Euro-Asia Cup

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 edit

First held in 1986 to 1989 with singles and team events, then re-held in 2009 with only team events, in 2009 to 2013 the competition 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 edit

Individual events (1986–1989) edit

Men's singles edit

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1986	Andrzej Grubba	Jindřich Panský	Chen Longcan
1986	Andrzej Grubba	Jindřich Panský	Leszek Kucharski
1987	Chen Longcan	Jiang Jialiang	Yoshihito Miyazaki
1987	Chen Longcan	Jiang Jialiang	Jan-Ove Waldner
1988	Jan-Ove Waldner	Yoo Nam-kyu	Ri Gun-sang
1988	Jan-Ove Waldner	Yoo Nam-kyu	Teng Yi
1989	Kim Taek-soo	Kim Ki-taik	Andrzej Grubba

Women's singles edit

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1986	Jiao Zhimin	Dai Lili	Geng Lijuan
1986	Jiao Zhimin	Dai Lili	Bettine Vriesekoop
1987	Dai Lili	Jiao Zhimin	Li Bun-hui
1987	Dai Lili	Jiao Zhimin	Li Huifen
1988	Li Bun-hui	Dai Lili	Mika Hoshino
1988	Li Bun-hui	Dai Lili	Yang Young-ja
1989	Chen Jing	Li Huifen	Hyun Jung-hwa

Team events (2009–present) edit

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]
2018	Nantong	Asia Chuang Chih-yuan Lee Sang-su Koki Niwa Wong Chun Ting Zhang Jike	Europe Marcos Freitas Jonathan Groth Kristian Karlsson Vladimir Samsonov Bastian Steger	7–3	^[7]

Results edit

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2009 – Asia edit

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 edit

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^[a]–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 edit

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^[a]–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 edit

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

2011 – Asia edit

2011 – Europe edit

2012 – Asia edit

2012 – Europe edit

2013 edit

2014 edit

2015 edit

2016 edit

References edit

^ ^a ^b "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.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Asia wins Asia – Europe Challenge 7:3 in Nantong". European Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

External links edit

European Table Tennis Union
Asian Table Tennis Union
Chinese Table Tennis Association Archived 2020-11-20 at the Wayback Machine (in Chinese)

[8] 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

[9] 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

[EventHistory-1] "Euro-Asia Challenge Series / History". European Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

[2] "Prospectus—ZFTC 2015 Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge" (PDF). Asian Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

[3] "Prospectus— My Hills International trade Center Cup Asia-Europe All Stars Challenge 2016" (PDF). Asian Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

[Cup2015-4] "Historic victory for European Table Tennis!". European Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 7 September 2016.

[5] "Asia won the 2014 All Stars Challenge". European Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

[6] "China won the 2016 edition of Euro Asia event". European Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

[7] "Asia wins Asia – Europe Challenge 7:3 in Nantong". European Table Tennis Union. Retrieved 6 August 2018.

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Euro-Asia Cup

Contents

History edit

Winners edit

Individual events (1986–1989) edit

Men's singles edit

Women's singles edit

Team events (2009–present) edit

Results edit

2009 – Asia edit

2009 – Europe edit

2010 – Asia edit

2010 – Europe edit

2011 – Asia edit

2011 – Europe edit

2012 – Asia edit

2012 – Europe edit

2013 edit

2014 edit

2015 edit

2016 edit

See also edit

References edit

External links edit