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STIGA Masters 2026: Timo Hennaut and Lesley Van Loo Shine as Netherlands Dominate French U11 OpenThe 19th STIGA Masters youth table tennis tournament has concluded with...
Belgium's First U11 STIGA Masters Title: A 0-2 Comeback, Three Sediment Layers, and What the Scoreboard Refuses to SayThe scoreboard from the Under-11 boys' final at the 19th STIGA Masters reads,...
Three Players on 8-1 in Antibes: How the U15 European Title Was Decided by Two PointsThe seventh game between Varvara Tolmacheva and Albane Rochut ended 14-12....
ETTU Awards Hosting Rights for 2028 European Under 13 and Under 21 Table Tennis Championships to Władysławowo and SarajevoETTU has awarded the hosting rights for two 2028 European youth table tennis...
Peter Engel (2026–2026): A Player of the Celluloid Era, a Coach Who Lived Through Five Rule ChangesA Subtraction to Begin With Peter Engel was born on 13 January 2026 and died ...
ETTU and EUSA Expand Ties in Ljubljana: European Table Tennis Looks for Depth in the Lecture HallOn the final day of the 2026 European Table Tennis Championships at Arena...
Ljubljana and Four Ways to Win: France Holds the Peak, Germany the Floor, Sweden the KeystoneGame six, the scoreboard in Ljubljana read 10-9. Alexis Lebrun stood behind t...
Ljubljana: Four Quarterfinal Berths, Four Different Winning MechanismsAt Ljubljana, the men’s round of 16 at the 2026 European Championships ended...
ETTU Redraws the Skeleton of European Table Tennis: Win Games, Not Just MatchesOn an August evening, I stayed back in my analysis room in Shanghai to rewatc...
European Table Tennis 2026: Women's Singles Opens with a String of Tight Battles in LjubljanaAt Arena Stožice in Ljubljana, the opening day of the women's singles at the...
2026 European Table Tennis Championships to Reach a Dozen-Plus Broadcasters: ETTU and the Cross-Border Rights EquationIn its announcement of the broadcast rights for the 2026 European Individual...
Ljubljana 2026: The Broadcast Map Reveals the Real Gap Between European and Chinese Table TennisEight names. I counted and recounted the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU)...
The 2026 European Individual Table Tennis Championships and the Broadcast Map: Reading Where the Ball Does Not RollThe official announcement from the European Table Tennis Union about the 2026...
Elizabeta Samara, 21 Years and 24 European Medals: An Open Audit Ahead of Ljubljana 2026September, Beijing. Elizabeta Samara walks off the table after the main draw ...
Władysławowo and Sarajevo awarded 2028 European Under 13 and Under 21 Championships: European youth table tennis and the gamble of an Olympic cycleOn a late August afternoon, while I was sorting through a pile of...
The Two European Youth Championships of 2028 and the Pipeline Map ETTU Left UnspokenA short notice from the Executive Board of the European Table Tennis Union...
Three U15 Players, One Title, and a 14-12 Seventh Game in AntibesIn Antibes, the U15 girls' event of the Europe Youth Top 10 closed with a rar...
The 14-12 Dent: When Three U15 Players Hit the Ceiling and One Number Decided14-12. Not a score from an ordinary set. That's the deepest dent on the chart...
TOLMACHEVA wins U15 Girls European crown after thrilling three-way tie in AntibesIn the seventh game, the score stood at 12-12. On one side of the table was...
ABIODUN Wins European U19 Crown: France's Youth Depth Is the Real SignalIn Antibes, when the U19 boys' round-robin at the Europe Youth Top 10 closed,...
Unbeaten HOCHART leads the Europe Youth Top 10 U19 Girls in Antibes: six matches without dropping a game, and a contradiction hidden in the results sheetSix matches, and the games-lost column still empty. Day two of the Europe You...
The Seventh Game in Antibes: Tolmacheva Unbeaten, Rochut Straining at HomeIn Antibes, the second day of play ended with a seventh game. Varvara...
Tolmacheva and Rochut Unbeaten on Opening Day of Europe Youth Top 10 in Antibes: What the Scoreboard Reveals About Europe's U15 GirlsThe opening day of the Europe Youth Top 10 in Antibes, France, ended with a...
Six Days in Istanbul and an Olympic Ticket: Europe Redraws the Mixed Team ChessboardFrom February 3 to 7, 2027, in Istanbul, Stage 1 of the European Team Table...
Istanbul, February 2027: European Table Tennis Bets Its Olympic Future on a Format That Has Never Been PlayedOn February 12, 2027, in Istanbul, the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) wil...
Istanbul 2027: European Table Tennis Expands to 192 Athletes, Debuts Mixed Team EventI just re-pinned the calendar on the wall of my office in Hai Phong. 266 days...
Table Tennis at Istanbul 2027: 192 Places, One Olympic Ticket and a Shaking Hand at 9-9I once saw Levi's hand shake on a big stage. That tremor is what made the...
Three Trophies in Sarajevo: Vladislav Ursu, Moldova and the Limits of a Regional ChampionshipIn the results sheet from the 51st Balkan Championships in Sarajevo, there wa...
The 51st Balkan Senior Championships in Sarajevo: Vladislav Ursu's Triple Crown and the Limits of a Regional Score SheetThe 4-3 scoreline in the men's singles quarter-final was the only number that...
51st Balkan Senior Championships in Sarajevo: Vladislav Ursu's Triple Crown and a Women's Table Tennis Hierarchy Nobody Bothers to MeasureOn the evening of 19 September, I sat in front of a screen in Hanoi and...
51st Balkan Table Tennis Championships: Vladislav Ursu's Three Titles and the Silence Behind the ScoreboardSarajevo, midday on September 19. The scoreboard read 4-1. Vladislav Ursu sho...
Peter Engel (2026–2026): The Master Craftsman Who Coached Through Six Reforms of World Table TennisThe European Table Tennis Union's notice went out on a Friday, as short as an...
Portugal's U21 double at Belgium Open 2026: real titles, but the gap to senior level remains intactMatilde PINTO left the podium with a smile at the 2026 Belgium Open after...
Belgium Open 2026: Portugal's Double U21 Title, and the Twelve-Month Gap the Scoreboard Kept TellingIn Pepinster, a small town in Belgium's Wallonia region, the electronic...
Belgium Open 2026: Portugal's Two U21 Titles and the Real Ceiling of Europe's Development TierIn Pepinster, a small municipality in eastern Belgium, Matilde Pinto walked...
Zhang Yining and Yan Sen Lead Eurotalents Camp in Luxembourg: China Exports Methodology Into Europe's Youth PipelineOn 1 September, in Luxembourg, twenty junior players born between 2026 and 20...
Chinese Table Tennis Experts in North Macedonia: Four Days, One Legend, and an Exported SystemOver four days, from the seventh to the tenth of September, a small hall in...
China-EU Table Tennis Friendship Event in Brussels: Diplomatic Significance Through SportsThe China-EU Table Tennis Friendship Event in Brussels was a success. This is...
