European table tennis championship 2016
 European table tennis championship
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| date | October 18-23 | |||
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 Budapest
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| Single (♂) |
 Emmanuel Lebesson
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| Single (♀) |
 Melek Hu
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| Double (♂) |
 Patrick Franziska Jonathan Groth
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| Double (♀) |
Kristin Silbereisen Sabine Winter
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| Doubles (mixed) |
 João Monteiro Daniela Dodean
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The 35th European Table Tennis Championships took place from 18 to 23 October 2016 in the Hungarian Budapest instead. The venue was the Tüskecsarnok multi-purpose hall, which holds 3000 spectators. Only the individual competitions were held; in addition to single and double competitions, the mixed doubles were also represented again for the first time since 2007 (from 2009 to 2013 it was held in a separate competition, in 2008 and 2015 it was canceled).
Defending champions for men were Dimitrij Ovtcharov (singles) and Stefan Fegerl / João Monteiro (doubles), women Elizabeta Samara (singles) and Melek Hu / Shen Yanfei (doubles), in mixed (2013) Antonín Gavlas / Renáta Štrbíková .
Gold went to Emmanuel Lebesson (singles) and Patrick Franziska / Jonathan Groth (doubles) for men, and Melek Hu and Kristin Silbereisen / Sabine Winter for women . In mixed, the married couple João Monteiro / Daniela Dodean-Monteiro won .
Three players won medals in several competitions: Jakub Dyjas won bronze in singles and silver in doubles, Mattias Karlsson bronze in doubles and silver in mixed, Daniela Dodean bronze in doubles and gold in mixed.
Medals
| gold | silver | bronze | |
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| Men's singles |
Emmanuel Lebesson
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Simon Gauzy
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 Jakub Dyjas
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Timo Boll
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| Ladies singles |
Melek Hu
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Fu Yu
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 Li Jie
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Elizabeta Samara
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| Men's doubles |
Patrick Franziska Jonathan Groth
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Jakub Dyjas Daniel Gorak
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 Kristian Karlsson Mattias Karlsson
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Tiago Apolónia João Geraldo
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| Ladies doubles |
Kristin Silbereisen Sabine Winter
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Shan Xiaona Petrissa Solja
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Dora Madarasz Szandra Pergel
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Daniela Dodean Elizabeta Samara
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| Mixed doubles |
João Monteiro Daniela Dodean
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Mattias Karlsson Matilda Ekholm
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 Aleksandar Karakašević Rūta Paškauskienė
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Ovidiu Ionescu Bernadette Szőcs
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Men
singles
The 32 highest placed players in the world rankings were placed directly for the main round, which was played in the knockout system with four winning sets. Then there were the 32 players who successfully survived the qualifying round. The number of starting places for an association was dependent on the result of the team competition of the previous European Championship in 2015 . The first four nations and hosts Hungary were allowed to register five players, ranks 5 to 14 as well as 17 and 18 (the first two in the Challenge Division) had four starting places free, ranks 15 and 16 (the two last places in the Championship Division) and 19 to 30 three Starting places, the rest two starting places.
qualification
In the qualification, 93 players competed, divided into groups of 5 and 22 groups of 4, in which everyone played against everyone in best-of-seven mode . The 23 runners-up in the group qualified directly for the main round, 18 runners-up play against each other for the remaining 9 main round places.
Main round
The associations of Germany, Austria, France, Belarus and Hungary were allowed to register five players for the individual competition, but ultimately only four Austrian and Belarusian players each took part. Only Germany was represented with five players at the beginning of the main round, while in the case of Russia, Portugal, Sweden and Austria four players each reached the main round. These five countries thus made up 21 of the 64 players, the remaining 20 countries still represented 43 players. In the second round, 18 associations were still represented, 11 in the round of 16, seven in the quarter-finals, three in the semifinals and one in the final.
Of the four top seeded players, only Timo Boll surprisingly reached the semifinals, in which he had to give up against Simon Gauzy, who was seeded in 6th position, due to neck problems. Defending champion Dimitrij Ovtcharov failed in the second round, the Olympic champion Vladimir Samsonov in the eighth and the runner-up of 2015 Marcos Freitas in the quarter-finals. Even three of the players seeded in positions 5-8 did not get past the second round, Emmanuel Lebesson and Jakub Dyjas , seeded in positions 15 and 19 respectively , finally took the remaining semifinals. The victories of Gauzy and Lebesson resulted in a purely French final, in which the world number 38. Lebesson retained the upper hand and thus won the first French individual title at European Championships since 1976 .
1 also subsequently disqualified
2 at 1: 2 injury-related task
Double
16 pairings were set directly for the main round, which was played in the knockout system with four winning sets. In addition there were the 16 doubles that successfully survived the qualifying round. Each association was allowed to register four players for doubles, mixed national doubles were allowed.
qualification
In the qualification, 41 doubles competed, which played the other 16 main round participants in the knockout system with three winning sets. 18 doubles competed in the first round, the 9 winners and the remaining 23 doubles then played for the 16 main round places in the second round.
Main round
Nine of the 32 doubles in the main round consisted of players of different nationalities. The reigning runners-up Robert Gardos and Daniel Habesohn surprisingly failed in the first round, the defending champions Stefan Fegerl and João Monteiro were eliminated in the quarter-finals. The Swedes Mattias Karlsson and Kristian Karlsson won their third EM double medal with bronze, Tiago Apolónia and João Geraldo also won bronze. In the final, Bundesliga players Patrick Franziska and Jonathan Groth , who had been playing together since May, prevailed against the Polish duo Jakub Dyjas and Daniel Gorak .
Women
singles
The 32 highest placed players in the world rankings were placed directly for the main round, which was played in the knockout system with four winning sets. Then there were the 32 players who successfully survived the qualifying round. The number of starting places for an association was dependent on the result of the team competition of the previous European Championship in 2015 . The first four nations and hosts Hungary were allowed to register five players, ranks 5 to 14 as well as 17 and 18 (the top two in the Challenge Division) had four starting places free, ranks 15 and 16 (the two last places in the Championship Division) and 19 to 30 three Starting places, the rest two starting places.
qualification
79 players competed in the qualification, divided into three groups of 5 and 16 groups of 4, in which everyone played against each other in best-of-seven mode . The 19 group winners and seven group runners-up qualified directly for the main round, the remaining 12 group runners-up played against each other for the remaining six main round places.
Main round
Seven associations - Germany, Spain, Russia, Poland, Romania, Austria and Hungary - were represented with at least four players in the main round and thus made up 32 of the 64 players, while another 16 countries made up the remaining 32 players. In the second round, 15 associations were still represented, ten in the round of 16, six in the quarter-finals, four in the semi-finals and two in the final. Since all five German players reached the round of 16, they made up over 30 percent of the remaining players.
With Han Ying , Petrissa Solja and Shan Xiaona, three German players were placed in position 1–3, but as in 2015 they surprisingly could not win a medal, just like Liu Jia, who was in position 4 . Defending champion Elizabeta Samara won bronze, Li Jie took bronze after silver in the previous year, Fu Yu took silver after bronze in the previous year. Melek Hu , who was eliminated in the second round in 2015, won gold, giving up only five sets in six games.
Double
16 pairings were set directly for the main round, which was played in the knockout system with four winning sets. In addition there were the 16 doubles that successfully survived the qualifying round. Each association was allowed to register four players for doubles, mixed national doubles were allowed.
qualification
In the qualification, 31 doubles competed, who played the other 16 main round participants in the knockout system with three winning sets. A double ( Karoline Mischek / Amelie Solja ) thus had a bye and was automatically qualified for the main round.
Main round
In the main round there were a total of 32 double pairings, eight of them consisted of players of different nationalities. The 2016 European Championship was ultimately won by the Germans Kristin Silbereisen / Sabine Winter , who beat Shan Xiaona / Petrissa Solja in a purely German final with 4: 3 sets .
Mixed
16 pairings were set directly for the main round, which was played in the knockout system with three winning sets. In addition there were the 16 doubles that successfully passed the qualifying round. Each association was allowed to register two players for the mixed doubles, mixed national doubles were allowed.
qualification
In the qualification, 47 doubles competed, which played out the other 16 main round participants in the knockout system and also with three winning sets. 30 doubles competed in the first round, the 15 winners and the remaining 17 doubles then played for the 16 main round places in the second round.
Main round
8 of the 32 doubles in the main round consisted of players of different nationalities, the 2013 winners, Antonín Gavlas and Renáta Štrbíková , did not compete. Gold went to the married couple João Monteiro and Daniela Dodean-Monteiro , who were 2-0 down in the final against Mattias Karlsson and Matilda Ekholm and then won 3-2.
literature
- Rahul Nelson: The harried stars , Preview of the European Championships, table tennis magazine , 2016/10, pages 22–23
Web links
- Official homepage (accessed September 24, 2016)
- The EM on the ITTF website (accessed September 24, 2015)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ittf.com - Returning Home, Budapest Hosts Liebherr 2016 ITTF European Championships ( Memento from September 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on September 24, 2016)
- ↑ EM in Budapest: semi-final task against Gauzy with neck problems / Boll: "Don't want to risk the World Cup" ( memento from October 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) tischtennis.de, October 23, 2016, accessed on October 28, 2016
- ↑ Gold for Kristin Silbereisen and Sabine Winter in the women's doubles of the European Table Tennis Championships 2016 ( Memento from October 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ mytischtennis.de - EM: Title in mixed doubles goes to the 'married couple' Monteiro (accessed on October 22, 2016)