Euro-Asia Cup

Not to be confused with EurAsia Cup.

2010 Euro-Asia Cup logo.

The Euro-Asia Cup, more recently known as the Asia-Euro Cup or Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge, is a table tennis team competition currently held annually in China between teams of professional players representing Asia and Europe.

History

First held in 2009, the competition originally featured two events each year: one held in China and the other held in a European city. Since 2013, there has just been one event held annually in China, currently organised by the Chinese Table Tennis Association.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Asia has won the competition nine times, compared to Europe's three wins. The European team's first two wins came in Turkey and France, and in 2015 they earned their first competition win on Asian soil, with victory in Zhangjiagang.^[4]

Winners

Year	Location	Winning Team	Losing Team	Score	Ref.
2009	Beijing	Asia Cheung Yuk Chuang Chih-yuan Joo Sae-hyuk Ma Lin Ma Long	Europe Kalinikos Kreanga Michael Maze Dimitrij Ovtcharov Jörgen Persson Vladimir Samsonov	6–4
2009	Istanbul	Europe Timo Boll Kalinikos Kreanga Michael Maze Vladimir Samsonov Werner Schlager	Asia Chuang Chih-yuan Gao Ning Joo Sae-hyuk Li Ching Wang Hao	6–5
2010	Beijing	Asia Cheung Yuk Joo Sae-hyuk Jun Mizutani Wang Liqin Yang Zi	Europe Michael Maze Dimitrij Ovtcharov Jörgen Persson Vladimir Samsonov Werner Schlager	6–5
2010	Mons	Asia Chuang Chih-yuan Joo Sae-hyuk Ma Long Jun Mizutani Tang Peng	Europe Timo Boll Chen Weixing Kalinikos Kreanga Jean-Michel Saive Vladimir Samsonov	6–4
2011	Beijing	Asia Chuang Chih-yuan Joo Sae-hyuk Jun Mizutani Tang Peng Zhang Jike	Europe Tiago Apolónia Timo Boll Adrian Crişan Vladimir Samsonov Werner Schlager	6–4
2011	Minsk	Asia Chuang Chih-yuan Gao Ning Joo Sae-hyuk Tang Peng Xu Xin	Europe Adrien Mattenet Michael Maze Dimitrij Ovtcharov Vladimir Samsonov Alexey Smirnov	7–3
2012	Tianjin	Asia Chuang Chih-yuan Gao Ning Hao Shuai Leung Chu Yan Jun Mizutani	Europe Adrian Crişan Dimitrij Ovtcharov Vladimir Samsonov Alexey Smirnov Bojan Tokič	7–3
2012	La Roche-sur-Yon	Europe Adrian Crişan Adrien Mattenet Michael Maze Dimitrij Ovtcharov Vladimir Samsonov	Asia Jiang Tianyi Sharath Kamal Chan Kazuhiro Li Ping Ryu Seung-min	6–4
2013	Qingdao	Asia Chuang Chih-yuan Jiang Tianyi Joo Sae-hyuk Jun Mizutani Zhang Jike	Europe Chen Weixing Adrian Crişan Marcos Freitas Dimitrij Ovtcharov Vladimir Samsonov	7–3
2014	Zhangjiagang	Asia Chuang Chih-yuan Gao Ning Jun Mizutani Tang Peng Xu Xin	Europe Adrian Crişan Robert Gardos Panagiotis Gionis Bastian Steger Tan Ruiwu	6–4	^[5]
2015	Zhangjiagang	Europe Marcos Freitas Andrej Gaćina Robert Gardos Vladimir Samsonov Bastian Steger	Asia Noshad Alamian Chuang Chih-yuan Gao Ning Ma Long Tang Peng	6–4	^[4]
2016	Dongguan	Asia Chuang Chih-yuan Fan Zhendong Gao Ning Joo Sae-hyuk Wong Chun Ting	Europe Tiago Apolónia Chen Weixing Andrej Gaćina Vladimir Samsonov Alexander Shibaev	6–4	^[6]

Results

^[1]

2009 – Asia

Asia defeated Europe 6–4 on aggregate

25 August 2009

Asia

3–2

Europe

Beijing

	Individual matches
Cheung Yuk		1–3	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	8–11, 11–4, 9–11, 10–12
Ma Long		3–0	Kalinikos Kreanga	11–8, 11–7, 11–8
Chuang Chih-yuan		2–3	Michael Maze	11–8, 3–11, 8–11, 11–8, 3–11
Ma Lin		3–1	Vladimir Samsonov	11–7, 9–11, 13–11, 11–4
Joo Sae-hyuk		3–1	Jörgen Persson	6–11, 11–8, 15–13, 11–8

26 August 2009

Asia

3–2

Europe

Beijing

	Individual matches
Chuang Chih-yuan		3–0	Jörgen Persson	11–7, 11–5, 11–6
Ma Lin		3–2	Kalinikos Kreanga	7–11, 11–5, 11–7, 7–11, 11–8
Joo Sae-hyuk		1–3	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	6–11, 7–11, 16–14, 8–11
Ma Long		3–0	Vladimir Samsonov	11–9, 11–5, 11–6
Cheung Yuk		2–3	Michael Maze	11–13, 11–6, 11–7, 14–16, 4–11

2009 – Europe

Europe defeated Asia 6–5 on aggregate

10 November 2009

Europe

2–3

Asia

Istanbul

	Individual matches
Kalinikos Kreanga		1–3	Gao Ning	11–8, 8–11, 10–12, 6–11
Michael Maze		3–1	Li Ching	11–9, 11–9, 9–11, 11–9
Vladimir Samsonov		1–3	Wang Hao	5–11, 11–4, 9–11, 10–12
Timo Boll		3–2	Joo Sae-hyuk	11–6, 11–4, 4–11, 10–12, 11–4
Werner Schlager		0–3	Chuang Chih-yuan	9–11, 6–11, 10–12

11 November 2009

Europe

4^{[lower-alpha 1]}–2

Asia

Istanbul

	Individual matches
Werner Schlager		3–1	Li Ching	9–11, 11–5, 11–5, 11–7
Kalinikos Kreanga		1–3	Chuang Chih-yuan	11–7, 7–11, 11–13, 5–11
Vladimir Samsonov		3–1	Joo Sae-hyuk	11–8, 8–11, 11–7, 11–9
Timo Boll		3–0	Wang Hao	11–6, 11–7, 11–6
Michael Maze		1–3	Gao Ning	9–11, 11–3, 13–15, 9–11

↑ Vladimir Samsonov defeated Li Ching 3–1 (11–8, 4–11, 11–9, 12–10) in an additional match to win the competition for Europe

2010 – Asia

Asia defeated Europe 6–5 on aggregate

13 April 2010

Asia

1–4

Europe

Beijing

	Individual matches
Joo Sae-hyuk		3–2	Werner Schlager	8–11, 6–11, 11–6, 11–9, 11–9
Cheung Yuk		0–3	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	2–11, 9–11, 8–11
Wang Liqin		2–3	Michael Maze	11–9, 8–11, 9–11, 12–10, 10–12
Jun Mizutani		2–3	Vladimir Samsonov	15–13, 7–11, 5–11, 11–8, 5–11
Yang Zi		2–3	Jörgen Persson	11–6, 11–7, 8–11, 8–11, 7–11

15 April 2010

Asia

5^{[lower-alpha 1]}–1

Europe

Beijing

	Individual matches
Joo Sae-hyuk		1–3	Jörgen Persson	6–11, 11–9, 5–11, 7–11
Yang Zi		3–0	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	11–8, 13–11, 11–9
Jun Mizutani		3–1	Michael Maze	11–8, 10–12, 12–10, 11–9
Wang Liqin		3–1	Vladimir Samsonov	13–15, 11–6, 11–9, 11–8
Cheung Yuk		3–2	Werner Schlager	9–11, 11–4, 10–12, 11–7, 11–7

↑ Jun Mizutani defeated Jörgen Persson 3–2 (11–7, 8–11, 11–9, 9–11, 11–8) in an additional match to win the competition for Asia

2010 – Europe

Asia defeated Europe 6–4 on aggregate

12 October 2010

Europe

2–3

Asia

Mons

	Individual matches
Chen Weixing		1–3	Chuang Chih-yuan	6–11, 11–5, 9–11, 3–11
Kalinikos Kreanga		3–0	Joo Sae-hyuk	12–10, 11–8, 11–3
Vladimir Samsonov		2–3	Ma Long	9–11, 11–6, 12–10, 7–11, 7–11
Timo Boll		3–0	Jun Mizutani	11–4, 11–8, 11–9
Jean-Michel Saive		2–3	Tang Peng	11–8, 7–11, 11–6, 7–11, 12–14

13 October 2010

Europe

2–3

Asia

Mons

	Individual matches
Chen Weixing		1–3	Tang Peng	11–4, 10–12, 6–11, 8–11
Jean-Michel Saive		0–3	Joo Sae-hyuk	8–11, 8–11, 8–11
Vladimir Samsonov		3–2	Jun Mizutani	11–8, 10–12, 12–10, 6–11, 11–9
Timo Boll		0–3	Ma Long	4–11, 10–12, 10–12
Kalinikos Kreanga		3–1	Chuang Chih-yuan	11–6, 3–11, 11–7, 11–9

References

1 2 "Euro-Asia Challenge Series / History". European Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
↑ "Prospectus—ZFTC 2015 Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge" (PDF). Asian Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
↑ "Prospectus— My Hills International trade Center Cup Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge 2016" (PDF). Asian Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
1 2 "Historic victory for European Table Tennis!". European Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 7 September 2016.
↑ "Asia won the 2014 All Stars Challenge". European Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
↑ "China won the 2016 edition of Euro Asia event". European Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

External links

European Table Tennis Union
Asian Table Tennis Union
Chinese Table Tennis Association (in Chinese)

International table tennis

ITTF Olympic Games Paralympics Youth Olympics World Championships Team Junior Para World Cup World Tour Grand Finals World Masters (defunct) Achievements by nation

Africa	ATTF – African Championships All-Africa Games

Asia	ATTU – Asian Championships Asian Cup Asian Games East Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

Europe	ETTU – European Championships Europe Top-12 European Youth Championships European Games

Latin America	ULTM – Latin American Championships Latin American Cup Latin American Youth Championships Pan-American Games

North America	NATTU – North American Championships Pan-American Games

Oceania	OTTF – Oceania Championships

Others	Asia-Euro Cup China vs. World Challenge Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Championships Lusophony Games Universiade

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Euro-Asia Cup

History

Winners

Results

2009 – Asia

2009 – Europe

2010 – Asia

2010 – Europe

See also

References

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