2018 Europe Top 16 Cup

2018 Europe Top 16 Cup
Tournament details
Dates3–4 February 2018
Edition47th
VenueSalle Omnisport du Pierrier
LocationMontreux, Switzerland
Champions
Men's singlesGermany Timo Boll
Women's singlesRomania Bernadette Szőcs
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The 2018 Europe Top 16 Cup (also referred to as the China Construction Bank 2018 Europe Top 16 Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a table tennis competition held from 3–4 February in Montreux, Switzerland, organised under the authority of the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU). It was the 47th edition of the event, and the third time that it had been held in Switzerland.[1][2]

Events were held in men's singles and women's singles, and the three medallists in each event qualified for the 2018 Men's and Women's World Cups.

Medallists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's Singles
details 		Germany Timo Boll Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov Denmark Jonathan Groth
Women's Singles
details 		Romania Bernadette Szőcs Netherlands Li Jie Romania Elizabeta Samara

Men's singles

Players

Qualification was based on the European ranking for December 2017, with seedings based on the ranking for February 2018. Lionel Weber qualified as the host nation representative. Portugal's Marcos Freitas also qualified, but withdrew two days before the start of the competition due to injury. His place was taken by Kou Lei of Ukraine.[3]

  1. Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov (final)
  2. Germany Timo Boll (champion)
  3. France Simon Gauzy (first round)
  4. Sweden Kristian Karlsson (first round)
  5. Germany Ruwen Filus (first round)
  6. France Emmanuel Lebesson (first round)
  7. Ukraine Kou Lei (first round)
  8. Denmark Jonathan Groth (semifinals)
  9. Belarus Vladimir Samsonov (semifinals)
  10. Germany Bastian Steger (quarterfinals)
  11. Portugal Tiago Apolónia (first round)
  12. Sweden Mattias Karlsson (quarterfinals)
  13. Austria Stefan Fegerl (first round)
  14. Russia Alexander Shibaev (quarterfinals)
  15. Greece Panagiotis Gionis (quarterfinals)
  16. Switzerland Lionel Weber (first round)

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 11 11 11 11
16 Switzerland Lionel Weber 9 9 8 5 1 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 11 12 7 11 13
15 Greece Panagiotis Gionis 11 8 15 7 11 12 11 15 Greece Panagiotis Gionis 7 10 11 9 11
7 Ukraine Kou Lei 13 11 13 11 8 10 5 1 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 12 11 11 9 12
8 Denmark Jonathan Groth 11 11 11 7 11 8 Denmark Jonathan Groth 10 7 9 11 10
11 Portugal Tiago Apolónia 5 9 8 11 7 8 Denmark Jonathan Groth 9 11 11 11 12
14 Russia Alexander Shibaev 11 11 8 11 5 9 11 14 Russia Alexander Shibaev 11 6 6 5 10
3 France Simon Gauzy 9 4 11 4 11 11 7 1 Germany Dimitrij Ovtcharov 11 6 3 6
4 Sweden Kristian Karlsson 12 11 3 11 7 6 7 2 Germany Timo Boll 13 11 11 11
9 Belarus Vladimir Samsonov 10 9 11 8 11 11 11 9 Belarus Vladimir Samsonov 11 11 11 10 14
12 Sweden Mattias Karlsson 8 11 11 11 11 12 Sweden Mattias Karlsson 9 8 7 12 12
5 Germany Ruwen Filus 11 7 7 9 9 9 Belarus Vladimir Samsonov 12 6 4 14 5 10 Third place
6 France Emmanuel Lebesson 11 12 7 5 9 4 2 Germany Timo Boll 10 11 11 12 11 12
10 Germany Bastian Steger 6 10 11 11 11 11 10 Germany Bastian Steger 7 11 5 11 6 8 Denmark Jonathan Groth 7 11 11 12 4 9 11
13 Austria Stefan Fegerl 7 11 4 8 2 Germany Timo Boll 11 9 11 13 11 9 Belarus Vladimir Samsonov 11 9 9 10 11 11 6
2 Germany Timo Boll 11 13 11 11

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Women's singles

Players

Qualification was based on the European ranking for December 2017, with seedings based on the ranking for February 2018. Rachel Moret qualified as the host nation representative. Turkey's Melek Hu and Germany's Kristin Lang also qualified, but withdrew before the start of the competition, the latter due to having recently given birth. Their places were taken by Tetyana Bilenko of Ukraine and Viktoria Pavlovich of Belarus.[5]

  1. Netherlands Li Jie (final)
  2. Austria Sofia Polcanova (quarterfinals)
  3. Romania Elizabeta Samara (semifinals)
  4. Hungary Georgina Póta (quarterfinals)
  5. Sweden Matilda Ekholm (semifinals)
  6. Poland Li Qian (first round)
  7. Austria Liu Jia (quarterfinals)
  8. Romania Bernadette Szőcs (champion)
  9. Russia Polina Mikhailova (first round)
  10. Belarus Viktoria Pavlovich (first round)
  11. Luxembourg Ni Xialian (first round)
  12. Germany Petrissa Solja (first round)
  13. Germany Sabine Winter (quarterfinals)
  14. Switzerland Rachel Moret (first round)
  15. Romania Daniela Monteiro Dodean (first round)
  16. Ukraine Tetyana Bilenko (first round)

Draw

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
1 Netherlands Li Jie 11 11 13 11
9 Russia Polina Mikhailova 2 7 11 6 1 Netherlands Li Jie 11 11 10 11 11
13 Germany Sabine Winter 11 9 4 14 11 11 13 Germany Sabine Winter 5 4 12 5 8
6 Poland Li Qian 6 11 11 12 5 5 1 Netherlands Li Jie 13 7 11 11 13
7 Austria Liu Jia 5 11 11 8 11 11 3 Romania Elizabeta Samara 11 11 9 6 11
15 Romania D. Monteiro Dodean 11 4 8 11 5 6 7 Austria Liu Jia 4 11 3 7 11
11 Luxembourg Ni Xialian 9 12 11 7 11 11 5 3 Romania Elizabeta Samara 11 7 11 11 13
3 Romania Elizabeta Samara 11 14 9 11 8 5 11 1 Netherlands Li Jie 10 11 6 5 7
4 Hungary Georgina Póta 11 8 11 13 11 8 Romania Bernadette Szőcs 12 8 11 11 11
12 Germany Petrissa Solja 8 11 6 11 4 4 Hungary Georgina Póta 7 6 5 10
16 Ukraine Tetyana Bilenko 4 6 12 9 8 Romania Bernadette Szőcs 11 11 11 12
8 Romania Bernadette Szőcs 11 11 14 11 8 Romania Bernadette Szőcs 11 11 11 11 Third place
5 Sweden Matilda Ekholm 11 11 11 11 5 Sweden Matilda Ekholm 7 9 9 9
10 Belarus Viktoria Pavlovich 5 8 5 6 5 Sweden Matilda Ekholm 11 11 11 11 3 Romania Elizabeta Samara 11 8 11 11 4 11
14 Switzerland Rachel Moret 6 4 8 14 6 2 Austria Sofia Polcanova 5 6 7 9 5 Sweden Matilda Ekholm 4 11 6 9 11 8
2 Austria Sofia Polcanova 11 11 11 12 11

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See also

References

  1. ^ "China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Discretion better part of valour, Marcos Freitas withdraws". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Draw / Men's Singles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Europe Top 16: Die Achtelfinals im Überblick". MyTischtennis.de (in German). Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Draw / Women's Singles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

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