European table tennis championship 2017

European table tennis championship
2016 ← EM 2017 → 2018
date	13.09. – 17.09.
venue	Luxembourg
winner
Team (♂)	Germany
Team (♀)	Romania
← Team 2015 • Team 2019 →

The 36th European Table Tennis Championship took place in Luxembourg from September 13th to 17th, 2017 . Only the team competitions were held.

The defending champions were Austria for the men and Germany for the women. Gold went to Germany for men and Romania for women.

mode

The participating teams were divided according to strength into several divisions of 16 teams each, with only the teams in the Championship Division playing off the European champions. The divisions were in turn divided into four groups of four teams each, drawn on July 12th. The group first and second advanced to the main round, where it continued in the knockout system . Each game was played in the best-of-five mode and thus consisted of 3 to 5 singles, which, also played in the best-of-five mode, again consisted of 3 to 5 sets.

qualification

→ Main article : 2017 European table tennis championship / qualification

Men

Final placements

space	Championship Division	space	Challenge Division	space	Standard Division
	Germany (2)	17th	Denmark (21)	33	Azerbaijan (37)
	Portugal (6)	18th	Turkey (24)	34	Bosnia and Herzegovina (-)
	Slovenia (25)	19th	Belgium (17)	35	Montenegro (-)
	France (3)	20th	Hungary (11)	36	Scotland (35)
5	Sweden (5)	21st	Czech Republic (10)	37	Latvia (-)
6th	Croatia (13)	22nd	Italy (19)	38	Norway (32)
7th	Ukraine (16)	23	Netherlands (33)	39	Wales (-)
8th	Greece (7)	24	Lithuania (22)	40	North Macedonia (-)
9	Spain (14)	25th	England (20)	41	Cyprus (36)
10	Austria (1)	26th	Finland (28)	42	Kosovo (39)
11	Romania (15)	27	Israel (23)
12	Poland (8)	28	Switzerland (27)
13	Slovakia (18)	29	Serbia (12)
14th	Russia (9)	30th	Bulgaria (26)
15th	Belarus (3)	31	Ireland (31)
16	Luxembourg (30)	32	Estonia (29)
the previous year's ranking in brackets

Championship Division

Group A

	Result
Germany	3-0	Spain
Croatia	3: 1	Belarus
Germany	3-0	Croatia
Spain	3: 1	Belarus
Germany	3-0	Belarus
Croatia	3: 1	Spain

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Germany	9-0	27: 4	6th
2	Croatia	6: 5	23:21	5
3	Spain	4: 7	17:26	4th
4th	Belarus	2: 9	12:28	3

	Quarter finals
	Play for 9-16 place

The top seeded Germany went into group A as favorites and could win all three games without losing a single, while Belarus, third in the last European Championship, played without top player Vladimir Samsonov and lost their games significantly. On the last day of the match there was a duel between Croatia and Spain for second place, which Croatia won.

Group B

	Result
Portugal	3-0	Slovenia
Austria	2: 3	Slovakia
Portugal	3: 2	Austria
Slovenia	3: 2	Slovakia
Portugal	3: 1	Slovakia
Austria	2: 3	Slovenia

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Portugal	9: 3	33:18	6th
2	Slovenia	6: 7	23:27	5
3	Slovakia	6: 8	28:30	4th
4th	Austria	6: 9	27:36	3

	Quarter finals
	Play for 9-16 place

In Group B, Portugal and Austria were the winners of the last two European Championships. However, Austria surprisingly lost its three games, albeit all of them just 2: 3. Slovakia, which had eliminated England third in qualifying , only won the game against Austria and was eliminated, while Portugal made it into the main round ahead of Slovenia.

Group C

	Result
Sweden	3-0	Russia
Greece	3-0	Luxembourg
Sweden	3-0	Greece
Russia	3-0	Luxembourg
Sweden	3-0	Luxembourg
Greece	3-0	Russia

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Sweden	9-0	27: 3	6th
2	Greece	6: 3	19:13	5
3	Russia	3: 6	14:21	4th
4th	Luxembourg	0: 9	4:27	3

	Quarter finals
	Play for 9-16 place

In Group C, Greece benefited from the fact that Russia relied primarily on young players and, after victories over Luxembourg - qualified only by its status as hosts for the Championship Division - and Russia took second place. Sweden, as a co-favorite for the title, was safely first. All games in this group ended with a clear 3-0.

Group D

	Result
France	3: 1	Poland
Romania	1: 3	Ukraine
France	3: 1	Romania
Poland	0: 3	Ukraine
France	3: 2	Ukraine
Romania	3: 1	Poland

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	France	9: 4	33:17	6th
2	Ukraine	8: 4	27:21	5
3	Romania	5: 7	18:28	4th
4th	Poland	2: 9	17:29	3

	Quarter finals
	Play for 9-16 place

France, bronze medalist at the last European Championship, competed with the reigning individual European champion - Emmanuel Lebesson - and runner-up - Simon Gauzy - and won all games, but only narrowly against Ukraine. Ukraine beat the favored teams from Poland and Romania surprisingly clearly and moved into the main round, while Romania secured third place in a duel with Poland.

Main round

With Germany, Portugal and France, three of the four favorites won their games in the quarter-finals. Slovenia, which only finished 25th in the last European Championship, surprisingly beat fellow favorites Sweden 3-2. In the semi-finals, Slovenia was able to score two points against Germany, making it the only team to win an individual against the reigning runner-up. The other semi-final was only ended in the decisive set of the decisive fifth individual despite a 2-0 deficit by France and went 3-2 to Portugal. In the final - a new edition of the 2014 final - Timo Boll and Marcos Freitas met in the first game . After Boll scored five points in a row with a score of 2: 2 and 7:10 and thus won the individual, the rest of the game took a clearer course and ended 3-0 for Germany.

	Quarter-finals (15.9.)					Semi-finals (16.9.)					Final (17.9.)
	Germany		3
	Ukraine		0
						Germany		3
						Slovenia		2
	Slovenia		3
	Sweden		2
											Germany		3
											Portugal		0
	France		3
	Greece		0
						France		2
						Portugal		3
	Croatia		1
	Portugal		3

Germany	Portugal	3-0
Timo Boll	Marcos Freitas	3: 2 (9:11, 11: 7, 13:15, 11: 5, 12:10)
Dimitrij Ovtcharov	Tiago Apolonia	3: 0 (11: 6, 11: 7, 11: 9)
Patrick Franziska	João Monteiro	3: 1 (10:12, 11: 6, 11: 9, 11: 5)
Trainer: Jörg Rosskopf	Trainer: Guoping Kong

Placement games

for space	Team 1	Result	Team 2	for space	Team 1	Result	Team 2	for space	Team 1	Result	Team 2
5-8	Ukraine	1: 3	Sweden	5	Sweden	3: 1	Croatia
	Greece	1: 3	Croatia	7th	Ukraine	3: 1	Greece
9-16	Russia	1: 3	Austria	9-12	Austria	3: 1	Romania	9	Austria	2: 3	Spain
	Belarus	1: 3	Romania		Poland	1: 3	Spain	11	Romania	3: 1	Poland
	Slovakia	2: 3	Poland	13-16	Russia	3-0	Belarus	13	Russia	1: 3	Slovakia
	Luxembourg	0: 3	Spain		Slovakia	3: 1	Luxembourg	15th	Belarus	3: 2	Luxembourg

Challenge Division

Group E

	Result
England	0: 3	Netherlands
Denmark	3-0	Ireland
England	1: 3	Denmark
Netherlands	3-0	Ireland
England	3: 1	Ireland
Denmark	3: 1	Netherlands

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Denmark	9: 2	29:13	6th
2	Netherlands	7: 3	23:17	5
3	England	4: 7	19:24	4th
4th	Ireland	1: 9	12:29	3

	Games for 17th–24th place
	Games for places 25–32

Group F.

	Result
Czech Republic	3-0	Bulgaria
Turkey	3-0	Switzerland
Czech Republic	0: 3	Turkey
Bulgaria	1: 3	Switzerland
Czech Republic	3-0	Switzerland
Turkey	3-0	Bulgaria

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Turkey	9-0	27: 5	6th
2	Czech Republic	6: 3	18:12	5
3	Switzerland	3: 7	13:23	4th
4th	Bulgaria	1: 9	10:28	3

	Games for 17th–24th place
	Games for places 25–32

Group G

	Result
Hungary	3-0	Finland
Belgium	3-0	Estonia
Hungary	2: 3	Belgium
Finland	3-0	Estonia
Hungary	3-0	Estonia
Belgium	3-0	Finland

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Belgium	9: 2	29:10	6th
2	Hungary	8: 3	24:12	5
3	Finland	3: 6	11:21	4th
4th	Estonia	0: 9	6:27	3

	Games for 17th–24th place
	Games for places 25–32

Group H.

	Result
Italy	3-0	Israel
Serbia	1: 3	Lithuania
Italy	3-0	Serbia
Israel	2: 3	Lithuania
Italy	3-0	Lithuania
Serbia	0: 3	Israel

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Italy	9-0	27: 6	6th
2	Lithuania	6: 6	20:29	5
3	Israel	5: 6	25:20	4th
4th	Serbia	1: 9	11:28	3

	Games for 17th–24th place
	Games for places 25–32

Placement games

for space	Team 1	Result	Team 2	for space	Team 1	Result	Team 2	for space	Team 1	Result	Team 2
17-24	Denmark	3: 1	Lithuania	17-20	Denmark	3: 1	Belgium	17th	Denmark	3-0	Turkey
	Czech Republic	1: 3	Belgium		Hungary	1: 3	Turkey	19th	Belgium	3: 1	Hungary
	Italy	0: 3	Hungary	21-24	Lithuania	0: 3	Czech Republic	21st	Czech Republic	3: 1	Italy
	Netherlands	0: 3	Turkey		Italy	3: 1	Netherlands	23	Lithuania	2: 3	Netherlands
25-32	England	3-0	Serbia	25-28	England	3: 2	Switzerland	25th	England	3: 2	Finland
	Estonia	1: 3	Switzerland		Israel	2: 3	Finland	27	Switzerland	2: 3	Israel
	Israel	3: 1	Bulgaria	29-32	Serbia	3: 1	Estonia	29	Serbia	3-0	Bulgaria
	Ireland	2: 3	Finland		Bulgaria	3-0	Ireland	31	Estonia	1: 3	Ireland

Standard Division

Group I.

	Result
Latvia	2: 3	Cyprus
Azerbaijan	3: 2	Montenegro
Latvia	3: 2	Azerbaijan
Norway	3: 1	Cyprus
Norway	2: 3	Montenegro
Azerbaijan	3: 1	Cyprus
Latvia	3: 2	Norway
Montenegro	3: 2	Cyprus
Latvia	2: 3	Montenegro
Norway	1: 3	Azerbaijan

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Azerbaijan	11: 7	35:30	7th
2	Montenegro	11: 9	42:43	7th
3	Latvia	10:10	42:36	6th
4th	Norway	8:10	34:38	5
5	Cyprus	7:11	34:40	5

	Games for 33–36
	Games for place 37-40
	Game for place 41

Group J

	Result
Scotland	3-0	North Macedonia
Kosovo	0: 3	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scotland	3-0	Kosovo
Wales	3-0	North Macedonia
Wales	1: 3	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Kosovo	1: 3	North Macedonia
Scotland	3: 1	Wales
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3-0	North Macedonia
Scotland	0: 3	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wales	3-0	Kosovo

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	12: 1	37: 9	8th
2	Scotland	9: 4	32:17	7th
3	Wales	8: 6	27:23	6th
4th	North Macedonia	3:10	15:36	5
5	Kosovo	1:12	10:36	4th

	Games for 33–36
	Games for place 37-40
	Game for place 41

Placement games

for space	Team 1	Result	Team 2	for space	Team 1	Result	Team 2
33-34	Azerbaijan	3: 1	Scotland	33	Azerbaijan	3: 2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	Montenegro	1: 3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	35	Scotland	1: 3	Montenegro
37-38	Latvia	3-0	North Macedonia	37	Latvia	3: 2	Norway
	Norway	3: 2	Wales	39	North Macedonia	0: 3	Wales
41	Cyprus	3-0	Kosovo

Women

Final placements

space	Championship Division	space	Challenge Division	space	Standard Division
	Romania (2)	17th	Slovenia (19)	33	Norway (-)
	Germany (1)	18th	Switzerland (26)	34	Estonia (29)
	Netherlands (12)	19th	Italy (23)	35	Bosnia and Herzegovina (-)
	Russia (3)	20th	Azerbaijan (30)	36	Latvia (-)
5	Hungary (10)	21st	Serbia (11)	37	Scotland (-)
6th	Austria (6)	22nd	Turkey (18)	38	North Macedonia (-)
7th	Poland (5)	23	England (22)
8th	Portugal (8)	24	Lithuania (21)
9	Czech Republic (7)	25th	Belgium (25)
10	France (9)	26th	Greece (24)
11	Luxembourg (13)	27	Slovakia (16)
12	Sweden (14)	28	Wales (-)
13	Ukraine (3)	29	Israel (-)
14th	Croatia (20)	30th	Bulgaria (27)
15th	Belarus (15)	31	Denmark (-)
16	Spain (17)	32	Finland (28)
the previous year's ranking in brackets

Championship Division

Group A

	Result
Germany	3: 1	Sweden
Hungary	3-0	Croatia
Germany	3-0	Hungary
Sweden	3: 1	Croatia
Germany	3: 1	Croatia
Hungary	3-0	Sweden

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Germany	9: 2	29:10	6th
2	Hungary	6: 3	19:15	5
3	Sweden	4: 7	22:24	4th
4th	Croatia	2: 9	9:30	3

	Quarter finals
	Play for 9-16 place

Group B

	Result
Romania	3-0	Netherlands
Czech Republic	2: 3	Luxembourg
Romania	3: 1	Czech Republic
Netherlands	3: 1	Luxembourg
Romania	3: 1	Luxembourg
Czech Republic	0: 3	Netherlands

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Romania	9: 2	30:13	6th
2	Netherlands	6: 4	23:20	5
3	Luxembourg	5: 8	24:29	4th
4th	Czech Republic	3: 9	16:31	3

	Quarter finals
	Play for 9-16 place

Group C

	Result
Austria	3: 1	Ukraine
Portugal	3: 1	Spain
Austria	3: 2	Portugal
Ukraine	3-0	Spain
Austria	2: 3	Spain
Portugal	3: 2	Ukraine

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Austria	8: 6	31:21	5
2	Portugal	8: 6	26:27	5
3	Ukraine	6: 6	23:21	4th
4th	Spain	4: 8	16:27	4th

	Quarter finals
	Play for 9-16 place

Group D

	Result
Poland	3-0	France
Russia	3: 1	Belarus
Poland	1: 3	Russia
France	3: 2	Belarus
Poland	3-0	Belarus
Russia	3: 1	France

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Russia	9: 3	29:17	6th
2	Poland	7: 3	24:15	5
3	France	4: 8	21:25	4th
4th	Belarus	3: 9	15:32	3

	Quarter finals
	Play for 9-16 place

Main round

	Quarter-finals (15.9.)					Semi-finals (16.9.)					Final (17.9.)
	Germany		3
	Poland		0
						Germany		3
						Netherlands		2
	Netherlands		3
	Austria		2
											Germany		2
											Romania		3
	Russia		3
	Hungary		1
						Russia		0
						Romania		3
	Portugal		0
	Romania		3

Germany	Romania	2: 3
Han Ying	Elizabeta Samara	2: 3 (11: 9, 10:12, 11: 9, 8:11, 7:11)
Shan Xiaona	Daniela Dodean	3: 0 (11: 6, 11: 6, 11: 7)
Nina Mittelham	Bernadette Szőcs	1: 3 (5:11, 5:11, 11: 6, 6:11)
Shan Xiaona	Elizabeta Samara	3: 1 (11: 8, 11: 9, 15:17, 11: 3)
Han Ying	Daniela Dodean	1: 3 (4:11, 4:11, 11: 4, 10:12)
Trainer: Jie Schöpp	Trainer: Viorel Filimon

Placement games

for space	Team 1	Result	Team 2	for space	Team 1	Result	Team 2	for space	Team 1	Result	Team 2
5-8	Poland	1: 3	Austria	5	Austria	2: 3	Hungary
	Hungary	3: 1	Portugal	7th	Poland	3-0	Portugal
9-16	Sweden	3-0	Belarus	9-12	Sweden	0: 3	Czech Republic	9	Czech Republic	3: 1	France
	Czech Republic	3-0	Ukraine		Luxembourg	1: 3	France	11	Sweden	0: 3	Luxembourg
	Luxembourg	3-0	Croatia	13-16	Belarus	2: 3	Ukraine	13	Ukraine	3-0	Croatia
	Spain	0: 3	France		Croatia	3: 1	Spain	15th	Belarus	3: 2	Spain

Challenge Division

Group E

	Result
Slovakia	2: 3	Switzerland
Lithuania	3: 2	Finland
Slovakia	1: 3	Lithuania
Switzerland	3-0	Finland
Slovakia	3-0	Finland
Lithuania	0: 3	Switzerland

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Switzerland	9: 2	30:11	6th
2	Lithuania	6: 6	23:20	5
3	Slovakia	6: 6	22:26	4th
4th	Finland	2: 9	11:29	3

	Games for 17th–24th place
	Games for places 25–32

Group F.

	Result
Serbia	0: 3	Italy
Belgium	3: 1	Denmark
Serbia	3-0	Belgium
Italy	3-0	Denmark
Serbia	3-0	Denmark
Belgium	1: 3	Italy

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Italy	9: 1	27: 8	6th
2	Serbia	6: 3	22: 9	5
3	Belgium	4: 7	13:26	4th
4th	Denmark	1: 9	8:27	3

	Games for 17th–24th place
	Games for places 25–32

Group G

	Result
Turkey	2: 3	Azerbaijan
Wales	3: 1	Bulgaria
Turkey	3: 2	Wales
Azerbaijan	3: 2	Bulgaria
Turkey	3-0	Bulgaria
Wales	1: 3	Azerbaijan

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Azerbaijan	9: 5	30:23	6th
2	Turkey	8: 5	33:20	5
3	Wales	6: 7	22:29	4th
4th	Bulgaria	3: 9	18:31	3

	Games for 17th–24th place
	Games for places 25–32

Group H.

	Result
England	3: 1	Greece
Slovenia	3: 1	Israel
England	2: 3	Slovenia
Greece	3: 1	Israel
England	3: 1	Israel
Slovenia	3: 2	Greece

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Slovenia	9: 5	31:22	6th
2	England	8: 5	29:22	5
3	Greece	6: 7	24:28	4th
4th	Israel	3: 9	18:30	3

	Games for 17th–24th place
	Games for places 25–32

Placement games

for space	Team 1	Result	Team 2	for space	Team 1	Result	Team 2	for space	Team 1	Result	Team 2
17-24	Switzerland	3: 2	Serbia	17-20	Switzerland	3-0	Azerbaijan	17th	Switzerland	1: 3	Slovenia
	England	2: 3	Azerbaijan		Slovenia	3: 2	Italy	19th	Azerbaijan	2: 3	Italy
	Slovenia	3: 1	Turkey	21-24	Serbia	3: 1	England	21st	Serbia	3: 1	Turkey
	Lithuania	2: 3	Italy		Turkey	3: 2	Lithuania	23	England	3-0	Lithuania
25-32	Greece	3-0	Denmark	25-28	Greece	3: 2	Slovakia	25th	Greece	1: 3	Belgium
	Bulgaria	2: 3	Slovakia		Wales	0: 3	Belgium	27	Slovakia	3: 2	Wales
	Wales	3: 1	Israel	29-32	Denmark	0: 3	Bulgaria	29	Bulgaria	1: 3	Israel
	Finland	1: 3	Belgium		Israel	3: 1	Finland	31	Denmark	3: 2	Finland

Standard Division

Group I.

	Result
Norway	3: 1	North Macedonia
Estonia	3-0	Scotland
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3-0	Latvia
Norway	3-0	Scotland
Estonia	3: 1	Latvia
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3-0	North Macedonia
Norway	3-0	Latvia
Estonia	3: 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scotland	3: 1	North Macedonia
Norway	3-0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Estonia	3-0	North Macedonia
Latvia	3-0	Scotland
Norway	3: 2	Estonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3: 2	Scotland
Latvia	3-0	North Macedonia

rank	country	Games	sentences	Points
1	Norway	15: 3	47:17	10
2	Estonia	14: 5	45:22	9
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10: 8	34:32	8th
4th	Latvia	7: 9	25:29	7th
5	Scotland	5:13	24:41	6th
6th	North Macedonia	2:15	12:46	4th

useful information

• The youngest participant was Anna Hursey (Wales) at the age of eleven.

ETTU Congress

At the ETTU Congress it was decided to divide the European Team Championship into a two-stage qualification phase and a final phase with only 24 teams.

Web links

• Official website
• The EM on the side of the ITTF

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ettu.org - Luxembourg hosts 2017 European Championships Team Events (accessed September 24, 2016)
2. ↑ ettu.org - LIEBHERR 2017 ITTF European championships draw on Wednesday at 17:30 (accessed on July 11, 2017)
3. ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2017/10 page 7
4. ↑ ettu.org - Final Stage of European Championships with 24 teams starting from 2018 (English) (accessed on September 20, 2017) + magazine tischtennis , 2017/10 page 7 (German)