1969 World Table Tennis Championships

The 30th World Table Tennis Championship was held until April 27, 1969 in Munich ( Germany ) of 17. Venue was the ice rink, which was somewhat criticized because strong drafts made ​​the ball trajectories partly unpredictable and so influenced the games. Almost white - - Floor defenders tremendously because they could detect only very late the white ball Owing to the low contrast Moreover, the light gray disadvantaged. In addition, there was no heating, which negatively affected due to the cold days of April.

In the run- up nor the cities of Dortmund and Essen had applied to host the World Cup.

Participant

It took 48 men's and 37 women's teams from 55 nations took part. In the individual competitions came to 227 men and 145 women. The GDR represented only a women's team, but no men's team. China was once far, North Korea withdrew its already registered athletes.

In team games the ladies and in women's doubles, the Russian soy Rudnowa caused a stir. As the Asians in Penholdergriff playing persuaded by aggressive offensive table tennis. Team and doubles titles ( with Svetlana Grinberg ) were the reward for a strong performance.

The Swedish men's doubles Hans Alser / Kjell Johansson defended his 1967 title won impressively.

Cutting off the Germans

Men's team

Germany was very successful under coach Vilim Harangozo and Captain Werner Haupt. The men's team won 5-0 against each Indonesia, Ghana, United Arab Republic and France, then against South Korea 5-3, 5-4 against Sweden, 5-0 against Ireland and 5-3 against Czechoslovakia.

In the final, they lost 5-3 against Japan and became second. In a rousing game of Osnabrück Bernt Jansen defeated the reigning individual World Champion Nobuhiko Hasegawa. Eberhard Scholer contributed two more points in victories against Shigeo Itoh and Nobuhiko Hasegawa - but lost to the third Japanese Mitsuru Kohno. Wilfried Lieck remained in this exciting finale despite good performance without a point profit.

Women's team

The women's team won each 3-0 against Switzerland, Ireland, Sweden, Hungary, East Germany and South Korea and lost each 0-3 against Japan and Romania. This was enough to cancel their participation due to an injury for 5th place in the run-up to the World Cup had to Agnes Simon.

Men's Singles

A total of 16 men were reported for Germany.

Wilfried Lieck difference in the round of 32 ( against Nobuhiko Hasegawa ) from as well as Klaus Solka ( against Chung Cha Hyun, South Korea ) and Friedrich Haase ( against Sugeng Utomo Soewindo, Indonesia).

At this time Been Bernt Jansen ( against Zlatko Cordaš ), Martin Ness ( against Dragutin Šurbek ) and Conny Freundorfer ( against János Borzsei ) out of the race.

Eberhard Scholer reached after victories including against Anatoly Amelin (USSR), Jaroslav Staněk (CSSR ) and Kasai Tokyo (Japan) in the final. In a dramatic defensive battle he had to give even beaten before more than 6,000 spectators despite 2-0 in sets at the end against the Japanese Shigeo Itoh.

For his exemplary and fairness Scholer received the Swaythling Club International Richard Bergmann price.

Women's Singles

In the second round Rosemarie Seidel was eliminated by Miho Hamada (Japan). Here Diane Scholer won against Kasuko Ito (Japan), but then lost in time game against Maria Alexandru.

Edit Buchholz came after a victory over Pauline Piddock (England) in the last eight, but was defeated here the GDR top player Gabriele Geissler after 2-0 with 2:3.

Christel KaiB was defeated by martial Wi advancement of Japanese Kasuko Ito.

Defeating Edit Buchholz left the East Berlin defender Gabriele Geissler a 3-2 win over Miho Hamada (Japan) followed by a 0:2 again caught up residue, and so came the final, where despite winning the first set against the Japanese Toshiko Kowada ultimately had no chance and lost 1:3.

Christa Ruhl came in an individual without a fight to the next round and then defeated Djurdja Duganic (Yugoslavia). Against the later bronze medalist Maria Alexandru (Romania ) she lost smooth.

Men's doubles

The most came Jansen / Hans Micheiloff. In the quarterfinals, she lost to the Japanese Kohno / Itoh.

Women Doubles

Here the DDR player Petra Stephan along with Asta Godrajtite (USSR) was the most successful. In the quarterfinals, she lost to Hwan Choi Hwan / Jung Sook Choi of South Korea. Previously, she had won against Patty Martinez / Wendy Hicks (USA), Buchholz / bounce and Toshiko Kowada / Yasuko Konno (Japan).

Christel KaiB / Müller subject in the first round against Mary van Ruiten / Mieke ten Broek (Netherlands).

Christa Ruhl / Monika block came after a victory over Rigmor Sørensen / Berit Ommedal (Norway ) and a noncombat profit in the third round, where they did against the future world champion pair Svetlana Grinberg / soy Rudnowa (SU ).

Mixed

In mixed the couple Eberhard and Diane Scholer reached the quarter- finals, where they lost to the Japanese Mitsuru Kohno / Saeko Hirota.

Find out more

• Eberhard Scholer remained undefeated in the team competition, with the exception of the final.
• In the game Eberhard Scholer against Sweden Hans Alser score after 15 minutes in the first set 0:2. Thus began the Game, Scholer won 2-1.
• The victory of the Romanian women's team over Japan was considered a sensation.
• The Englishwoman Pauline Piddock defeated in the singles competition, surprisingly, the world champion Sachiko Morisawa from Japan.
• Japan's top player Yukie Ozeki was not nominated because of undisciplined behavior for the World Cup.
• The German Federal Post Office used in Munich from 17 to 27 April 1969 in a special wheeled special post office in front of the ice rink on the Oberwiesenfeld.

Results

The following German took part only in the individual competitions:

• Men: Conny Freundorfer, Serious Gomolla, Friedrich Haase, Hans -Jürgen Hackenberg, Günter quiver, Jochen Leiss, Jürgen songs, Hans Micheiloff, Klaus Schmittinger, Karl -Heinz Scholl, Detlef Siewert, Klaus Solka
• Ladies: Ingrid Bahnert, Monika block, Christel KaiB, Monika Kneip, Jutta Krüger, Heidi Müller (Munich), Sieglinde Prell, Christa Rühl, Brigitte Scharmacher, Erika Schmollinger (formerly Erika Koch ), Hannelore Schneider (formerly Hannelore men), Rosemarie Seidel Almuth Stöhr

German referee (selection): Eugenbach ( Neustadt on the Wine Route, Rhineland Palatinate ), Willi Heringlehner, Klaus Knott (Munich ), Dieter Kempf, J. Hans Jauss ( Bavaria ), Paul Wilhelm Marx ( WTTV ).