Europe Smash 2026, Malmö, 8/8-16

[karupinkun]

This run was Ranefurnity

 

[v100ev]

What a match! Ranefur made some incredible combos!

 

[MatsushimaAlc]

Awesome match. Sora once again clutch when it matters. And Elias showcasing great tactics, as well as big improvement in overall playing strength even though he's closing in on 30yo

 

[NextLevel]

Sora comes through. But Ranefur continues the legend. I still remember those who thought LSD has no business losong to him. National team depth is not a good thing for the great players who never get their opportunity to shine but some are patient and persistent and get their chance. Happily Ranefur got his chance.

And now, time to watch Hayata suffer... Hopefully for a good cause.

 

[JackJohnson]

First time I seen the Sweden Men Coach mad after the match.

 

[zeio]

First time I seen the Sweden Men Coach mad after the match.

Past: Typical case of Chinese coaching
Present: Isolated case of Swedish coaching

 

[zeio]

WS QF
KM (3) 4-3 Hayata (6) (-7, 5, 3, 6, -3, -10, 8)
G1 30, 37, 57, 59, 79, 711
G4 103, 106, 116
G5 04, 14, 19, 29, 210, 310, 311
G6 14 sideline edge for Hayata, 34, 35 endline edge for Hayata, 65, 77, 78, 98, 99, 109, 1012
G7 03 TO for KM, 04, 24, 26, 66, 67 corner edge for Hayata, 87 Hayata served off the table, 97 Hayata again, 98 net for Hayata, 118

SYB: And I still lost?
CHN: Hayata for LA28!

https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/fo...s-2025-bhubaneswar-10-11-15.37489/post-545814

Ito and Hayata are now the "cancer cells" in the team that not just care about themselves only but are eating away at team morale by suppressing their teammates while they can't do jack against the CNT, something that CNT is eager to see continuing. Harimoto/Hirano simply doesn't work (they didn't even work on WD) and the lineup is built around the XT rather than WS.

 

[pongfugrasshopper]

A good fight from Hina. She was already pressing at the end of SYB's match.

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

didnt see the match but awesome result for Felix against Hugo

 

[jonol]

Tomo and Sora again. This SF might be the real final.

Jorgic has had a pretty dream run due to Dima knocking out Truls early. Might be the best chance he'll ever get to win a smash. I think Felix will be too strong for him, but it would be amazing to see Darko go the distance.

 

[FIXPOINT]

Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 WS QF

Europe Smash - Sweden 2026 MS QF

 

[FIXPOINT]

Scheduled Matches:
All times are local time.
Live streaming: https://www.youtube.com/wttglobal

Sun, 16th Aug 2026
12:00 WS SF WANG Yidi(CHN) - Miwa HARIMOTO(JPN)
12:45 WS SF WANG Manyu(CHN) - KUAI Man(CHN)
13:30 MS SF Tomokazu HARIMOTO(JPN) - Sora MATSUSHIMA(JPN)
14:15 MS SF Darko JORGIC(SLO) - Felix LEBRUN(FRA)
18:00 WS Final -
19:00 MS Final -

 

[zeio]

didnt see the match but awesome result for Felix against Hugo

You didn't miss much. Calderano got manhandled much like he did by Coton at WTTC 2026.

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

match of the year!

S7: 10-9

Spoiler: Sora executed a perfect

一拳必殺（いっけん ひっさつ）
Ikken Hissatsu ( One strike one kill aka coup de grace )

 

[Janard]

Luck is not on KM's side at all against WMY, at least not so far.

Also, what's with WYD stopping us from an epic rematch between WMY (I think) and Miwa!

 

[NextLevel]

That Miwa got "out‐physicaled" by Wang Yidi is interesting. It felt like Wang Yidi was often playing with a cheat code.

 

[NextLevel]

The ML-FZD dynamic is playing out between TH-SM. The younger player is severely disadvantaged by the absence of coaching in international head to head and buoyed by it on the domestic scene. It will be interesting to see whether Sora's talent and training is enough to overcome it.

 

[Janard]

Sora giving up G3?

Goooooo Tomo! Seems I cheered too early. Can't really view Sora through typical lens

 

[Metaxa]

Sora giving up G3?

Goooooo Tomo! Seems I cheered too early. Can't really view Sora through typical lens

In my opinion, Soro is a much more complete player than Tomo.
If he’d given it a bit of thought, there wouldn’t be seven sets to play...

 

[Metaxa]

I can’t believe it...