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European Championships 2015
Women's Doubles
The 2015 European Championships were held in Ekaterinburg, Russia from 25 September-4 October. Get all the details and results for the Women's Doubles here...
By Martin Hughes
Owner and Editor
Russia won the right to host the European Championships in 2015 following their successful bid to the European Table Tennis Union.
But it was in 1958, in Hungary, that the European Championships first took place and you can read all about the history of the championships, and get previous results, here.
Initially the Championships were a biennial event, taking place in even numbered years, but now it's held annually during September/October.
European Championships 2015
For more information about each event, click on these links...
| Men's Team | Women's Team | |
| Men's Singles | Women's Singles | |
| Men's Doubles | Women's Doubles |
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So where was it held?
Venue and Equipment
The 2015 European Championships were played at the International Exhibition Center - Ekaterinburg-Expo.
The equipment used was...
- Tables: Tibhar (blue)
- Balls: Nittaku 40+ (white)
- Flooring: Gerflor (red)
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So let's now take a look at the...
Format and draw for the Women's Doubles
The organising Association (Russia) could enter up to 10 women and any other Association could enter up to 7 women for the women's events.
There were a maximum of 32 places in the first round proper for the women's doubles.
Qualification matches were in groups of not less than 4 pairs and played on a round-robin basis.
The main event was played as a knock-out competition.
Matches in the qualification stage, and in the main competition prior to the quarter-finals, were the best of 5 games.
The quarter-finals, semi-finals and final of the women's doubles were the best of 7 games.
Seeding were done on the basis of a seeding list prepared by the Ranking Committee.
The draw took place the day before the women's doubles started.
Trophies were presented to the winners.
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Who were the...
Defending champions
The Women's Doubles were last held in 2013 in Schwechat, Austria and the winners were Petrissa Solja and Sabine Winter (Germany), and the runners-up were Zhenqi Barthel and Xiaona Shan (Germany).
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Here are the results for the 2015 matches...
2015 Women's Doubles Results
Round One
Friday 2 October 2015
| (Seeding) Names (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Names (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) SHAN, Xiaona / SOLJA, Petrissa (Germany) |
3-0 | LOYEN Eline / LUNG Lisa (Belgium) |
| (11) EKHOLM, Matilda (Sweden) / RAKOVAC, Lea (Croatia) |
3-2 | CECHOVA Dana (Czech Republic) / PRIVALOVA Alexandra (Belarus) |
| (12) LI, Xue / XIAN, Yifang (France) |
3-2 | BARANOVA Olga / BLAZHKO Anna (Russia) |
| (5) POTA, Georgina (Hungary) / SAMARA, Elizabeta (Romania) |
3-0 | PICCOLIN Giorgia / VIVARELLI Debora (Italy) |
| (7) GRZYBOWSKA, Katarzyna / PARTYKA, Natalia (Poland) |
3-0 | GONDERINGER Tessy / KONSBRUCK Danielle (Luxembourg) |
| DVORAK Galia / XIAO Maria (Spain) |
3-1 | (15) NOSKOVA, Yana / TIKHOMIROVA, Anna (Russia) |
| ERDELJI Anamaria / FEHER Gabriela (Serbia) |
3-0 | (9) POLCANOVA, Sofia / SOLJA, Amelie (Austria) |
| (3) LI, Jie (Netherlands) / LI, Qian (Poland) |
3-0 | DIACONU Adina (Romania) / JEGER Mateja (Croatia) |
| (4) HU, Melek (Turkey) / SHEN, Yanfei (Spain) |
3-0 | BAJOR Natalia (Poland) / TROSMAN Nicole (Israel) |
| (10) SHAO, Jieni / YU, Fu (Portugal) |
3-2 | GUSEVA Ekaterina / PROKHOROVA Yulia (Russia) |
| (14) BALAZOVA, Barbora (Slovak Republic) MATELOVA, Hana (Czech Republic) |
3-0 | JONSSON Jennifer / KALLBERG Christina (Sweden) |
| (6) LIU, Jia (Austria) / VACENOVSKA, Iveta (Czech Republic) |
3-1 | FAJMUT Manca / GALIC Alex (Slovenia) |
| (8) DOLGIKH, Maria / MIKHAILOVA, Polina (Russia) |
3-0 | ARLOUSKAYA Alina / NIKITCHANKA Alina (Belarus) |
| MADARASZ Dora / PERGEL Szandra (Hungary) |
w/o | (13) BILENKO, Tetyana / GAPONOVA, Ganna (Ukraine) |
| (16) DE NUTTE, Sarah / NI, Xialian (Luxembourg) |
3-0 | HIRICI Cristina / POSTOACA Camelia (Romania) |
| (2) HAN, Ying / IVANCAN, Irene (Germany) |
3-0 | TAMASAUSKAITE Egle (Luxembourg) / ZANCANER Denisa (Italy) |
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Round Two
Friday 2 October 2015
| (Seeding) Names (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Names (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) SHAN, Xiaona / SOLJA, Petrissa (Germany) |
3-1 | (11) EKHOLM, Matilda (Sweden) / RAKOVAC, Lea (Croatia) |
| (5) POTA, Georgina (Hungary) / SAMARA, Elizabeta (Romania) |
3-0 | (12) LI, Xue / XIAN, Yifang (France) |
| (7) GRZYBOWSKA, Katarzyna / PARTYKA, Natalia (Poland) |
3-2 | DVORAK Galia / XIAO Maria (Spain) |
| (3) LI, Jie (Netherlands) / LI, Qian (Poland) |
3-2 | ERDELJI Anamaria / FEHER Gabriela (Serbia) |
| (4) HU, Melek (Turkey) / SHEN, Yanfei (Spain) |
3-0 | (10) SHAO, Jieni / YU, Fu (Portugal) |
| (14) BALAZOVA, Barbora (Slovak Republic) MATELOVA, Hana (Czech Republic) |
3-1 | (6) LIU, Jia (Austria) / VACENOVSKA, Iveta (Czech Republic) |
| (8) DOLGIKH, Maria / MIKHAILOVA, Polina (Russia) |
3-1 | MADARASZ Dora / PERGEL Szandra (Hungary) |
| (2) HAN, Ying / IVANCAN, Irene (Germany) |
3-2 | (16) DE NUTTE, Sarah / NI, Xialian (Luxembourg) |
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Quarter Finals
Saturday 3 October 2015
| (Seeding) Names (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Names (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (5) POTA, Georgina (Hungary) / SAMARA, Elizabeta (Romania) |
4-3 | (1) SHAN, Xiaona / SOLJA, Petrissa (Germany) |
| (3) LI, Jie (Netherlands) / LI, Qian (Poland) |
4-3 | (7) GRZYBOWSKA, Katarzyna / PARTYKA, Natalia (Poland) |
| (4) HU, Melek (Turkey) / SHEN, Yanfei (Spain) |
4-2 | (14) BALAZOVA, Barbora (Slovak Republic) MATELOVA, Hana (Czech Republic) |
| (2) HAN, Ying / IVANCAN, Irene (Germany) |
4-3 | (8) DOLGIKH, Maria / MIKHAILOVA, Polina (Russia) |
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Semi Finals
Saturday 3 October 2015
| (Seeding) Names (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Names (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (5) POTA, Georgina (Hungary) / SAMARA, Elizabeta (Romania) |
4-2 | (3) LI, Jie (Netherlands) / LI, Qian (Poland) |
| 13-11, 11-6, 9-11, 3-11, 11-7, 12-10 | ||
| (4) HU, Melek (Turkey) / SHEN, Yanfei (Spain) |
4-1 | (2) HAN, Ying / IVANCAN, Irene (Germany) |
| 16-14, 11-5, 13-11, 9-11, 14-12 |
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Final
Sunday 4 October 2015
| (Seeding) Names (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Names (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (4) HU, Melek (Turkey) / SHEN, Yanfei (Spain) |
4-1 | (5) POTA, Georgina (Hungary) / SAMARA, Elizabeta (Romania) |
| 11-4, 11-7, 11-9, 11-13, 11-4 |
2015 European Championships
Women's Doubles
GOLD MEDAL WINNERS
HU Melek (Turkey) / SHEN Yanfei (Spain)
SILVER MEDAL WINNERS
Georgina POTA (Hungary) / Elizabeta SAMARA (Romania)
Women's Doubles gold medal winners - Hu Melek (Turkey) / Shen Yanfei (Spain)
Women's Doubles silver medal winners - Georgina Pota (Hungary) / Elizabeta Samara (Romania)
Women's Doubles bronze medal winners
Li Jie (Netherlands) and Li Qian (Poland)
Han Ying and Irene Ivancan (Germany)
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