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European Championships 2018
Women's Singles
The 2018 European Championships were held in Alicante, Spain from 18-23 September. Get all the details and results for the Women's Singles here...
By Martin Hughes
Owner and Editor
The Royal Spanish Table Tennis Federation hosted the 2018 European Table Tennis Championships and there were six events - women's singles, women's doubles, men's singles, men's doubles and mixed doubles.
More information about each event, together with the results, can be found by following the links below.
But the European Championships were first held in 1958 in Hungary 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 every year during September/October.
European Championships 2018
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 2018 European Championships are being played at two venues.
Main Hall: Centro de Tecnificacion Deportiva
(4 competition tables and 16 training tables)
C/ Foguerer Gilabert Davo, s.n. 03005 Alicante, Spain
Second Hall: Pabellon Pitiu Rochel
(12 competition tables - 200m from the Main Hall)
C/ Foguerer Jose Romeu Zarandieta, 03005 Alicante, Spain.
The equipment used was...
- Tables: Butterfly Europa 25 (blue)
- Nets: Butterfly Europa
- Balls: Nittaku Premium 40+*** (white plastic with seam)
- Flooring: Enlio (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.
So let's now take a look at the...
Format for the Women'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 September 2018.
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Who was the...
Defending champion
The previous Women's Singles were held in 2016 in Hungary and the winner was Hu Melek representing Turkey and the runner-up was Yu Fu representing Portugal.
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So let's take a look at the...
List of competitors for the 2018 women's singles
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
|---|---|
| Austria | LIU, Jia |
| Austria | MISCHEK, Karoline |
| Austria | POLCANOVA, Sofia |
| Austria | SOLJA, Amelie |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Azerbaijan | EMINOVA, Bilura |
| Azerbaijan | IMANOVA, Maryam |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Belgium | DEGRAEF, Margo |
| Belgium | LUNG, Lisa |
| Belgium | MARCHETTI, Nathalie |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | HADZIAHMETOVIC, Emina |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Belarus | BALTUSHITE, Marharyta |
| Belarus | BARAVOK, Katsiaryna |
| Belarus | BOGDANOVA, Nadezhda |
| Belarus | NIKITCHANKA, Alina |
| Belarus | PAVLOVICH, Viktoria |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Bulgaria | YOVKOVA, Maria |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Croatia | JEGER, Mateja |
| Croatia | MALOBABIC, Ivana |
| Croatia | PETEK, Petra |
| Croatia | SREBRNJAK, Dorina |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Czech Republic | ADAMKOVA, Karin |
| Czech Republic | CECHOVA, Dana |
| Czech Republic | KUCEROVA, Aneta |
| Czech Republic | MATELOVA, Hana |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| England | HO, Tin-Tin |
| England | TSAPTSINOS, Maria |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Spain | DVORAK, Galia |
| Spain | FERNANDEZ, Alba |
| Spain | RAMIREZ, Sara |
| Spain | XIAO, Maria |
| Spain | ZHANG, Xuan |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Estonia | AVAMERI, Airi |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Finland | KIRICHENKO, Anna |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| France | CHASSELIN, Pauline |
| France | GASNIER, Laura |
| France | GUISNEL, Oceane |
| France | LOEUILLETTE, Stephani |
| France | ZARIF, Audrey |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Faroe Islands | DJURHUUS, Solja |
| Faroe Islands | JENSEN, Durita |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Germany | HAN, Ying |
| Germany | LANG, Kristin |
| Germany | MITTELHAM, Nina |
| Germany | SOLJA, Petrissa |
| Germany | WINTER, Sabine |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Greece | TOLIOU, Aikaterini |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Hungary | MADARASZ, Dora |
| Hungary | PERGEL, Szandra |
| Hungary | POTA, Georgina |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Italy | COLANTONI, Chiara |
| Italy | LAURENTI, Jamila |
| Italy | PICCOLIN, Giorgia |
| Italy | VIVARELLI, Debora |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Latvia | MAJOROVA, Viktorija |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Lithuania | PASKAUSKIENE, Ruta |
| Lithuania | RILISKYTE, Kornelija |
| Lithuania | STUCKYTE, Egle |
| Lithuania | VENCKUTE, Vitalija |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Luxembourg | DE NUTTE, Sarah |
| Luxembourg | KONSBRUCK, Danielle |
| Luxembourg | MEYER, Sarah |
| Luxembourg | NI, Xia Lian |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Moldova | JIBRIC, Ecaterina |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Macedonia | UCE, Amelia |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Netherlands | EERLAND, Britt |
| Netherlands | LI, Jie |
| Netherlands | VERMAAS, Kim |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Norway | CARLSEN, Rebekka |
| Norway | DOVAL, Ilka |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Poland | BAJOR, Natalia |
| Poland | GRZYBOWSKA-FRANC, Katarzyna |
| Poland | LI, Qian |
| Poland | PARTYKA, Natalia |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Portugal | OLIVEIRA, Leila |
| Portugal | SHAO, Jieni |
| Portugal | SILVA, Celia |
| Portugal | YU, Fu |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Romania | CIOBANU, Irina |
| Romania | DIACONU, Adina |
| Romania | MONTEIRO DODEAN, Daniela |
| Romania | SAMARA, Elizabeta |
| Romania | SZOCS, Bernadette |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Russia | KOLISH, Anastasia |
| Russia | MIKHAILOVA, Polina |
| Russia | NOSKOVA, Yana |
| Russia | SHCHERBATYKH, Valeria |
| Russia | TAILAKOVA, Mariia |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Scotland | ELLIOTT, Lucy |
| Scotland | PLAISTOW, Rebecca |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Slovenia | GALIC, Alex |
| Slovenia | STRAZAR, Katarina |
| Slovenia | TOFANT, Ana |
| Slovenia | VOVK, Aleksandra |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Serbia | LUPULESKU, Izabela |
| Serbia | SURJAN, Sabina |
| Serbia | TODOROVIC, Andrea |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Switzerland | MORET, Rache |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Slovakia | BALAZOVA, Barbora |
| Slovakia | KUKULKOVA, Tatiana |
| Slovakia | ODOROVA, Eva |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Sweden | BERGSTROM, Linda |
| Sweden | EKHOLM, Matilda |
| Sweden | KALLBERG, Christina |
| Sweden | LI, Fen |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Turkey | ALTINKAYA, Sibel |
| Turkey | KAHRAMAN, Betul Nur |
| Turkey | YILMAZ, Ozge |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Ukraine | BILENKO, Tetyana |
| Ukraine | BRATEYKO, Solomiya |
| Ukraine | GAPONOVA, Ganna |
| Ukraine | PESOTSKA, Margaryta |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Wales | CAREY, Charlotte |
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Here are the...
Seedings for the 2018 women's singles
| Seed | FAMILY NAME, Given Name | Association | World Ranking (Sept 2018) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | POLCANOVA, Sofia | Austria | 17 |
| 2 | LI, Jie | Netherlands | 18 |
| 3 | SAMARA, Elizabeta | Romania | 20 |
| 4 | SZOCS, Bernadette | Romania | 26 |
| 5 | LI, Qian | Poland | 28 |
| 6 | EKHOLM, Matilda | Sweden | 29 |
| 7 | YU, Fu | Portugal | 32 |
| 8 | POTA, Georgina | Hungary | 36 |
| 9 | HAN, Ying | Germany | 39 |
| 10 | NI, Xia Lian | Luxembourg | 40 |
| 11 | LIU, Jia | Austria | 41 |
| 12 | EERLAND, Britt | Netherlands | 44 |
| 13 | MIKHAILOVA, Polina | Russia | 45 |
| 14 | WINTER, Sabine | Germany | 46 |
| 15 | SOLJA, Petrissa | Germany | 49 |
| 16 | MITTELHAM, Nina | Germany | 54 |
| 17 | MATELOVA, Hana | Czech Republic | 60 |
| 18 | PARTYKA, Natalia | Poland | 61 |
| 19 | XIAO, Maria | Spain | 62 |
| 20 | GAPONOVA, Ganna | Ukraine | 65 |
| 21 | PAVLOVICH, Viktoria | Belarus | 67 |
| 22 | LANG, Kristin | Germany | 69 |
| 23 | BALAZOVA, Barbora | Slovakia | 71 |
| 24 | PERGEL, Szandra | Hungary | 72 |
| 25 | DE NUTTE, Sarah | Luxembourg | 75 |
| 26 | NOSKOVA, Yana | Russia | 76 |
| 27 | MORET, Rachel | Switzerland | 82 |
| 28 | DVORAK, Galia | Spain | 83 |
| 29 | GRZYBOWSKA-FRANC, Katarzyna | Poland | 84 |
| 30 | MADARASZ, Dora | Hungary | 86 |
| 31 | GALIC, Alex | Slovenia | 88 |
| 32 | VIVARELLI, Debora | Italy | 89 |
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Here are the results for the 2018 women's singles matches...
2018 Women's Singles Results
Round One (Last 64)
Thursday 20 September 2018
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) POLCANOVA Sofia (Austria) | 4-1 | (80) KONSBRUCK Danielle (Luxembourg) |
| (63) CIOBANU Irina (Romania) | 4-2 | (17) MATELOVA Hana (Czech Republic) |
| (18) PARTYKA Natalia (Poland) | 4-2 | (58) PASKAUSKIENE Ruta (Lithuania) |
| (12) EERLAND Britt (Netherlands) | 4-0 | (73) NIKITCHANKA Alina (Belarus) |
| (15) SOLJA Petrissa (Germany) | 4-2 | (65) BOGDANOVA Nadezhda (Belarus) |
| (55) SHAO Jieni (Portugal) | 4-1 | (31) GALIC Alex (Slovenia) |
| (19) XIAO Maria (Spain) | 4-1 | (34) BILENKO Tetyana (Ukraine) |
| (8) POTA Georgina (Hungary) | 4-1 | (70) GUISNEL Oceane (France) |
| (6) EKHOLM Matilda (Sweden) | 4-0 | (96) RILISKYTE Kornelija (Lithuania) |
| (43) LOEUILLETTE Stephanie (France) | 4-2 | (21) PAVLOVICH Viktoria (Belarus) |
| (26) NOSKOVA Yana (Russia) | 4-1 | (77) RAMIREZ Sara(Spain) |
| (9) HAN Ying (Germany) | 4-0 | (50) ADAMKOVA Karin (Czech Republic) |
| (52) LUPULESKU Izabela (Serbia) | 4-1 | (10) NI Xia Lian (Luxembourg) |
| (100) KUCEROVA Aneta (Czech Republic) | 4-2 | (27) MORET Rachel (Switzerland) |
| (46) JEGER Mateja (Croatia) | 4-0 | (30) MADARASZ Dora (Hungary) |
| (49) PESOTSKA Margaryta (Ukraine) | 4-1 | (3) SAMARA Elizabeta (Romania) |
| (4) SZOCS Bernadette (Romania) | 4-0 | (53) LI Fen (Sweden) |
| (42) GASNIER Laura (France) | 4-2 | (25) DE NUTTE Sarah (Luxembourg) |
| (24) PERGEL Szandra (Hungary) | 4-1 | (36) CECHOVA Dana (Czech Republic) |
| (16) MITTELHAM Nina (Germany) | 4-2 | (94) SURJAN Sabina (Serbia) |
| (13) MIKHAILOVA Polina (Russia) | 4-1 | (56) TOLIOU Aikaterini (Greece) |
| (38) HO Tin-Tin (England) | 4-1 | (32) VIVARELLI Debora (Italy) |
| (35) SOLJA Amelie (Austria) | 4-1 | (28) DVORAK Galia (Spain) |
| (5) LI Qian (Poland) | 4-0 | (64) LUNG Lisa (Belgium) |
| (7) YU Fu (Portugal) | 4-0 | (89) LAURENTI Jamila (Italy) |
| (37) MONTEIRO DODEAN Daniela (Romania) | 4-2 | (22) LANG Kristin (Germany) |
| (29) GRZYBOWSKA-FRANC Katarzyna (Poland) | 4-1 | (82) SHCHERBATYKH Valeria (Russia) |
| (11) LIU Jia (Austria) | 4-1 | (40) BERGSTROM Linda (Sweden) |
| (14) WINTER Sabine (Germany) | 4-0 | (62) MISCHEK Karoline (Austria) |
| (20) GAPONOVA Ganna (Ukraine) | 4-0 | (71) YILMAZ Ozge (Turkey) |
| (47) ZHANG Xuan (Spain) | 4-1 | (23) BALAZOVA Barbora (Slovakia) |
| (2) LI Jie (Netherlands) | 4-0 | (92) KOLISH Anastasia (Russia) |
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Round Two (Last 32)
Friday 21 September 2018
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) POLCANOVA Sofia (Austria) | 4-2 | (63) CIOBANU Irina (Romania) |
| (12) EERLAND Britt (Netherlands) | 4-3 | (18) PARTYKA Natalia (Poland) |
| (15) SOLJA Petrissa (Germany) | 4-1 | (55) SHAO Jieni (Portugal) |
| (8) POTA Georgina (Hungary) | 4-1 | (19) XIAO Maria (Spain) |
| (6) EKHOLM Matilda (Sweden) | 4-3 | (43) LOEUILLETTE Stephanie (France) |
| (9) HAN Ying (Germany) | 4-1 | (26) NOSKOVA Yana (Russia) |
| (100) KUCEROVA Aneta (Czech Republic) | 4-3 | (52) LUPULESKU Izabela (Serbia) |
| (49) PESOTSKA Margaryta (Ukraine) | 4-0 | (46) JEGER Mateja (Croatia) |
| (4) SZOCS Bernadette (Romania) | 4-3 | (42) GASNIER Laura (France) |
| (16) MITTELHAM Nina (Germany) | 4-0 | (24) PERGEL Szandra (Hungary) |
| (13) MIKHAILOVA Polina (Russia) | 4-2 | (38) HO Tin-Tin (England) |
| (5) LI Qian (Poland) | 4-0 | (35) SOLJA Amelie (Austria) |
| (37) MONTEIRO DODEAN Daniela (Romania) | 4-2 | (7) YU Fu (Portugal) |
| (29) GRZYBOWSKA-FRANC Katarzyna (Poland) | 4-2 | (11) LIU Jia (Austria) |
| (14) WINTER Sabine (Germany) | 4-0 | (20) GAPONOVA Ganna (Ukraine) |
| (2) LI Jie (Netherlands) | 4-0 | (47) ZHANG Xuan (Spain) |
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Round Three (Last 16)
Saturday 22 September 2018
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) POLCANOVA Sofia (Austria) | 4-1 | (12) EERLAND Britt (Netherlands) |
| (15) SOLJA Petrissa (Germany) | 4-0 | (8) POTA Georgina (Hungary) |
| (9) HAN Ying (Germany) | 4-0 | (6) EKHOLM Matilda (Sweden) |
| (49) PESOTSKA Margaryta (Ukraine) | 4-0 | (100) KUCEROVA Aneta (Czech Republic) |
| (4) SZOCS Bernadette (Romania) | 4-0 | (16) MITTELHAM Nina (Germany) |
| (5) LI Qian (Poland) | 4-2 | (13) MIKHAILOVA Polina (Russia) |
| (29) GRZYBOWSKA-FRANC Katarzyna (Poland) | 4-2 | (37) MONTEIRO DODEAN Daniela (Romania) |
| (14) WINTER Sabine (Germany) | 4-2 | (2) LI Jie (Netherlands) |
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Quarter Finals
Saturday 22 September 2018
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) POLCANOVA Sofia (Austria) | 4-1 | (15) SOLJA Petrissa (Germany) |
| (49) PESOTSKA Margaryta (Ukraine) | 4-1 | (9) HAN Ying (Germany) |
| (5) LI Qian (Poland) | 4-1 | (4) SZOCS Bernadette (Romania) |
| (29) GRZYBOWSKA-FRANC Katarzyna (Poland) | 4-0 | (14) WINTER Sabine (Germany) |
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Semi-Final
Sunday 23 September 2018
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (49) PESOTSKA Margaryta (Ukraine) | 4-2 | (1) POLCANOVA Sofia (Austria) |
| 7-11, 16-14, 12-10, 11-13, 11-4, 11-5 | ||
| (5) LI Qian (Poland) | 4-1 | (29) GRZYBOWSKA-FRANC Katarzyna (Poland) |
| 13-11, 11-6, 11-6, 10-12, 12-10 |
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Final
Sunday 23 September 2018
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (5) LI Qian (Poland) | 4-2 | (49) PESOTSKA Margaryta (Ukraine) |
| 8-11, 10-12, 11-6, 11-6, 11-2, 11-2 |
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2018 European Championships
Women's Singles
GOLD MEDAL WINNER
Li Qian (Poland)
SILVER MEDAL WINNER
Margaryta Pesotska (Ukraine)
BRONZE MEDAL WINNERS
Sofia Polcanova (Austria)
Katarzyna Grzybowska-Franc (Poland)
Women's Singles final - Li Qian celebrates the winning point
Li Qian celebrates the winning point
Women's Singles gold medallist - Li Qian
Women's Singles silver medallist - Margaryta Pesotska
Women's Singles bronze medallists - Katarzyna Grzybowska-Franc and Sofia Polcanova
Women's Singles medallists
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