A large part of the matches in the playoffs of the top inter-club table tennis championships of Europe with a strong Greek presence was completed in the last few days in three different countries. Panagiotis Gionis and Konstantinos Aggelakis played as opponents in the rematch of the quarterfinals of the Polish league. Bogoria of the first easily confirmed the ticket for the 4th team against Sokolov Yaroslav, however the two internationals offered the world a wonderful Greek “show” in the match between them (winner with 3-0 set Gionis). Also in Poland, Giorgos Konstantinopoulos’ Orlis 1924 did not complete the surprise against Bingoz and was eliminated in the 8th team with a 3-0 defeat at home. In the Czech Republic, Konstantina Paridi’s Dobre suffered a second defeat by Hradec Kralove in the respective phase of the 1st division and could not advance to the semifinals this year. In the Spanish women’s super category, Reus, even without Katerina Toliou in her lineup, defeated Jaen Parezo again, for 5-8 places in the playoffs and secured the European exit for the period 2022-2023.
In Poland, the double match between Bogoria of Gionis and Yaroslav of Angelakis (the 2nd with the 7th team of the regular season) had been judged by the first quarterfinal on Friday 8/4. Bogoria had won 3-0 away from home, losing just one set, so for the rematch on Sunday 10/4, only a possible meeting of the two Greek defenders was interesting. That’s what happened in the opening individual game. Freed from any stress, the athletes of our national team of men offered many spectacular rallies, a little suspense in the 2nd set when the 25-year-old Aggelakis had a lead of 7-4 and a set of bowls with 10-9 and received applause from about 150 spectators. Gionis took the victory with 3-0 sets (11-6, 12-10, 11-7) and formally closed the case of qualifying for the semifinals. Bogoria prevailed 3-0 and in the 4th round will also meet, in two matches, at the beginning of May, Balta Gdansk.
In 32 ‘you can see the impressive presentation of the teams and the match between Gionis and Angelakis
In the same championship Orlis 1924 had created conditions for qualification-surprise when on Friday 8/4 they had defeated the winner of the regular season Bingoz with 3-2. The 8th team of the regular season was strong in the home replay, however they lost in the details all the individual matches and finally with a 0-3 defeat the ticket for the semifinals. G. Konstantinopoulos faced the Korean Kang Dongsu again and bent down with 3-1 sets. This year’s presence of Yaroslav and Orlis ended here. Angelakis, who did not play many games due to knee problems, had individual statistics of 4 defeats and 5 defeats and G. Konstantinopoulos, who played for the first year in the strong Polish championship, had 5 wins and 12 losses. It should also be noted that Orlis, coming out 1st in its district, has advanced to the final stage of the Rockal cup, which will take place on May 15. It is the Polish Cup, but not all teams participate in it.
In the Extraliga of the Czech Republic, Dobre of Paris had the 4th place from the two rounds of the championship and faced in the quarterfinals with the 5th team of the ranking, Hradec Kralove. Last Friday, they lost 5-2 away from home, on Sunday 10/4, a victory with any score was enough to send the series to a decisive third match, but it also lost as a host with 5-4 and completed its course this year. The current Greek women’s singles champion gave the team the lead when she defeated Teresa Bartova 3-0. But then she lost 3-1 set to Hanna Kubatova and also 3-1 to Olesia Stakova. In these two team matches, Paris had 3 defeats and 2 victories. In total, the year showed a efficiency of around 70% with a record in the regular season of 48 wins and 22 losses. He did not play twice.
In La Liga Iberdrola, Spain, Reus Toliou was eliminated in the playoffs, but has now managed to enter the 5th-6th places and secure a European presence next season. With the contribution of the leading Greek woman, the club had defeated Jaen Parezo 4-0 away from home in the first match of positions 5-8 and without needing it again, it formally achieved its goal in the rematch on Saturday 9/4. She also prevailed as a host with 4-1 and with 2-0 victories she obtained the European ticket, which is entitled to the first six teams of the women’s final ranking in Spain.
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