Table Tennis European Championships

The Table Tennis Championship ( TT -EM) for adults has been conducted annually since 2008. Previously, she was held every 2 years, and that (since 2003) in the years with an odd number years. In the same year, the Individual World Championship took place. In the "even " years, however, the Table Tennis World Team Cup is being held.

Was introduced the TT Championship 1958, organized by the European Union TT ETTU. European Championships are conducted every year for juniors since 1955. In 1995, in Vienna for the first time a European Championship for Seniors ( Active from 40 years) instead.

2003 ETTU congress decided to limit the number of teams to 16 in future EMs. The teams should qualify through the Euroleague. 2006 was adopted that the event is held annually in the fall. It accounts for the previous qualifications and the mixed competitions, which are held in a separate Mixed Championship since 2009. As of 2012, only the single and double competitions are conducted in even-numbered years, the accounts team competitions. In odd-numbered years single, double and team competitions are played.

The qualifying format was changed several times. 2009 was introduced as a follow-up event of the European League the European Nations League. From 2013, the European Championship qualifying takes place in a competition where competing within one week at a place the national teams against each other. First played in two groups of six in the mode FFA. The first and second place at the European Championship a rise in the quarterfinals, which places three to five start in the second round.

TT European Championships for men and women

Since 2009, the European Championships will be conducted in mixed as a separate competition.

TT European Championships for Juniors

These championships were created in 1955 by the DTTB into life. The focus was on the subject, that young people from Europe should get to know. They called the event - Europe Meeting of Youth. Because of the acceptance of the tournament was repeated every year in different countries. First, the tournaments were carried out under the responsibility of the ITTF, in 1964 took over the European Association ETTU implementation.

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