The Europe Top 16, also known as the Europe Top 16 Cup and previously known as the Europe Top 12, is a table tennis tournament organised annually by the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU), featuring the highest-ranked players in Europe.[2]
The first event was held in 1971 in Zadar, Yugoslavia (now part of Croatia) as an experimental classification tournament. Twelve male players and six female players took part, with István Jónyer and Beatrix Kisházi, both from Hungary, winning the inaugural men's and women's competitions respectively. The tournament would go on to be held each year in different venues, and would become known as the Europe Top 12.[3]
From 1971 until 1989, the tournament used a round-robin format; all players played each other once, with the champion being the player who accumulated the most wins. From 1990, there was a change of format; the twelve players were divided into two round-robin groups, with the top two players from each group progressing to semi-finals, followed by a final. At the 2001 tournament the twelve players were divided into four groups for the first time, with the group winners qualifying for the semi-finals, and from 2002 it was decided that the top two players from each group would qualify for quarter-finals, with knockout rounds to decide the winner. From 2015, the number of players qualifying for both the men's and women's events was increased to 16, and the tournament's name was changed to the Europe Top 16.[1][3]
Sweden's Jan-Ove Waldner is the most successful player in the history of the men's event, winning the tournament seven times and finishing runner-up on a further four occasions between 1984 and 1996. Beatrix Kisházi of Hungary and Li Jiao of the Netherlands share the record for most wins in the women's event, with four wins each. Kisházi won the first three editions of the tournament from 1971 to 1973 and regained the title in 1977, while Li's four title wins came between 2007 and 2011.[4][5]
Qualificationedit
Since 2019, the 16 participants in both the men's and the women's tournaments qualify as follows:[6]
14 additional players based on the European rankings at the time, subject to a maximum of two players from any association.
One player from the host nation. If a player from the host nation has already qualified by right, the next eligible player in the rankings will qualify.
Formatedit
Since 2018, the format of the tournament has been a knockout played over two days. The semi-final losers play off for third and fourth place.[7] The top three players in both the men's and the women's tournaments will be guaranteed a place at the Table Tennis World Cup, subject to a maximum of two players from any association.[6]
^ abcde"Europe Top-12/16 archive". ETTU. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^"Europe Top 16 / General Information". ETTU. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^ ab"About ETTU / History". ETTU. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^"ETTHoF / Jan-Ove Waldner". European Table Tennis Hall of Fame. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^"Li Jiao, One Title Away from Surpassing the Achievements of Beatrix Kishazi". ITTF. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
^ ab"2019 Europe Top 16 Cup / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
^"Top 16 Cup – two days knock out tournament". ETTU. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
External linksedit
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International Table Tennis Federation
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The Europe Top 16 also known as the Europe Top 16 Cup and previously known as the Europe Top 12 is a table tennis tournament organised annually by the European Table Tennis Union ETTU featuring the highest ranked players in Europe 2 Europe Top 16Most recent season or competition 2023 Europe Top 16 CupFormerlyEurope Top 12SportTable tennisFounded1971 1 Singles entrants16 men 16 womenConfederationEuropean Table Tennis UnionMost recentchampion s Men Darko JorgicWomen Jia Nan YuanMost titlesMen Jan Ove Waldner 7 Timo Boll 7 Women Beatrix Kishazi 4 Li Jiao 4 Contents 1 History 2 Qualification 3 Format 4 Results 4 1 Men 4 2 Women 5 Statistics 5 1 Multiple champions 5 1 1 Men 5 1 2 Women 5 2 All time medal table 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory editThe first event was held in 1971 in Zadar Yugoslavia now part of Croatia as an experimental classification tournament Twelve male players and six female players took part with Istvan Jonyer and Beatrix Kishazi both from Hungary winning the inaugural men s and women s competitions respectively The tournament would go on to be held each year in different venues and would become known as the Europe Top 12 3 nbsp Jan Ove WaldnerFrom 1971 until 1989 the tournament used a round robin format all players played each other once with the champion being the player who accumulated the most wins From 1990 there was a change of format the twelve players were divided into two round robin groups with the top two players from each group progressing to semi finals followed by a final At the 2001 tournament the twelve players were divided into four groups for the first time with the group winners qualifying for the semi finals and from 2002 it was decided that the top two players from each group would qualify for quarter finals with knockout rounds to decide the winner From 2015 the number of players qualifying for both the men s and women s events was increased to 16 and the tournament s name was changed to the Europe Top 16 1 3 Sweden s Jan Ove Waldner is the most successful player in the history of the men s event winning the tournament seven times and finishing runner up on a further four occasions between 1984 and 1996 Beatrix Kishazi of Hungary and Li Jiao of the Netherlands share the record for most wins in the women s event with four wins each Kishazi won the first three editions of the tournament from 1971 to 1973 and regained the title in 1977 while Li s four title wins came between 2007 and 2011 4 5 Qualification editSince 2019 the 16 participants in both the men s and the women s tournaments qualify as follows 6 The current European Champion 14 additional players based on the European rankings at the time subject to a maximum of two players from any association One player from the host nation If a player from the host nation has already qualified by right the next eligible player in the rankings will qualify Format editSince 2018 the format of the tournament has been a knockout played over two days The semi final losers play off for third and fourth place 7 The top three players in both the men s and the women s tournaments will be guaranteed a place at the Table Tennis World Cup subject to a maximum of two players from any association 6 Results editMen edit Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze1971 Zadar nbsp Istvan Jonyer nbsp Antun Stipancic nbsp Dragutin Surbek1972 Zagreb nbsp Antun Stipancic nbsp Stellan Bengtsson nbsp Dragutin Surbek1973 Boblingen nbsp Stellan Bengtsson nbsp Dragutin Surbek nbsp Antun Stipancic1974 Trollhattan nbsp Istvan Jonyer nbsp Milan Orlowski nbsp Stellan Bengtsson1975 Vienna nbsp Kjell Johansson nbsp Antun Stipancic nbsp Istvan Jonyer1976 Lubeck nbsp Dragutin Surbek nbsp Kjell Johansson nbsp Sarkis Sarkhoyan1977 Sarajevo nbsp Milan Orlowski nbsp Dragutin Surbek nbsp Jacques Secretin1978 Prague nbsp Gabor Gergely nbsp Milan Orlowski nbsp Stellan Bengtsson1979 Kristianstad nbsp Dragutin Surbek nbsp Desmond Douglas nbsp Jacques Secretin1980 Munich nbsp Stellan Bengtsson nbsp Ulf Thorsell nbsp Jacques Secretin1981 Miskolc nbsp Tibor Klampar nbsp Stellan Bengtsson nbsp Dragutin Surbek1982 Nantes nbsp Mikael Appelgren nbsp Milan Orlowski nbsp Desmond Douglas1983 Cleveland nbsp Milan Orlowski nbsp Desmond Douglas nbsp Mikael Appelgren1984 Bratislava nbsp Jan Ove Waldner nbsp Jindrich Pansky nbsp Mikael Appelgren1985 Barcelona nbsp Andrzej Grubba nbsp Jindrich Pansky nbsp Mikael Appelgren1986 Sodertalje nbsp Jan Ove Waldner nbsp Desmond Douglas nbsp Erik Lindh1987 Basel nbsp Desmond Douglas nbsp Jan Ove Waldner nbsp Jorgen Persson1988 Ljubljana nbsp Jan Ove Waldner nbsp Jorgen Persson nbsp Andrzej Grubba1989 Charleroi nbsp Jan Ove Waldner nbsp Erik Lindh nbsp Jorgen Persson1990 Hannover nbsp Mikael Appelgren nbsp Jan Ove Waldner nbsp Andrzej Grubba1991 s Hertogenbosch nbsp Erik Lindh nbsp Jan Ove Waldner nbsp Jorgen Persson1992 Vienna nbsp Jorgen Persson nbsp Jorg Rosskopf nbsp Zoran Primorac1993 Copenhagen nbsp Jan Ove Waldner nbsp Peter Karlsson nbsp Jorg Rosskopf nbsp Jean Michel Saive1994 Arezzo nbsp Jean Michel Saive nbsp Jan Ove Waldner nbsp Peter Karlsson nbsp Zoran Primorac1995 Dijon nbsp Jan Ove Waldner nbsp Erik Lindh nbsp Jean Philippe Gatien nbsp Jean Michel Saive1996 Charleroi nbsp Jan Ove Waldner nbsp Jean Michel Saive nbsp Jean Philippe Gatien nbsp Yang Min1997 Eindhoven nbsp Jean Philippe Gatien nbsp Vladimir Samsonov nbsp Zoran Primorac nbsp Jan Ove Waldner1998 Halmstad nbsp Vladimir Samsonov nbsp Peter Karlsson nbsp Jean Michel Saive nbsp Jan Ove Waldner1999 Split nbsp Vladimir Samsonov nbsp Christophe Legout nbsp Jean Philippe Gatien nbsp Kalinikos Kreanga2000 Alassio nbsp Werner Schlager nbsp Yang Min nbsp Jean Philippe Gatien nbsp Jorg Rosskopf2001 Wels nbsp Vladimir Samsonov nbsp Peter Karlsson nbsp Petr Korbel nbsp Jean Michel Saive2002 Rotterdam nbsp Timo Boll nbsp Vladimir Samsonov nbsp Patrick Chila nbsp Damien Eloi2003 Saarbrucken nbsp Timo Boll nbsp Vladimir Samsonov nbsp Michael Maze nbsp Werner Schlager2004 Frankfurt nbsp Michael Maze nbsp Werner Schlager nbsp Petr Korbel nbsp Alexey Smirnov2005 Rennes nbsp Alexey Smirnov nbsp Vladimir Samsonov nbsp Timo Boll nbsp Damien Eloi2006 Copenhagen nbsp Timo Boll nbsp Werner Schlager nbsp Michael Maze nbsp Zoran Primorac2007 Arezzo nbsp Vladimir Samsonov nbsp Kalinikos Kreanga nbsp Zoran Primorac nbsp Alexey Smirnov2008 Frankfurt nbsp Werner Schlager nbsp Vladimir Samsonov nbsp Jean Michel Saive nbsp Alexey Smirnov2009 Dusseldorf nbsp Timo Boll nbsp Vladimir Samsonov nbsp Kalinikos Kreanga nbsp Michael Maze2010 Dusseldorf nbsp Timo Boll nbsp Vladimir Samsonov nbsp Chen Weixing nbsp Kalinikos Kreanga2011 Liege nbsp Kalinikos Kreanga nbsp Vladimir Samsonov nbsp Werner Schlager nbsp Alexey Smirnov2012 Lyon nbsp Dimitrij Ovtcharov nbsp Kirill Skachkov nbsp Chen Weixing nbsp Vladimir Samsonov2014 Lausanne nbsp Marcos Freitas nbsp Michael Maze nbsp Dimitrij Ovtcharov2015 Baku nbsp Dimitrij Ovtcharov nbsp Marcos Freitas nbsp Panagiotis Gionis2016 Gondomar nbsp Dimitrij Ovtcharov nbsp Joao Monteiro nbsp Alexander Shibaev2017 Antibes nbsp Dimitrij Ovtcharov nbsp Alexander Shibaev nbsp Simon Gauzy2018 Montreux nbsp Timo Boll nbsp Dimitrij Ovtcharov nbsp Jonathan Groth2019 Montreux nbsp Dimitrij Ovtcharov nbsp Vladimir Samsonov nbsp Timo Boll2020 Montreux nbsp Timo Boll nbsp Darko Jorgic nbsp Robert Gardos2021 Thessaloniki nbsp Patrick Franziska nbsp Marcos Freitas nbsp Mattias Falck nbsp Emmanuel Lebesson2022 Montreux nbsp Darko Jorgic nbsp Truls Moregardh nbsp Timo Boll nbsp Patrick Franziska2023 nbsp Darko Jorgic nbsp Dang Qiu nbsp Dimitrij Ovtcharov nbsp Liam Pitchford2024 nbsp Darko Jorgic nbsp Truls Moregardh nbsp Alexis Lebrun nbsp Marcos Freitas 1 Women edit Year Host City Gold Silver Bronze1971 Zadar nbsp Beatrix Kishazi nbsp Ilona Vostova nbsp Alice Grofova1972 Zagreb nbsp Beatrix Kishazi nbsp Maria Alexandru nbsp Zoja Rudnova1973 Boblingen nbsp Beatrix Kishazi nbsp Judit Magos nbsp Ilona Vostova1974 Trollhattan nbsp Zoja Rudnova nbsp Maria Alexandru nbsp Judit Magos1975 Vienna nbsp Ann Christin Hellman nbsp Wiebke Hendriksen nbsp Henriette Lotaller1976 Lubeck nbsp Ann Christin Hellman nbsp Ilona Uhlikova Vostova nbsp Erzebet Palatinus1977 Sarajevo nbsp Beatrix Kishazi nbsp Jill Hammersley nbsp Ilona Uhlikova Vostova1978 Prague nbsp Jill Hammersley nbsp Bettine Vriesekoop nbsp Valentina Popova1979 Kristianstad nbsp Gabriella Szabo nbsp Maria Alexandru nbsp Erzebet Palatinus1980 Munich nbsp Jill Hammersley nbsp Bettine Vriesekoop nbsp Gabriella Szabo1981 Miskolc nbsp Jill Hammersley nbsp Bettine Vriesekoop nbsp Valentina Popova1982 Nantes nbsp Bettine Vriesekoop nbsp Jill Hammersley nbsp Marie Hrachova1983 Cleveland nbsp Olga Nemeș nbsp Fliura Bulatova nbsp Bettine Vriesekoop1984 Bratislava nbsp Marie Hrachova nbsp Bettine Vriesekoop nbsp Valentina Popova1985 Barcelona nbsp Bettine Vriesekoop nbsp Zsuzsa Olah nbsp Marie Hrachova1986 Sodertalje nbsp Fliura Bulatova nbsp Olga Nemeș nbsp Daniela Guergeltcheva1987 Basel nbsp Csilla Batorfi nbsp Edit Urban nbsp Fliura Bulatova1988 Ljubljana nbsp Fliura Bulatova nbsp Bettine Vriesekoop nbsp Olga Nemeș1989 Charleroi nbsp Olga Nemeș nbsp Csilla Batorfi nbsp Daniela Guergeltcheva1990 Hannover nbsp Gabriella Wirth nbsp Olga Nemeș nbsp Xiaoming Wang Drechou1991 s Hertogenbosch nbsp Mirjam Hooman nbsp Gabriella Wirth nbsp Bettine Vriesekoop1992 Vienna nbsp Csilla Batorfi nbsp Marie Svensson nbsp Otilia Bădescu1993 Copenhagen nbsp Emilia Ciosu nbsp Olga Nemeș nbsp Otilia Bădescu nbsp Asa Svensson1994 Arezzo nbsp Jie Schopp nbsp Otilia Bădescu nbsp Mirjam Hooman nbsp Nicole Struse1995 Dijon nbsp Otilia Bădescu nbsp Emilia Ciosu nbsp Jie Schopp nbsp Nicole Struse1996 Charleroi nbsp Ni Xialian nbsp Csilla Batorfi nbsp Nicole Struse nbsp Bettine Vriesekoop1997 Eindhoven nbsp Ni Xialian nbsp Jie Schopp nbsp Otilia Bădescu nbsp Olga Nemeș1998 Halmstad nbsp Ni Xialian nbsp Nicole Struse nbsp Csilla Batorfi nbsp Marie Svensson1999 Split nbsp Qianhong Gotsch nbsp Jing Tian Zorner nbsp Tamara Boros nbsp Ni Xialian2000 Alassio nbsp Qianhong Gotsch nbsp Mihaela Steff nbsp Ni Xialian nbsp Jie Schopp2001 Wels nbsp Csilla Batorfi nbsp Ni Xialian nbsp Otilia Bădescu nbsp Tamara Boros2002 Rotterdam nbsp Tamara Boros nbsp Nicole Struse nbsp Ni Xialian nbsp Viktoria Pavlovich2003 Saarbrucken nbsp Jie Schopp nbsp Tamara Boros nbsp Galina Melnik nbsp Krisztina Toth2004 Frankfurt nbsp Nicole Struse nbsp Jie Schopp nbsp Tamara Boros nbsp Liu Jia2005 Rennes nbsp Liu Jia nbsp Krisztina Toth nbsp Li Jiao nbsp Mihaela Steff2006 Copenhagen nbsp Tamara Boros nbsp Liu Jia nbsp Li Jiao nbsp Mihaela Steff2007 Arezzo nbsp Li Jiao nbsp Nikoleta Stefanova nbsp Liu Jia nbsp Mihaela Steff2008 Frankfurt nbsp Li Jiao nbsp Li Qian nbsp Viktoria Pavlovich nbsp Wu Jiaduo2009 Dusseldorf nbsp Li Qian nbsp Li Jie nbsp Liu Jia nbsp Wu Jiaduo2010 Dusseldorf nbsp Li Jiao nbsp Li Qian nbsp Li Jie nbsp Krisztina Toth2011 Liege nbsp Li Jiao nbsp Viktoria Pavlovich nbsp Melek Hu nbsp Li Jie2012 Lyon nbsp Wu Jiaduo nbsp Li Jie nbsp Ni Xialian nbsp Viktoria Pavlovich2014 Lausanne nbsp Liu Jia nbsp Viktoria Pavlovich nbsp Li Jiao2015 Baku nbsp Liu Jia nbsp Petrissa Solja nbsp Irene Ivancan2016 Gondomar nbsp Shen Yanfei nbsp Melek Hu nbsp Liu Jia2017 Antibes nbsp Li Jie nbsp Petrissa Solja nbsp Sabine Winter2018 Montreux nbsp Bernadette Szocs nbsp Li Jie nbsp Elizabeta Samara2019 Montreux nbsp Petrissa Solja nbsp Bernadette Szocs nbsp Sofia Polcanova2020 Montreux nbsp Petrissa Solja nbsp Britt Eerland nbsp Sofia Polcanova2021 Thessaloniki nbsp Nina Mittelham nbsp Fu Yu nbsp Hana Matelova nbsp Bernadette Szocs2022 Montreux nbsp Han Ying nbsp Polina Mikhaylova nbsp Sofia Polcanova nbsp Bernadette Szocs2023 nbsp Han Ying nbsp Sofia Polcanova nbsp Nina Mittelham nbsp Shao Jieni2024 nbsp Jia Nan Yuan nbsp Sofia Polcanova nbsp Bernadette Szocs nbsp Nina Mittelham 1 Statistics editMultiple champions edit Listed below are the players who have won the tournament on two or more occasions 1 Men edit Player Total Years nbsp Jan Ove Waldner 7 1984 1986 1988 1989 1993 1995 1996 nbsp Timo Boll 2002 2003 2006 2009 2010 2018 2020 nbsp Dimitrij Ovtcharov 5 2012 2015 2016 2017 2019 nbsp Vladimir Samsonov 4 1998 1999 2001 2007 nbsp Darko Jorgic 3 2022 2023 2024 nbsp Istvan Jonyer 2 1971 1974 nbsp Stellan Bengtsson 1973 1980 nbsp Dragutin Surbek 1976 1979 nbsp Milan Orlowski 1977 1983 nbsp Mikael Appelgren 1982 1990 nbsp Werner Schlager 2000 2008 Women edit Player Total Years nbsp Beatrix Kishazi 4 1971 1972 1973 1977 nbsp Li Jiao 2007 2008 2010 2011 nbsp Jill Hammersley 3 1978 1980 1981 nbsp Csilla Batorfi 1987 1992 2001 nbsp Ni Xialian 1996 1997 1998 nbsp Liu Jia 2005 2014 2015 nbsp Ann Christin Hellman 2 1975 1976 nbsp Bettine Vriesekoop 1982 1985 nbsp nbsp Olga Nemeș 1983 1989 nbsp Fliura Bulatova 1986 1988 nbsp Jie Schopp 1994 2003 nbsp Qianhong Gotsch 1999 2000 nbsp Tamara Boros 2002 2006 nbsp Petrissa Solja 2019 2020 nbsp Han Ying 2022 2023 All time medal table edit RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1 nbsp Germany GER 251421602 nbsp Sweden SWE 161715483 nbsp Hungary HUN 1377274 nbsp Netherlands NED 899265 nbsp Austria AUT 5512226 nbsp Belarus BLR 4114197 nbsp Romania ROU 4711228 nbsp England ENG 452119 nbsp Czechoslovakia TCH 3751510 nbsp Yugoslavia YUG 3461311 nbsp Soviet Union URS 3161012 nbsp Luxembourg LUX 314813 nbsp Slovenia SLO 310414 nbsp Poland POL 222615 nbsp France FRA 21141716 nbsp Croatia CRO 2181117 nbsp Portugal POR 142718 nbsp Russia RUS 1361019 nbsp Belgium BEL 115720 nbsp Denmark DEN 1146 nbsp Greece GRE 114622 nbsp Spain ESP 100123 nbsp Italy ITA 021324 nbsp Turkey TUR 011225 nbsp Czech Republic CZE 003326 nbsp Bulgaria BUL 0022Totals 26 entries 106106154366See also editAsian Cup PanAm Cup European Table Tennis Championships International Table Tennis FederationReferences edit a b c d e Europe Top 12 16 archive ETTU Retrieved 17 March 2017 Europe Top 16 General Information ETTU Retrieved 17 March 2017 a b About ETTU History ETTU Retrieved 17 March 2017 ETTHoF Jan Ove Waldner European Table Tennis Hall of Fame Retrieved 17 March 2017 Li Jiao One Title Away from Surpassing the Achievements of Beatrix Kishazi ITTF Retrieved 17 March 2017 a b 2019 Europe Top 16 Cup Prospectus PDF ITTF Retrieved 5 February 2019 Top 16 Cup two days knock out tournament ETTU Retrieved 22 February 2018 External links editEuropean Table Tennis Union International Table Tennis Federation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Europe Top 16 amp oldid 1197790288, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
