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The Europe Super Cup was originally to be held at Samara in south east Russia but the venue was moved to St Petersburg (to be precise at the Kometa Table Tennis Centre ), the city that hosted the Liebherr European Championships in 2008. This event will be held on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd December 2009.

The decision was made by the Russian Table Tennis Federation following the cancellation of 2010 ITTF Pro Tour tournament, originally scheduled for St Petersburg.

In accordance with the October rankings invitations will be sent to the leading European players with Germany’s Timo Boll seeking to complete a hat-trick of titles. He has emerged as the victor in both previous tournaments, the first being in Kazan in 2007, the second in Vidnoe, Moscow in 2008.
Other top European players invited are Vladimir Samsonov (Belarus), Michael Maze (Denmark), Werner Schlager(Austria), Dimitrij Ovtcharov(Germany), Kalinikos Kreanga(Greece) and Jörgen Persson(Sweden). Fedor Kuzmin, a semi-finalist in the Men’s Singles event at the recent Liebherr European Championships, will complete the line up being the host nation representative.

The reserves are Chen Weixing(Austria) and Zoran Primorac(Croatia).

Eurosport has already confirmed four hours of live coverage on each day and delayed coverage on Thursday 3rd December 2009.

(Note : News excerpts from ITTF News)

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It is confirmed that the European Super Cup will be held in table tennis Centre Kometa in Russian city St Petersburg on 1st and 2nd December. For the third time Russia will gather the best European players in a prestigious event with Timo Boll (Germany) leading the pack which includes 2009 European Champion Michael Maze(Denmark), Fedor Kuzmin (Russia), Vladimir Samsonov (Belarus), Werner Schlager (Austria), D. Ovtcharov (Germany), K Kreanga (Greece) and Jorgen Persson ( Sweden).

Total prize money is USD$ 120.000 and the winner will collect USD$50.000. Runner up will receive USD$25.000, player who win third place USD$15.000, and fourth USD$10.000. Only to participate in the Event will be enough to refresh the bank account with USD$5.000.

In Last two years the names of the winner and runner up are the same – Timo BOLL won gold whilst Vladimir SAMSONOV was second. In Moscow 2008 Werner SCHLAGER was third, whilst Michale MAZE was third in Kazan two years ago.

Igor RUBTSOV played on both previous occasions as a host representative, so this will be the premiere for KUZMIN and the list of beginners will stop there, since all the others participants played in Super Cup at least once before.

(Note: Source from European Table Tennis Union)

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It is another 5 days to this event, after the Polish Open.

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For its third edition, the European Super Cup will be staged again in a Russian city. Following the hosting of the increasingly prestigious event in Kazan (2007) and Moscow (2008) the prize money event for the best eight European table tennis men will be contested in St. Petersburg on Tuesday 1st and Wednesday 2nd December.

Polish Open winner Timo Boll, Vladimir Samsonov, Michael Maze, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Werner Schlager, Kalinikos Kreanga, Jörgen Persson and local hero, Fedor Kuzmin, will play for a total of US$120,000.
Full list of players :
Timo Boll, Germany, world ranking no.4
Vladimir Samsonov, Belarus, no.6
Michael Maze, Denmark, no.8
Dimitrij Ovtcharov, Germany, no.13
Werner Schlager, Austria, no.14
Kalinikos Kreanga, Greece, no.17
Jörgen Persson, Sweden, no.21
Fedor Kuzmin, Russia, no.49

The event will be played in two groups of four players. The best two of each group proceed to the semi-finals. The winner will be paid US$50,000 prize money, the runner up UIS$25,000, the third ranked player US$15,000 and the fourth ranked US$10,000. The players eliminated in the round robin will receive US$5,000 each.

The draw will be held at Park Inn Peribaltyskaya Hotel on Monday at 20:00 (local time).

(Note : Source from ITTF News)

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Ever since Michael Maze won the European Championship he seems to be on the decline! In this Euro Super Cup he lost all his matches!

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It only shows that Maze is also human.

Well, the result is out. Timo Boll is the only winner in the short history of the European Super Cup, winning in 2007, 2008, and also won the third edition (2009). In St. Petersburg, Boll overcame his compatriot, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, a surprise finalist, in four straight games and won the prize money of USD 50,000.

Boll’s toughest challenger in St. Petersburg was Vladimir Samsonov in the semis. Samsonov stretched Boll to the limit. Samsonov seemed already beaten in the sixth game when he was 3-6 down in points and 2-3 in games, but the 33 year old had the spectators on his side in St. Petersburg. He surprised Timo Boll with several clever services and levelled in games. However, Boll was the more active player in the seventh and dominated the last rallies. Samsonov saw an equal match, but “then I could not return Boll’s serves well”, the darling of the Russian public explained his difficulties in the last rallies.

The other semi-final match between Germany’s Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Greek Kalinikos Kreanga saw again the German contender emerging as winner. The 21 year old Ovtcharov, born in Kiev, Ukraine, controlled the match most of the time beside a miserable second game. The match could have taken a different way however. Kreanga saved game points in the first set but missed to use his opportunities. If he had had a 2-0 lead in games, the pressure on Ovtcharov would have been much higher. But Ovtcharov won the close first game 15-13 and made life difficult for the 37 year old Greek with his services. Furthermore Kreanga’s normally superior backhand could not make the difference either; Ovtcharov as well is an excellent backhand play

In the match for the third position Vladimir Samsonov beat Kalinikos Kreanga with four games to one.

(Note : Excerpts from ITTF News)