1979 Europe Top 12

9th edition
Kristianstad, Sweden


Dragutin Šurbek
Desmond Douglas
Jacques Secretin


1978 TOURNAMENT 1980

The ninth edition of Europe Top 12 in Prague saw an intense fight for the medals. The 33-year-old Yugoslav legend Dragutin Šurbek won the second Europe Top 12 title in his career, winning 9 out of 11 games. The English player Desmond Douglas and the experienced Frenchman Jacques Secretin, both won 8 games. However, the Englishman won a head-to-head match-up 3-2 and won the silver medal.

TOURNAMENT STANDINGS

PlayerWinsLossesSets WSets LPlace
Dragutin Šurbek 9229101
Desmond Douglas 8328152
Jacques Secretin 8328143
Istvan Jonyer7425194
Gabor Gergely6520235
Peter Stellwag6523216
Jochen Leiß5620217
Janos Takacs4718238
Tibor Kreisz4715249
Wilfried Lieck47212210
Stellan Bengtsson47192611
Engelbert Hüging110133112