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

Swedish rising star Stellan Bengtsson continued his great run, and after winning the World Championships a year earlier, the 20-year-old Swede won the singles event of this European Championships. In a hard-fought five-set battle, he overcame the Hungarian star Istvan Jonyer 3-2.

FINAL
Stellan Bengtsson
3-2 vs. Istvan Jonyer (10-21, 21-12, 22-24, 21-19, 21-6)

1/2 FINALS
Stellan Bengtsson
3-0 vs. Antun Stipančic (21-15, 21-12, 21-8)
Istvan Jonyer
3-1 vs. Istvan Korpa (21-17, 17-21, 21-12, 21-12)

1/4 FINALS
Stellan Bengtsson
3-1 vs. Stanislav Gomozkov (21-19, 17-21, 21-13, 21-14)
Antun Stipančic
3-0 vs. Jiri Turai (21-13, 21-14, 21-17)
Istvan Jonyer
3-0 vs. Denis Neale (21-10, 21-15, 21-18)
Istvan Korpa
3-1 vs. Jacques Secretin (21-18, 18-21, 21-11, 21-13)

ROUND OF 16
Stellan Bengtsson
3-0 vs. Norbert Vandewalle (21-18, 21-12, 21-17)
Stanislav Gomozkov
3-1 vs. Witold Woznica (21-17, 20-22, 21-7, 24-22)
Jiri Turai
3-0 vs. Ingemar Wikström (21-9, 21-14, 21-7)
Antun Stipančic
3-0 vs. Eberhard Schöler (21-13, 21-14, 21-18)
Istvan Jonyer
3-0 vs. Jaroslav Kunz (21-18, 21-15, 22-20)
Denis Neale
3-1 vs. Wilfried Lieck (21-11, 16-21, 21-17, 21-18)
Jacques Secretin
3-0 vs. Janos Borzsei (21-18, 21-15, 21-10)
Istvan Korpa
3-2 vs. Kjell Johansson (21-13, 17-21, 11-21, 21-12, 21-18)

ROUND OF 32
Stellan Bengtsson
3-0 vs. Pål Guttormsen (21-5, 21-10, 21-7)
Norbert Vandewalle
3-2 vs. Milan Orlowski (15-21, 21-8, 21-13, 9-21, 21-17)
Stanislav Gomozkov
3-0 vs. Trevor Taylor (21-16, 23-21, 21-16)
Witold Woznica
3-0 vs. Gabor Gergely (21-14, 23-21, 21-18)
Ingemar Wikström
3-1 vs. Carel Deken (21-9, 21-23, 21-13, 21-9)
Jiri Turai
3-2 vs. Zlatko Čordaš (21-16, 13-21, 21-7, 18-21, 21-13)
Eberhard Schöler
3-2 vs. Matyas Beleznai (21-16, 23-21, 19-21, 10-21, 21-19)
Antun Stipančic
3-1 vs. Carl-Johan Bernhardt (21-18, 19-21, 21-19, 21-14)
Istvan Jonyer
3-1 vs. Zbigniew Frączyk (18-21, 21-16, 21-12, 21-12)
Jaroslav Kunz
3-2 vs. Jimmy Langan (12-21, 19-21, 21-19, 21-17, 21-16)
Denis Neale
3-1 vs. Bo Persson (21-15, 21-9, 25-27, 21-10)
Wilfried Lieck
3-1 vs. Dragutin Šurbek (21-15, 21-16, 20-22, 21-12)
Jacques Secretin
3-0 vs. Sarkis Sarhayan (21-13, 21-15, 21-16)
Janos Borzsei
3-1 vs. Serban Dobosi (21-19, 16-21, 21-12, 21-17)
Istvan Korpa
3-0 vs. Alan Hydes (21-18, 21-19, 21-19)
Kjell Johansson
3-1 vs. Štefan Kollarovits (19-21, 21-12, 21-14, 21-11)

DOUBLES EVENT

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


FINAL
Istvan Jonyer/Peter Rozsas
3-1 vs. Stellan Bengtsson/Kjell Johansson (21-18, 21-13, 21-23, 22-20)

1/2 FINALS
Istvan Jonyer/Peter Rozsas
3-2 vs. Jiri Turai/Milan Orlowski (17-21, 21-15, 15-21, 21-17, 21-14)
Stellan Bengtsson/Kjell Johansson
3-1 vs. Janos Borzsei/Eberhard Schöler (18-21, 21-17, 22-20, 21-13)

1/4 FINALS
Istvan Jonyer/Peter Rozsas
3-2 vs. Alan Hydes/Trevor Taylor (21-15, 19-21, 21-17, 14-21, 21-19)
Jiri Turai/Milan Orlowski
3-0 vs. Danny Dhondt/Jacques Secretin (21-19, 21-18, 21-19)
Stellan Bengtsson/Kjell Johansson
3-1 vs. Stanislav Gomozkov/Sarkis Sarhayan (16-21, 21-16, 21-9, 21-14)
Janos Borzsei/Eberhard Schöler
3-2 vs. Antun Stipančic/Dragutin Šurbek (21-15, 5-21, 15-21, 23-21, 21-19)

TEAM EVENT
Sweden
Stellan Bengtsson Kjell Johansson
Bo Persson Anders Johansson Carl-Johan Bernhardt


FINAL
5 Sweden
1 Yugoslavia (Antun Stipančic, Dragutin Šurbek, Milivoj Karakaševic, Istvan Korpa, Zlatko Čordaš)

3RD PLACE
5 Czechoslovakia (Milan Orlowski, Jiri Turai, Štefan Kollarovits, Jaroslav Kunz)
0 Hungary (Istvan Jonyer, Peter Rozsas, Janos Borzsei)

GROUP A

Team12345PointsPlace
Sweden5-35-35-15-081
Hungary3-55-35-15-072
Germany3-53-55-05-163
Austria1-51-50-55-454
Denmark0-50-51-54-545

GROUP B

Team12345PointsPlace
Yugoslavia5-25-45-15-181
Czechoslovakia2-55-45-15-072
Soviet Union4-54-55-15-263
England1-51-51-55-254
France1-50-52-52-545