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European Championships 2016
Men's Singles
The 2016 European Championships were held in Budapest, Hungary from 18-23 October. Get all the details and results for the Men's Singles here...
By Martin Hughes
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Hungary won the right to host the European Championships in 2016 and they staged men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles events.
You can follow the links below to get more information about each event, together with the results.
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 2016
For more information about each event, click on these links...
| Men's Singles | Women's Singles | |
| Men's Doubles | Women's Doubles | |
| Mixed Doubles |
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So where was it held?
Venue and Equipment
The 2016 European Championships were played at Tuskecsarnok, Magyar tudosokkorutja 7, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary.
The equipment used was...
- Tables: Joola 3000SC (blue)
- Nets: Joola WM ULTRA
- Balls: Nittaku 40+ (white)
- Flooring: Gerflor-Taraflex (red)
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So let's take a look at the...
Qualification Criteria
In singles events each Association were entitled to enter a number of players according to the results of the previous year's European Championships team events as follows:
- Associations in positions 1-4: 5 players
- Associations in positions 5-14, 17-18: 4 players
- Associations in positions 15-16, 19-30: 3 players
- Associations in positions 31-56: 2 players
- Host Association: 5 players
In case of vacant places, one place will be allocated firstly to the 14 Associations with 3 players according to the ranking positions of the Associations, secondly if there are remaining places one place will be allocated to Associations with 2 players according to the ranking positions of the Associations.
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Format for the Men's Singles
There were a maximum of 64 places in the first round proper.
32 seeded players were directly placed in the first round proper. All remaining players were placed in a qualification stage, played in groups of not less than 4 players.
The main event was played as a knock-out competition.
All matches were the best of 7 games.
Seeding were done on the basis of the last World Ranking List published before the championships.
The draw took place on Sunday 16 October 2016.
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But who was the...
Defending champion
The previous Men's Singles were in 2015 in Ekaterinburg, Russia and the winner was Dimitrij Ovtcharov from Germany. The runner-up was Marcos Freitas from Portugal.
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So let's take a look at the...
List of competitors for the 2016 men's singles
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | TAPIA | Dorjan | - |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 3 | Austria | FEGERL | Stefan | 22 |
| 4 | Austria | GARDOS | Robert | 46 |
| 5 | Austria | HABESOHN | Daniel | - |
| 7 | Austria | SERDAROGLU | David | 313 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 8 | Belgium | ALLEGRO | Martin | 217 |
| 9 | Belgium | DEVOS | Robin | 120 |
| 10 | Belgium | LAMBIET | Florent | 186 |
| 11 | Belgium | NUYTINCK | Cedric | 95 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 12 | Belarus | KHANIN | Aliaksandr | 243 |
| 13 | Belarus | PLATONOV | Pavel | 159 |
| 14 | Belarus | SAMSONOV | Vladimir | 9 |
| 15 | Belarus | SHAMRUK | Gleb | 370 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 16 | Bulgaria | ALEXANDROV | Teodor | 396 |
| 17 | Bulgaria | KODJABASHEV | Denislav | 334 |
| 18 | Bulgaria | KRASTEV | Petyo | 295 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 19 | Croatia | GACINA | Andrej | 23 |
| 20 | Croatia | KOJIC | Frane | 162 |
| 21 | Croatia | KOLAREK | Tomislav | 172 |
| 22 | Croatia | PUCAR | Tomislav | 133 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 23 | Cyprus | HRISTONOV | Hristo | - |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 24 | Czech Republic | JANCARIK | Lubomir | 86 |
| 25 | Czech Republic | KONECNY | Tomas | 67 |
| 26 | Czech Republic | POLANSKY | Tomas | 205 |
| 27 | Czech Republic | PROKOPCOV | Dmitrij | 96 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 28 | Denmark | GROTH | Jonathan | 30 |
| 29 | Denmark | NIELSEN | Claus | 264 |
| 30 | Denmark | RASMUSSEN | Tobias | 247 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 31 | England | DRINKHALL | Paul | 34 |
| 32 | England | PITCHFORD | Liam | 49 |
| 33 | England | WALKER | Samuel | 118 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 34 | Spain | CANTERO | Jesus | - |
| 35 | Spain | DURAN | Marc | 178 |
| 36 | Spain | MACHADO | Carlos | - |
| 37 | Spain | ROBLES | Alvaro | 126 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 38 | Estonia | SMIRNOV | Aleksandr | - |
| 39 | Estonia | VAINULA | Vallot | - |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 40 | Finland | O'CONNOR | Miikka | 634 |
| 41 | Finland | OLAH | Benedek | 70 |
| 42 | Finland | TENNILA | Otto | 575 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 43 | France | BROSSIER | Benjamin | 86 |
| 44 | France | CASSIN | Alexandre | 153 |
| 45 | France | FLORE | Tristan | 71 |
| 46 | France | GAUZY | Simon | 19 |
| 47 | France | LEBESSON | Emmanuel | 38 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 48 | Germany | BOLL | Timo | 13 |
| 49 | Germany | DUDA | Benedikt | 83 |
| 50 | Germany | FRANZISKA | Patrick | 53 |
| 51 | Germany | MENGEL | Steffen | 74 |
| 52 | Germany | OVTCHAROV | Dimitrij | 6 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 53 | Greece | GIONIS | Panagiotis | 27 |
| 54 | Greece | KONSTANTINOPOULOS | Giorgos | 421 |
| 55 | Greece | PAPAGEORGIOU | Konstantinos | - |
| 56 | Greece | SGOUROPOULOS | Ioannis | 387 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 58 | Hungary | KOSIBA | Daniel | 146 |
| 59 | Hungary | LAKATOS | Tamas | 174 |
| 60 | Hungary | MAJOROS | Bence | 214 |
| 62 | Hungary | PATTANTYUS | Adam | 82 |
| 63 | Hungary | SZUDI | Adam | 182 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 64 | Ireland | ROBINSON | Ashley | 360 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 65 | Iceland | JONSSON | David | - |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 66 | Israel | BEN ARI | Omri | 251 |
| 67 | Israel | SIMON | Mathan | 484 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 68 | Italy | BOBOCICA | Mihai | 104 |
| 69 | Italy | MUTTI | Leonardo | 176 |
| 71 | Italy | STOYANOV | Niagol | 147 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 72 | Kosovo | CITAKU | Linor | - |
| 73 | Kosovo | CITAKU | Baton | - |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 74 | Latvia | MASLOVS | Leonids | 658 |
| 75 | Latvia | REINHOLDS | Arturs | - |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 76 | Lithuania | MIKUTIS | Tomas | 237 |
| 77 | Lithuania | UDRA | Alfredas | 349 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 78 | Luxembourg | GLOD | Eric | 390 |
| 79 | Luxembourg | MLADENOVIC | Luka | 443 |
| 80 | Luxembourg | XIA | Cheng | 343 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 81 | Moldova | URSU | Vladislav | 676 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 82 | Malta | CAMILLERI | James | - |
| 83 | Malta | GRIXTI | Gabriel | - |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 84 | Montenegro | BAKIC | Luka | - |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 85 | Netherlands | GOMMERS | Rajko | 310 |
| 86 | Netherlands | OOSTWOUDER | Ewout | 289 |
| 87 | Netherlands | TROMER | Laurens | 222 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 88 | Norway | LINDHOLM | Eskil | 483 |
| 89 | Norway | RONNEBERG | Lars | 468 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 90 | Poland | DYJAS | Jakub | 45 |
| 91 | Poland | GORAK | Daniel | 67 |
| 92 | Poland | LEWANDOWSKI | Tomasz | 321 |
| 93 | Poland | ZATOWKA | Patryk | 241 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 94 | Portugal | APOLONIA | Tiago | 18 |
| 95 | Portugal | FREITAS | Marcos | 12 |
| 96 | Portugal | GERALDO | Joao | 69 |
| 97 | Portugal | MONTEIRO | Joao | - |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 98 | Romania | CRISAN | Adrian | 52 |
| 99 | Romania | IONESCU | Ovidiu | 64 |
| 100 | Romania | SZOCS | Hunor | 107 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 101 | Russia | ISMAILOV | Sadi | 190 |
| 103 | Russia | PAIKOV | Mikhail | 85 |
| 104 | Russia | SHIBAEV | Alexander | 26 |
| 106 | Russia | VLASOV | Grigory | 63 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 107 | Scotland | HOWIESON | Craig | - |
| 108 | Scotland | MAIN | Calum | - |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 109 | Slovenia | JORGIC | Darko | 147 |
| 110 | Slovenia | KOZUL | Deni | 305 |
| 111 | Slovenia | TOKIC | Bojan | 37 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 112 | San Marino | BERARDI | Mattia | - |
| 113 | San Marino | VANNUCCI | Marco | - |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 114 | Serbia | JEVTOVIC | Marko | - |
| 115 | Serbia | KARAKASEVIC | Aleksandar | 84 |
| 116 | Serbia | PETO | Zsolt | - |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 117 | Switzerland | SCHMID | Elia | 297 |
| 118 | Switzerland | WEBER | Lionel | 306 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 119 | Slovak Republic | BAI | He | - |
| 120 | Slovak Republic | PISTEJ | Lubomir | 166 |
| 121 | Slovak Republic | VALUCH | Alexander | 293 |
| 122 | Slovak Republic | WANG | Yang | 49 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 123 | Sweden | GERELL | Par | 43 |
| 124 | Sweden | KALLBERG | Anton | 88 |
| 125 | Sweden | KARLSSON | Kristian | 29 |
| 126 | Sweden | KARLSSON | Mattias | 42 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 127 | Turkey | GUNDUZ | Ibrahim | - |
| 128 | Turkey | LI | Ahmet | 54 |
| 129 | Turkey | YIGENLER | Abdullah | 423 |
| Shirt Number |
Association | Family Name | Given Name | World Ranking |
| 130 | Ukraine | KOU | Lei | 38 |
| 131 | Ukraine | PRYSHCHEPA | Yevhen | 189 |
| 132 | Ukraine | YEFIMOV | Viktor | 115 |
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Here are the...
Seedings for the 2016 men's singles
| Seed | Family Name, Given Name | Association | World Ranking |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij | Germany | 6 |
| 2 | SAMSONOV, Vladimir | Belarus | 9 |
| 3 | FREITAS, Marcos | Portugal | 12 |
| 4 | BOLL, Timo | Germany | 13 |
| 5 | APOLONIA, Tiago | Portugal | 18 |
| 6 | GAUZY, Simon | France | 19 |
| 7 | FEGERL, Stefan | Austria | 22 |
| 8 | GACINA, Andrej | Croatia | 23 |
| 9 | SHIBAEV, Alexander | Russia | 26 |
| 10 | GIONIS, Panagiotis | Greece | 27 |
| 11 | KARLSSON, Kristian | Sweden | 29 |
| 12 | GROTH, Jonathan | Denmark | 30 |
| 13 | DRINKHALL, Paul | England | 34 |
| 14 | TOKIC, Bojan | Slovenia | 37 |
| 15 | KOU, Lei | Ukraine | 38 |
| 16 | LEBESSON, Emmanuel | France | 38 |
| 17 | KARLSSON, Mattias | Sweden | 42 |
| 18 | GERELL, Par | Sweden | 43 |
| 19 | DYJAS, Jakub | Poland | 45 |
| 20 | MONTEIRO, Joao | Portugal | - |
| 21 | GARDOS, Robert | Austria | 46 |
| 22 | PITCHFORD, Liam | England | 49 |
| 23 | WANG, Yang | Slovak Republic | 49 |
| 24 | CRISAN, Adrian | Romania | 52 |
| 25 | FRANZISKA, Patrick | Germany | 53 |
| 26 | LI, Ahmet | Turkey | 54 |
| 27 | VLASOV, Grigory | Russia | 63 |
| 28 | IONESCU, Ovidiu | Romania | 64 |
| 29 | KONECNY, Tomas | Czech Republic | 67 |
| 30 | GORAK, Daniel | Poland | 67 |
| 31 | GERALDO, Joao | Portugal | 69 |
| 32 | OLAH, Benedek | Finland | 70 |
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Here are the results for the 2016 men's singles matches...
2016 Men's Singles Results
Men's Singles Event Results
Round One
Thursday 20 October 2016
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Germany) | 4-0 | Marc DURAN (Spain) |
| 19 Jakub DYJAS (Poland) | 4-2 | Mikhail PAIKOV (Russia) |
| 20 Joao MONTEIRO (Portugal) | 4-1 | Benjamin BROSSIER (France) |
| 10 Panagiotis GIONIS (Greece) | 4-3 | Darko JORGIC (Slovenia) |
| 16 KOU Lei (Ukraine) | 4-0 | Samuel WALKER (England) |
| 26 LI Ahmet (Turkey) | 4-2 | BAI He (Slovak Republic) |
| Anton KALLBERG (Sweden) | 4-2 | 24 Adrian CRISAN (Romania) |
| 8 Andrej GACINA (Croatia) | 4-1 | Mihai BOBOCICA (Italy) |
| 7 Stefan FEGERL (Austria) | 4-0 | Sadi ISMAILOV (Russia) |
| 22 Liam PITCHFORD (England) | 4-1 | Tomasz LEWANDOWSKI (Poland) |
| 25 Patrick FRANZISKA (Germany) | 4-2 | Leonardo MUTTI (Italy) |
| 15 Emmanuel LEBESSON (France) | 4-0 | Robin DEVOS (Belgium) |
| 11 Kristian KARLSSON (Sweden) | 4-1 | Carlos MACHADO (Spain) |
| Aliaksandr KHANIN (Belarus) | 4-3 | 30 Tomas KONECNY (Czech Republic) |
| Benedikt DUDA (Germany) | 4-1 | 27 Grigory VLASOV (Russia) |
| 3 Marcos FREITAS (Portugal) | 4-0 | Adam SZUDI (Hungary) |
| 4 Timo BOLL (Germany) | 4-0 | Daniel HABESOHN (Austria) |
| 18 Par GERELL (Sweden) | 4-1 | Viktor YEFIMOV (Ukraine) |
| Dmitrij PROKOPCOV (Czech Republic) | 4-0 | 23 WANG Yang (Slovak Republic) |
| 12 Jonathan GROTH (Denmark) | 4-3 | Tomislav PUCAR (Croatia) |
| 14 Bojan TOKIC (Slovenia) | 4-1 | Konstantinos PAPAGEORGIOU (Greece) |
| 32 Benedek OLAH (Finland) | 4-0 | David SERDAROGLU (Austria) |
| 29 Daniel GORAK (Poland) | 4-2 | Cedric NUYTINCK (Belgium) |
| Hunor SZOCS (Romania) | 4-2 | 5 Tiago APOLONIA (Portugal) |
| 6 Simon GAUZY (France) | 4-1 | Jesus CANTERO (Spain) |
| 31 Joao GERALDO (Portugal) | 4-3 | Lubomir JANCARIK (Czech Republic) |
| 28 Ovidiu IONESCU (Romania) | 4-2 | Aleksandar KARAKASEVIC (Serbia) |
| 9 Alexander SHIBAEV (Russia) | 4-2 | Pavel PLATONOV (Belarus) |
| 13 Paul DRINKHALL (England) | 4-1 | Ioannis SGOUROPOULOS (Greece) |
| 21 Robert GARDOS (Austria) | 4-2 | Steffen MENGEL (Germany) |
| 17 Mattias KARLSSON (Sweden) | 4-2 | Adam PATTANTYUS (Hungary) |
| 2 Vladimir SAMSONOV (Belarus) | 4-1 | Elia SCHMID (Switzerland) |
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Round Two
Friday 21 October 2016
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Jakub DYJAS (Poland) | 4-2 | 1 Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Germany) |
| 20 Joao MONTEIRO (Portugal) | 4-0 | 10 Panagiotis GIONIS (Greece) |
| 16 KOU Lei (Ukraine) | 4-0 | 26 LI Ahmet (Turkey) |
| Anton KALLBERG (Sweden) | 4-3 | 8 Andrej GACINA (Croatia) |
| 7 Stefan FEGERL (Austria) | 4-3 | 22 Liam PITCHFORD (England) |
| 15 Emmanuel LEBESSON (France) | 4-1 | 25 Patrick FRANZISKA (Germany) |
| 11 Kristian KARLSSON (Sweden) | 4-1 | Aliaksandr KHANIN (Belarus) |
| 3 Marcos FREITAS (Portugal) | 4-3 | Benedikt DUDA (Germany) |
| 4 Timo BOLL (Germany) | 4-0 | 18 Par GERELL (Sweden) |
| 12 Jonathan GROTH (Denmark) | 4-2 | Dmitrij PROKOPCOV (Czech Republic) |
| 32 Benedek OLAH (Finland) | 4-2 | 14 Bojan TOKIC (Slovenia) |
| 29 Daniel GORAK (Poland) | 4-2 | Hunor SZOCS (Romania) |
| 6 Simon GAUZY (France) | 4-1 | 31 Joao GERALDO (Portugal) |
| 9 Alexander SHIBAEV (Russia) | 4-3 | 28 Ovidiu IONESCU (Romania) |
| 21 Robert GARDOS (Austria) | 4-3 | 13 Paul DRINKHALL (England) |
| 2 Vladimir SAMSONOV (Belarus) | 4-2 | 17 Mattias KARLSSON (Sweden) |
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Round Three
Saturday 22 October 2016
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Jakub DYJAS (Poland) | 4-1 | 20 Joao MONTEIRO (Portugal) |
| 16 KOU Lei (Ukraine) | 4-2 | Anton KALLBERG (Sweden) |
| 15 Emmanuel LEBESSON (France) | 4-2 | 7 Stefan FEGERL (Austria) |
| 3 Marcos FREITAS (Portugal) | 4-1 | 11 Kristian KARLSSON (Sweden) |
| 4 Timo BOLL (Germany) | 4-3 | 12 Jonathan GROTH (Denmark) |
| 32 Benedek OLAH (Finland) | 4-2 | 29 Daniel GORAK (Poland) |
| 6 Simon GAUZY (France) | 4-2 | 9 Alexander SHIBAEV (Russia) |
| 21 Robert GARDOS (Austria) | 4-3 | 2 Vladimir SAMSONOV (Belarus) |
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Quarter Finals
Saturday 22 October 2016
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Jakub DYJAS (Poland) 6-11, 11-4, 11-9, 11-6, 11-7 |
4-1 | 16 KOU Lei (Ukraine) |
| 15 Emmanuel LEBESSON (France) 8-11, 11-9, 11-13, 11-6, 11-7, 11-9 |
4-2 | 3 Marcos FREITAS (Portugal) |
| 4 Timo BOLL (Germany) 6-11, 8-11, 11-8, 11-3, 11-5, 11-8 |
4-2 | 32 Benedek OLAH (Finland) |
| 6 Simon GAUZY (France) 5-11, 11-8, 11-8, 6-11, 11-8, 11-5 |
4-2 | 21 Robert GARDOS (Austria) |
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Semi-Finals
Sunday 23 October 2016
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Emmanuel LEBESSON (France) | 4-1 | 19 Jakub DYJAS (Poland) |
| 11-8, 11-5, 5-11, 11-6, 11-6 | ||
| 6 Simon GAUZY (France) | 4-1 | 4 Timo BOLL (Germany) |
| 9-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-0, 11-0 (retired injured) |
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Final
Sunday 23 October 2016
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Emmanuel LEBESSON (France) | 4-1 | 6 Simon GAUZY (France) |
| 14-12, 9-11, 11-7, 11-3, 11-6 |
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2016 European Championships
Men's Singles
GOLD MEDAL WINNER
Emmanuel Lebesson (France)
SILVER MEDAL WINNER
Simon Gauzy (France)
BRONZE MEDAL WINNERS
Timo Boll (Germany) and Jakub Dyjas (Poland)
Men's Singles - Celebrating the winning point
Men's Singles gold medallist - Emmanuel Lebesson
Men's Singles silver medallist - Simon Gauzy
Men's Singles medallists
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