ITTF European Championships Team Events Stage 1 draw
ITTF European Championships Team Events Stage 1 draw took place in Stockholm today during the Swedish Open. The opening stage will be held in period between 2018 and 2019.
Top 18 teams are in A section. In each Men’s and Women’s Event there are 6 groups with three teams. In B groups there are 21 men’s teams and 17 Women’s.
2018-1019 European Championships Men
Draw Stage 1 – A
Group A 1: Portugal Austria Hungary.
Grooup A 2: Slovenia Romania Belgium.
Group A 3: Sweden Spain Denmark.
Group A 4: Croatia Poland Turkey.
Group A 5: Ukraine Slovakia Belarus.
Group A 6: Greece Russia Luxembourg.
Draw Stage 1 – B
Group B 1: Czech Republic Bulgaria Cyprus Iceland.
Grooup B 2: Italy Israel Norway Kosovo.
Group B 3: Netherlands Estonia Montenegro.
Group B 4: Lithuania Ireland Ayerbaijan San Marino.
Group B5: England Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Group B 6: Finland Switzerland Scotland.
2018-1019 European Championships Women
Draw Stage 1 – A
Group A 1: Germany Luxembourg Azerbaijan.
Grooup A 2: Netherlands Croatia Italy.
Group A 3: Russia Sweden Belarus.
Group A 4: Hungary Czech Republic Spain.
Group A 5: Austria Portugal Switzerland.
Group A 6: Poland Ukraine Slovenia.
Draw Stage 1 – B
Group B 1: Serbia Bulgaria Scotland.
Grooup B 2: Turkey Senmark Estonia Kosovo.
Group B 3: England Greece Norway.
Group B 4: Lithuania Israel Finland Iceland.
Group B5: Belgium Slovakia Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Dates
Stage 1 A groups and B groups
27th February 2018 1v3 1v3 2v4 (for B groups with 4 teams)
27th March 2018 2v1 2v1 4v3
22nd May 2018 3v2 3v2 1v4
2nd October 2018 3v1 3v1 4v2
20th November 2018 1v2 1v2 3v4
4th December 2018 2v3 2v3 4v1
The winner of the previous European Championships (Team Events) Germany and Romania and the host for the final stage of the Championships will not take part in stage 1 and will proceed directly to the final stage of the Championships.