Europe Cup: TTC Neu-Ulm confidently reaches round three

The TTC Neu-Ulm has also mastered the second round of the Europe Cup. In Group B, the current fourth-placed team in the Table Tennis Bundesliga (TTBL) secured the group victory.

TTC Neu-Ulm has a full schedule at the moment: while one half of the team was playing in the WTT Champions Tournament in Macau, the other half was fighting for a place in the third round of the Europe Cup. And with success: The team from the Tischtennis Bundesliga (TTBL) only had to give up one single match in three matches and in the end won first place in Group B in a commanding fashion. Neu-Ulm had already completed Stage 1 undefeated in September.

Only against Asisa Borges Vall (Spain) it became a bit more exciting, in the end Neu-Ulm won 3:1 this match as well. At the reunion with Viktor Brodd, who had played for the TTC in the 2019/20 season, Vladimir Sidorenko became the match winner with wins against Marc Duran and Brodd. Maksim Grebnev also won against Brodd, only Lev Katsman was defeated 1:3 by Alberto Lillo. The two previous matches both ended 3:0: Sidorenko, Grebnev and Katsman won outright against TTC Ostrava 2016 (Czech Republic), whom the first Neu-Ulm team had already defeated in the Champions League; Grebnev, Katsman and Nikita Artemenko also prevailed against Leka Enea Marpex (Spain).

Europe Cup | Stage 2 at a glance

Group A                                                                                                                       USD Apuania Carrara Tennistavolo – Arteal SD Compostela 3:0
UTTC Stockerau – Top Spin Messina 2:3
UTTC Stockerau – Arteal SD Compostela 2:3
USD Apuania Carrara Tennistavolo – Top Spin Messina 3:1
Top Spin Messina – Arteal SD Compostela 3:2
UTTC Stockerau – USD Apuania Carrara Tennistavolo 3:1

Group B                                                                                                                       TTC Neu-Ulm – TTC Ostrava 2016 3:0
Vladimir Sidorenko – Alexander Valuch 3:1 (9:11, 11:8, 11:8, 11:7)
Maksim Grebnev – Jakub Kleprlik 3:1 (9:11, 12:10, 11:2, 11:6)
Lev Katsman – Filip Delincak 3:0 (12:10, 11:9, 11:6)

TTC Neu-Ulm – Leka Enea Marpex 3:0
Maksim Grebnev – Jon Ander Guerricabeitia 3:2 (11:6, 11:3, 8:11, 7:11, 6:4)
Lev Katsman – Carlos Franco 3:0 (11:5, 11:5, 13:11)
Nikita Artemenko – Hodei Mancha 3:0 (11:7, 11:5, 11:3)

TTC Neu-Ulm – Asisa Borges Vall 3:1
Vladimir Sidorenko – Marc Duran 3:0 (11:7, 11:6, 11:9)
Maksim Grebnev – Viktor Brodd 3:1 (11:6, 11:5, 6:11, 11:7)
Lev Katsman – Alberto Lillo 1:3 (15:13, 6:11, 11:13, 8:11)
Vladimir Sidorenko – Viktor Brodd 3:2 (8:11, 11:4, 11:2, 9:11, 6:4)

Asisa Borges Vall – Leka Enea Marpex 3:1
Asisa Borges Vall – TTC Ostrava 2016 3:0
TTC Ostrava 2016 – Leka Enea Marpex 3:0

Group C                                                                                                                       CSS-SZAK Odorheiu Secuiesc – SF SKK El Nino Praha 0:3
Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt – Lotto Polski Cukier Gwiazda Bydgoszcz 0:3
CSS-SZAK Odorheiu Secuiesc – Lotto Polski Cukier Gwiazda Bydgoszcz 1:3
SF SKK El Nino Praha – Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt 2:3
Solex-Consult Wiener Neustadt – CSS-SZAK Odorheiu Secuiesc Sunday, 23. October, 5 p.m.
Lotto Polski Cukier Gwiazda Bydgoszcz – SF SKK El Nino Praha Sunday, 23. October, 2 p.m.

Group D                                                                                                                     SKST Tesla Batteries Havirov – GDCS Juncal 3:1
PTE PEAC Kalo-Meh – TTC Sokah Hoboken 0:3
TTC Sokah Hoboken – GDCS Juncal 3:0
SKST Tesla Batteries Havirov – PTE PEAC Kalo-Meh 3:2
PTE PEAC Kalo-Meh – GDCS Juncal 1:3
SKST Tesla Batteries Havirov – TTC Sokah Hoboken 2:3