European Championships
The European Championships 2008.
Nine days of intense action in St Petersburg, Russia ...  The European Table Tennis Championships first took place in 1958 in Hungary.
Initially it was a biennial event, taking place in even numbered years, but now it's held every year during the months of September or October. 2008 saw St Petersburg, Russia host this prestigious event from 4-12 October. So what events are included in the European Championships?  Events included
The European Championship events are ...
Format of events Team Events ... For the team events a division format is used. 16 teams make up the Championships Division whilst 16 teams are in the Challenge Division and the remaining teams make up a Standard Division. Only teams in the Championships Division can win the title of European Champions. In the Championships Division, the teams are seeded into four groups. Each team competes against the other three teams in their group and matches are the best of five sets. The winner and runner-up of each group then advance to the quarter finals whereupon the competition is a straight knock-out, best of five sets. Individual Events ... Individual events are played on a knockout basis. Matches in individual events are the best of 7 games, except doubles events up to the quarter-finals, which are the best of 5 games. There are a maximum 128 places in the 1st round proper of the singles events and not more than 64 places in the 1st round proper of men's and women's doubles events. Qualification rounds will be in groups of 3 to 8 players using a knock-out system.
Numbers An Association can only enter one team in each team event and they can enter up to 5 players in a men's team and up to 5 players in a women's team. For the individual events the organising Association can enter up to 16 players, consisting of not more than 10 men and not more than 10 women. Any other Association can enter up to 10 players, consisting of not more than 6 men and not more than 6 women. Within these limits different players can be entered for the team events and for the singles and doubles.
Seeding Seeding for team events will be on the basis of the final positions in the previous European Championships. Seeding for individual events will be based on the last European Ranking List published before the championships. Seeding for doubles events will be on the basis of a seeding list prepared by the Ranking Committee.
2007 medallists The last European Table Tennis Championships were held in Belgrade, Serbia in 2007 and the winners and runners-up were ... | | Winner | Runner-up | | MT | Germany | Croatia | | WT | Hungary | Russia | | MS | T. Boll (GER) | V. Samsonov (BLR) | | WS | Li Jiao (NED) | Ni Xialian (LUX) | | MD | T. Boll/C. Suess (GER) | L. Blaszczyk /R. Tan (POL) | | WD | V. Pavlovich/S. Ganina (BLR/RUS) | K. Toth/G. Pota (HUN) | | XD | A. Karakasevic/R. Paskauskiene (SRB/LTU) | F. Kuzmin/O. Faadeva (RUS) |
2008 Results The 2008 European Table Tennis Championships
St Petersburg, Russia ...
The 2008 European Table Tennis Championships were a
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