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[Milica Nikolic]

The draw for the Round of 16 of the ETTU Champions League was held today in Luxembourg. The top eight clubs, who were exempt from the Group Stage, joined the winners and runners-up of the four groups played last month in Novi Sad.

Top-seeded Germany’s 1. FC Saarbrücken TT will begin their campaign for a fourth consecutive title with matches against Polish side Dojlidy Białystok, seeded 20th.

At the bottom of the draw, last year’s runners-up and No. 2 seed Borussia Düsseldorf will meet Spanish No. 17 seed Real Club Cajasur Priego TM. Meanwhile, last season’s HYLO Champions League Final Four semi-finalists, No. 3 seed KS Dartom Bogoria Grodzisk Mazowiecki, will face No. 12 seeds SF SKK El Nino Praha. No. 4 seed KS Dekorglass Działdowo will take on Czech No. 14 seeds SKST Havířov.

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[Milica Nikolic]

The ETTU Champions League Women has reached Stage 2, following the opening phase tournament in Novi Sad. Today, the draw for Stage 2 was held in Luxembourg.

In Serbia, four clubs, the winners and runners-up from two groups, advanced to Stage 2, where they now join the top eight seeds in four new groups of three teams each. Those who did not qualify will continue their journey in Stage 2 of the Europe Cup.

Group A: No. 1 seeds KTS Enea Siarkopol Tarnobrzeg (Poland) will face No. 5 seeds Saint-Quentin TT (France) and Spain’s MIRÓ Ganxets Costa Daurada.

Group B: Last season’s finalists, No. 2 seeds Metz TT (France), will play against Italy’s ASD Quattro Mori Cagliari and Poland’s PGE Fibrain KU AZS Politechnika Rzeszów.

Group C: 2025 champions ttc berlin eastside (Germany) are drawn with Linz AG Froschberg (Austria) and Saint-Denis TT 93 (France).

Group D: Etival ASRT (France) will meet UCAM Cartagena TM (Spain) and TTC Novi Sad (Serbia).

The 2025/26 season of the ETTU Champions League Women marks a significant step forward in the evolution of European club competitions. For the first time, the competition will adopt the Final Four format, following its successful introduction in the men’s Champions League two years ago.

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[Milica Nikolic]

The Belgium Open 2025, an official ETTU event, will take place from Monday, 10th November to Thursday, 13th November 2025 at the Hall Sportif du Paire in Pepinster (Verviers). The tournament will feature both U21 and senior singles competitions, with all results counting toward the European Ranking

A progressive knock-out system will be used to determine the final standings, guaranteeing approximately six singles matches per player. All matches will be played in a best-of-five games format

Key Dates and Deadlines:

• Final entries: 6th October 2025
• Free cancellations until: 15th October 2025

A total of 5,000 euros in prize money will be awarded:

• Men’s and Women’s Singles: positions 1–8
• U21 Singles: positions 1–4

Prospectus Belgium open (2)Download

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[Milica Nikolic]

Batumi is hosting the WTT Youth Contender 2025, and on this occasion ETTU President Pedro MOURA held a working meeting with Petra SÖRLING, President of the International Table Tennis Federation, and Shalva GOGOLADZE, Georgia’s Minister of Sport.

The discussions, were focused on the ongoing tournament, future opportunities for cooperation, and the development of table tennis in Georgia.

Also present at the meeting were Guram GOGOLADZE, President of the Georgian Table Tennis Federation, and Tariel KHECHIKASHVILI, President of the International Foundation of Sport, Tourism and Youth.

This year’s WTT Youth Contender marks the fourth time Georgia has hosted the event, and it is the biggest edition so far, bringing together 163 athletes from 20 countries.

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