European Table Tennis Championships 2009

The European TT 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.

2009 sees Stuttgart, Germany host this prestigious event from 13-20 September.

The European Table Tennis Championships events are ...

• Mens Team
• Womens Team
• Mens Singles
• Womens Singles
• Mens Doubles
• Womens Doubles

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.

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.

Seeding will be on the basis of the final positions in the previous European Championships.

Teams consist of 3 players.

Each match consists of up to 5 singles and shall be played on 1 table.

The order of play will be A v X, B v Y, C v Z, A v Y, B v X, and the match will end when a team has won 3 individual matches, each the best of 5 games.

The European Table Tennis Championships 2009 men's groups for the Championships Division are ...

Group A - Germany, Denmark, France, Spain

Group B - Belarus, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia

Group C - Czech Republic, Sweden, Hungary, Belgium

Group D - Croatia, Austria, Russia, Poland

The last European Table Tennis Championships were held in St Petersburg, Russia in 2008 and the winners were Germany, and runners-up were Belarus.

Championships Division

Group A - Germany, Denmark, France, Spain

1. Germany 3-1 France
2. Denmark 3-1 Spain
3. Germany 3-0 Denmark
4. France 3-0 Spain
5. Germany 3-0 Spain
6. Denmark 3-1 France

• Group A Winners = Germany
• Group A Runners-up = Denmark

Group B - Belarus, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia

1. Belarus 3-2 Serbia
2. Romania 3-2 Slovenia
3. Belarus 3-0 Romania
4. Serbia 3-1 Slovenia
5. Belarus 3-1 Slovenia
6. Romania 3-1 Serbia

• Group B Winners = Belarus
• Group B Runners-up = Romania

Group C - Czech Republic, Sweden, Hungary, Belgium

1. Hungary 3-2 Belgium
2. Czech Republic 3-1 Sweden
3. Sweden 3-2 Belgium
4. Hungary 3-2 Czech Republic
5. Czech Republic 3-0 Belgium
6. Sweden 3-1 Hungary

• Group C Winners = Czech Republic
• Group C Runners-up = Sweden

Group D - Croatia, Austria, Russia, Poland

1. Croatia 3-2 Austria
2. Russia 3-2 Poland
3. Austria 3-2 Russia
4. Croatia 3-2 Poland
5. Austria 3-1 Poland
6. Croatia 3-2 Russia

• Group D Winners = Croatia
• Group D Runners-up = Austria

Quarter Finals

Germany 3-1 Sweden

Romania 3-2 Croatia

Denmark 3-0 Czech Republic

Austria 3-1 Belarus

Semi Finals

Germany 3-0 Romania

Denmark 3-1 Austria

Final

Germany 3-2 Denmark