After six days of trainings in Eslรถv and a few days of rest for Easter the Swedenโs team arrived in Tokyo to continue with the final preparations for the ZEN-NOH 2014 World Team Championships to be staged in Japan from Monday 28th April to Monday 5th May.
After six days of trainings in Eslรถv and a few days of rest for Easter the Swedenโs team arrived in Tokyo to continue with the final preparations for the ZEN-NOH 2014 World Team Championships to be staged in Japan from Monday 28th April to Monday 5th May.ย โIn the Japanese table tennis center they have already started to work โ reported Peter SARTZ while he was walking his dog Alvis at home in Malmรถ.
Peter who after 19 years in the Danish service makes a comeback on the Swedish bench will flight to Japan on Friday. Peter will lead Swedenโs menโs team and Thomas von SCHEELE โ is already at the place in the World Championships city with Swedish ladies.
It is noticeable that Peter looking forward to the ZEN-NOH 2014 World Championships with excitement.ย โWe have to be among top three in the group. It is our plan. South Korea is the favorite; North Korea is unknown for us and Taiwan led by CHUANG is good on paper but not always reliable when it shrinksโ SARTZ added.
Sweden is ranked as the twelfth World Championship team and the goal to be among the top ten teams is very realistic.โChina is the favorite of course ahead of Germany and Japan. The restโฆeverything is open.โ
Pรคr GERELL is now very high ranked as 35th in the world rankings and announced with his quarterfinal place in the German Open that heโs in good shape this spring. He was pleased with Eslรถv camp.ย โIf we just can find the stability in our game it will be perfect. I hope Pรคr GERELL will find the way to manage pressure and progress as our number one. Do not forget that he led 3-0 against ZHENDONG in Qatarโ emphasizes Peter.
Pรคr GERELL had a little pain in the neck at the end of the camp otherwise everything else was fine. No sign at all of injuries in the Swedish World Championships squad.
Peter adds:ย โJens plays at his highest level and he can produce good performance in Japan just like Kristian who played well in his French club Pontoise Cergy both in the national league and the Champions League. Jon and Harald also have a lot to give.โ
Peter SARTZ is pleased with the move from Denmark to Sweden.ย โCommunication with the guys has been great. It is great to be focused on Sweden again and it is a great fun to be at the major championship. In China and Japan the stands are always full and inspiring for all.โ
Last time Peter SARTZ was engaged in Swedenโs team at the World Championships in Tianjin in 1995 when he assisted Soren AHLEN. Two years before that in Gothenburg he worked with Anders THUNSTRรM.
Swedenโs World Cup squad โ Men:
Pรคr GERELL ย Born: 23/6 1982 ย Club: ASTT Chartres France ย Rankings: 35;ย VM starts: 9th (05 06 08 09 10 11 12 13 14)
Jens LUNDQUIST ย Born: 29/8 1979 ย Club: Valli Ante Sports Angers France ย Rankings: 66;ย World Cup starts: 13th (97 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14)
Kristian KARLSSON ย Born: 6/8 1991Club: Pontoise Cergy France ย World ranking: 97;ย VM starts: third (12 13 14)
Jon PERSSON ย Born: 23/10 1986 ย Club: Sรถderhamns UIF ย Rankings: 133;ย World Cup starts: 3rd (07 08 14)
Harald ANDERSSON ย Born: 9/29 1991 ย Club: Halmstad BTK ย Rankings: 193;ย World Cup starts: Debutante
Swedenโs World Cup squad โ Women:
Matilda EKHOLM ย Born: June 15 1982 ย Clubs: Fotoprix VIC Barcelona (Spain) JS Cugnaux-Villeneuve (France) ย Rankings: 55;ย VM starts: 10th (05 06 07 08 09. 10 11 12 13 14)
Linda BERGSTRรM ย Born: January 12 1995 ย Club: รngby SK ย World ranking. 235;ย VM starts: second (12 14)
Daniela MOSKOVITS ย Born: June 18 1993 ย Team: Team Mรคlarenergi BTK ย World ranking: 299;ย VM starts: second (12 14)
Jennifer JONSSON ย Born: August 13 1994 ย Club: Spรฅrvรคgens BTK ย World ranking: 303;ย VM starts: second (12 14)
