1981 Europe Top 12

11th edition
Miskolc, Hungary


Tibor Klampar
Stellan Bengtsson
Dragutin Šurbek


1980 TOURNAMENT 1982

The eleventh edition of Europe Top 12 in Miskolc saw a victory of the local favorite – Tibor Klampar. The Hungarian and the Swedish international Stellan Bengtsson, both finished tournament with 9 wins. Klampar had a long-fought game against Bengtsson, and Hungarian managed to take a 3-2 win that decided the eventual champion. The Yugoslav veteran Dragutin Šurbek won the bronze medal. Interestingly, for all three medallists of this tournament – it was their final medal of Europe Top 12 in their career.

TOURNAMENT STANDINGS

Player
Tibor Klampar
Stellan Bengtsson
Dragutin Šurbek
Josef Dvoraček
Jacques Secretin
Desmond Douglas
Ulf Thorsell
Milan Orlowski
Gabor Gergely
Ulf Carlsson
Istvan Jonyer
John Hilton

Age
28
30
34
29
32
26
25
29
28
20
31
34

W
9
9
8
8
7
6
5
4
4
3
2
1

L
2
2
3
3
4
5
6
7
7
8
9
10

SW
27
29
28
28
28
25
22
19
19
15
12
13

SL
16
17
18
14
16
17
25
24
25
29
30
31

#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

W – Won L – Lost SW – Sets Won SL – Sets Lost # – Place