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European Championships 2020
Men's Singles
The 2020 European Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland from 22-27 June 2021. Get all the details and results for the Men's Singles here...
By Martin Hughes
Owner and Editor
Due to the Covid 19 world wide pandemic, the 2020 European Championships were not held until 22-27 June 2021.
The Championships were held in Warsaw, Poland at the Centralny Osrodek Sportu Torwar where they staged men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles events.
You can follow the links below to get more information about each event, together with the results.
The first European Championships took place in 1958 in Hungary, and you can read all about the history of the championships, and get previous results, here.
Initially the Championships were a biennial event, taking place in even numbered years, but now it's usually held annually during September/October.
European Championships 2020
For more information about each event, click on these links...
| Men's Singles | Women's Singles | |
| Men's Doubles | Women's Doubles | |
| Mixed Doubles |
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So where was it held?
Venue and Equipment
The 2020 European Championships were played at the Centralny Osrodek Sportu Torwar.
The equipment being used was...
- Tables: Tibhar Smash 28/R (blue)
- Nets: Tibhar
- Balls: Nittaku NSD 40+***
- Flooring: Taraflex Table Tennis 3.7 (framboise)
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So let's take a look at the...
Qualification Criteria
In singles events each Association were entitled to enter a number of players according to the results of the previous year's European Championships team events final stage and 2nd stage as follows:
- Associations in positions 1-8: 5 players
- Associations in positions 9-16, (2nd in final stage groups): 4 players
- Associations in positions 17-24 (3rd in final stage groups): 3 players
- 6 best placed Associations not proceeding to the final stage (from 2nd stage groups): 3 players
- All remaining Associations: 2 players
- Host Association: 5 players
In case of vacant places, one place will be allocated firstly to the 14 Associations with 3 players according to the ranking positions of the Associations, secondly if there are remaining places one place will be allocated to Associations with 2 players according to the ranking positions of the Associations.
So let's now take a look at the...
Format for the Men's Singles
There were 106 entries for the men's singles and 32 seeded players were directly placed in the first round proper. All remaining players were placed in a qualification stage.
The main event was played as a knock-out competition.
All matches were the best of 7 games.
Seeding were done on the basis of the World Ranking List published on 15 June 2021.
The draw took place on Sunday 20th June 2021.
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But who was the...
Defending champion
The previous Men's Singles were in 2018 in Alicante, Spain and the winner was Timo Boll (Germany). The runner-up was Ovidiu Ionescu (Romania).
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So let's take a look at the...
List of competitors for the 2020 men's singles
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
|---|---|
| Austria | CHEN, Alexander |
| Austria | GARDOS, Robert |
| Austria | HABESOHN, Daniel |
| Austria | KOLODZIEJCZYK, Maciej |
| Austria | LEVENKO, Andreas |
| Austria | SERDAROGLU, David |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Belgium | ALLEGRO, Martin |
| Belgium | DEVOS, Robin |
| Belgium | LAMBIET, Florent |
| Belgium | NUYTINCK, Cedric |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Belarus | KHANIN, Aliaksandr |
| Belarus | PLATONOV, Pavel |
| Belarus | RUKLETSOV, Vladislav |
| Belarus | SHAMRUK, Gleb |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Bulgaria | ALEXANDROV, Teodor |
| Bulgaria | KRASTEV, Petyo |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Croatia | GACINA, Andrej |
| Croatia | PUCAR, Tomislav |
| Croatia | ZELJKO, Filip |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Cyprus | YIANGOU, Marios |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Czech Republic | JANCARIK, Lubomir |
| Czech Republic | POLANSKY, Tomas |
| Czech Republic | SIRUCEK, Pavel |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Denmark | ANDERSEN, Martin |
| Denmark | CHRISTENSEN, Thor |
| Denmark | GROTH, Jonathan |
| Denmark | RASMUSSEN, Tobias |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| England | DRINKHALL, Paul |
| England | WALKER, Samuel |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Estonia | LUSIN, Aleksandr |
| Estonia | VAINULA, Vallot |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Finland | NAUMI, Alex |
| Finland | OLAH, Benedek |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| France | AKKUZU, Can |
| France | CASSIN, Alexandre |
| France | GAUZY, Simon |
| France | LANDRIEU, Andrea |
| France | LEBESSON, Emmanuel |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Germany | BOLL, Timo |
| Germany | DUDA, Benedikt |
| Germany | FILUS, Ruwen |
| Germany | FRANZISKA, Patrick |
| Germany | OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij |
| Germany | QIU, Dang |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Greece | GIONIS, Panagiotis |
| Greece | KONSTANTINOPOULOS, Giorgos |
| Greece | SGOUROPOULOS, Ioannis |
| Greece | STAMATOUROS, Georgios |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Hungary | ECSEKI, Nandor |
| Hungary | LAKATOS, Tamas |
| Hungary | SZUDI, Adam |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Israel | SHUSTERMAN, Yonatan |
| Israel | TAUBER, Michael |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Italy | BOBOCICA, Mihai |
| Italy | RECH DALDOSSO, Marco |
| Italy | STOYANOV, Niagol |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Kosovo | MAHMUTI, Kreshnik |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Latvia | KARTUZOVS, Olegs |
| Latvia | REINHOLDS, Arturs |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Lithuania | UDRA, Alfredas |
| Lithuania | VILKAS, Matas |
| Lithuania | ZEIMYS, Kestutis |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Luxembourg | GLOD, Eric |
| Luxembourg | MLADENOVIC, Luka |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Moldova | PUTUNTICA, Andrei |
| Moldova | URSU, Vladislav |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Macedonia | STANOJKOVSKI, Kristijan |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Norway | LINDHOLM, Eskil |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Poland | BADOWSKI, Marek |
| Poland | DYJAS, Jakub |
| Poland | KUBIK, Maciej |
| Poland | KULCZYCKI, Samuel |
| Poland | REDZIMSKI, Milosz |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Portugal | APOLONIA, Tiago |
| Portugal | CARVALHO, Diogo |
| Portugal | FREITAS, Marcos |
| Portugal | GERALDO, Joao |
| Portugal | MONTEIRO, Joao |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Romania | IONESCU, Eduard |
| Romania | IONESCU, Ovidiu |
| Romania | SIPOS, Rares |
| Romania | SZOCS, Hunor |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Russia | GREBNEV, Maksim |
| Russia | KATSMAN, Lev |
| Russia | SIDORENKO, Vladimir |
| Russia | SKACHKOV, Kirill |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Slovenia | HRIBAR, Peter |
| Slovenia | JORGIC, Darko |
| Slovenia | KOZUL, Deni |
| Slovenia | TOKIC, Bojan |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Serbia | JEVTOVIC, Marko |
| Serbia | LEVAJAC, Dimitrije |
| Serbia | PETO, Zsolt |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Switzerland | WEBER, Lionel |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Slovakia | PISTEJ, Lubomir |
| Slovakia | WANG, Yang |
| Slovakia | ZELINKA, Jakub |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Sweden | FALCK, Mattias |
| Sweden | KALLBERG, Anton |
| Sweden | KARLSSON, Kristian |
| Sweden | MOREGARD, Truls |
| Sweden | PERSSON, Jon |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Turkey | GUNDUZ, Ibrahim |
| Turkey | ULUCAK, Batuhan |
| Turkey | YIGENLER, Abdullah |
| Association | FAMILY NAME, Given Name |
| Ukraine | PRYSHCHEPA, Yevhen |
| Ukraine | YEFIMOV, Viktor |
| Ukraine | ZHMUDENKO, Yaroslav |
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Here are the...
Seedings for the 2020 men's singles
| Seed | FAMILY NAME, Given Name | Association | World Ranking (June 2021) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FALCK, Mattias | Sweden | 8 |
| 2 | OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij | Germany | 9 |
| 3 | BOLL, Timo | Germany | 11 |
| 4 | FRANZISKA, Patrick | Germany | 16 |
| 5 | GAUZY, Simon | France | 19 |
| 6 | GARDOS, Robert | Austria | 24 |
| 7 | FREITAS, Marcos | Portugal | 25 |
| 8 | JORGIC, Darko | Slovenia | 27 |
| 9 | KARLSSON, Kristian | Sweden | 29 |
| 10 | GROTH, Jonathan | Denmark | 31 |
| 11 | PUCAR, Tomislav | Croatia | 33 |
| 12 | WANG, Yang | Slovakia | 34 |
| 13 | FILUS, Ruwen | Germany | 35 |
| 14 | LEBESSON, Emmanuel | France | 40 |
| 15 | DUDA, Benedikt | Germany | 41 |
| 16 | PERSSON, Jon | Sweden | 43 |
| 17 | HABESOHN, Daniel | Austria | 44 |
| 18 | GACINA, Andrej | Croatia | 48 |
| 19 | GIONIS, Panagiotis | Greece | 49 |
| 20 | SIRUCEK, Pavel | Czech Republic | 51 |
| 21 | KALLBERG Anton | Sweden | 53 |
| 22 | SKACHKOV, Kirill | Russia | 55 |
| 23 | DRINKHALL, Paul | England | 57 |
| 24 | APOLONIA, Tiago | Portugal | 58 |
| 25 | IONESCU, Ovidiu | Romania | 60 |
| 26 | DYJAS, Jakub | Poland | 65 |
| 27 | TOKIC, Bojan | Slovenia | 66 |
| 28 | PISTEJ, Lubomir | Slovakia | 68 |
| 29 | NUYTINCK, Cedric | Belgium | 69 |
| 30 | MONTEIRO Joao | Portugal | 78 |
| 31 | AKKUZU Can | France | 80 |
| 32 | BADOWSKI Marek | Poland | 82 |
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Here are the results for the men's singles matches...
2020 Men's Singles Results
Men's Singles Event Results
Round One (Last 64)
Thursday 24 June 2021
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
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| (1) FALCK, Mattias SWE | 4-3 | (49) PLATONOV, Pavel BLR |
| (63) YIGENLER, Abdullah TUR | 4-3 | (28) PISTEJ, Lubomir SVK |
| (17) HABESOHN, Daniel AUT | 4-2 | (57) KHANIN, Aleksandr BLR |
| (47) SZOCS, Hunor ROU | 4-1 | (14) LEBESSON, Emmanuel FRA |
| (16) PERSSON, Jon SWE | 4-0 | (48) ECSEKI, Nandor HUN |
| (24) APOLONIA, Tiago POR | 4-2 | (52) CASSIN, Alexandre FRA |
| (80) KULCZYCKI, Samuel POL | 4-3 | (22) SKACHKOV, Kirill RUS |
| (6) GARDOS, Robert AUT | 4-0 | (66) MLADENOVIC, Luka LUX |
| (8) JORGIC, Darko SLO | 4-2 | (72) ZELJKO, Filip CRO |
| (21) KALLBERG, Anton SWE | 4-0 | (94) RECH DALDOSSO, Marco ITA |
| (27) TOKIC, Bojan SLO | 4-2 | (55) POLANSKY, Tomas CZE |
| (13) FILUS, Ruwen GER | 4-1 | (56) PETO, Zsolt SRB |
| (15) DUDA, Benedikt GER | 4-3 | (45) BOBOCICA, Mihai ITA |
| (51) LEVENKO, Andreas AUT | 4-3 | (32) BADOWSKI, Marek POL |
| (23) DRINKHALL, Paul ENG | 4-3 | (42) SZUDI, Adam HUN |
| (3) BOLL, Timo GER | 4-0 | (64) RASMUSSEN, Tobias DEN |
| (4) FRANZISKA, Patrick GER | 4-2 | (53) SGOUROPOULOS, Ioannis GRE |
| (87) URSU, Vladislav MDA | 4-1 | (31) AKKUZU, Can FRA |
| (25) IONESCU, Ovidiu ROU | 4-0 | (43) DEVOS, Robin BEL |
| (37) STOYANOV, Niagol ITA | 4-3 | (10) GROTH, Jonathan DEN |
| (38) MOREGARD, Truls SWE | 4-2 | (12) WANG, Yang SVK |
| (19) GIONIS, Panagiotis GRE | 4-1 | (73) KATSMAN, Lev RUS |
| (26) DYJAS, Jakub POL | 4-3 | (44) ALLEGRO, Martin BEL |
| (7) FREITAS, Marcos POR | 4-0 | (60) WEBER, Lionel SUI |
| (5) GAUZY, Simon FRA | 4-2 | (62) CARVALHO, Diogo POR |
| (35) JANCARIK, Lubomir CZE | 4-2 | (29) NUYTINCK, Cedric BEL |
| (30) MONTEIRO, Joao POR | 4-0 | (81) YEFIMOV, Viktor UKR |
| (11) PUCAR, Tomislav CRO | 4-2 | (54) SIPOS, Rares ROU |
| (9) KARLSSON, Kristian SWE | 4-0 | (41) PRYSHCHEPA, Yevhen UKR |
| (61) SIDORENKO, Vladimir RUS | 4-3 | (20) SIRUCEK, Pavel CZE |
| (18) GACINA, Andrej CRO | 4-0 | (34) GERALDO, Joao POR |
| (2) OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij GER | 4-1 | (59) GUNDUZ, Ibrahim TUR |
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| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
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| (1) FALCK, Mattias SWE | 4-1 | (63) YIGENLER, Abdullah TUR |
| (47) SZOCS, Hunor ROU | 4-2 | (17) HABESOHN, Daniel AUT |
| (16) PERSSON, Jon SWE | 4-1 | (24) APOLONIA, Tiago POR |
| (6) GARDOS, Robert AUT | 4-2 | (80) KULCZYCKI, Samuel POL |
| (21) KALLBERG, Anton SWE | 4-3 | (8) JORGIC, Darko SLO |
| (13) FILUS, Ruwen GER | inj | (27) TOKIC, Bojan SLO |
| (15) DUDA, Benedikt GER | 4-0 | (51) LEVENKO, Andreas AUT |
| (3) BOLL, Timo GER | 4-2 | (23) DRINKHALL, Paul ENG |
| (4) FRANZISKA, Patrick GER | 4-1 | (87) URSU, Vladislav MDA |
| (25) IONESCU, Ovidiu ROU | 4-2 | (37) STOYANOV, Niagol ITA |
| (38) MOREGARD, Truls SWE | 4-3 | (19) GIONIS, Panagiotis GRE |
| (7) FREITAS, Marcos POR | 4-1 | (26) DYJAS, Jakub POL |
| (35) JANCARIK, Lubomir CZE | 4-0 | (5) GAUZY, Simon FRA |
| (11) PUCAR, Tomislav CRO | 4-3 | (30) MONTEIRO, Joao POR |
| (9) KARLSSON, Kristian SWE | 4-1 | (61) SIDORENKO, Vladimir RUS |
| (2) OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij GER | 4-2 | (18) GACINA, Andrej CRO |
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Round Three (Last 16)
Saturday 26 June 2021
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) FALCK, Mattias SWE | 4-2 | (47) SZOCS, Hunor ROU |
| (16) PERSSON, Jon SWE | 4-1 | (6) GARDOS, Robert AUT |
| (21) KALLBERG, Anton SWE | 4-1 | (13) FILUS, Ruwen GER |
| (3) BOLL, Timo GER | 4-3 | (15) DUDA, Benedikt GER |
| (25) IONESCU, Ovidiu ROU | 4-0 | (4) FRANZISKA, Patrick GER |
| (7) FREITAS, Marcos POR | 4-2 | (38) MOREGARD, Truls SWE |
| (35) JANCARIK, Lubomir CZE | 4-2 | (11) PUCAR, Tomislav CRO |
| (2) OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij GER | 4-2 | (9) KARLSSON, Kristian SWE |
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Quarter Finals
Saturday 26 June 2021
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (1) FALCK, Mattias SWE | 4-0 | (16) PERSSON, Jon SWE |
| (3) BOLL, Timo GER | 4-1 | (21) KALLBERG, Anton SWE |
| (7) FREITAS, Marcos POR | 4-1 | (25) IONESCU, Ovidiu ROU |
| (2) OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij GER | 4-3 | (35) JANCARIK, Lubomir CZE |
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Semi-Finals
Sunday 27 June 2021
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (3) BOLL, Timo GER | 4-2 | (1) FALCK, Mattias SWE |
| 13-11, 12-10, 11-6, 9-11, 9-11, 11-7 | ||
| (2) OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij GER | 4-2 | (7) FREITAS, Marcos POR |
| 11-9, 8-11, 9-11, 14-12, 11-8, 11-9 |
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Final
Sunday 27 June 2021
| (Seeding) Name (Association) | Result | (Seeding) Name (Association) |
|---|---|---|
| (3) BOLL, Timo GER | 4-1 | (2) OVTCHAROV, Dimitrij GER |
| 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 |
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2020 European Championships
Men's Singles
GOLD MEDAL WINNER
Timo BOLL (Germany)
SILVER MEDAL WINNER
Dimitrij OVTCHAROV (Germany)
BRONZE MEDAL WINNERS
Mattias FALCK (Sweden) and Marcos FREITAS (Portugal)
Men's Singles gold medallist - Timo Boll (Germany)
Men's Singles silver medallist - Dimitrij Ovtcharov (Germany)
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