European table tennis championship
The European Table Tennis Championship (TT-EM) for adults has been held annually since 2008. Previously it took place every 2 years, namely (since 2003) in the years with an odd number. In the same year the individual world championship took place. In the "even" years, however, the table tennis team world championship is held.
The TT-EM was introduced in 1958, the organizer is the European TT-Union ETTU . European championships for juniors have been held annually since 1955. In 1995 a European Championship for seniors (active people aged 40 and over) took place in Vienna for the first time .
In 2003 the ETTU Congress decided to limit the number of teams to 16 at future European Championships. The teams should qualify through the Europa League . In 2006 it was decided that the event would be held annually in autumn. The previous qualifications and the mixed competitions, which have been held in a separate mixed European championship since 2009, are omitted. From 2012, only the single and double competitions should be held in even years, the team competitions will be dropped. Since there was no organizer for this in 2014, there were only team competitions this year. Singles, doubles and team competitions are played in odd years.
The qualification mode has been changed several times. In 2009, the European Nations League was introduced as a follow-up event to the Europa League . Since 2013, the European Championship qualification has taken place in a competition where the national teams compete against each other in one place within a week. First, the game is played in two groups of six in the mode everyone against everyone. The first and second placed start at the European Championship in the quarter finals, places three to five start in the second round.
European TT championships for women and men
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From 2009 to 2013 the European Mixed Championships were held as a separate competition. In 2015 there was no mixed competition, since 2016 it has been a normal part of the European Championships again.
European TT Championships for Juniors
These championships were launched by the DTTB in 1955. The focus was on the motive that young people from Europe should get to know each other. The event was called the European Youth Meeting . Because of the acceptance, the tournament was repeated annually in different countries. Initially the tournaments were carried out under the responsibility of the world association ITTF , from 1964 the European association ETTU took over the implementation.
In February 2017, a European championship for the U21 age group was held for the first time.
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U21 European Championship
| year | place | Men's singles | Ladies singles | Men's doubles | Ladies doubles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Sochi | Tomislav Pucar (CRO) | Chantal Mantz (GER) | Anders Lind / Alexander Valuch (DEN / SVK) | Chantal Mantz / Wan Yuan (GER) |
politics
- In 1962, the Eastern Bloc countries protested against West Berlin as the venue. After the European table tennis association ETTU insisted on West Berlin, the states of Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania and the Soviet Union boycotted the event. Yugoslavia took part in the EM.
- In 1964, the Swedish organizers changed the inscription on the sign of the invasion event to "West Germany" (instead of Federal Republic of Germany). The FRG team then threatened to leave early, which the Swedes prevented with a reasonable apology.
philately
In the course of time, various postage stamps related to table tennis appeared:
- In 1958, on the occasion of the 1st European Championship, Hungary published a sports series, the set consisted of 7 values ( Michel catalog no. 1542–1548). The brands with a value of 20 fillers and 30 fillers had table tennis motifs. They were perforated with a print run of 60,000 and cut with a print run of 20,000. A special stamp was used in Budapest for this European Championship.
- In 1976, a special stamp with a table tennis motif appeared in the CSSR (Michel no. 2311).
- In 1982 Hungary issued a special stamp worth 2 forints (Michel catalog no. 2547), namely a perforated version with an edition of almost 4 million pieces and an imperforate version with an edition of 7600 pieces.
- In 1984 there was a special stationary from the USSR for the European Championship in Moscow.
- On March 23, 2007, the Serbian Post issued a postage stamp (Michel no. 185), printed in small sheets of 9 postage stamps, and 1 stamp block (Michel no. Block 1). There was also a first day special cancellation in Belgrade.
- On September 23, 2011, the Polish Post issued a special stationary (postcard) for the 2011 European Championships in Gdańsk / Poland. The imprinted postage stamp (value stamp) shows the motif table tennis.
- The following postage stamp issues have been issued so far for the European Junior and Youth Championships:
- July 18, 1968 USSR (Michel No. 3513),
- June 30, 1992 CSSR (Michel-No. 3121),
- July 5, 2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Michel no. 454) printed in miniature sheets of 10 stamps.
literature
Youth EMs
- 1956 in Opatija: DTS magazine , 1956/14, page 3
- 1963 in Duisburg: DTS magazine , 1963/15, page 2
- 1965 in Prague: DTS magazine , 1965/14, pages 2-4
- 1975 in Zagreb: DTS magazine , 1975/16, pages 5–22
- 1976 in Mödling: DTS magazine , 1976/15, pages 5-8
- 1979 in Rome: Zeitschrift DTS , 1979/15, pages 5-10, 1979/16, pages 5-10, 1979/17, pages 5-12, 1979/18, pages 20-24
- 1981 in Topoľčany: DTS magazine , 1981/16, pages 3–11 + 1981/17 pages 3–8
- 1982 in Hollabrunn: DTS magazine , 1982/15, pages 5–12 + 33–36
- 1984 in Linz: DTS magazine , 1984/8 pages 5–16
- 1985 in The Hague: DTS magazine , 1985/8, pages 5-16 + DTS 1985/9 page 37
- 1986 in Louvain-de-Neuve: DTS magazine , 1986/8, pages 28-40
- 1987 in Athens: DTS magazine , 1987/8 pages 4-13
- 1988 in Novi Sad: DTS magazine , 1988/9 pages 4-14
- 1989 in Luxembourg: DTS magazine , 1989/8 pages 4–13
- 1990 in Hollabrunn: DTS magazine , 1990/8 pages 32–33 and pages 38–43
- 1991 in Granada: DTS magazine , 1991/8 pages 50–53 + 1991/9 pages 38–43
- 1992 in Topolcany: DTS magazine , 1992/8 pages 46–53 + 1992/9 page 30
- 1993 in Ljubljana: DTS magazine , 1993/8 pages 22-23 + 47-53
- 1994 in Paris: DTS magazine , 1994/8 pages 39–42 + 46–47
- 1995 in The Hague: DTS magazine , 1995/8 page 50 + 1995/9 page 4-7
- 1996 in Frydek-Mistek: DTS magazine , 1996/8 pages 22-23 + pages 54-56
- 1997 in Topoľčany: DTS magazine , 1997/8 pages 32–37
- 1998 in Norcia: DTS magazine , 1998/8 pages 34–35 + 38–43
- 1999 in Frýdek-Místek: DTS magazine , 1999/8 pages 34–40
- 2000 in Bratislava: DTS magazine , 2000/8 pages 12-21
- 2001 in Terni: DTS magazine , 2001/8 pages 42 + 44–51
- 2002 in Moscow: DTS magazine , 2002/8 pages 12–18 + 46–47
- 2003 in Novi Sad: DTS magazine , 2003/8 pages 24-25 + 32-36
- 2004 in Budapest: magazine tischtennis , 2004/8 pages 44–50 + 52–53
- 2005 in Prague: tischtennis magazine , 2005/8 pages 12–21
- 2006 in Sarajevo: magazine tischtennis , 2006/8 pages 8–24
- 2007 in Bratislava: table tennis magazine , 2007/8 pages 32–44
- 2008 in Terni: tischtennis magazine , 2008/8 pages 24–30 + pages 44–45
- 2010 in Istanbul: magazine tischtennis , 2010/8 pages 24–27 + 32–39
- 2011 in Kazan: magazine tischtennis , 2011/8 pages 18–20 + 22–28
- 2012 in Schwechat: magazine tischtennis , 2012/8 pages 35–43
Adult EMs
- Jupp Schlaf : Chronicle of the European Championships 1958–1978 , DTS magazine 1978/5, pages 56–60
- Winfried Stöckmann: EM-histories , magazine DTS 1991/9 pages 34-36, 1991/10 pages 26-27, 1991/11 page 28, 1991/12 pages 32-33, 1992/1 pages 42-43, 1992/2 Pages 22-24, 1992/3 pages 18,21,22
- ETTU: European Championships - as of November 2010 ( memento from November 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) . Retrieved June 14, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1995/7 page 34
- ↑ DTS magazine , 2003/4 page 21
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2006/5 page 42
- ↑ a b European Mixed Doubles Championships archive ( Memento from October 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed on August 9, 2012)
- ↑ Table tennis EM 2014 as a team tournament in Portugal Frankfurter Rundschau online, accessed on October 17, 2014.
- ^ Resolution of the ETTU Congress 2010 during the World Cup in Moscow ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2009/3 page 18
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2012/8 page 6
- ↑ Magazine DTS , 1963/10 edition west side 12
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1966/16 issue Süd-West, page 2
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2017/2 pages 17–18 + page 21
- ↑ The world association ITTF did not recognize this tournament as official, as East German athletes were not allowed to enter. - DTS magazine , 1966/16 issue Süd-West page 2
- ↑ Magazine DTS , 1978/5 Page 10
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1978/5 page 58
- ↑ a b Journal DTS 1980/14 page 40f
- ↑ DTS magazine 1982/16 page 14
