European table tennis championship 2003

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The 24th European Table Tennis Championship took place from March 29th to April 6th, 2003 in Courmayeur (Italy). The venue was the Forum Sport Center. A total of 1416 paying spectators attended the games, which was rated as disappointing.

Germany's men won four medals, the women received nothing. The men's team finished second behind Belarus. In the individual, Torben Wosik won silver after his defeat in the final against Wladimir Samsonow , Timo Boll and Jörg Roßkopf took bronze. The European champion in men's doubles was the Belarusian / Austrian combination Evgueni Shetinin / Chen Weixing . In the women's competitions, the team from the host country Italy won gold. Otilia Bădescu (Romania) in singles and Tamara Boroš / Mihaela Șteff (Croatia / Romania) in doubles won the individual competitions.

Competition mode teams

44 men's and 40 women's teams competed.

The game mode was the same as in the previous EM 2002 . However, there was a modification to the effect that the teams of the host country were automatically qualified for the round of 16, regardless of their placement in the Europa League.

Cutting off the Germans

Dirk Schimmelpfennig was the head coach . Istvan Korpa looked after the men, Richard Prause trained the women.

Men's team

Due to the placement in the Europa League , namely seventh place, the German team had to compete in the round of 16. Here she came after a 3-0 win against Greece in the quarter-finals, where she defeated Serbia and Montenegro 3-1. She also won 3-1 in the semifinals against the ČSSR. The final against Belarus was lost 3-1. Here Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth got the only point.

Women's team

In the Europa League , the German women came fourth. Therefore, they only intervened in the quarter-finals of this EM. Here they were defeated by the eventual European champions Italy 2: 3. In the games for places 5 to 8 they lost to Russia and won against Serbia and Montenegro. This was enough for 7th place.

Men's singles

Ladies singles

Two German women reached the quarter-finals.

Men's doubles

Ladies doubles

Mixed

useful information

  • The Swede Jan-Ove Waldner renounced his participation after an injury beforehand.
  • Ni Xialian (Luxembourg) was unable to defend her title due to pregnancy.

ITTF meeting

The ETTU Congress met parallel to the competitions. He decided that a maximum of 16 teams may start at the next European Championship. These qualify through the 1st division of the Europa League , in which the teams from places 1 to 16 of the current EM 2003 start. Because of the reduced number of teams, the duration of a European Championship is shortened.

Results

competition rank winner
Team men 1. Belarus ( Evgueni Shetinin , Vladimir Samsonov , Dmitry Chumakou )
2. Germany ( Timo Boll , Jörg Roßkopf , Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth , Torben Wosik , Bastian Steger )
3. Sweden ( Jörgen Persson , Frederik Hakansson , Jens Lundqvist , Peter Karlsson )
4th ČSSR ( Josef Plachý , Petr Korbel , Marek Cihak , Marek Klasek )
9. Austria ( Werner Schlager , Robert Gardos , Chen Weixing , Karl Jindrak , Kostadin Lengerov )
33. Switzerland (Marc Schreiber, Raphael Keller, Denis Joset)
Team women 1. Italy ( Nikoleta Stefanova , Wenling Tan Monfardini , Laura Negrisoli )
2. Croatia ( Tamara Boroš , Cornelia Vaida , Andrea Bakula , Sandra Paović )
3. Romania ( Mihaela Șteff , Adriana Nastase , Otilia Bădescu )
4th Hungary ( Csilla Bátorfi , Krisztina Tóth , Mária Fazekas , Georgina Póta )
7th Germany ( Nicole Struse , Tanja Hain-Hofmann , Elke Wosik , Laura Stumper , Jessica Göbel )
16. Austria ( Judith Herczig , Katerina Wolf, Veronika Heine , Martina Petzner)
31. Switzerland
Men's singles 1. Vladimir Samsonov (BLR)
2. Torben Wosik (GER)
3rd to 4th Timo Boll (GER)
3rd to 4th Jörg Roßkopf (GER)
Ladies singles 1. Otilia Bădescu (ROM)
2. Wenling Tan Monfardini (ITA)
3rd to 4th Nikoleta Stefanova (ITA)
3rd to 4th Silvija Erdelji (YUG)
Men's doubles 1. Evgueni Shetinin / Chen Weixing (BLR / AUT)
2. Dmitri Masunow / Alexei Smirnow (RUS)
3rd to 4th Slobodan Grujić / Aleksandar Karakašević (YUG)
3rd to 4th Werner Schlager / Karl Jindrak (AUT)
Ladies doubles 1. Tamara Boroš / Mihaela Șteff (CRO / ROM)
2. Csilla Bátorfi , Krisztina Tóth (HUN)
3rd to 4th Swetlana Ganina / Irina Palina (RUS)
3rd to 4th Silvija Erdelji / Ana-Maria Erdelji (YUG)
Mixed 1. Werner Schlager / Krisztina Tóth (AUT / HUN)
2. Chen Weixing / Viktoria Pavlovich (AUT / BLR)
3rd to 4th Lucjan Błaszczyk / Otilia Bădescu (POL / ROM)
3rd to 4th Damien Éloi / Anne-Claire Palut (FRA)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2003/4 p. 9
  2. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2003/4 p. 52
  3. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2003/3 p. 18
  4. ↑ a b magazine tischtennis , 2003/3 p. 20
  5. ↑ a b magazine tischtennis , 2003/4 p. 20
  6. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2003/3 p. 22
  7. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2003/3 p. 19
  8. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2003/4 p. 21

literature

  • Detailed report in DTS magazine DTS , 2003/4 pp. 8–24 + 45–53
  • Preview - DTS magazine , 2003/3 pp. 18-25
  • Report from Austria's perspective - ÖTTZ - Österreichische Tischtennis Zeitung, 2003 No. 52, May / June pp. 4–8

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