The European Table Tennis Championships ended! The French men’s team and the German women’s team won the gold medal, while Romania lost miserably in the finals for the second time

In the early morning of October 20, the European Table Tennis Team Championships came to an end. Two gold medal winners were born. Among them, the defending champion of the women's team, the German team, once again won a great victory. After defeating the Romanian team in the previous two finals, they reached the top this year with the same score. The Romanian team, which upset the defending men's team champion, the Swedish team, was also swept by French players 3-0 in the final. They were no match at all. Please see below for details.

This European Championship started on October 12 and lasted for 8 days. The competition was fierce. Among them, the French women's team, the strong team, failed to qualify in the group and lost to the Netherlands and Spain.

As for the biggest upset, the Swedish men's team was eliminated. As a former world champion, European champion, Olympic runner-up and the gold medal team of the last European Championship, they did not even reach the top four this time and were defeated by the Romanian team 3-2. As a result, they missed the chance to win a medal.

After the start of the semi-finals, the Romanian men's team continued to show their bravery and swept the Slovenian team with a score of 3-0 to advance to the final round. Then in the early morning of October 20, they competed for the gold medal with the currently strong Olympic third-place French team (reversing Germany 3-1 in the semi-finals). As a result, the game was completely one-sided. The French players quickly won 3 sets in a row to end the battle, as follows For detailed scores:

First set: Big Lebrun 3-0 Chilita (11-2, 11-6, 11-7);

Second set: Little Lebrun 3-1 Edward Yones Cu (11-3, 9-11, 11-5, 11-4);

Third set: Simon 3-1 Ovidu Ionescu (11-9, 11-9, 3-11, 11-3).

As for the women's team's final, it came to an end as early as the evening of October 19. As mentioned before, the two teams that met in last year's final once again competed for the gold medal. As a result, the German team, which swept Romania 3-0 last time, ended the battle 3-0 this time. As a result, it has been crowned the king in 2021, 2023, and 2025 (Note: Romania previously won the championship twice in 2017 and 2019) Army), the detailed scores are as follows:

First set: Kaufman 3-2 Szokos (11-4, 10-12, 11-8, 6-11, 11-5);

Second set: Winter 3 -1 Samara (11-5, 11-8, 8-11, 11-7);

Third set: Mitlam 3-1 Dragoman (14-12, 11-8, 8-11, 11-5).

From a strength comparison point of view, it is an "unexpected surprise" that the Romanian men's team can advance to the finals. However, the overall level is indeed far behind that of the French team. If they are in the same zone as the German team, they may not be able to enter the finals. It is not surprising that they will lose in the end and miss the championship.

As for the Romanian women's team, it was once the top team in the world table tennis, but its performance after entering the loop ball era in the last century was mediocre. There were signs of re-emergence in the 21st century, but the success was weak. Nowadays, the new generation of athletes is obviously not as good as Germany, and the veterans are gradually declining. It is a relatively normal result to miss the European Championships consecutively. So let us sit back and wait for the next competition to kick off!