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Today (Friday 15th) the Olympic Preparation Tournament has started.
It's a small two day Tournament, which is held in Hamm, Germany. Besides of the 4 german national players there are 8 further participans. This equals a field of 12 players. The main goal is to do a small warm-up in the last weeks before the Olympics start. The players and their coaches can try new stuff and they can have a look at their status quo in a competitive and public atmosphere.
As a little motivational extra there is some prize money to win
1st: 2500€
2nd: 1500€
3rd: 500€
The competition will be held in two days:
First there is a group stage in which 3 players are drawn into 4 groups. I don't know about the seeding, but there can be no two players of the same nationality in a group.
The first of each group qualifies for the semi final.
The games, which will be held to determine the winners of the groups (12 games = 4 Groups x 3 games) will be split up in two parts. The first part will be held Friday and contains 2 games of each group. The loser of each of the first match-ups has to play his second game on the same day.
At this stage, there are two match tables and two games of two different groups will be held simultaneously.
The rest of the group stage (4 games) and the two semi-finals and the final will be held Saturday. This time, there is only one "center court".
The entries are:
(as I said, I don't know about seeding)
The groups are:
Group A:
Group B:
Group C:
Group D:
(crappy quality sorry)
The atmosphere is really really relaxed and awesome for spectators, the players are just a few meters away and are walking around the place all the time. it feels like they are playing in your local club. I even had the luck sit right behind Vladimir Samsonov and Richard Prause (both really humble). I know I'm repeating myself, but the atmosphere is really cozy.
If you care about ticket prices: adults 10€ a day and under 18 years 5€ per day. Small prize for an event where Boll is casually standing right besides you, sitting behind Samsonov, standing behind Shibaev and wondering about his size or beeing asked by Gionis if you'd mind if he puts his table tennis bag under aour seat for a second
One more important thing: Here is a link to up to date results. http://web109.cimail.de/000/Olympia/type_1.html
If you have any questions, dare to ask! I'll try my best to answer them!
Cheers,
BLUE
It's a small two day Tournament, which is held in Hamm, Germany. Besides of the 4 german national players there are 8 further participans. This equals a field of 12 players. The main goal is to do a small warm-up in the last weeks before the Olympics start. The players and their coaches can try new stuff and they can have a look at their status quo in a competitive and public atmosphere.
As a little motivational extra there is some prize money to win
1st: 2500€
2nd: 1500€
3rd: 500€
The competition will be held in two days:
First there is a group stage in which 3 players are drawn into 4 groups. I don't know about the seeding, but there can be no two players of the same nationality in a group.
The first of each group qualifies for the semi final.
The games, which will be held to determine the winners of the groups (12 games = 4 Groups x 3 games) will be split up in two parts. The first part will be held Friday and contains 2 games of each group. The loser of each of the first match-ups has to play his second game on the same day.
At this stage, there are two match tables and two games of two different groups will be held simultaneously.
The rest of the group stage (4 games) and the two semi-finals and the final will be held Saturday. This time, there is only one "center court".
The entries are:
# | Name | Vorname | Verein | QTTR |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boll | Timo | Borussia Düsseldorf | 2625 | |
Drinkhall | Paul | England | 2476 | |
Franziska | Patrick | 1. FC Saarbrücken-TT | 2491 | |
Gionis | Panagiotis | Borussia Düsseldorf | 2513 | |
Kou | Lei | Ukraine | 2492 | |
Li | Ping | China | 2558 | |
Ovtcharov | Dimitrij | Fakel Gazprom Orenburg | 2661 | |
Pitchford | Liam | TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen | 2491 | |
Samsonov | Vladimir | Belarus | 2567 | |
Shibaev | Alexander | Russia | 2548 | |
Steger | Bastian | SV Werder Bremen | 2544 | |
Walker | Samuel | ASV Grünwettersbach | 2384 |
The groups are:
Group A:
- Ovtcharov, Dimitrij
- Li, Ping
- Drinkhall, Paul
Group B:
- Samsonov, Vladimir
- Kuo, Lei
- Franziska, Patrick
Group C:
- Boll, Timo
- Gionis, Panagiotis
- Pitchford, Liam
Group D:
- Shibaev, Alexander
- Steger, Bastian
- Walker, Samuel
(crappy quality sorry)
The atmosphere is really really relaxed and awesome for spectators, the players are just a few meters away and are walking around the place all the time. it feels like they are playing in your local club. I even had the luck sit right behind Vladimir Samsonov and Richard Prause (both really humble). I know I'm repeating myself, but the atmosphere is really cozy.
If you care about ticket prices: adults 10€ a day and under 18 years 5€ per day. Small prize for an event where Boll is casually standing right besides you, sitting behind Samsonov, standing behind Shibaev and wondering about his size or beeing asked by Gionis if you'd mind if he puts his table tennis bag under aour seat for a second
One more important thing: Here is a link to up to date results. http://web109.cimail.de/000/Olympia/type_1.html
If you have any questions, dare to ask! I'll try my best to answer them!
Cheers,
BLUE