2018 European Table Tennis Championship

Liebherr 2018 European Championships
Liebherr 2018 European Championships
Host city	Alicante , Spain
Playing medals	5 sets
The opening ceremony	09.18.2018
Closing ceremony	09/23/2018
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Stadium	Pavilion Pedro Ferrandi (Centro de Tecnificacion Deportiva)

The 2018 European Table Tennis Championship (the official name is “Liebherr 2018 European Championships”) took place from 18 to 23 September 2018 in the city of Alicante ( Spain ). Within the framework of the championship, 5 sets of medals were awarded in singles among men and women, in doubles among men and women, and in mixed category ^[2] .

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Championship System

Championship venue, Pedro Ferrandi Pavilion (Centro de Tecnificacion Deportiva)

The championship was held in five disciplines:

Men's singles (champion 2016 Emanuel Lebesson );
Women's singles (champion 2016 Melek Hu );
Men's doubles (champions 2016 Patrick Francis , Jonathan Groth );
Women's doubles (champions 2016 Christine Silbeisen , Sabina Vinter );
Mixed doubles (champions 2016 Joan Monteiro , Daniela Dodyan-Monteiro ).

In single-player games, the game began with 1/32, where the first 32 players were sown according to the rating, and the remaining 32 players were identified by games, first in qualifying groups, and then in elimination rounds. In doubles, the games started at 1/16, where the first 16 pairs were sown according to the rating, and the remaining 16 pairs were determined by the games in the qualifying rounds. In single ranks, the result of the meeting was determined in 7 batches, in doubles - in the main draw in 7 batches, and in the qualifying rounds in 5 batches, in the mixed category, the result of all meetings was determined in 5 batches. ^[3]

At the championship were used tennis tables and nets from Butterfly , balls "Nittaku Premium 40 + ***" (white) ^[3] .

Schedule

Qualification Main round

Discharge	September 18	September 19		September 20		September 21st		September 22nd		23 September
Men singles	Qual. (groups)	Qual. (groups)	Qual. (elimination)	1/32		1/16		1/8	Quarter finals	Semi final	The final
Women singles	Qual. (groups)	Qual. (groups)	Qual. (elimination)	1/32		1/16		1/8	Quarter finals	Semi final	The final
Male couples		Qual. (elimination)		1/16		1/8		Quarter finals	Semi final	The final
Female couples		Qual. (elimination)		1/16		1/8		Quarter finals	Semi final	The final
Mixed discharge	Qual. (elimination)	Qual. (elimination)	1/16	1/8	Quarter finals	Semi final	The final

Championship results

Medalists

Discharge	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Male Singles	Timo Boll	Ovidiu ionescu	Patrick franziska
			Kristian karlsson
Female singles	Li Qian	Margarita Pesotskaya	Sofia Polcanova
			Katarzyna Grzybowska
Male doubles	Daniel Habesohn Robert Gardos	Matthias Falk Christian carlsson	Patrick franziska Jonathan groth
			Reuven Filus Ricardo walther
Female doubles	Nina mittelham Kristin lang	Sofia Polcanova Yana Noskova	Matilda Ekholm Georgina Póta
			Ni Salyan Sarah de nutte
Mixt	Reuven Filus Han Ying	Stefan Fegerl Sofia Polcanova	Patrick franziska Petrissa solja
			Aleksandar Karakashevich Ruta Paskauskene

Medal Table

A place	A country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
one	Germany	3	0	3.5	6.5
2	Austria	one	1.5	one	3.5
3	Poland	one	0	one	2
four	Sweden	0	one	1.5	2.5
5-6	Romania	0	one	0	one
5-6	Ukraine	0	one	0	one
7	Russia	0	0.5	0	0.5
eight	Luxembourg	0	0	one	one
9-12	Hungary	0	0	0.5	0.5
	Denmark	0	0	0.5	0.5
	Lithuania	0	0	0.5	0.5
	Serbia	0	0	0.5	0.5
	Total	five	five	ten	20

Results of Russian athletes

At the European Championships in the men's tournament, Russia had a quota of four people, in the women's five people ^[4] .

The only medal of Russian athletes on the account of Yana Noskova is silver in the doubles category.

Men Singles

Team members ^[5] :

Participant	Sowing	Round
Vildan Gadiyev		1/32
Vladimir Sidorenko		Qual. groups
Kirill Skachkov	23	1/32
Alexander Shibaev		1/16

Women Singles