer / Darja Bajc (Slovenia): Victory against Mirjam Hooman / Gerdie Keen (Netherlands), loss against Renata Peluchova / Hana Placha (ČSSR)
Mixed
- Allan Bentsen / Christina Fischer (Denmark / Germany): Victory against Sandro Caenaro / Peggy Regenwetter (Luxembourg), Steffen Fetzner / Olga Nemes (Germany), Thierry Miller / Tu Dai Yong (Switzerland), Sung Chen / Ni Xialian (Netherlands / Luxembourg ), Defeat in the quarterfinals against Kalinikos Kreanga / Otilia Bădescu (Greece / Romania)
- Peter Franz / Nicole Struse : BYE, victory against Evgueni Shetinin / Tatsiana Kostromina (Belarus), Roberto Casares / Elisabet Arnau (Spain), loss in the round of 16 against Christophe Legoût / Anne Boileau (France)
- Thomas Schröder / Jie Schöpp : Victory against Oleg Danchenko / Marina Kravchenko (Ukraine / Israel), Gregor Skafar / Petra Dermastija (Slovenia), defeat against Patrick Chila / Åsa Svensson (France / Sweden)
- Richard Prause / Elke Schall : win against Daniel Wintersdorff / Benedicte Meyer (Luxembourg), Rade Markovic / Marta Poljak (Serbia), loss against Trinko Keen / Gerdie Keen (Netherlands)
useful information
- The bad tournament organization was criticized by the organizer, but also by the ETTU , which had insufficiently checked the organizer in advance.
- The Swedish Marie Svensson , European Champion from 1994, canceled the participation because of a foot injury.
ETTU Congress
The ETTU Congress met parallel to the competitions . The delegates lifted the foreigner restriction for the European Cup . All active players who belong to a member state of the ETTU are now eligible to play. Thus, for example, a German team can only consist of foreigners.
Results
Individual evidence
- ↑ Journal DTS , 1996/6 pp. 6-7
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1996/5 p. 9
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1996/6 p. 19
- ↑ Christina Fischer was nominated for the team, but not used.
literature
Web links
- Men's team competition 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 of October 17, 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 from June 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 19, 2016)
- Men's doubles on ettu.org, all results ( memento of October 17, 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 from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on January 19, 2016; PDF; 895 kB)