LIEBHERR 2018 World TT Championships: All European national teams are known

The upcoming championships will be held in Halmstad Sweden 29 Apr 2018 – 6 May 2018. The Old Continent will be represented by 29 men`s and 26 women`s teams

 

All European participants for the LIEBHERR 2018 World Table Tennis Championships are announced according to the previous WTTC results and fixed continental quotas. The Championships will be held in the west coast Swedish city of Halmstad between 29 April to 6 May 2018.

 

The LIEBHERR 2018 World Team Table Tennis Championships will welcome 72 men’s and 72 women’s team in all divisions. In total 144 teams from 100 nations.

 

Previous WTTC result quota includes top 2 of 3rd and 4th Divisions (top 32 finishers + 49th-50th and 73rd-74th places). Continental qualification quota is fixed and in addition to the previous WTTC result quota (9 teams)

 

Regarding Men`s Team Event England tops the list of the European participants as bronze medalist from the 2016 World Team Table Tennis Championship held in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. It was historical success for Liam PITCHFORD Paul DRINKHALL and Sam WALKER.

 

Other national teams placed in the Top 16 are Sweden (5th place host of the 2018 WTTC) Portugal France (both quarter-finalist) Croatia Austria Poland (three 9th placed teams) Germany Czech Republic (all three 13th) Ukraine and Russia (both 15th). Italy Denmark and Romania shared 17th spot followed by Belarus Greece (both 21st) Serbia (27th) Belgium Spain (29th) and Luxembourg (49th).

 

Nine teams invited according to the continental qualification quota are the fallowing: Slovenia Slovakia Turkey Hungary Netherlands Lithuania Finland Israel and Switzerland.

 

Women`s teams who finished among Top 32 last year in Malaysia secured their places for the LIEBHERR 2018 WTTC. First of others two quarter-finalist Netherlands and Germany (5th place) as well as Austria Ukraine Romania (all three at the 9th place) Hungary (13th) Belarus Czech Republic (15th) Poland France Russia (17th) Spain (21st) Sweden (21st and host) Luxembourg (26th) Serbia Croatia (27th) Switzerland (29th).

 

Nine more participants will be the following: Portugal Slovenia Italy Azerbaijan Turkey England Lithuania Belgium and Greece.

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