On the second day of the Balkan Ping Ping Championship Under 15 and Under 19 on Wednesday, Greece won the gold medal in Korasides and children in Orestiada! The girls first brought the trophy when they were imposed on Turkey’s 3-0 set and completed a triumphant run with six wins in a match!
In the evening the first force in the Balkans and boys emerged! After a fascinating final that lasted three hours, they beat Bulgaria 3-2 and took her … rematch for Tuesday’s defeat in the group with a 3-1 set!
Waiting for the final rankings for all four of our teams, it should be noted that for the first time in the institution, Greece won two gold medals in the team team! Two years ago, also in Orestiada, he had two medals in the group (silver in teenagers and bronze in the children) and this year he took a much bigger step in the remote city. Also, the country has never happened to take the lead in the girls’ team.
He was a finalist in the finals in 1992 and 2002 (coincidentally again in Greek territories, Thessaloniki and Loutraki), but now he has achieved the absolute. Still, she enjoys her second gold medal in the time after 2008 in Bosnia/Herzegovina.
The national team of girls reached the top with an impressive, flawless undefeated course of six games! In the final he made the perfect match and reached an emphatic 3-0 set against Turkey. With the basics of Thessaloniki Christina Tzenidis and Evrissa (by Alexandroupolis) Anna-Fania Mitka, with the third player, also Thessaloniki Hope Tassiou and coach Pavlos Telopoulos wrote history with great results!
Turkey is a significant continuation of 2023 European Championship team, while Romania has been a leading power in the Balkans over time and has an enviable tradition of women.
In the morning in the octave, our team had no problem against Northern Macedonia and won 3-0 without losing a set.
In the four, he gave a strong clash with Bulgaria, but the glorious twin of Genidis/Mitka again had the last say in the most critical points and prevailed with a 3-1 set.
In detail, the evolution of the final Turkey-Greece 0-3:
Neil Basaran-Anna Mitka 1-3 (4-11, 11-8, 4-11, 8-11)
Come on yodher-Christina Genidis 2-3 (8-11, 11-6, 11-7, 12-14, 9-11)
Basaran/Aiten Kahraman-Mitka/Genidis 0-3 (3-11, 11-13, 10-12)
In detail, the evolution of Bulgaria semifinals – Greece 1-3:
Kalina Stefanova-Anna Mitka 0-3 (2-11, 6-11, 5-11)
Polina Edceva-Christina Tzenidis 1-3 (5-11, 11-4, 14-16, 5-11)
Stefanova/Edceva-Gennidis/Mitka 3-2 (12-10, 11-13, 12-10, 9-11, 11-8)
Stefanova-Tzenidis 2-3 (3-11, 11-7, 12-10, 3-11, 4-11)
In detail, the evolution of Greece-North Macedonia 3-0:
Anna-Fanouria Mitka-Monica Staikovska 3-0 (11-5, 11-7, 11-6)
Christina Tzenidis-Sarah Rizowska 3-0 (11-6, 11-5, 11-8)
Gennidis/Mitka-Staikovska/Rizovska 3-0 (11-3, 11-5, 11-8)
The National Kids had shown its great potential from day one, and let’s go on the board in second place. He confirmed it on Wednesday morning, when he scored a impressive 3-0 set against Romania last year was the first Balkan and is generally a traditional force in the area. Notable at the individual level and Alexoudi’s victory over Toro.
It was very difficult for the work of our internationals to the semifinals. They found themselves lost 2-1 to Turkey and turned the situation with a terrible effort. Two individual victories were achieved by Kioseloglou and one by Alexoudis.
And in the decisive race came a wonderful appearance from the promising twin. Last year, he had lived through the bitter defeats from Bulgaria who had deprived the Medal in the Balkan Championships, on Tuesday had the negative result in the first phase of the race, but maintained a good racing pace and mainly faith and powerful psychology.
In a perfectly balanced match he prevailed in the details and won a 3-2 set in prolonged applause. It is indicative that Koseloglou equalized to 1-1 from 0-2 losing the sets.
Always with the basic twin Loutrakiotis athlete and local Alexoudis, who was named in friendship, with Evriti Rafael Noula and Patrinos Anastasios Foussekis to supplement the composition and with Christos Lami to surpass him.
In detail, the final Bulgaria-Greece 2-3:
Miroslav Smind-Konstantinos Alexoudis 3-1 (13-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-4)
Stefan Bonchev-Yiannis Kioseloglou 2-3 (11-8, 11-5, 5-11, 10-12, 8-11)
Victor Dimitrov/Smid-Alexoudis/Kioseloglou 2-3 (8-11, 11-8, 11-4, 10-12, 10-12)
Smind-Kioseloglou 3-1 (11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 11-9)
Bonchev-Alexoudis 2-3 (11-5, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8, 7-11)
In detail, the evolution of Turkey-Greece 2-3:
Ahmet Sahan-Konstantinos Alexoudis 3-1 (5-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-5)
Kouzai Goudogdou-Yiannis Kioseloglou 2-3 (14-16, 11-9, 4-11, 13-11, 8-11)
Sakhan/Goudogdou-Alexoudis/Kioseloglou 3-1 (11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-5)
Sahan-Kioseloglou 0-3 (9-11, 8-11, 8-11)
Goudogdou-Alexoudis 1-3 (6-11, 11-8, 3-11, 9-11)
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