The tension is rising: Cup showdown in 50 days
Cup fever is on the rise, the showdown in the Liebherr Cup Final Four will take place in 50 days. The first two participants, Borussia Düsseldorf and ASV Grünwettersbach, have already been confirmed. Tickets for the top event on January 7 are available from €15.
Numerous top stars will once again be waiting for spectators in the ratiopharm arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm in 2024: Timo Boll will be there, as will Dang Qiu, Wang Xi, Tiago Apolonia and many more. Borussia Düsseldorf and ASV Grünwettersbach are two teams that have reached the cup semi-finals in the past few days and have already been able to add their names to the list of title winners in the recent past.
Grünwettersbach pulled off the big coup in 2020 and secured the first title in the club's history after winning the doubles against Saarbrücken and Ochsenhausen. Düsseldorf have already triumphed 27 times, although their most recent success was almost three years ago. In the past two seasons, Borussia lost one final each time. Grünwettersbach and Düsseldorf will meet in the semi-finals on January 7 and battle it out for a place in the final. Incidentally, the two clubs will meet beforehand in the German Table Tennis League (TTBL). The match as part of the 8th matchday will take place next Thursday, November 23, and will be broadcast live on Dyn as usual.
Quarter-finals on Sunday and Monday
If you would like to attend the Liebherr Cup Final Four on January 7 in the ratiopharm arena Ulm/Neu-Ulm, you should take a look at our ticket store. Tickets for the Final Four cost €15 in the cheapest category (reduced €13.50).
Which teams will play in the other semi-final will be decided in the coming days. Tomorrow, Sunday, November 19, SV Werder Bremen and 1. FC Saarbrücken TT will face off at 3 pm. The Hanseatic side last reached the Final Four in 2019, losing to Ochsenhausen in the final. Saarbrücken last won the title in 2022 and is also one of the hottest contenders this year. The winner of this quarter-final will face the winner of the encounter between TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau and TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen in the ratiopharm arena, which will take place on the following Monday, November 20, starting at 7 p.m. Both teams have won the cup four times - Grenzau most recently in 2005/06, Ochsenhausen in 2018/19.
Overview of the cup quarter-finals
Borussia Düsseldorf – TSV Bad Königshofen 3:0
Anton Källberg – Martin Allegro 3:0 (11:6, 11:7, 11:9)
Timo Boll – Bastian Steger 3:0 (11:7, 11:7, 11:6)
Dang Qiu – Filip Zeljko 3:1 (11:9, 2:11, 11:5, 11:2)
ASV Grünwettersbach – Post SV Mühlhausen
Tiago Apolonia – Daniel Habesohn 3:1 (12:10, 11:8, 10:12, 11:6)
Ricardo Walter – Steffen Mengel 3:1 (11:8, 11:4, 8:11, 12:10)
Dani Kozul – Ovidiu Ionescu 3:2 (11:9, 6:11, 8:11, 11:6, 11:9)
Sunday, November 19
3 p.m.: 1. FC Saarbrücken TT – SV Werder Bremen
Monday, November 20
7 p.m.: TTC Zugbrücke Grenzau – TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen