The representative ping pong teams of men and women will compete in the 2nd category of the qualifiers of the 1st stage of the European Championship and in the draw they had led the first (B1) and the fourth group (B4) respectively.
In order to complete the groups of the category, however, the qualifying matches of the third category had to take place in the first weekend of April.
After two days full of action, the qualifying teams for the second division came out and it emerged that the Men’s National Team, in addition to Bosnia / Herzegovina, will also face Lithuania, while the Women’s National Team will find Montenegro in its own group. except Wales.
The final phase of the European Championship will be held in Malm., Sweden, September 10-17, 2023.
The federal coaches Costas Vatsaklis and Giorgos Karytsas made a brief comment about the groups and expressed their confidence for the qualification initially in the qualifying stage 2 of the event.
“Of course, the ultimate goal is to be present in another European championship and I believe that initially we will pass to the second qualifying phase. I believe that we will not have a problem in the group without of course underestimating a team and we will seek the first place through good performances “, stressed the head of the Men’s National Team, Costas Vatsaklis.
From the side of the Women’s National Team, Giorgos Karytsas noted that: “We also learned the third team of the group and logically we will be in the next qualifying stage. We know that Wales is stronger and more dangerous without implying that we are overlooking Montenegro.
We will look to be ready to claim the first place and not just one of the first places of the group. “Our great motivation is to qualify for the European Championship this time as well, as we did in the recent past.”
It should be noted that the matches of the 3rd category of the qualifiers featured a total of six teams of men and an equal number of women, who completed the groups of the 2nd category. In the men, Lithuania was with Greece, because it was the team that prevailed in the first group of level C in Nicosia.
The Lithuanians beat Cyprus 3-1, San Marino and Scotland 3-0, Malta 3-1 and Armenia also 3-1 sets. Cyprus passed to the next phase with the third place in the group, while Armenia was second.
In the women, Montenegro completed the group of Greece because it was the team that took second place in the second group of level C. They defeated Cyprus 3-1 and Kosovo, 3-0 the leader Bosnia / Herzegovina and lost 3 -1 set from Israel, which took the first place (Bosnia / Herzegovina also qualified as the third group).
In the first and second categories, qualifying groups of the three groups have been formed.
The National teams will face the pool system and in the second division matches are scheduled in a weekend, in a place and in a round.
The announcement of ETTU notes that the first two teams from each group of the second category pass to the qualifying stage 2 to claim the remaining “tickets” for the final phase together with the third groups of the groups of the first category, while placing its matches. stage 1 for next October.
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