European table tennis championship 2008
 European table tennis championship
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| date | 04.10. – 12.10. | |||
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 St. Petersburg
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| Single (♂) |
 Timo Boll
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| Single (♀) |
 Rūta Paškauskienė
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| Double (♂) |
Timo Boll Christian Süß
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| Double (♀) |
 Krisztina Tóth Georgina Póta
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| Team (♂) |
Germany
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| Team (♀) |
 Netherlands
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The 27th European Table Tennis Championships (officially LIEBHERR European Table Tennis Championships 2008 in German LIEBHERR European Championships 2008) was from 4 to 12 October, 2008 Saint Petersburg discharged. Team, singles and doubles competitions were held. The venue was the Peterburgski sports and concert complex .
Competition mode
In the team competition, the 16 best participating nations met in four groups of four ("Championships Divisions") in the newly introduced group phase . Then the group first and second in each group played against each other in the knockout system for places one to eight. The third to fourth fought in the knockout system for places 9 to 16.
Similarly, the next strongest 16 nations were divided into four "Challenge" groups and then played in the knockout system for places 17 to 24 and 25 to 32 respectively. The remaining weakest nations were placed in two "standard" groups in the men's category divided up. Here it was about places 33 to 39. For the women there was only one "standard" group with six participants who fought for places 33 to 38.
In singles and doubles, the athletes started directly in the knockout system.
Results women
team
The German women took tenth place at the European Championships. The team of national coach Jörg Bitzigeio lost in the placement game against Poland.
| space | country | player |
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| 1 |
Netherlands
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Li Jiao Li Jie Jelena Timina Linda Creemers Carla Nouwen |
| 2 |
Hungary
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Krisztina Tóth Georgina Póta Petra Lovas Li Bin |
| 3 |
 Croatia
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Tamara Boroš Sandra Paović Cornelia Vaida Andrea Bakula |
 Romania
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Daniela Dodean Elizabeta Samara Iulia Necula Ioana Ghemes Mariana Stoian |
Final: Hungary - Netherlands 0: 3
Game for 5th place: Austria - Spain 1: 3
Game for 7th place: Czech Republic - Italy 3: 2
Game for 9th place: Poland - Germany 3-1
Cutting off the Germans
The following players were used in the German women's team: Wu Jiaduo , Zhenqi Barthel , Kristin Silbereisen , Amelie Solja . In Group C, the team won 3-1 against Romania and Serbia, but lost 3-0 to Croatia. Because of the fewest won games, it came in third behind the tied women from Croatia and Romania. In the games for places 9 to 16, the team won against Belgium (3: 0) and France (3: 1). The game for place was lost against Poland 1: 3.
singles
| space | country | player |
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| 1 |
Lithuania
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Rūta Paškauskienė |
| 2 |
Austria
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Liu Jia |
| 3 |
Italy
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Wenling Tan Monfardini |
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Hungary
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Krisztina Tóth |
| Quarter-finals 11.10. |
Semi-finals 10/12 |
Final 10/12 |
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| Elena Troshneva
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| Wenling Tan Monfardini
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| Wenling Tan Monfardini
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| Rūta Paškauskienė
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| Rūta Paškauskienė
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| Georgina Póta
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| Rūta Paškauskienė
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| Liu Jia
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| Sandra Paović
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| Krisztina Tóth
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| Krisztina Tóth
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| Liu Jia
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 Melek Hu
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| Liu Jia
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Results of the Germans
- Wu Jiaduo : defeat against Polina Mikhailova (Russia)
- Zhenqi Barthel : Victory against Petra Skabar (Slovenia), Dana Hadačová (Czech Republic), loss against Wenling Tan Monfardini (Italy)
- Kristin Silbereisen : Victory against Sara Ramirez (Spain), Kateřina Pěnkavová (Czech Republic), defeat against Liu Jia (Austria)
- Amelie Solja : victory against Eva Ódorová (Slovakia), loss against Galia Dvorak (Spain)
Double
| space | country | player |
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| 1 |
Hungary
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Krisztina Tóth / Georgina Póta |
| 2 |
Italy
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Wenling Tan Monfardini / Nikoleta Stefanova |
| 3 |
.svg){kind=small} Belarus / Russia
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Weranika Paulowitsch / Oksana Fadejewa |
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Poland
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Xu Jie / Natalia Partyka |
| Quarterfinals 10.10. |
Semi-finals 10/12 |
Final 10/12 |
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| Krisztina Tóth / Georgina Póta |
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| Li Qian / Irina Kotikhina
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| Krisztina Tóth / Georgina Póta |
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| Weranika Paulowitsch / Oksana Fadejewa
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| Weranika Paulowitsch / Oksana Fadejewa
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.svg){kind=small} Gabriela Feher / Ana-Maria Erdelji |
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| Krisztina Tóth / Georgina Póta |
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| Wenling Tan Monfardini / Nikoleta Stefanova |
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| Tatsiana Kostromina / Amelie Solja
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| Wenling Tan Monfardini / Nikoleta Stefanova |
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| Wenling Tan Monfardini / Nikoleta Stefanova |
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| Xu Jie / Natalia Partyka |
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| Xu Jie / Natalia Partyka |
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| Sandra Paović / Andrea Bakula |
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Results of the Germans
- Wu Jiaduo / Kristin Silbereisen : Victory against Alexandra Privalova / Magdalena Szczerkowska (Belarus / Poland), Pernille Sondergaard / Therese Andersen (Denmark / Norway), defeat against Li Qian / Irina Kotichina (Poland / Russia)
- Zhenqi Barthel / Tamara Boroš (Croatia): Victory against Audrey Mattenet / Aurore Dessaint (France), Rūta Paškauskienė / Lina Misikonyte (Lithuania), defeat against Weranika Paulowitsch / Oksana Fadejewa (Belarus / Russia)
- Amelie Solja / Tatsiana Kostromina (Belarus): Victory against Marthe Nilsen / Aasebo Marthe Grutle (Norway), Tanya Aenova / Jana Petrova (Bulgaria), Daniela Dodean / Elizabeta Samara (Romania), defeat in the quarterfinals against Wenling Tan Monfardini / Nikoleta Stefanova ( Italy)
Results gentlemen
The German player Timo Boll won the gold medal in all three competitions and is therefore the most successful player in the European Championship. In addition, he managed to defend his title three times, which no player had ever succeeded in the 50-year history of the European Championship.
team
Germany's table tennis men defended their team title at the European Championships in 2008. The team of national coach Richard Prause around the players Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov won 3-2 in the final against Belarus. The teams from Belgium and Austria came third.
| space | country | player |
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| 1 |
Germany
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Timo Boll Dimitrij Ovtcharov Christian Süß Bastian Steger Patrick Baum |
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Belarus
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Vladimir Samsonov Evgueni Shetinin Vitaly Nekhvedovich Aleksandar Kuchuk Illia Barbolin |
| 3 |
 Belgium
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Jean-Michel Saive Martin Bratanov Yannick Vostes Benjamin Rogiers Kilomo Vitta |
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Austria
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Chen Weixing Robert Gardos Daniel Habesohn Werner Schlager Bernhard Presslmayr |
Game for 5th place: Russia - Sweden 2: 3
Game for 7th place: Romania - Denmark 3: 1
Cutting off the Germans
The following players were used in the German men's team: Timo Boll , Dimitrij Ovtcharov , Bastian Steger , Christian Süß , Patrick Baum . The team was unbeaten first in Group A. It defeated France, Denmark and Hungary. In the subsequent games for places one to eight, it won against Russia (3: 1), Austria (3: 2) and Belarus (3: 2).
singles
Timo Boll defended his 2007 singles title and won the European singles championship for the third time. In the final, he defeated Vladimir Samsonov , against whom he was previously clearly inferior in the team competition. Third place went to the Austrians Robert Gardos and Werner Schlager .
| space | country | player |
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| 1 |
Germany
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Timo Boll |
| 2 |
Belarus
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Vladimir Samsonov |
| 3 |
Austria
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Robert Gardos |
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Austria
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Werner Schlager |
| Quarter-finals 11.10. |
Semi-finals 10/12 |
Final 10/12 |
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| Vladimir Samsonov
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| Chen Weixing
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| Vladimir Samsonov
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| Robert Gardos
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| Robert Gardos
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 João Monteiro
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| Vladimir Samsonov
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| Timo Boll
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| Werner Schlager
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| Jens Lundqvist
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| Werner Schlager
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| Timo Boll
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| Michael Maze
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| Timo Boll
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Results of the Germans
- Timo Boll : Victory against Olegs Kartuzovs (Latvia), Lubomír Jančařík (Czech Republic), Marcos Freitas (Portugal), Bojan Tokič (Slovenia), Michael Maze (Denmark), Werner Schlager (Austria), Wladimir Samsonow (Belarus)
- Dimitrij Ovtcharov : Victory against Sergei Petrov (Estonia), Carlos Machado (Spain), Aleksandar Karakašević (Serbia), defeat against João Monteiro (Portugal)
- Bastian Steger : Victory against Lucian Filimon (Romania), Martin Monrad (Denmark), Pär Gerell (Sweden), defeat against Wladimir Samsonow (Belarus)
- Patrick Baum : victory against Finn Tugwell (Denmark), Cem Zeng (Turkey), loss against Jean-Michel Saive (Belgium)
- Christian Süß : defeat against Dániel Zwickl (Hungary)
- Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth : Victory against Reinis Burgis (Latvia), defeat against He Zhiwen (Spain)
Double
Despite a 1: 3 deficit in the final, the Germans Timo Boll and Christian Süß were able to successfully defend their title. They won 4: 3 against the duo Werner Schlager from Austria and Trinko Keen from the Netherlands.
| space | country | player |
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| 1 |
Germany
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Timo Boll / Christian Süß |
| 2 |
Austria / Netherlands
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Werner Schlager / Trinko Keen |
| 3 |
Portugal
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Marcos Freitas / Tiago Apolónia |
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Sweden
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Robert Svensson / Jon Persson |
| Quarterfinals 10.10. |
Semi-finals 11.10. |
Final 10/12 |
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| Timo Boll / Christian Süß |
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| Jens Lundqvist / Pär Gerell |
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| Timo Boll / Christian Süß |
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| Marcos Freitas / Tiago Apolónia |
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| Marcos Freitas / Tiago Apolónia |
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| Chen Weixing / Robert Gardos |
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| Timo Boll / Christian Süß |
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| Werner Schlager / Trinko Keen
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| Aleksandar Karakašević / Slobodan Grujić |
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| Werner Schlager / Trinko Keen
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| Werner Schlager / Trinko Keen
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| Robert Svensson / Jon Persson |
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| Adrian Crișan / Andrei Filimon |
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| Robert Svensson / Jon Persson |
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Results of the Germans
- Timo Boll / Christian Süß : Victory against Onjan Serafimov / Andreas Tziambos (Cyprus), Constantin Cioti / Lucian Filimon (Romania), Petr Korbel / Josef Simoncik (Czech Republic), Jens Lundqvist / Pär Gerell (Sweden), Marcos Freitas / Tiago Apolónia ( Portugal), Werner Schlager / Trinko Keen (Austria / Netherlands)
- Zoltan Fejer-Konnerth / Zoltan Lelkes (Slovakia): victory against Victor Sanchez / Enio Mendes (Spain / Portugal), loss against Ferenc Pazsy / János Jakab (Hungary)
- Patrick Baum / Daniel Habesohn (Austria): defeat against Werner Schlager / Trinko Keen (Austria / Netherlands)
- Dimitrij Ovtcharov / Bastian Steger : victory against Dániel Zwickl / David Zombori (Hungary), Ronald Redjep / Andrej Gaćina (Croatia), loss against Adrian Crișan / Andrei Filimon (Romania)
Individual evidence
- ↑ MO: Numbers, data and facts about the LIEBHERR EM in St. Petersburg, report from October 1st, 2008 on tischtennis.de ( Memento of the original from October 11th, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on October 8, 2008)
literature
- Detailed report in the magazine tischtennis , 2008/11 pages 10–34
Web links
- Results page of the European Table Tennis Union ( Memento from April 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- EM website of the Russian host ( Memento of March 13, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on October 8, 2012)