In Czech Republic SKST PLUS Hodonin will host TTC Berlin eastside in the opening leg of the TAMANNEFTEGAS Champions League Women Most important issue in recent past the health of players is first question at the list SKST PLUS Hodonin awaits the duel with complete line up “All the players are healthy and hopefully they will be well prepared for the match ” stated SKST PLUS Hodonin Coach Jaroslav MIKESKA “Currently we are in the first place in the National League after the first half of the season Also in mid-December we have won Czech cup so we are quite satisfied with our season so far ” said MIKESKA Reigning champions Germany’s TTC Berlin eastside is aiming the sixth crown No doubt Hododnin is facing tough challenge “I think last time we played each other it was two or three years back in the quarter finals of the Champions League It was very close encounter but I’d say that time was Berlin little bit better and went through to the semis We expect as always very tough matches against Berlin as they are the reigning champion of this competition Of course they are favorites of our quarter-finals so we have nothing to lose and we will give our best and will see the result ” concluded Coach Jaroslav MIKESKA Wednesday 12/01/2022 19.30 Saint Quentin: TT Saint Quentinois (FRA) – KTS Enea Siarkopol Tarnobrzeg (POL) Friday 14/01/2022 19.00 Lys Lez Lannoy: CP Lyssois Lille Métropole (FRA) – Metz TT (FRA) Sunday 16/01/2022 16.30 Linz: Linz AG Froschberg (AUT) – Etival Clairefontaine ASRTT (FRA) Tuesday 18/01/2022 18.00 Hodonin: SKST PLUS Hodonin (CZE) – TTC Berlin eastside (GER) The European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) is the governing body of the sport of table tennis in Europe and is the only authority recognized for this purpose by the International Table Tennis Federation The ETTU deals with all matters relating to table tennis at a European level including the development and promotion of the sport in the territories controlled by its 58 member associations and the organization of continental table tennis competitions The French table tennis legend died suddenly tonight at the age of 71 Jacques SECRÉTIN the most successful table tennis player in France has died at the age of 71 the Fédération de tennis de table (FFTT) announced on Wednesday “His wife called me at 1am to let me know he was dead ” said Patrick MOZILLA a 20-year-old friend of Jacques Secrétin who was hosting the “Ace of Ping” show with him “I had him on the phone yesterday morning he was fit in fact we were thinking together about the show we were going to relaunch after the confinement” European singles champion in 1976 and mixed doubles World champion with Claude BERGERET in 1977 Jacques SECRÉTIN also won 61 French titles and played in 495 international selections between 1962 and 1986 He was voted “best French tennis player” of the Century “and was knighted in the Legion of Honor and the National Order of Merit In 2007 he published his autobiography “I am a child of the ball” A native of Carvin (Pas-de-Calais) he lived in Tourcoing and was still licensed at CP Lys-lez-Lannoy Last June before the coronavirus pandemic put the sport on hold he was preparing to compete in the World Veterans Championships “This will be my last challenge but it won’t stop me from continuing to play Holding a racket “It’s important to me.”