| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Dates | 3–4 February 2018 | ||
| Edition | 47th | ||
| Venue | Salle Omnisport du Pierrier | ||
| Location | Montreux, Switzerland | ||
| Champions | |||
| Men's singles |  Timo Boll | ||
| Women's singles |  Bernadette Szőcs | ||
| 
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The 2018 Europe Top 16 Cup (also referred to as the China Construction Bank 2018 Europe Top 16 Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a table tennis competition held from 3–4 February in Montreux, Switzerland, organised under the authority of the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU). It was the 47th edition of the event, and the third time that it had been held in Switzerland.[1][2]
Events were held in men's singles and women's singles, and the three medallists in each event qualified for the 2018 Men's and Women's World Cups.
Medallists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Singles |  Timo Boll |  Dimitrij Ovtcharov |  Jonathan Groth | 
| Women's Singles |  Bernadette Szőcs |  Li Jie |  Elizabeta Samara | 
Men's singles
Players
Qualification was based on the European ranking for December 2017, with seedings based on the ranking for February 2018. Lionel Weber qualified as the host nation representative. Portugal's Marcos Freitas also qualified, but withdrew two days before the start of the competition due to injury. His place was taken by Kou Lei of Ukraine.[3]
 Dimitrij Ovtcharov (final) Dimitrij Ovtcharov (final)
 Timo Boll (champion) Timo Boll (champion)
 Simon Gauzy (first round) Simon Gauzy (first round)
 Kristian Karlsson (first round) Kristian Karlsson (first round)
 Ruwen Filus (first round) Ruwen Filus (first round)
 Emmanuel Lebesson (first round) Emmanuel Lebesson (first round)
 Kou Lei (first round) Kou Lei (first round)
 Jonathan Groth (semifinals) Jonathan Groth (semifinals)
 Vladimir Samsonov (semifinals) Vladimir Samsonov (semifinals)
 Bastian Steger (quarterfinals) Bastian Steger (quarterfinals)
 Tiago Apolónia (first round) Tiago Apolónia (first round)
 Mattias Karlsson (quarterfinals) Mattias Karlsson (quarterfinals)
 Stefan Fegerl (first round) Stefan Fegerl (first round)
 Alexander Shibaev (quarterfinals) Alexander Shibaev (quarterfinals)
 Panagiotis Gionis (quarterfinals) Panagiotis Gionis (quarterfinals)
.svg.png.webp) Lionel Weber (first round) Lionel Weber (first round)
Draw
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | .svg.png.webp) Lionel Weber | 9 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 |  Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 11 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 |  Panagiotis Gionis | 11 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 15 |  Panagiotis Gionis | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Kou Lei | 13 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 |  Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Jonathan Groth | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 8 |  Jonathan Groth | 10 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 |  Tiago Apolónia | 5 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 8 |  Jonathan Groth | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 |  Alexander Shibaev | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 14 |  Alexander Shibaev | 11 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Simon Gauzy | 9 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 1 |  Dimitrij Ovtcharov | 11 | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Kristian Karlsson | 12 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 2 |  Timo Boll | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Vladimir Samsonov | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 |  Vladimir Samsonov | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Mattias Karlsson | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 |  Mattias Karlsson | 9 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Ruwen Filus | 11 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 |  Vladimir Samsonov | 12 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 10 | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Emmanuel Lebesson | 11 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 2 |  Timo Boll | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Bastian Steger | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |  Bastian Steger | 7 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 8 |  Jonathan Groth | 7 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 9 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 |  Stefan Fegerl | 7 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 2 |  Timo Boll | 11 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 9 |  Vladimir Samsonov | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Timo Boll | 11 | 13 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Women's singles
Players
Qualification was based on the European ranking for December 2017, with seedings based on the ranking for February 2018. Rachel Moret qualified as the host nation representative. Turkey's Melek Hu and Germany's Kristin Lang also qualified, but withdrew before the start of the competition, the latter due to having recently given birth. Their places were taken by Tetyana Bilenko of Ukraine and Viktoria Pavlovich of Belarus.[5]
 Li Jie (final) Li Jie (final)
 Sofia Polcanova (quarterfinals) Sofia Polcanova (quarterfinals)
 Elizabeta Samara (semifinals) Elizabeta Samara (semifinals)
 Georgina Póta (quarterfinals) Georgina Póta (quarterfinals)
 Matilda Ekholm (semifinals) Matilda Ekholm (semifinals)
 Li Qian (first round) Li Qian (first round)
 Liu Jia (quarterfinals) Liu Jia (quarterfinals)
 Bernadette Szőcs (champion) Bernadette Szőcs (champion)
 Polina Mikhailova (first round) Polina Mikhailova (first round)
 Viktoria Pavlovich (first round) Viktoria Pavlovich (first round)
 Ni Xialian (first round) Ni Xialian (first round)
 Petrissa Solja (first round) Petrissa Solja (first round)
 Sabine Winter (quarterfinals) Sabine Winter (quarterfinals)
.svg.png.webp) Rachel Moret (first round) Rachel Moret (first round)
 Daniela Monteiro Dodean (first round) Daniela Monteiro Dodean (first round)
 Tetyana Bilenko (first round) Tetyana Bilenko (first round)
Draw
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 |  Li Jie | 11 | 11 | 13 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 |  Polina Mikhailova | 2 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 1 |  Li Jie | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 |  Sabine Winter | 11 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 |  Sabine Winter | 5 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 |  Li Qian | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 1 |  Li Jie | 13 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 |  Liu Jia | 5 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 3 |  Elizabeta Samara | 11 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 |  D. Monteiro Dodean | 11 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 7 |  Liu Jia | 4 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 |  Ni Xialian | 9 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 3 |  Elizabeta Samara | 11 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 |  Elizabeta Samara | 11 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 1 |  Li Jie | 10 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 |  Georgina Póta | 11 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 8 |  Bernadette Szőcs | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 |  Petrissa Solja | 8 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 4 |  Georgina Póta | 7 | 6 | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 |  Tetyana Bilenko | 4 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 8 |  Bernadette Szőcs | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |  Bernadette Szőcs | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 8 |  Bernadette Szőcs | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | Third place | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 |  Matilda Ekholm | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 5 |  Matilda Ekholm | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Viktoria Pavlovich | 5 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 |  Matilda Ekholm | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 3 |  Elizabeta Samara | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | .svg.png.webp) Rachel Moret | 6 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 2 |  Sofia Polcanova | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 |  Matilda Ekholm | 4 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 |  Sofia Polcanova | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ↑ "China Construction Bank 2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ↑ "2018 ITTF Europe Top 16 Cup / Prospectus" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ↑ "Discretion better part of valour, Marcos Freitas withdraws". ITTF. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ↑ "Draw / Men's Singles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ↑ "Europe Top 16: Die Achtelfinals im Überblick". MyTischtennis.de (in German). Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ↑ "Draw / Women's Singles" (PDF). ITTF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.