Only one team managed to win two sets against them, and that was the Hungarian team, which lost three match points.
In the quarter-finals, the host Swedish team, which bid farewell to the Hungarian team, won the gold medal and the accompanying Olympic quota in Paris at the European Championship for the Malmö table tennis team.
In the final match on Sunday, the Scandinavian team defeated defending champion Germany 3-1. On Friday, the Hungarian national team lost to Sweden 3-2 from three points in the match.
The tournament that ended on Sunday was also South Korea’s continental competition to qualify for next February’s World Cup finals: the quarter-finalists – including Hungary’s men – qualify automatically, with the other four places going to the final eight teams. Which will occupy the best positions in the world rankings for October.
Video: After amazing ball matches, the Swedes win the European Table Tennis Championship
results:
finals:
men:
Sweden – Germany 3-1
Trouls Moergaarde-Benedikt Duda 3-0 (4, 8, 12)
Matthias Falk-Timo Boll 2-3 (8, 10, -8, -7, -10)
Christian Karlsson-Kai Stamper 3-2 (5, -7, 3, -11, 4)
Morgardh Paul 3-2 (6, 8, -4, -6, 5)
Defending its title, the German team won the women’s competition, thus securing a share in next year’s Olympic Games in Paris. The team clashed with the Romanians in the final match on Sunday and won 3-0. The Germans won the tournament without losing a single match, winning all their matches by a score of 3-0. The Hungarian women’s national team exited the round of 16.
The tournament that ends on Sunday is the continental competition that qualifies the South Korean national team for the World Cup next February: those who qualify for the quarter-finals – including the men from Hungary – qualify automatically, and the other four places go to the teams in the eighth round that will qualify. Occupying the best positions in the world rankings for the month of October.
a result:
finals:
slim:
Germany – Romania 3-0
Xiaona Chan-Elisabetta Samara 3-0 (6, 8, 8)
Ying Han Szcz Bernadette 3-1 (-14, 8, 8, 10)
Nina Mittleham-Adina Diacono 3-2 (-5, 9, -8, 6, 10)
Cover Photo:
epa10865429 Team Sweden’s Trulls Møregaard (2 right) celebrates after defeating France’s Alexis Lebrun in the semi-finals at the European Team Table Tennis Championships in Malmö, Sweden, September 16, 2023. EPA/Johan Nilsson SWEDEN OUT
