European Team Championships Stage One

Information about England’s matches against Serbia and France at K2 Crawley

England face Serbia and France in two ETTU European Team Championships qualifying matches at the K2 Crawley.

The Serbia match is on Thursday January 26th and the France match is on Friday January 27th. Both matches start at 7pm.


The players

England

Age 33
World ranking 79

Age 27
World ranking 105

Age 23
World ranking 111

Age 30
World ranking 404

France

Age 25
World ranking 68

Age 16
World ranking 69

Age 22
World ranking 128

Age 22
World ranking 167

Serbia

Age 23
World ranking 409

Age 22

* Teams will be confirmed on the evening of the match – see below for match format.

Referee

Fernando Oteo (Spain).


Match format

Each fixture is made up of five singles matches – so the first country to win three matches will take the overall victory.

In the individual matches, it is also best of five, so the first player to win three games will gain a point for their country. Each game is first to 11 points – but if it gets to 10-10 then the first player to go two points ahead wins the game.

If a country goes 3-0 or 3-1 ahead, then the remaining matches will not be played.


The Championships

This is stage 1 of the European Team Championships. Finishing in the top two in the group of three nations will see England qualify directly for the final stage of the Championships, to be held in Sweden later this year.

England got their qualifyng campaign off to a winning start, beating Serbia 3-2 in the away fixture in December. The return match against France takes place on Sunday January 29th.


Match sponsor

Butterfly is the Official Equipment Supplier to Table Tennis England, through Tees Sport, which is the Butterfly partner in the British Isles.

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