1972 European Table Tennis Championships

8th European Table Tennis Championships
Rotterdam, Netherlands


Stellan Bengtsson
Istvan Jonyer
Antun Stipančic
Istvan Korpa


1970 ETTC TOURNAMENT 1974 ETTC

The Swedish rising star Stellan Bengtsson continued his great run Rotterdam after winning the World Championships a year earlier, the 20-year-old Swede won the singles event of the European Championships in Netherlands. In a hard-fought five-set battle, he overcame the Hungarian star Istvan Jonyer 3-2. Bengtsson also added another gold medal to his account in the team event, winning both of his games in the final against Yugoslavia.

EVENTS
MEN’S SINGLES MEN’S DOUBLES TEAM

FINAL
Stellan Bengtsson
Istvan Jonyer

1/2 FINALS
Stellan Bengtsson
Antun Stipančic
Istvan Jonyer
Istvan Korpa

1/4 FINALS
Stellan Bengtsson
Stanislav Gomozkov
Antun Stipančic
Jiri Turai
Istvan Jonyer
Denis Neale
Istvan Korpa
Jacques Secretin

ROUND OF 16
Stellan Bengtsson
Norbert van de Walle
Stanislav Gomozkov
Witold Woznica
Jiri Turai
Ingemar Wikström
Antun Stipančic
Eberhard Schöler
Istvan Jonyer
Jaroslav Kunz
Denis Neale
Wilfried Lieck
Jacques Secretin
Janos Börzsei
Istvan Korpa
Kjell Johansson

ROUND OF 32
Stellan Bengtsson
Pål Guttormsen
Norbert van de Walle
Milan Orlowski
Stanislav Gomozkov
Trevor Taylor
Witold Woznica
Gabor Gergely
Ingemar Wikström
Carel Deken
Jiri Turai
Zlatko Čordaš
Eberhard Schöler
Matyas Beleznay
Antun Stipančic
Carl-Johan Bernhardt
Istvan Jonyer
Zbigniew Frączyk
Jaroslav Kunz
Jimmy Langan
Denis Neale
Bo Persson
Wilfried Lieck
Dragutin Šurbek
Jacques Secretin
Sarkis Sarhayan
Janos Börzsei
Serban Dobosi
Istvan Korpa
Alan Hydes
Kjell Johansson
Štefan Kollarovits

DOUBLES EVENT

Istvan Jonyer/Peter Rozsas
Stellan Bengtsson/Kjell Johansson
Jiri Turai/Milan Orlowski
Janos Börzsei/Eberhard Schöler


FINAL
Istvan Jonyer/Peter Rozsas
Stellan Bengtsson/Kjell Johansson

1/2 FINALS
Istvan Jonyer/Peter Rozsas
Jiri Turai/Milan Orlowski
Stellan Bengtsson/Kjell Johansson
Janos Börzsei/Eberhard Schöler

1/4 FINALS
Istvan Jonyer/Peter Rozsas
Alan Hydes/Nicky Jarvis
Jiri Turai/Milan Orlowski
Danny Dhondt/Jacques Secretin
Stellan Bengtsson/Kjell Johansson
Stanislav Gomozkov/Sarkis Sarhayan
Janos Börzsei/Eberhard Schöler
Antun Stipančic/Dragutin Šurbek

ROUND OF 16
Istvan Jonyer/Peter Rozsas
Carl-Johan Bernhardt/Bo Persson
Alan Hydes/Nicky Jarvis
Milivoj Karakaševic/Istvan Korpa
Danny Dhondt/Jacques Secretin
Viktor Fursov/Anatoly Strokatov
Jiri Turai/Milan Orlowski
Wilfried Lieck/Jochen Leiß
Stellan Bengtsson/Kjell Johansson
Jaroslav Kunz/Štefan Kollarovits
Stanislav Gomozkov/Sarkis Sarhayan
Matyas Beleznay/Gabor Gergely
Janos Börzsei/Eberhard Schöler
Denis Neale/Trevor Taylor
Antun Stipančic/Dragutin Šurbek
Heinz Schlüter/Rudolf Weinmann

TEAM EVENT
SWEDEN
Stellan Bengtsson Kjell Johansson Bo Persson Anders Johansson Carl-Johan Bernhardt
YUGOSLAVIA
Antun Stipančic Dragutin Šurbek Milivoj Karakaševic Istvan Korpa Zlatko Čordaš
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Milan Orlowski Jiri Turai Štefan Kollarovits Jaroslav Kunz
HUNGARY
Istvan Jonyer Peter Rozsas Janos Börzsei Matyas Beleznay


FINAL
SWEDEN
YUGOSLAVIA
Bo Persson
Dragutin Šurbek
Stellan Bengtsson
Milivoj Karakaševic
Kjell Johansson
Antun Stipančic
Stellan Bengtsson
Dragutin Šurbek
Bo Persson
Antun Stipančic
Kjell Johansson
Milivoj Karakaševic

CZECHOSLOVAKIA
HUNGARY
Jiri Turai
Matyas Beleznay
Jaroslav Kunz
Istvan Jonyer
Milan Orlowski
Janos Börzsei
Jiri Turai
Istvan Jonyer
Milan Orlowski
Matyas Beleznay

GROUP A
Sweden
Hungary
Germany
Austria
Denmark

1

3-5
3-5
1-5
0-5

2
5-3

3-5
1-5
0-5

3
5-3
5-3

0-5
1-5

4
5-1
5-1
5-0

4-5

5
5-0
5-0
5-1
5-4

P
8
7
6
5
4

GROUP B
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
England
France

1

2-5
4-5
1-5
1-5

2
5-2

4-5
1-5
0-5

3
5-4
5-4

1-5
2-5

4
5-1
5-1
5-1

2-5

5
5-1
5-0
5-2
5-2

P
8
7
6
5
4